STOP! READ THROUGHLY BEFORE COMPLETING THIS APPLICATION: The Graduate TEP application is NOT a graduate admissions application.  If you have completed 6 hours of graduate coursework toward the Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) degree or your teaching license, please complete this application. DO NOT USE A CELL PHONE. If you have questions regarding the Graduate TEP application, please email Ms. Lanier at mlanier@memphis.edu.  

 

TEP admission requires a Background Check. If you work in a school as a substitute teacher, teacher assistant, or full-time teacher, you can use your most recent pay stub and school ID to waive the background check requirement. Please have these documents ready before you begin this application.

 

For TEP candidates who must complete the standard background check, you must upload the signed VECHS waiver via SoftDocs. Please click here for directions on downloading a copy of your signed document from SoftDocs. Email tecp@memphis.edu if you experience difficulty signing the form.

Please READ the requirements for this application above before completing this application.  Are you enrolled in the Master of Arts in Teaching program, or Licensure only Non-Degree study or School Social Work master's or graduate certificate student?  If you answer "NO", your applicaiton will end.