The TN-CEEDAR Licensure Committee will host a virtual Lunch & Learn on September 9th at 1:00 p.m. ET focused on Tennessee’s evolving licensure assessment landscape.
The session will address recent and upcoming changes to teacher licensure testing requirements, implications for candidate preparation and program design, and strategies for strengthening content preparation across licensure areas. Participants will also have an opportunity to share resources, promising practices, challenges, and lessons learned across EPPs. Register for the Lunch & Learn
Our TN-CEEDAR group was excited to send 21 representatives to the CEEDAR Cross-State Convening in New Orleans, LA, February 10-12.
Dr. David Cihak and Dr. Amelia Brown, from the University of Tennessee – Knoxville, presented Hot Topics in Registered Teacher Apprenticeships: Round Table Conversations with Practitioners.
Lori Farley, from the Tennessee Department of Education, presented Accountability in Action: Using Innovation Configurations to Strengthen Teacher and Leader Preparation.
Dr. Kim Paulsen from Vanderbilt University presented Creating Curiosity to Classroom: Strengthening the Educator Pipeline – Lessons from Tennessee.
Dr. David Cihak, from the University of Tennesseen – Knoxville, and Dr. Canidra McGuire, from the University of Memphis, presented The Big Easy Blueprint: Networking Statewide for Collaboration & Communication.
New TN-CEEDAR Members
The Tennessee CEEDAR State Leadership Team is excited to welcome eight new members to our collaborative network! Each brings valuable expertise and fresh perspectives to our shared goals:
- Strengthened EPP capacity, in partnership with SEAs and LEAs, to deliver high-quality instruction that effectively prepares teacher and leader candidates.
- Enhanced SEA capacity, in collaboration with EPPs and LEAs, to monitor and evaluate the impact of policies on attracting, preparing, and sustaining effective educators and to revise policies as needed.
- Expanded SEA, EPP, and LEA capacity to integrate and use multiple data sources for continuous improvement of educator preparation systems that recruit, develop, and retain effective teachers and leaders.
- Increased capacity among SEAs, EPPs, LEAs, and other state partners to collaborate, implement, and sustain scalable reform initiatives that strengthen the educator workforce pipeline.
You can find information about these new members on these pages:
- TN Department of Education
- Belmont University
- Carson-Newman University
- KCS EPP
- Lipscomb University
- University of Memphis
We look forward to their contributions and continued partnership as we advance our work across the state.
