Admissions inquiries
Erin Brock | 423.869.6280
Email: erin.brock@LMUnet.edu



"I spent years working in a bank. Now I'm getting to do what I always wanted to do--teach. I wish that I would have worried less about having money and more about having career that I love and respect."
--Vivian West, student

Post-Bac Teacher Licensure

To inquire about this program:
Erin Brock| 1.800.325.0900, ext 6405 | postbac@LMUnet.edu

Departmental web site

LMU's Post-Baccalaureate Teacher Licensure Program (Post-Bac) is a certification program leading to the initial teaching license in Tennessee. Specifically designed for working adults with a college degree, LMU's program offers an ideal alternative approach to teacher education for people who want to become elementary or secondary school teachers.

Degree Offered

Teaching certificate

Special Features

LMU's faculty is a team of experienced educators who bring to the classroom the practical knowledge and expertise that come from years as teachers and administrators in public schools. They also have extensive experience with educational practices in other countries, which lends classes a broader perspective.

The program is constantly updated to meet the changing needs of both our students and our public schools.

The areas of accelerated licensure include:

• Biology
• Business Education
• Chemistry
• Elementary K-6
• English
• History
• Kinesiology
• Physical Education
• Secondary Mathematics
• Visual Arts

The program is a cohort program with a new class starting each fall.

Program Admission and Exit Requirements
-Admission to Program

• Program  Application
• Qualifying Test Scores - ACT (22), SAT (1020), GRE ( Verbal – 370, Quantitative 410) or PPST (Writing - 173 , Reading – 174,  Math - 173)
• University Transcript documenting 2.5 GPA in Baccalaureate Degree
• Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Background Check
• Provisional Admission Meeting With Advisor

-Admission to Clinical Practice – Student Teaching

• Praxis II Test Scores – Principles of Learning and Teaching & all Required Subject Area Tests
• University Transcripts Documenting all Required Coursework Completed as Outlined in the Candidate’s Individual Program of Study (Minimum GPA of 3.0)

-Exit Requirements

• Successfully Complete all Requirements for Enhanced Student Teaching – EDUC 591 (Two Placements – 16 Weeks Total)
• Pass the Oral Presentation and Defense of Institutional Standards and Professional Teaching Standards
• Exit Interview
• Exit Survey

Course Information

Students in the program complete at least 18 semester hours of graduate coursework--two semesters of the professional core and one semester (16 weeks) of full-time student teaching. Courses during the first two semesters are held two Saturdays a month.

Post-Bac Professional Education Core
	Credit hour	Semester
EDUC 570 Intro to the Teacher Leader	6	Fall
EDUC 571 Extending & Refining Knowledge & Leadership	6	Spring
EDUC 591 Enhanced Student Teaching	6	Fall
Post-Bac Hours	18
Students interested in seeking K-6 elementary education licensure are required to take the following interdisciplinary studies courses in addition to the professional education core.
Interdisciplinary Studies in Human Learning and Development
	Credit hour	Semester
CDEV 450 Early Childhood/Child & Adoloscent Development	3	Fall
EDUC 450 Math Teaching Concepts	3	Fall
EDUC 410 Instructional Reading, Diagnosis and Correction	3	Spring
EDUC 430 Integrated Language Arts in K-6	3	Spring
EDUC 350 Integrated Science	3	Summer
EDUC 355 Integrated Social Studies	3	Summer
Interdisciplinary Hours	18
TOTAL REQUIRED HOURS	36

*All coursework and required testing must be completed prior to student teaching.  All coursework must be taken at Lincoln Memorial University - Knoxville, Kingsport or Harrogate.

Students pursuing a secondary certification may have to take additional undergraduate courses to attain the knowledge required for their chosen area.

Internships

All student teachers in the program are required to complete one semester of full-time student teaching in a public school classroom. In recent years, our student teachers have taught in school districts throughout eastern Tennessee and in Virginia, Kentucky, and northern Georgia.

Career Opportunities

LMU's program graduates are highly sought after by school districts in Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia and Kentucky.

Graduate & Professional Opportunities

Since classes in the program are graduate-level courses, the Department of Graduate Education offers Post-Bac students the opportunity to earn a master's degree in education (in curriculum and instruction) by taking only five additional master's level courses.

Many students also continue their graduate studies at LMU and receive their post-master's Educational Specialist (EdS) degree.

Clubs & Organizations

Students in the program are eligible to join the Tennessee Teacher Education Association, the state's largest professional educators organization.