{"id":15966,"date":"2020-04-26T20:10:55","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T01:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/?p=15966"},"modified":"2020-04-26T18:56:33","modified_gmt":"2020-04-26T23:56:33","slug":"tennessee-department-of-education-university-of-tennessee-to-provide-covid-related-professional-development-for-tennessee-principals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/2020\/04\/26\/tennessee-department-of-education-university-of-tennessee-to-provide-covid-related-professional-development-for-tennessee-principals\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee Department of Education, University of Tennessee to Provide COVID-Related Professional Development for Tennessee Principals"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tennessee<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Nashville, TN<\/strong> – The Tennessee Department of Education and the University of Tennessee\u2019s Center for Educational Leadership are partnering to provide virtual professional learning opportunities to principals to support them in addressing the immediate challenges facing schools as a result of the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic during these tumultuous and uncertain times.<\/p>\n

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These sessions will be completely free, optional, and eligible for TASL-credit. Sign-up information will be provided early next week through principal study councils in coordination with CORE offices.<\/p>\n

Tennessee Principal Professional Learning Series, offered to all public school principals in the state at no cost, will leverage the intellectual resources of the university, as well as other external expertise, to address the most pressing problems of practice facing school principals.<\/p>\n

“Strong school leadership is more important than ever, and we know our school principals are facing new and unprecedented challenges as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic,\u201d said Commissioner Penny Schwinn.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have seen so many examples of how our principals have stepped up for students, and we want to do whatever we can to provide them with support and resources during this critical time. This partnership with the Center for Educational Leadership will help bring best-in-class, focused professional development to help school leaders meet students\u2019 most pressing needs,\u201d Schwinn stated.<\/p>\n

Digital professional development sessions will be led by University of Tennessee, Knoxville faculty under the leadership of Dr. Jim McIntyre, Director of the Center for Educational Leadership. In the near-term, principal support will focus on immediate issues, such as best practices in digital learning, whole child needs, and leading remotely.<\/p>\n

Moving into the summer, the focus will shift to transforming schools to address student learning needs in the coming academic year through differentiation, personalization, and intervention, as well as re-establishing collaboration and school culture.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur school principals have been leading admirably through this unparalleled crisis, and this effort will support them in continuing to meet the needs of their students, parents, educators, stakeholders, and communities,\u201d noted Dr. Jim McIntyre, Director of the Center for Educational Leadership.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe this initiative will allow school principals to learn from experts about relevant and urgent educational issues, and confer with their colleagues about the application of this learning to their individual schools. The ultimate beneficiaries of this collaborative work will be the nearly one million schoolchildren in Tennessee,\u201d stated McIntyre.<\/p>\n

The presentations will also be recorded and available for principals to view. More information on these sessions <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

This initiative will be funded by philanthropic support and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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