New online platform helps California teachers share strategies, resources

California teachers are now able to share teaching strategies and resources, and support one another on an online platform called California Educators Together, launched by the California Department of Education and Californians Dedicated to Education Foundation.

“During the pandemic, just like our students, educators were no longer able to collaborate in person with their peers,” said Tony Thurmond, State Superintendent of Public Instruction. “We saw this as a challenge that needed to be solved.”

Users can share lesson plans, curriculum, and other resources with each other in addition to accessing resources for such topics as literacy and mental health, and event updates from their respective school districts, according to a press release from the Department of Education.

The program was funded by the AT&T Foundation and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.