State Leaders

This webpage includes guidance for reviewing and selecting eLearning instructional materials, a repository of digital course materials, and links to lesson plans.

This comprehensive list includes resources for navigating the emotional effects of COVID-19, including articles, blogs, and podcasts.

This FAQ on grading and graduation requirements addresses how to grade student work during distance learning, alternative grading systems, universities responses to admissions with flexible grading, dual enrollment, and distance learning grading guidance for teachers.

The Tennessee Department of Education developed guidance for educators’ professional development points, teacher pay and leave, clinical experience and licensure requirements, edTPA portfolios, and teacher candidate licensure exams.

This blog discusses the implications of school closures for measuring and assessing accountability during the COVID-19 crisis.

The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted professional learning for educators to online environments. This podcast discusses ways to use communities of practice to help teachers connect and help ensure online activities are just as effective as in-person learning.

This brief includes immediate and long-term recommendations to prevent pandemic closures from escalating the teacher shortage crisis. States will need policies that do not prevent student-teachers from graduating and becoming licensed to teach in the fall.

This FAQ addresses educator workforce issues, such as salary and educator appraisals. Districts can submit a waiver for specific aspects of the appraisal process that cannot be completed due to school closures from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Massachusetts released guidance for their performance assessment for leaders (PAL). PAL scoring will continue but PAL candidates will have the flexibility to submit videos of virtual classroom observation and/or feedback sessions conducted virtually.

Massachusetts issued an executive order extending the licenses for certain licensed professionals, including educators. The order states that a license that is in good standing that has expired or will expire during the state of emergency, is now extended and will remain valid until 90 days after the end of the state of emergency.