§ 49-5-5619. Foundational Literacy Skills Standards — Training on Reading Instruction — Reading Instruction Test
By July 31, 2021: The department shall develop and submit to the state board for approval, foundational literacy skills standards for use by all educator preparation providers for the instruction of candidates seeking a license to teach students in kindergarten through grade three (K-3). The department shall develop and submit to the state board for […]
§ 49-5-5701. Principal-Administrator Academy Created
There is created the Tennessee principal-administrator academy under the auspices of the department of education. The academy is not a single institution, but an organizational framework for a wide array of educational and training programs for school leaders, conducted at several sites in the three (3) grand divisions by the department. The academy shall be […]
§ 49-5-5702. Purpose and Duties of Academy
Training opportunities for principals and appropriate supervisory and administrative staff shall be made available through the academy within the limits of the approved budget of the department of education. The purpose of the academy is to instill and reinforce instructional leadership for educational effectiveness. The academy will consist of, but not be limited to, seminars […]
§ 49-5-5703. Principals and Administrators to Attend Academy
Each principal and administrator shall be required to attend the principal-administrator academy for instruction at least once every five (5) years; provided, that the commissioner may, at the commissioner’s discretion, grant an extension not to exceed one (1) additional year to any principal or administrator who has not satisfied the attendance requirements of this subsection […]
§ 49-5-5704. Costs of Academy Attendance
The institutes shall be provided without cost to those attending; however, participant travel, living and incidental costs may be at the expense of the participant; or if the LEA so determines, it may reimburse from school funds its participants for their reasonable expenses, not exceeding amounts authorized for state employees in the comprehensive travel regulations […]
§ 49-5-111. Educational Assistants
49-5-506. Local standards may apply. 49-5-508. Breach of contract — Effect on tenure.
§ 49-5-506. Local Standards May Apply
49-5-508. Breach of contract — Effect on tenure.
§ 49-5-5614. Access to Evaluation Data From Teacher Training Programs
The department of education shall provide all state board of education approved teacher training programs access to annual evaluation data for teachers and principals graduating from the programs for a minimum of five (5) years following the completion of the program. Data made available to teacher training programs shall not be a public record and […]
§ 49-5-5615. Training on Teacher Code of Ethics Required
State-approved teacher preparation programs shall require all teacher candidates to complete training on the teacher code of ethics found in part 10 of this chapter as part of the program.
§ 49-5-5616. Report of State-Board-of-Education Approved Teacher Preparation Program
Each state-board-of-education approved teacher preparation program shall report for each school year: The number of its program completers who, in the completer’s first year of service as a teacher of record, received a score of “below expectations” or “significantly below expectations” on the completer’s overall evaluation. The report shall be filed with the Tennessee higher […]