Tennessee Department of Education briefs district portfolio leads on submission deadline, file-format and conversion guidance

Presenter, a Tennessee Department of Education staff member, walked district portfolio leads through how to use the department’s portfolio platform reporting tools and reminded leads of technical and deadline requirements for teacher submissions.

The presenter opened by asking attendees to "type any questions that come to mind in the chat," noting that Micah would monitor the chat and either answer questions or read them aloud at the end of the presentation.

The session focused first on the district portfolio teacher report available under district administrator access. The presenter said leads can view a dashboard showing each teacher’s status (not started, in progress or complete) and can download a CSV that becomes available a few minutes after request for offline filtering and sorting.

Staff demonstrated the "view teacher submissions" function. Leads can filter submissions by teacher name and open each submission to verify that the teacher uploaded the required evidence for the selected standard (for example, a writing product and answer key versus a required video). The presenter…