TN ALL Corps

Students across the state had different access to instruction in spring 2020 and throughout the 2020-21 school year. This resulted in lower average proficiency across the state, specifically in math and early reading.  Beginning in the 2020-21 school year through summer 2024, the department is investing Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funding, or ESSER 3.0, in TN ALL Corps tutoring supports. 

Through a grant matching program, TN ALL Corps is available to both school districts and community partners. Combining funding that is available at the state, district, and community levels, Tennessee can dramatically increase the amount of learning time children have access to—helping to mitigate learning loss and accelerate student achievement. 

TN ALL Corps Model

There are currently 87 districts across Tennessee that are participating in TN ALL Corps, representing over 200,000 students served over the next three years. Using a research-based model, each participating district has committed to following the TN ALL Corps model composed of:  

Tn All Corps Steps

Over the next three years, the state’s matching-grant approach for tutoring, in combination with summer programming, will serve over 200,000 students, with 50,000 students served in the first year. This will provide 250-500 additional hours of academic instruction each, in the next three years and four summers. The total investment in tutoring between the state and LEA matching grants is projected to be over $200 million.  

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Information for Districts and Tutors

  • The department offers two TN ALL Corps Tutor Training courses to fulfil the requirement of tutors being certified to provide TN ALL Corps high-dosage, low-ratio tutoring. 
  • The Aspiring and Alternative Educator course, designed for non-licensed educators, consists of six asynchronous training modules covering everything from the basics of tutoring to academic best practices. It is more comprehensive and should take approximately 6-8 hours to complete.
  • The Licensed Educator course, designed for licensed educators, focuses on best practices in tutoring. It consists of three asynchronous modules and should take approximately 2 hours to complete.

Resources for Grades 4 through 8

In partnership with Niswonger’s Project On Track, Bristol Tennessee City Schools developed the following resources for ELA support that fundamentally support access to grade level content in Tier I classroom instruction in grades 4 through 8.

The department currently supports five community partners in Tennessee: Literacy Mid-South, Niswonger Foundation, United Way of Greater Chattanooga, United Way of Greater Knoxville and United Way of Middle Tennessee.

The Connected Literacy Program provides tutoring support to students in grades 1-3. Tutoring is grounded in Tennessee’s Foundational Skills Curriculum Supplement. The primary focus of Connected Literacy is to provide vital early grades literacy support, resulting in more students becoming proficient readers over the next few years. This work connects to the Tennessee Department of Education’s (TDOE) Best For All strategic plan and is positioned within Tennessee’s Accelerate TN initiative as it provides students with quality foundational literacy skills tutoring.  

Connected Literacy grants are awarded to TDOE approved community partners who work with a district to recruit tutors and families, coordinate, and schedule learning supports, and provide family engagement opportunities.