Certificate of Graduate Studies in Administration

Educators who hold a master’s, educational specialist, or doctoral degree in some field of education, have two years of successful educational experience and hold a valid Tennessee teaching license may enter the Certificate Program for Administration to earn credits toward the Instructional Leader License. The 21-credit-hour program provides course work and field experiences to prepare candidates for the SLLA exam required for earning the administrative license. 

The program adheres to similar admission standards and procedures and academic policies of the graduate students in education department and the requirements of the Tennessee State Board of Education’s learning-centered leadership policy.