Licensure Information

Alternate route teachers in Tennessee work on a Transitional license, which is applied for on your behalf by Memphis City Schools once you have an offer of employment.  Transitional license holders must enroll in a state-approved Teacher Education Program and must demonstrate satisfactory annual progress toward completion of all licensure requirements to renew the license (your program/university will provide a letter stating that you have met all requirements to date). Teachers may teach on a Transitional license no more than three years.

The following area colleges and universities offer Teacher Education Programs. Please research each potential school’s tuition, course of study and requirements before enrolling.

Bethel University

Christian Brothers University

Crichton College

Freed-Hardeman University

Lambuth University

Lane College

LeMoyne-Owen College

Rhodes College

Union University

The University of Memphis

University of Tennessee-Martin