Using State ESSER Funds to Support Innovative Educator Pathways

States have utilized federal COVID relief funds to fortify their teacher workforce and are planning to sustain high-impact investments. In this webinar, participants learned about findings from CCSSO’s newest report, The Road to Recovery: How States are Using ESSER Funds to Support Teacher Recruitment and Retention. Additionally, state and local education leaders from Indiana and South Carolina discussed the impact of system-level investments in addressing teacher shortages and diversifying their workforce.

Speakers:

• Jonathan P. Moore, Chief Strategy Officer, Council of Chief State School Officers.
• Katie Jenner, Indiana Secretary of Education.
• Kimberley Stroup, Special Education Teacher, Herron-Riverside High School.
• Emanuel Harper, Head of School, Herron-Riverside High School.
• Lilla Toal Mandsager, Director of Educator Effectiveness & Leadership Development, South Carolina Department of Education.
• Roy Jones, Executive Director, Call Me MISTER at Clemson University

To read CCSSO’s report, The Road to Recovery: How States are Using ESSER Funds to Support Teacher Recruitment and Retention, click here.

To learn more about CCSSO’s COVID Relief Data Project, click here.

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