PHIL BREDESEN
GOVERNOR
STATE OF TENNESSEE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
6th FLOOR, ANDREW JOHNSON TOWER
710 JAMES ROBERTSON PARKWAY
NASHVILLE, TN 37243-0375
BRUCE OPIE
COMMISSIONER
MEMORANDUM
TO:
Carlette Hardin, Dean of Education
Austin Peay State University
FROM:
Martin Nash, Executive Director
Teacher Education and Accreditation
DATE:
January 4, 2011
SUBJECT:
Conditional Approval
Department reviewers have completed the review of the APSU Interdisciplinary
Concentration for Early Childhood Education PreK-3 licensure program proposal.
Based on the preliminary review, the Department’s Office of Teacher Education and
Accreditation is granting conditional approval for APSU to proceed with
implementation of the program until a program approval visit occurs, following which
final approval will be considered.
The proposal reviewers indicated the program presented appears to address all the
applicable candidate standards and program implementation standards required by
the State Board of Education’s Licensure Standards and Induction Guidelines. If you
or your faculty has any questions, do not hesitate to call me at 615/532-6212 or email
Martin.Nash@tn.gov. Also, if you would like a hardcopy version of this
correspondence, please let me know.
c:
Vance Rugaard
Ken Nye
Kathy Jordan