{"id":16834,"date":"2020-08-06T22:00:33","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T03:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/?p=16834"},"modified":"2020-08-06T20:22:45","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T01:22:45","slug":"tennessee-governor-bill-lee-and-commissioner-penny-schwinn-announce-additional-resources-to-assist-school-reopening-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/2020\/08\/06\/tennessee-governor-bill-lee-and-commissioner-penny-schwinn-announce-additional-resources-to-assist-school-reopening-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and Commissioner Penny Schwinn announce Additional Resources to Assist School Reopening Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-330575\" title=\"Tennessee State Government\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Tennessee-State-Government-2.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee State Government\" width=\"250\" height=\"74\">Nashville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and Commissioner of Education Penny Schwinn announced today the State of Tennessee\u2019s continued efforts to assist families, teachers, and districts as the 2020-2021 school year begin.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/School-Opening.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-492392\" title=\"School Opening\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/School-Opening-480x320.jpg\" alt=\"School Opening\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\"><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs schools begin to reopen amidst unprecedented circumstances, we\u2019re committed to providing Tennessee students, parents, and educators the resources they need to ensure children continue to learn and grow,\u201d said Governor Lee. \u201cWe\u2019ll continue to support our students and teachers with these resources so that back to school is a success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe top priority at the department for the new school year is ensuring health and safety in our school communities, and high-quality instruction is delivered for every student,\u201d said Commissioner Penny Schwinn. \u201cTennessee is leading the way and we are so thankful for the effort, focus, and investments to support our schools and students.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Additional Funding to Support Connectivity<\/h3>\n<p>TDOE is providing $15 million in grant funding to districts to purchase wifi or mifi devices for their students<\/p>\n<p><strong>The grant application will request districts to identify:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The number of households without internet access and the method of determining that information (e.g. family surveys, etc.);<\/li>\n<li>A viable, local solution to meet connectivity needs, such as MiFi devices, and expected cost for devices and services;<\/li>\n<li>The grant will fund districts at $150.00 per identified household need, up to $15 million statewide, meaning 100,000 households can benefit from this support;<\/li>\n<li>The amount is based on state contracted rates for mifi devices and data coverage for the first semester, after which the funds expire. Districts will plan to pick up data charges for second semester or develop a plan to address them for sustainability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Teacher PPE Dashboard<\/h3>\n<p>TDOE is working with our partners at TEMA to develop a public dashboard that provides additional information around shipments of these critical materials and look forward to making available that information in the coming week.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[470center]<\/p>\n<h3>Best for All Central<\/h3>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bestforall.tnedu.gov\/\" >Best for All Central<\/a> is Tennessee\u2019s Hub for learning and teaching, and is designed to provide school leaders, educators, and families with an extensive collection of high-quality, optional resources designed to be easily accessible and searchable.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resources\u2014all free&#8211; include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>School leader and educator professional development, including professional development for digital teaching;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>An academic standards navigator\u2014linking academic standards information an example assessment items for each grade&#8230; providing this information for the public for the first time in such an easy to understand way;<\/li>\n<li>Instructional videos to provide weekly content in core areas of instruction, with brand new videos available in addition to all the PBS Teaching Tennessee lessons and companion guides;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Additional resources released earlier this year including the STEAM Resources Hub, SchoolMealFinder.com, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The department will continue to add new resources on a regular basis.<\/p>\n<h3>Family Remote Learning Site<\/h3>\n<p>In partnership with Trevecca Nazarene University, the department has created a new resource for families- Bridging the Distance: Family Remote Learning.&nbsp; The online tool is a free resource designed to help families navigate remote learning and better understand the common tools and programs used by educators.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resources include:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u2018Remote Learning 101\u2019 training for parents;<\/li>\n<li>Supports for parents with students who have special needs;<\/li>\n<li>Videos from parents and teachers around best practices for supporting students in this new environment, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Access this resource at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/remotefamilylearning.com\/\" >https:\/\/remotefamilylearning.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[470center]<\/p>\n<h3>Foundational Skills Site<\/h3>\n<p>The department released a free, optional supplement to support early literacy, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/openedx.tneducation.net\/courses\/course-v1:TDOE+fs101+2020YL\/about\" >TN Foundational Skills Curriculum Supplement<\/a>, which follows evidenced-based research to build a solid foundation for literacy in pre-K through second grade.<\/p>\n<p>This supplement is completely free, optional, and uses a systematic approach to sounds-first instruction to help all students gain the foundational skills necessary to become proficient readers. Teachers, districts, and parents can access and download the materials in the supplement at any time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nashville, TN &#8211; Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and Commissioner of Education Penny Schwinn announced today the State of Tennessee\u2019s continued efforts to assist families, teachers, and districts as the 2020-2021 school year begin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[12333,549,284,12441,13082,908,872,261,886,871,3350,7720],"class_list":["post-16834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","tag-bill-lee","tag-nashville","tag-nashville-tn","tag-penny-schwinn","tag-school-opening","tag-tdoe","tag-tema","tag-tennessee","tag-tennessee-department-of-education","tag-tennessee-emergency-management-agency","tag-tennessee-governor","tag-trevecca-nazarene-university"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16834"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16835,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16834\/revisions\/16835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}