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Additional and Advanced Endorsements

Additional Endorsements

Additional endorsements may be earned in any of the initial licensure endorsement areas, and/or ESL (English as a Second Language) at the time of initial licensure or later in a teaching career. When an additional endorsement is earned at the time of initial licensure, it sometimes is referred to as a "second endorsement" instead of an added endorsement. Additional (second) endorsement programs are available at Vanderbilt for the following persons:

• Vanderbilt students who seek another endorsement while they are completing an initial licensure program
• Licensed teachers who seek an added endorsement in Special Education as part of a master's degree
• Returning Vanderbilt students who were initially licensed through Vanderbilt
• Any teacher who seeks an added endorsement in ESL, PreK-12

Advanced Endorsements

According to Tennessee standards, "advanced endorsement" programs are those that require the master's degree. Tennessee advanced endorsement programs offered at Vanderbilt are:

• Specialist in Reading PreK-12; Department of Teaching and Learning
• School Counseling PreK-12; Department of Human and Organizational Development
• Special Education (Speech Language, PreK-12); a collaborative program between the Peabody Department of Special Education and the Hearing and Speech Sciences Department of the Bill Wilkerson Center of the Vanderbilt University Medical School.