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Candidates enroll in summer terms and complete the
orientation component of the core prior to beginning
employment in the fall. (Source: Tennessee State Board
of Education)
1. Before contacting ETSU, the
prospective candidate verifies that the school
system has a partnership with ETSU. (List
of current partners)
After verification, the prospective candidate's
school system:
2. Verifies that the individual it intends to
hire has A) a bachelor's degree with a major in the
discipline for which he or she is being hired to teach,
OR B) received qualifying scores on the required
Praxis II exams in the field in which he or she is being
hired to teach, AND C) a minimum GPA of 2.5.
(Tennessee Department of Education Requirements)
3. Contacts Dr. Elizabeth Ralston,
ralston@etsu.edu,
with the following (East Tennessee State Requirements):
- Intent to hire letter
- Official transcripts verifying degree
(Undergraduate GPA of 2.5 overall)
- ACT of 22 or SAT of 1020 or PRAXIS I complete
(all three sections)
- An original of the Type I licensure application.
After the school system completes the
above process, the teacher:
4. Contacts Dr. Elizabeth Ralston and schedules
an appointment to discuss the licensure program.
5. Completes an application packet for a
non-degree student and submits it to the School of
Graduate Studies.
6. Schedules classes from the appropriate
program of study and pays the necessary fees by the
deadline, successfully completing a minimum of six (6)
hours before the next school years begins.
7. Notifies school system when the required number of
graduate hours in the appropriate program have been
successfully completed.
8. Maintains contact with the Alternative
Licensure coordinator, Dr. Elizabeth Ralston during the
time he or she is employed under alternative licensure
(until the requirements of twenty-four graduate hours in
the appropriate program have been completed).
When the student notifies the school system of
successful completion of six (6) hours, the school
system:
9. Verifies from the Alternative Licensure
coordinator, Dr. Elizabeth Ralston that the minimum
number of required hours has been successfully
completed.
10. Applies for license renewal for the next
school year and sends a copy of this application to the
Alternative Licensure coordinator, Dr. Elizabeth
Ralston.
Suggested Program of Study for Type I
Summer I
CUAI 5707 Classroom Management
Fall I
CUAI 5417 Methods of Teaching
CUAI 5957 Supervised Field Mentoring (I)
Spring I
SPED 5500 Exceptional Learners
CUAI 5957 Supervised Field Mentoring (II)
Summer II
CUAI 5910 Assessment Techniques
MEDA 5400 Integrating Technology
HDAL 5200 Advanced Educational Psychology
Renewal Process for Alternative
Licensure Type I
Second year process:
Prior to the first renewal, the teacher holding the
Alternative Type I License must have successfully
completed the equivalent of six semester hours of course
work from the approved Program of Study and taken all
the Praxis II examinations, except the PLT, for the
endorsement(s) sought. (Source: Tennessee State
Board of Education)
Repeat steps 6-10.
Third year process:
Repeat steps 6-9, including completion of remaining
courses and Praxis II exams and apply for advancement to
full license.
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