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TN Code § 49-5-1004 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 5 - Personnel|Part 10 - Teacher Code of Ethics|§ 49-5-1004. Educator's Obligations to the Education Profession

  The education profession is vested by the public with a trust and responsibility requiring the highest ideals of professional service. In the belief that the quality of the services of the education profession directly influences the nation and its citizens, the educator shall exert every effort to raise professional standards, to promote a climate that encourages the exercise of professional judgment, to achieve conditions which attract persons worthy of the trust to careers in education, and to assist in preventing the practice of the profession by unqualified persons.   In fulfillment of this obligation to the profession, an educator shall not:  Deliberately make a false statement or fail to disclose a material fact related to competency and qualifications in an application for a professional position;   Misrepresent the educator's professional qualifications;   Assist entry into the profession of a person known to be unqualified in respect to character, education, or other relevant attribute;   Knowingly make a false statement concerning the qualifications of a candidate for a professional position;   Assist a noneducator in the unauthorized practice of teaching;   Disclose information about colleagues obtained in the course of professional service unless the disclosure serves a compelling professional purpose or is required by law;   Knowingly make false or malicious statements about a colleague;   Accept any gratuity, gift, or favor that might impair or appear to influence professional decisions or actions; and   Use illegal or unauthorized drugs.     In fulfillment of this obligation to the profession, educators shall:  Administer state-mandated assessments fairly and ethically; and   Conduct themselves in a manner that preserves the dignity and integrity of the education profession.
TN Code § 49-5-1005 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 5 - Personnel|Part 10 - Teacher Code of Ethics|§ 49-5-1005. Public Access to Teacher Code of Ethics

 The state board of education shall post the teacher code of ethics on its website.
TN Code § 49-5-1006 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 5 - Personnel|Part 10 - Teacher Code of Ethics|§ 49-5-1006. Report of Breach of Teacher Code of Ethics — Failure to Report

  An educator who has personal knowledge of a breach by another educator of the teacher code of ethics prescribed in §§ 49-5-1003 and 49-5-1004 shall report the breach to the educator's immediate supervisor, director of schools, or local board of education within thirty (30) days of discovering the breach.   Failure to report a breach of the teacher code of ethics, or to file a report of any criminal activity or other misconduct that is required by federal or state law, is a breach of the teacher code of ethics.
TN Code § 49-5-1007 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 5 - Personnel|Part 10 - Teacher Code of Ethics|§ 49-5-1007. Professional Development Training Concerning Teacher Code of Ethics

 LEAs must conduct annual professional development training concerning the teacher code of ethics and its requirements. The professional development training shall address what constitutes unethical conduct.
TN Code § 49-5-5601 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 5 - Personnel|Part 56 - Teacher Training|§ 49-5-5601. Legislative Intent Relative to Teacher Education

 The general assembly recognizes the vital position occupied by institutions of higher education in the training of teachers, the improvement in the quality of the education profession, and the impact on Tennessee students. In acting to support these functions in public institutions of higher education, the general assembly must maintain a proper balance between the academic freedom of higher education and the need to respond to the public's expectations of quality in the state's teacher training programs. Therefore, the general assembly does not seek to impose restrictions on the philosophy or course selection of teacher training programs. The general assembly does, however, reserve the authority to require of each teacher training institution reasonable admission standards, graduation standards, and outcomes for prospective teachers to ensure that teachers are effectively prepared to positively affect student achievement in accordance with this part.
TN Code § 49-5-5602 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 5 - Personnel|Part 56 - Teacher Training|§ 49-5-5602. Tests Required for Entrance to Approved Teacher Training Programs

 All students wishing to enter approved teacher training programs shall be required to submit a score on a secure standardized test or tests chosen by the state board of education. The board is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations listing the test or tests authorized for this purpose, minimum acceptable cutoff scores for the test or tests and any other relevant criteria necessary to meet the requirements of this part. The test or tests shall be used as part of the admission process to teacher training programs at approved teacher training institutions. The test or tests shall be made available through the regular administration offered by a national testing organization or shall be developed, validated and administered by the department of education.
TN Code § 49-5-5603 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 5 - Personnel|Part 56 - Teacher Training|§ 49-5-5603. Licenses to Teach Granted Only to Graduates of Qualifying Institutions

  In order to assure the public that every teacher has been adequately trained, licenses to teach shall be issued only to those students who have been graduated from a Tennessee institution certified by the department of education or from an out-of-state institution certified by the state in which it is located.   If the state in which an institution is located does not certify its institutions, then the department may do so consistent with standards applicable to Tennessee institutions.
TN Code § 49-5-5604 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 5 - Personnel|Part 56 - Teacher Training|§ 49-5-5604. Clinical Experiences Required — Assignment to Educator

 In order to gain experience in a school and demonstrate readiness for teaching, educator preparation providers shall require clinical experiences, including field experiences and clinical practice, as defined by the state board of education. During the clinical practice, each candidate shall be assigned to an effective educator for guidance, evaluation, and instruction.
TN Code § 49-5-5605 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 5 - Personnel|Part 56 - Teacher Training|§ 49-5-5605. Proficiency Tests

  All students desiring a license to teach must pass both a test that measures professional knowledge and a standardized or criterion-referenced test for each desired area of endorsement. These tests shall be developed or acquired by the department of education, validated and administered by the department at each institution or made available through the regular administration offered by a national testing organization. These tests shall be secure. Before the tests are placed in use, the board shall submit the tests to the education committee of the senate and the education committee of the house of representatives for review and comment.   The department shall allow an extra year for an applicant to be administered the state teachers certification test and shall make special accommodation in administration of the tests provided for by this section under the following circumstances:  The applicant has been employed by an LEA for one (1) year or more;   The applicant has favorable recommendations from the local board and local director of schools;   The applicant has a handicapping condition, including dyslexia, that adversely affects the applicant's ability to successfully complete the test;   The applicant has previously been unsuccessful in achieving a passing score on the test; and   In previous testing, the applicant has demonstrated a probable likelihood of success in passing the test, given additional time, reading assistance, oral administration of or response to test questions or other reasonable measures that would not compromise validity of the test.
TN Code § 49-5-5606 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 5 - Personnel|Part 56 - Teacher Training|§ 49-5-5606. Passing Scores on Exams — Eligibility for License and Employment

 Those students who achieve a passing score on the state teacher's examination required by § 49-5-5605 are eligible to be awarded a license by the state board of education and may apply for employment in the school system of their choice.
TN Code § 49-5-5607 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 5 - Personnel|Part 56 - Teacher Training|§ 49-5-5607. State Board Review of Teacher Training Institutions — Probation — Revocation of State Approval — Annual Performance Reports — Promulgation of Rules

  The state board of education shall review the scores on the state teachers examination from each public and private teacher training institution. Any institution that had thirty percent (30%) or more of its students fail the examination in the previous year shall be informed and placed on probationary status. Any institution that has thirty percent (30%) or more of its students fail in two (2) consecutive years shall have its state approval revoked by the state board of education.   The department of education shall develop annual performance reports for all approved educator preparation providers.   The state board of education shall promulgate rules necessary to effectuate this section. The rules shall be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.
TN Code § 49-5-5608 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 5 - Personnel|Part 56 - Teacher Training|§ 49-5-5608. Training for Teaching Children With Behavioral or Emotional Disorders

 All teacher training institutions are encouraged to offer, and encourage all students to take, a course specifically designed for prevention and intervention strategies in behavioral/emotional disorders. This course should include information from the fields of psychology and education.
TN Code § 49-5-5609 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 5 - Personnel|Part 56 - Teacher Training|§ 49-5-5609. Report Regarding Certification by National Board for Professional Teacher Standards

 The commissioner of education shall report to the state board of education the number of Tennessee candidates for certification by the National Board for Professional Teacher Standards and the number attaining the certification.
TN Code § 49-5-5610 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 5 - Personnel|Part 56 - Teacher Training|§ 49-5-5610. Requirements for Entering Teacher Training Programs

  All students wishing to enter approved teacher training programs shall be required to:  Supply a fingerprint sample and submit to a criminal history records check to be conducted by the Tennessee bureau of investigation (TBI) and the federal bureau of investigation (FBI); and   Agree that the TBI may send to the teacher training program information indicating the results of the criminal history records check. The results will indicate whether the applicant has a criminal conviction that would result in automatic revocation of a teacher's license pursuant to this chapter and under the rules of the state board of education.     Any reasonable costs incurred by the TBI or FBI, or both, in conducting an investigation of an applicant shall be paid by the applicant. In lieu of additional criminal history records checks for subsequent applications to the selected teacher training program, the applicant may submit copies of the applicant's initial criminal history records check documentation and shall not be required to pay any additional costs.   The criminal history records check performed pursuant to this section shall meet all requirements for criminal history records checks related to observations or teaching as part of the teacher training program.   Any criminal history records check performed pursuant to this section shall not be submitted and used for the criminal history records check required under § 49-5-413 for employment by an LEA or child care program as defined in § 49-1-1102.
TN Code § 49-5-5611 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 5 - Personnel|Part 56 - Teacher Training|§ 49-5-5611. Allowing Equal Access for Domestic Professional Educators' Organizations

  Public institutions of higher education that provide teacher training programs shall allow equal access to any domestic professional educators' organization.   As used in this section:  “Domestic professional educators' organization” means an organization that:  Is incorporated under title 48, chapter 52;   Solicits professional membership from all certificated employees of LEAs;   Grants the same rights and privileges of membership to all its professional members; and   Provides equal services to its professional members; and     “Equal access” includes, but is not limited to, the following types of activities:  Distributing information on the campus of a public institution of higher education;   Recruiting and speaking on campus to groups of students who are in teacher training programs at a public institution of higher education;   Using meeting rooms of a public institution of higher education to meet with students in teacher training programs; and   Posting information, if permitted, on a public institution's campus bulletin boards.       Use of campus facilities by a professional educators' organization shall be governed by the rules and regulations on access and use of campus property and facilities adopted by the governing body of the public institution of higher education.
TN Code § 49-5-5612 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 5 - Personnel|Part 56 - Teacher Training|§ 49-5-5612. Coursework on Neurological and Brain Science Research

 Teacher training programs at public institutions of higher education are authorized and encouraged to offer coursework on neurological or brain science research.
TN Code § 49-5-5613 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 5 - Personnel|Part 56 - Teacher Training|§ 49-5-5613. Religious Content in Curriculum

 Teacher training institutions shall provide candidates with instruction on what is constitutionally permissible when teaching religious content and strategies for dealing with religious content in curriculum that are educationally sound, fair, neutral, and objective.
TN Code § 49-5-5614 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 5 - Personnel|Part 56 - Teacher Training|§ 49-5-5614. Access to Evaluation Data From Teacher Training Programs

 The department of education shall provide all state board of education approved teacher training programs access to annual evaluation data for teachers and principals graduating from the programs for a minimum of five (5) years following the completion of the program. Data made available to teacher training programs shall not be a public record and shall be used only for the purpose of making improvements to the program. Each program receiving the annual evaluation data shall execute a signed data-sharing agreement with the department of education that includes provisions safeguarding the privacy and security of the data.
TN Code § 49-5-5615 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 5 - Personnel|Part 56 - Teacher Training|§ 49-5-5615. Training on Teacher Code of Ethics Required

 State-approved teacher preparation programs shall require all teacher candidates to complete training on the teacher code of ethics found in part 10 of this chapter as part of the program.
TN Code § 49-5-5616 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 5 - Personnel|Part 56 - Teacher Training|§ 49-5-5616. Report of State-Board-of-Education Approved Teacher Preparation Program

  Each state-board-of-education approved teacher preparation program shall report for each school year:  The number of its program completers who, in the completer's first year of service as a teacher of record, received a score of “below expectations” or “significantly below expectations” on the completer's overall evaluation. The report shall be filed with the Tennessee higher education commission, the state board of education, and the chairs of the education committees of the senate and house of representatives. The state board of education may include this information in its annual teacher preparation report card prepared pursuant to § 49-5-108; and   The estimated cost to the institution of providing remediation to a teacher who completed its state-board-of-education approved teacher preparation program and who, in the teacher's first year of service as a teacher of record, received a score of “below expectations” or “significantly below expectations” on the teacher's overall evaluation and who has been recommended for remediation by the teacher's director of schools, or the director's designee. The report shall detail the estimated costs of providing remediation in person, remotely, or online.     Notwithstanding subsection (a), if a state-board-of-education approved teacher preparation program reports, for any school year, no more than ten (10) program completers who, in the completer's first year of service as a teacher of record, receive a score of “below expectations” or “significantly below expectations” on the completer's overall evaluation, then that data shall not be made publicly available in order to safeguard the privacy of individual teacher data.   The general assembly encourages each state-board-of-education approved teacher preparation program to collaborate with the program's primary partnership local education agencies to support its program completers who are in the completers' first year of service as a teacher of record in kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12) schools.
TN Code § 49-5-5617 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 5 - Personnel|Part 56 - Teacher Training|§ 49-5-5617. Requirements for Teacher Endorsement

 All courses taken toward meeting the requirement for a teacher endorsement shall be selected from those courses required for an academic major in the various fields of the arts and sciences or from colleges of business or engineering, if applicable. This requirement shall not apply to standard methods courses or other courses designed especially for training elementary teachers.
TN Code § 49-5-5618 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 5 - Personnel|Part 56 - Teacher Training|§ 49-5-5618. Teacher Training Faculty Involvement in Pre-Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve

  All full-time educator preparation program faculty members, including academic deans or executive leaders of such educator preparation programs, who are involved in the preparation of teachers, shall further their professional development through direct personal involvement in the public school or local education agency setting of pre-kindergarten through grade twelve (pre-K-12) on an annual basis.   The faculty involvement must include:  Professional learning targeted to or led by pre-k through grade twelve (pre-K-12) educators;   Professional learning focused on local education agency specific educational initiatives;   Direct instruction to pre-k through grade twelve (pre-K-12) students;   Curriculum development;   District level strategic partnerships; or   Direct observation of pre-k through grade twelve (pre-K-12) classrooms.     In accordance with state board of education policy, all preparation providers shall establish state-recognized partnerships with each local education agency where enrolled candidates will complete any aspect of clinical practice.   Primary partnership agreements must detail how the college of education faculty detailed in subsection (a) shall engage with at least one (1) local education agency and describe faculty involvement activities listed in subsection (b).   After implementation, the state board of education shall meet at least annually for structured meetings to coordinate policy on educator preparation, including, but not limited to, collaboration between colleges of education, colleges of education faculty, and local education agencies. The Tennessee higher education commission, the state's educator preparation programs, and the Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association shall be invited to participate.   The state board of education may review educator preparation programs for noncompliance with this section.   This section shall not apply to a solely online college or university.
TN Code § 49-5-5701 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 5 - Personnel|Part 57 - Principal-Administrator Academy|§ 49-5-5701. Principal-Administrator Academy Created

  There is created the Tennessee principal-administrator academy under the auspices of the department of education. The academy is not a single institution, but an organizational framework for a wide array of educational and training programs for school leaders, conducted at several sites in the three (3) grand divisions by the department.   The academy shall be a program of the department and shall be under the management and control of the commissioner.
TN Code § 49-5-5702 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 5 - Personnel|Part 57 - Principal-Administrator Academy|§ 49-5-5702. Purpose and Duties of Academy

  Training opportunities for principals and appropriate supervisory and administrative staff shall be made available through the academy within the limits of the approved budget of the department of education. The purpose of the academy is to instill and reinforce instructional leadership for educational effectiveness. The academy will consist of, but not be limited to, seminars and symposia for provisional principals and supervisors, special topic workshops, skill-building programs, advanced leadership training, appropriate programs for central office personnel and such other programs as may be devised by the department.   The academy shall also offer training to educators in evaluation techniques and procedures consistent with the evaluation processes provided for in parts 50 and 52-55 of this chapter [repealed].   The commissioner shall approve all training activities of the academy, which will be provided by department staff, university-based experts, outstanding school practitioners, the professional associations and such others as determined by the commissioner.   The academy will include summer institutes especially for school principals and administrators provided at several sites in the three (3) grand divisions.   The academy shall also offer training to educators on the various needs of children with behavioral and emotional disorders as they relate to discipline policies and procedures.