Teaching Schools In Tennessee
Tennessee has 45 accredited teaching schools where teaching faculty who teach teaching classes can find employment. Below are statistics and other relevant data to help analyze the state of teaching and teaching training in Tennessee, which includes teaching training at the following levels:
- Teaching Certificate
- Associates degree in Teaching
- Bachelors degree in Teaching
- Masters degree in Teaching
- PhD degree in Teaching
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Professional Trends
Tennessee Vs. National Teaching Employment
| Tennessee | 78,100 |
| National | 4,078,490 |
Of all of the teaching professionals that work in the US, approximately 2% work in Tennessee state.
Employment Growth for Teaching professionals In Tennessee
| 68,250 | 66,060 | 73,310 | 74,370 | 74,230 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Yellow: Actual Values
Teaching is a growing field in Tennessee. In Tennessee, 5,980 more teaching professionals were working in 2010, than there were in 2006. Thus, the field of teaching has grown by 9% in Tennessee. This growth is faster than the change in the number of teaching professionals around the country. Nationally, the number of teaching professionals has shrunk by 6% from 2006 to 2010.
Teaching VS. All Professions salaries in Tennessee
| $49,747 | $54,323 | $54,387 | $54,116 | $54,748 |
| $40,013 | $42,768 | $44,223 | $45,004 | $44,949 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
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- Light Blue: Teaching
- Dark Yellow: All Professions
As the number of teaching professionals is growing, the salaries paid to teaching professionals are increasing in Tennessee. Teaching professionals earned a yearly mean salary of $49,747 in 2006. They earned a yearly mean salary of $54,748 in 2010.
Salary percentiles for Teaching professionals in Tennessee
10th percentile |
$29,135 |
25th percentile |
$36,877 |
50th percentile |
$51,034 |
75th percentile |
$66,291 |
90th percentile |
$86,432 |
Thus, there was a 9% growth in teaching professionals' salaries. This growth is mirrored by state trends for all professionals. There is a 197% pay differential between the highest paid teaching professionals and those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket. Thus, there is huge variation in pay, within the field of teaching in Tennessee.
Average Salaries for Teaching professionals and related professions in Tennessee
Early Childhood Education |
$38,415 |
Educational Leadership |
$65,098 |
Elementary Education |
$51,880 |
Special Education |
$46,133 |
Teaching |
$53,882 |
In Tennessee, teaching professionals earn, on average, more than professionals in related fields.
Educational Trends
Teaching programs available for each degree type for all schools in Tennessee
associate |
8 |
bachelor |
212 |
master |
51 |
doctor |
1 |
Certificate |
19 |
| Total | 291 |
The number of students graduating from the 45 accredited teaching schools in Tennessee is increasing. In 2006 there were 1,907 teaching graduates from teaching courses in Tennessee and in 2010 there were 2,137 graduates.
This represents a 12% increase in the number of teaching degree or certificate school graduates in Tennessee state. 73% of these graduates received a bachelor's degree in teaching.