The Education Workforce initiative focuses on what are arguably the most important factors in student achievement-effective teachers and leaders. CCSSO is calling for states to change the rules, encourage innovation, learn from other sectors, and apply new principles to transform these professions.
CCSSO is the key organization to lead comprehensive change in state education policies and practices, as chiefs often oversee a majority of the components of state human capital systems. Th...
Recognizing the challenges of change, chief state school officers called for opportunities to collaborate across states to pool talent and resources. To answer the call, CCSSO has organized a cross-state consortium on educator effectiveness. Together, we can shape the policies and practices that serve to improve the effectiveness of our nation's educators.
The Interstate Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (InTASC) is a consortium of state education agencies and national educational organizations dedicated to the reform of the preparation, licensing, and on-going professional development of teachers.
The National Teacher of the Year program began in 1952 and continues as the oldest, most prestigious national honors program that focuses public attention on excellence in teaching.
Since 2000, the Council of Chief State School Officers has worked in partnership with The Wallace Foundation on supporting the differentiated and shared roles, responsibilities, and authority that our education leaders play in the 21st century learning context and improving the system that supports this new and collaborative type of work.
In 2012, the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) convened a Task Force on Transforming Educator Preparation and Entry into the Profession that issued a call to action to chief state school officers and identified action steps that states could take to improve the workforce upon entry into the education profession
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