Contact Information

• Commissioner of Education Lizzette Reynolds: Commissioner.Education@tn.gov
• Deputy Commissioner Sam Pearcy: Sam.Pearcy@tn.gov
• General Counsel Christy Ballard: Christy.Ballard@tn.gov
• Chief of Staff Rica Douglas: Rica.Douglas@tn.gov
• Chief Academic Officer Kristy Brown: Kristy.Brown@tn.gov
• Chief Program Officer Jonathan Criswell: Jonathan.Criswell@tn.gov

Tennessee Department of Education Main Phone Line: (615) 741-5158

Main Menu Options

• Option 1: Office of Academics
• Option 2: Office of Operations
• Option 3: Office of Programs
• Option 4: Office of the General Counsel
• Option 5: Office of the Commissioner

Secondary Menu Options

Office of Academics

• Option 1: Academics and Instructional Strategy
• Option 2: Centers of Regional Excellence (CORE)
• Option 3: Early Childhood Education
• Option 4: Postsecondary, Workforce, CTE, and Military Readiness
• Option 5: Human Capital (Including Licensure)
• Option 6: Special Education and Student Supports

Office of Operations

• Option 1: Coordinated School Health
• Option 2: Information Technology
• Option 3: School Finance
• Option 4: Achievement School District
• Option 5: State Special Schools

Office of Programs

• Option 1: Assessment, Accountability, and Research
• Option 2: School Choice (Including ESA and ESF Programs)
• Option 3: School Improvement
• Option 4: Federal Programs and Oversight
• Option 5: Nonpublic Schools (Including Homeschooling)

Office of the General Counsel

• Option 1: Duplicate Diplomas and Education Verification
• Option 2: General Legal Questions

Office of the Commissioner

• Option 1: Human Resources
• Option 2: Audit Services
• Option 3: Commissioner’s Office

Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System (TCRS): (800)922-7772

Tennessee Higher Education Commissioner (THEC): (615)741-3605

Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation (TSCAC): (615)741-1346

Department of Education General Mailboxes

• Academics Instruction: Academics.Instruction@tn.gov 
• Accountability: TNED.Accountability@tn.gov
• Achievement School District: Achievements.SchoolDistrict@tn.gov
• Arts Education: ARTS.EDUCATION@tn.gov
• Assessment: TNED.Assessment@tn.gov
• Charter Schools: Charter.Schools@tn.gov
• Civics Initiatives: Civics.Initiatives@tn.gov 
• Commissioner of Education: Education.Commissioner@tn.gov
• CTE Questions: CTE.Questions@tn.gov
• CTE Standards: CTE.Standards@tn.gov
• CTSO Accounting: CTSO.Accounting@tn.gov
• CTSO Questions: CTSO.Questions@tn.gov
• Data Management: Data.Management@tn.gov
• Digital Learning: Digital.Learning@tn.gov
• District Technology: District.Technology@tn.gov
• District Technology Support: DT.Support@tn.gov
• Duplicate Diplomas: duplicate.diplomas@tnedu.gov
• Dyslexia Questions: DYSLEXIA.Questions@tn.gov
• Early Learning: TDOE.Earlylearning@tn.gov
• Early Postsecondary: early.postsecondary@tn.gov
• Early Reading Training: Earlyreading.training@tn.gov
• Education Waivers: Education.Waivers@tn.gov
• Educator Licensure: Educator.Licensure@tn.gov
• Educator Preparation: Educator.Preparation@tn.gov
• Educator Recognition: educator.recognition@edu.tn.gov
• EFS Questions: efs.questions@tn.gov
• English Language Inquiries: EL.Inquiry@tn.gov
• ESA Applications: ESA.Applications@tn.gov
• ESA Finance: ESA.Finance@tn.gov
• ESA Questions: ESA.Questions@tn.gov
• Fire Safety: Fire.Safety@tn.gov
• General Counsel Office: TDOE.GeneralCounsel@tn.gov
• Home School: Home.School@tn.gov
• IDEA Data Support: IDEA.data.support@tn.gov
• IDEA Dispute Resolution: IDEAdisputeresolution@tn.gov
• IEA Questions: IEA.Questions@tn.gov
• IT Jobs: TDOE.ITJobs@tn.gov
• Learning Management System: TDOE.LMS@tn.gov
• Media Inquiries: EDU.MediaInquiries@tn.gov
• Open Records: TDOE.OpenRecords@tn.gov
• Portfolio Questions: Portfolio.Questions@tn.gov
• Postsecondary, Workforce, CTE & Military Readiness Questions: PWCMR.Questions@tn.gov
• Prohibited Concepts: Prohibited.Concepts@tn.gov
• Private Schools: Private.Schools@tn.gov
• Report Card: Report.Card@tn.gov
• Research: TDOE.Research@tn.gov
• RTI Questions: RTI.Questions@tn.gov
• RV Questions: RV.Questions@tn.gov
• School Counseling: School.Counseling@tn.gov
• School Directory: school.directory@tn.gov
• School Door Locks: Door.Safety@tn.gov
• School Nutrition: School.Nutrition@tn.gov
• Secondary Literacy Training: SecondaryLiteracy.Training@tn.gov
• SkillsUSA Tennessee: SkillsUSA.Tennessee@tn.gov
• Special Populations: Special.Populations@tn.gov
• Student Transportation: Student.Transportation@tn.gov
• Summer Programs: Summer.Programs@tn.gov
• TASL Information: TASL.Information@tn.gov
• TCAP Family and Educator Portal: tned.portal@tnedu.gov
• TeachReadyTN: teachready@tn.gov
• Teacher & Leader Evaluation: TEAM.Questions@tn.gov
• Tennessee DECA: Tennessee.DECA@tn.gov
• Tennessee Educator Survey: tn.educatorsurvey@edu.tn.gov
• Tennessee FBLA: Tennessee.FBLA@tn.gov
• Tennessee FCCLA: Tennessee.FCCLA@tn.gov
• Tennessee HOSA: Tennessee.HOSA@tn.gov
• Tennessee TSA: Tennessee.TSA@tn.gov
• Tennessee Universal Screener: TN.Universalscreener@tn.gov
• TNED Graduates: TNED.Graduates@tn.gov
• Virtual Schools: Virtual.Schools@tn.gov
• Voluntary Pre-K: Vpk.questions@tn.gov

TDOE Organization Chart

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