The Office of Teacher Education and Accreditation is responsible for the implementation of the approval process that evaluates the professional education units in Tennessee teacher preparation colleges and universities and the state licensure programs offered by those units. The approval process is part of the State Board of Education's Tennessee Education Policy. The standards used to evaluate the professional education units are the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, NCATE, standards. The standards used to evaluate state licensure programs are the Tennessee State Licensure Standards and Guidelines. The evaluation procedures include on-campus evaluation visits conducted by Board of Examiner teams and the adoption of approval recommendations by the State Board of Education.

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