Tennessee School Psychologist Continuing Education Requirements
Review current Tennessee school psychologist license renewal requirements, Professional Development Points (PDPs), qualifying professional learning, and documentation requirements.
Tennessee School Psychologist Renewal at a Glance
Professional License
A Professional School Services Personnel License may be renewed with 60 Professional Development Points earned during the license validity period.
Practitioner Renewal
A non-first-issuance Practitioner School Services Personnel License may be renewed with 30 PDPs.
Professional Learning
Tennessee awards 1 PDP for each qualifying clock hour of professional learning.
A Tennessee educator holding a Professional license may renew by completing 60 PDPs during the license validity period or by completing two years of qualifying educator experience during that same period.
Tennessee School Psychologist Renewal Overview
What Can Count Toward Tennessee PDPs?
Tennessee requires professional development activities to relate to improving educator effectiveness.
Qualifying activities may develop content knowledge, pedagogical knowledge, or professional skills; improve the educator's effectiveness; support the use of educational data; or build competency in student social, emotional, health, and well-being needs.
Tennessee specifically notes that professional learning activities may qualify for school services personnel, including school psychologists, when participation enhances effectiveness based on the professional's current job duties.
PDP Conversions
How Tennessee PDPs Are Documented
Most professional development activities result in a certificate of completion that can be submitted as documentation for PDP credit. Tennessee also allows other verification when a certificate is not available.
Submitting Professional Development Points
Tennessee educators enter professional development activities into TNCompass.
If the school psychologist is employed in a Tennessee public school, appropriate district personnel review and approve submitted PDPs. If the educator is not currently staffed in a Tennessee public school, the Tennessee Department of Education reviews the submitted documentation.
Can Tennessee School Psychologists Take Online CE Courses?
Tennessee permits professional learning that meets the state's relevance and documentation requirements. The key question is whether the activity improves educator effectiveness and is related to the educator's professional responsibilities.
Child & School Psychology CE offers structured, asynchronous professional development designed specifically for school psychologists and related professionals.
Courses provide certificates of completion documenting professional development hours. Tennessee educators should submit qualifying activities through TNCompass for approval under the applicable renewal process.
Online CE for School Psychologists
Explore self-paced professional development in assessment, behavior, mental health, ethics, legal issues, data-based decision making, and school psychology practice.
Browse CE CoursesNCSP Renewal Requirements Are Separate
Nationally Certified School Psychologists have separate NASP continuing professional development requirements in addition to Tennessee educator licensure requirements.
Official Tennessee Licensing Information
School psychologist educator licensure and renewal requirements are administered by the Tennessee Department of Education. Requirements may change, so school psychologists should confirm current rules before submitting a renewal application.
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