The Aspiring Teachers Program is continuing to support SCS employees! Educators teaching on a permit, waiver, or Practitioner license are EXPECTED to participate in Online and Tutoring Supports if they are being offered for any outstanding exam educators still must pass.

Online Support

Review details about online study supports here. Through the program 240 Tutoring, SCS offers online study material for Praxis exams, National Evaluation Series (NES) exams, and/or Florida Teacher Certification Exams (FTCEs) at no cost to our active employees. Exams with online study guides may be reviewed here.

Tutoring Support 

Study sessions are being scheduled in Microsoft Teams now and are open to any active SCS employee. Currently Praxis tutoring is available for:

• Elementary Education: Multiple Subjects (code 5001) Praxis




• 5002 – Reading and Language Arts Subtest – tutoring schedule available here


• 5004 – Social Studies Subtest – tutoring schedule available here




• English to Speakers of Other Languages (code 5362) Praxis – tutoring schedule available here


• Spanish: World Language (code 5195) Praxis – tutoring schedule available here

We are scheduling tutoring sessions for additional Praxis exams and will share updates in Teacher Weekly and Leaderboard as they become available.

Hard-to-Staff Special Education Support

Hard-to-staff support is available to any full-time, active SCS employee. Interested employees should:

• Attend a Teams meeting info session on 1/20 at 4pm (details here) OR watch our info session recording here: https://youtu.be/HfM1Ww9SdOI 


• Complete this interest survey no later than 1/15: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BBLWQG6

Portfolio Submission: Per the State, student growth portfolio implementation and all other educator evaluation practices will continue unless otherwise dictated by the legislature.

To this end, all Pre-K, Kindergarten, Fine Arts, World Language, and K-5 Physical Education teachers must complete a portfolio submission to the State for SY2020-21. Please note, failure to complete a portfolio submission for SY 2020-21 may result in disciplinary action.

Portfolio Access: Portfolio teachers who have received an email from Portfolium regarding access must click the activation link to fully activate the account. Please contact the Office of Employee Performance and Support if you require additional assistance at eps@scsk12.org.

Any teacher who has not completed the information from the form for SY2020-21 will not have current year access to Portfolium. Please complete the information link here no later than January 18, to receive access to Portfolium.

Please note, completion of the form does not give immediate access to Portfolium. The information from the form has to be forwarded to the State for verification and upload to Portfolium.

Media Release: The media release form is captured during new student registration and returning student updates.  A list of students without a consent form on file was emailed to portfolio teachers and school administrators on January 8.  

If there are any additional needs or concerns as it relates to media release, your school secretary can access the documents in PowerSchool.  In the event, you require assistance in Power School, please contact your assigned Data Specialist at 901.416.6649.