{"id":938,"date":"2013-03-19T09:28:26","date_gmt":"2013-03-19T13:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/educationstudentservices.utwebteam.wpengine.com\/?page_id=938"},"modified":"2026-04-28T11:39:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T15:39:22","slug":"licensure","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/cehhsadvising\/licensure\/","title":{"rendered":"Teacher Licensure"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"orange-mark\"><\/h3>\n<p class=\"lead\">The College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences is responsible for the coordination of teacher licensure programs for the university. All of our professional licensure programs are approved by the Tennessee State Department of Education and are nationally accredited by NCATE (National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education). There are a variety of ways to become licensed to teach. <\/p>\n<p><div class=\"btn-group btn-group-lg btn-group-justified\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/cehhsadvising\/licensure\/initial-licensure-new\/\" class=\"btn btn-default btn-summitt\">Initial Licensure<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/cehhsadvising\/licensure\/post-baccalaureate\/\" class=\"btn btn-default btn-summitt\">Post Baccalaureate<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/cehhsadvising\/job-embedded-practitioner-licensure\/\" class=\"btn btn-default btn-summitt\">Job-Embedded<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/cehhsadvising\/additional-endorsements\/\" class=\"btn btn-default btn-summitt\">Additional Endorsements<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/cehhsadvising\/ut-plays\/\" class=\"btn btn-default btn-summitt\">UT-PLAYS<\/a><\/div>\n<p>\n<br class=\"clearshortcode\"><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"btn-group btn-group-lg btn-group-justified\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/cehhsadvising\/licensure\/initial-licensure-new\/\" class=\"btn btn-default btn-summitt\">Apply to Teacher Education<\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"box-light card orange tx brd-\">\n<h4>Please click on the link below that best describes your current background.<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/cehhsadvising\/licensure\/initial-licensure-new\/\">New college student or new transfer student without a bachelor&#8217;s degree<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/cehhsadvising\/licensure\/post-baccalaureate\/\">Have a bachelor&#8217;s degree and would like to become licensed to teach<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/cehhsadvising\/job-embedded-practitioner-licensure\/\">Have a bachelor&#8217;s degree and wishing to teach in a high-demand field (ESL, math, science, special education, world languages)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/cehhsadvising\/additional-endorsements\/\">Already licensed to teach, but wish to add an endorsement to license<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"box-light card orange tx brd-\">\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Additional Licensure Areas in other Departments<\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"leftcolumn\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alec.tennessee.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Agriculture Education<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/elps.utk.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Educational Administration<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/outlook.office.com\/mail\/safelink.html?url=https:\/\/sis.utk.edu\/graduate-programs\/school-library-media-licensure&amp;corid=77c5aeca-1094-0492-d190-9e05a8512e16\">School Librarian<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.music.utk.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Music Education<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"rightcolumn\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/epc.utk.edu\/school-counseling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">School Counseling<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/epc.utk.edu\/school-psychology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">School Psychology<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csw.utk.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Social Work<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br class=\"clearshortcode\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-wide.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-938","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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