2020 Tennessee Educator Survey
The Tennessee Educator Survey allows the department to collect annual feedback, and provides valuable information that highlights actionable lessons for state, district, and school leaders. Thank you to the more than 37,000 educators who participated in the 2020 survey.
Explore the survey results to review state, district, and school level results in depth.
Read the first in a series of 2020 survey briefs, to see more detailed analysis of key findings such, including:
- Nine out of ten teachers agree that their school is a learning community that encourages ideas and suggestions
- One out of five teachers report spending more than 10 hours per week creating or sourcing their instructional materials.
- School-based mental health professionals signal a need to improve referral processes with only half agreeing the process gets students the help they need quickly.
The Tennessee Educator Survey is a partnership of the Department of Education and the Tennessee Research Alliance (TERA). To learn more about the survey from our partners at TERA, visit Tennessee Educator Survey, read the two-page survey overview, or direct further questions about survey administration to tned.research.alliance@vanderbilt.edu.
Additionally, the 2020 survey asked additional questions specific to educator experiences as a result of the unprecedented school closures and resulting changes to instruction and learning — providing some of the earliest data around Tennessee educators’ experiences amidst the pandemic. To learn more about Tennessee Educator Survey results regarding COVID-19 related school closures, please read TERA’s report: Teaching Through a Global Pandemic.