Lifting Tennessee students to be among the best in the nation cannot occur without empowering Tennessee educators to be advocates for their students and profession. The Tennessee Educator Fellowship is an opportunity for passionate educators to find and use their voice on behalf of their students. Three fellows in this year’s cohort share what they…
Within my small Title 1 elementary school in East Tennessee there are numerous professionals working daily to meet the multitude of needs of our students. Our team includes a principal, associate principal, classroom teachers, special education teachers, related arts teachers, interventionists, an English language learner specialist, a family liaison, a variety of therapists including speech,…
Who should start the conversation around college and career readiness in our state? Would you have said a first-grade teacher from southeast Tennessee? Kevin Winters is a Tennessee Educator Fellow who has launched JobFair BookShare, an example of teachers who are leading advocacy and conversations on what Tennessee students need. Increasing the number of students…
This post originally appeared on the Tennessee Department of Education’s blog Classroom Chronicles. Why am I giving this test? How can it be useful to me? For me, these questions, and the resulting answers, are integral to the process of evaluating an instructional tool or activity. I must have purpose in order to determine action….
The State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) announced that 49 teachers have been selected for the 2016-17 class of the Tennessee Educator Fellowship, a significant expansion of the program that helps elevate teacher voice in the state. “Teachers have a proven, significant role in helping students achieve at higher levels, and Tennessee needs the insight…