Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-233
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Mathematics support - K-8 teacher training
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(a) By July 1, 2025, the department of education shall identify and approve at least one (1) standards-aligned professional development course on mathematics instruction skills that is available, at no cost, to teachers in kindergarten through grade eight (K-8). The department shall use the findings of the mathematics expert review committee convened pursuant to § 49-1-234(b), and the findings and conclusions of the landscape analysis required in § 49-1-234(a), to inform its approval of a professional development course for purposes of this subsection (a). (b) By August 1, 2025, the department shall revise the standards for high school students participating in a teaching-as-a-profession career pathway to include standards-aligned mathematics instruction skills in alignment with the professional development course on mathematics instruction skills identified and approved by the department pursuant to subsection (a). The department shall use the findings of the mathematics expert review committee convened pursuant to § 49-1-234(b), and the findings and conclusions of the landscape analysis required in § 49-1-234(a), to inform the standards, which must be approved by the state board of education. Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 551,s 2, eff. 3/11/2024.
(a) By July 1, 2025, the department of education shall identify and approve at least one (1) standards-aligned professional development course on mathematics instruction skills that is available, at no cost, to teachers in kindergarten through grade eight (K-8). The department shall use the findings of the mathematics expert review committee convened pursuant to § 49-1-234(b), and the findings and conclusions of the landscape analysis required in § 49-1-234(a), to inform its approval of a professional development course for purposes of this subsection (a).
(b) By August 1, 2025, the department shall revise the standards for high school students participating in a teaching-as-a-profession career pathway to include standards-aligned mathematics instruction skills in alignment with the professional development course on mathematics instruction skills identified and approved by the department pursuant to subsection (a). The department shall use the findings of the mathematics expert review committee convened pursuant to § 49-1-234(b), and the findings and conclusions of the landscape analysis required in § 49-1-234(a), to inform the standards, which must be approved by the state board of education.
Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 551,s 2, eff. 3/11/2024.
(a) By July 1, 2025, the department of education shall identify and approve at least one (1) standards-aligned professional development course on mathematics instruction skills that is available, at no cost, to teachers in kindergarten through grade eight (K-8). The department shall use the findings of the mathematics expert review committee convened pursuant to § 49-1-234(b), and the findings and conclusions of the landscape analysis required in § 49-1-234(a), to inform its approval of a professional development course for purposes of this subsection (a).
(b) By August 1, 2025, the department shall revise the standards for high school students participating in a teaching-as-a-profession career pathway to include standards-aligned mathematics instruction skills in alignment with the professional development course on mathematics instruction skills identified and approved by the department pursuant to subsection (a). The department shall use the findings of the mathematics expert review committee convened pursuant to § 49-1-234(b), and the findings and conclusions of the landscape analysis required in § 49-1-234(a), to inform the standards, which must be approved by the state board of education.
Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 551,s 2, eff. 3/11/2024.
Status: in_force
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