Renewal of Alternative License.  To renew an alternative license, the school system must provide a recommendation in accordance with local evaluation procedures and submit verification of the teacher’s adequate progress in completion of the approved Program of Study offered by the institution of higher education.

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.

The Alternative License may be renewed no more than two times.  The teacher must successfully complete the entire professional education core requirements before receiving an Apprentice License.

Renewal of Out-of-State and On-Line Alternative License.  In order to renew an Alternative Type II License, the school system must provide a recommendation in accordance with local evaluation procedures and submit verification of the teacher’s adequate progress in completion of:

1. The requirements of an out-of-state or on-line state approved alternative             licensureprogram or alternative route program, or

2. The eleven Tennessee Professional Education Core competencies; and

3. Taken all the Praxis II examinations, except the PLT, for the endorsement(s) sought.

Click to download an Alternative Type I License renewal application or call (615)532-4885 to request a renewal application be mailed to you.