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Education and Accreditation
Office of Teacher Education and AccreditationThe 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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