The licensure office collects and maintains necessary documents for students seeking initial licensure or added endorsement. When a Vanderbilt student completes a program for teacher licensure and is recommended by the appropriate faculty, the student can be recommended for a teaching license in Tennessee. Because of contractual agreements among states, Vanderbilt graduates who become licensed in Tennessee can become licensed in other states as well.
Programs Leading to Licensure
Programs Leading to Licensure
CAEP Accredited Programs
Full Accreditation from October 2017 to December 2024
Initial Programs
Early Childhood/Elementary
Endorsement Area | Undergraduate | M.Ed. |
---|---|---|
Early Childhood PreK-3 | Added Only | Yes |
Elementary Education K-5 | Yes | Yes |
Special Education
Endorsement Area | Undergraduate | M.Ed. |
---|---|---|
Interventionist K-8 | Yes | Yes |
Interventionist 6-12 | Yes | Yes |
Comprehensive K-12 | Yes | Yes |
Preschool/Early Childhood PreK-3 | Yes | No |
Visual Disabilities PreK-12 | No | Yes |
Secondary Education
Endorsement Area | Undergraduate | M.Ed. |
---|---|---|
Biology 6-12 | Yes | Yes |
Chemistry 6-12 | Yes | Yes |
Earth Science 6-12 | Yes | Yes |
Economics 6-12 | Yes | Yes |
English 6-12 | Yes | Yes |
Government 6-12 | Yes | Yes |
History 6-12 | Yes | Yes |
Mathematics 6-12 | Yes | Yes |
Physics 6-12 | Yes | Yes |
Psychology 9-12 | Yes | Yes |
Sociology 9-12 | Yes | Yes |
World Languages
Endorsement Area | Undergraduate | M.Ed. |
---|---|---|
Chinese PreK-12 | Added Only | Yes |
French PreK-12 | Added Only | Yes |
German PreK-12 | Added Only | Yes |
Latin PreK-12 | Added Only | Yes |
Spanish PreK-12 | Added Only | Yes |
English as a Second Language
Endorsement Area | Undergraduate | M.Ed. |
---|---|---|
English as a Second Language PreK-12 | Added Only | Yes |
Related Arts
Endorsement Area | Undergraduate |
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Instrumental/General Music K-12 | No |
Vocal/General Music K-12 | No |
Accreditations
Vanderbilt University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to award bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees. Degree-granting institutions also may offer credentials such as certificates and diplomas at approved degree levels. Questions about the accreditation of Vanderbilt University may be directed in writing to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, GA 30033-4097, by calling (404) 679-4500, or by using information available on SACSCOC's website (www.sacscoc.org).
Peabody College's Teacher Education programs are approved by the Tennessee Department of Education and fully accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP). CAEP approved our programs in fall 2017, and our status is effective until fall 2024. Peabody's next site visit will take place in spring 2024.
The Human Development Counseling program for School Counseling is accredited through the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP).
CAEP Annual Reporting Measures
Peabody College prioritizes using data as part of its assessment and continuous improvement process. Below we provide our CAEP outcome data and results from our completer and employer satisfaction surveys. Data are acquired from the Tennessee Department of Education, the Tennessee State Board of Education, Educational Testing Services, and Pearson.
Measure 1: Initial Completer Impact and Effectiveness
Measure 2: Initial Satisfaction of Employers
Measure 3: Initial edTPA
Initial Praxis
Advanced Praxis
Measure 4: Initial Ability to be Hired
Advanced Ability to be Hired
Measure 5: Initial Graduation Rate
Advanced Graduation Rate
The TNDOE Annual Report has not been released for 2021. The anticipated date was late March, and we have not been provided with an update on when this will be released. Our data report will be updated, and placed on our website, as soon as we receive the report. Because of the lack of data provided in the TBE Report Card and no data from the TNDOE Annual Report, the information above is what was submitted last year.
Measure 2: Satisfaction of Employers
Employer Satisfaction Survey Data 2023
*An employer survey was sent out in 2023 and we didn’t have enough responses to obtain data
Measure 3: Candidate Competency
Title II Report 2023
Measure 4: Ability of Completers to be Hired
2022-2023
100% of candidates in both the initial and advanced programs graduated. Ability of completers to be hired in education positions for which they have been prepared was 100%.
Satisfaction of Completers
Completer Satisfaction Survey Data 2023
Partnerships
Effective partnerships with districts and high-quality clinical practice are central to our preparation programs at Peabody. The college has partnership agreements with every district where our candidates are placed. We hold a primary partnership with Metro Nashville Public Schools, where most of our students are placed for one or more placements. We also hold state recognized partnerships with the following districts: Murfreesboro City Schools, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson, and Wilson. Vanderbilt meets with each district to establish the agreement and they are reviewed and updated yearly.
Licensure F.A.Q. for Prospective Students
Contact
Amanda Van Doorn, Director of Teacher Licensure
Phone: (615) 322-8270
FAX: (615) 343-3474
Mailing Address
Peabody 501
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN 37203
Delivery Address
213 Peabody Administration Building
1212 21st Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37203