Check out what’s happening in our employee and school-based clinics. Student Support Services will offer the “The Clinic View” newsletter each month.

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The AOSS Manual contains important information regarding Child Abuse Reporting. Please review this information and share it with your staff.

During District Learning Day, teachers engaged in sessions to support planning and implementing standards-aligned blended learning stations. Please encourage your teachers to attend these sessions from Professional Learning and Support for continued support implementing blended learning station rotations.

Schools must enter the required information in the Parent-Student Attendance Plan (PSAP). We must show that appropriate interventions have been provided for the truant student/family per state law and district policy. Failure to add this information can prevent the cases of excessively absent students from being presented before a judge. The following must be entered in the Plan Hypothesis/Goal of the intervention plan.

• Challenges or barriers the student/parent is experiencing
• Specific services provided
• Who will be responsible for implementing services
• If any services require mental or physical health services, this information should not be entered to ensure confidentiality.

Contact Thomasena Stuckett at stucketttd@scsk12.org for any questions.

As it pertains to Bullying, Harassment, Title IX incidents, and students' safety, all staff members are mandatory reporters. All allegations must be investigated within 48 hours of an administrator being notified, and all other staff members, once informed, have 24 hours to report an allegation to their administrator.

Finally, be mindful of the hot spots on your campus. These are usually the areas where incidents most often occur. Please remain vigilant as we get closer to the end of the school year.

An action does not have to be continuous or repeated to be considered bullying. A single incident or act may be considered BULLYING and must be investigated immediately.   

If you have any questions or need assistance, contact Mr. Cory Dickerson dickersoncl@scsk12.org, 416-7374, Dr. Alvin Harris harrisae1@scsk12.org 416-7391, Chanda Jones Donald jonesdonaldcr@scsk12.org, 416-9848, and District Title IX Coordinator Mary Tucker, tuckermh@scsk12.org, 416-5417 

SEL4US and The Urban Assembly are celebrating worldwide in the third annual International SEL Day on Friday, March 11. This year, Memphis-Shelby County Schools (MSCS) will be participating in SEL Day 2022, and the theme for this year is Finding Common Ground, Pursuing Common Good. The toolkit provided by SEL4US and the Urban Assembly has been modified to include additional resources that the MSCS SEL team has provided. The provided resources focus on all areas of social-emotional learning. The attached document is the toolkit for SEL Day2022.

The ReThink K-12 Scope and Sequence has been added as a resource. 

It has come to our attention that illegal substances that contain cannabis and THC (illegal substances within marijuana) are now being explicitly manufactured to capture the attention and entice our younger populations. Packages are beginning to take on the appearance of fruit candies and other snack flavors that are nearly identical to regular snack packages. It is now more critical than ever before that administrators take proactive strategies to alert our students and parents to the detrimental effects, discipline penalties, and existence of these camouflaged illegal substances. 

 Proactive strategies from school administrators are not limited to but may include:

• Intercom Announcement reminders
• Student assemblies
• Memos to parents and students

Please see the images to familiarize yourself and the school population with this new trend. The use, possession, and distribution of drugs remain a state-mandated 180-day suspension offense.

Contact SEED at 901-416-6007 if you need further discipline guidance.

This release comprises content and grade level PDFs, and each item is presented as it would appear in paper test booklets with all answer choices. Included for each item is metadata such as Item Type, Key, and Standard alignment. These items were administered on Spring 2021 TCAP assessments. 
 

This release represents the renewal of the TDOE annual item release that was paused with the COVID-related cancellation of assessments in Spring 2020. These item releases provide stakeholder visibility into the makeup of TCAP assessments and item expectations. 
 

These items will also be made available in Schoolnet for formative use by educators. 

TNReady Assessment Items.docx

Please review the March Leader Learning Flyer here.

Updated files containing student data for planning advanced courses have been placed in each high school's 2021-22 Ready Graduate High School Planning Meetings folder on SharePoint. If you would like assistance with using your school's file, William (Bill) White will be providing some help sessions on Thursday, March 10 at the following times: 8 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 1 p.m., and 4 p.m. 

An email will be sent soon to high school principals to sign up for these sessions. Also, parents of students who will be automatically enrolled in honors courses and eligible for enrollment in other advanced courses will receive emails informing them of this status over the next few days. A copy of the notification message has also been placed in your school's planning folder. School counselors may get questions, so please share this information with them.

March LDW will be held Monday, March 7-11. Please access agendas here.

See the flyer for details on the Mid-South Leadership Symposium and the Mid-South Operations Institute.

A make-up session for the Optional Admittance Test training will be held on Tuesday, March 8 at 9 a.m. (via Teams). This session is necessary for any individuals who will administer the Optional Admittance Test for potential first and second-grade applicants to selected Optional programs. Please contact Linda Sklar if you have questions.

Meeting Link:

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The Tennessee Department of Education has released selected items from the spring 2021 TCAP Achievement and EOC assessments. The documents containing these items can be found on the state’s LiveBinders site HERE. In addition, we have placed these documents in an Assessment SharePoint folder HERE. Access to the Sharepoint folder is limited, but everyone should access the LiveBinders site. Metadata such as item type, key, and standard alignment are included with each item, and each item appears as it would in a paper test booklet. Please note the following:

• No Algebra I items are posted.
• No ELA items below fourth grade are posted.
• We do not know if there are plans to post additional items. These may be all of the things shared from spring 2021.
• For ELA, math, and social studies, there are separate PDFs for each grade/course. For science, all items have been included in a single PDF.

The DAIM team is preparing to reimagine Student Profiles for the 2022-23 school year, and we need your help! To collect information from YOU, our users, we are launching a Measure What Matters campaign! Our goal is to provide you with the data you need, organized in a user-friendly way.

Here's how to participate – fill out this concise form to share which data you're using the most and which information you wish you had. You can fill the form out as many times as you would like. For your convenience, we are also adding a "Measure What Matters" button in the navigation pane of each DAIM dashboard for quick access. Entries from this brief questionnaire will be used to inform the reimagined Student Profile dashboard set to release in 2022-23.

Share this flyer with your school staff: Student Profile Campaign Flyer

SY2020-2021 LOE scores are calculated, and the nullification process has concluded. Educators who received an LOE score of 1 or 2 and did NOT nullify will be placed on the Focus track. Please note: 2 plans will be visible in PLZ: 1 archived (old plan) and one new (focus plan).  

The Focus track requires 1 Announced and 2 Unannounced observations to be completed. Please see container updates below:

• Classroom Educators: If the Announced #1 observation was completed in the old plan, the evaluator must complete Unannounced #1 and Unannounced #2 observations in the Focus plan.
• If Announced #1 and Unannounced #1 observations were completed in the old plan, the evaluator must complete Unannounced #2 in the Focus plan.
• Non-Classroom Educators: If the Announced #1 observation was completed in the old plan, the evaluator must complete Announced #2 and Announced #3 observations in the Focus plan.

ICC Omission: For SY2021-2022, the ICC will be visible but will not be required for the TEM Focus evaluation plan. 

The Spring Survey Window is March 7-25.

The final opportunity to attend professionalism training this academic year will be March 23. Please be reminded that the administrator and educator's professionalism MUST be completed and finalized to receive a Level Of Effectiveness (LOE) score for SY2021-22. 

•      Professionalism 2021-22: Completing the Professionalism Component of the TEM Rubric
•      Section #57671 March 23, 4 - 5 p.m.

Note: Professionalism artifacts can be uploaded in PLZ until April 22. All professionalism conferences must be completed and finalized by May 13.

Do you need extra support to pass your Praxis exam? The District's Aspiring Teacher Program is excited to offer Praxis tutoring to employees preparing to take the Praxis exam. The live sessions are facilitated by SCS teachers who have recently passed the exam and are eager to assist you! In addition to resources to prepare you for your Praxis exams, employees will receive PD Credit for each live tutoring session attended. Click HERE to register today! 

Reminder: All teachers must be enrolled in an Education Preparation Program (EPP) and pass their respective Content Assessments to become licensed educators. Emergency credentials (Permits) may be issued, but you must meet the following requirements for eligibility:

• 1st Year Requirements: Completed 6 credit hours (at a regionally accredited institution) in the content area of the endorsement for the Permit Requested OR earned qualify scores on the required content assessment.
• 2nd Year Requirements: The individual earned qualifying scores on the required content assessment OR the educator is enrolled on track in or completed an approved Education Preparation Program leading to licensure with an endorsement in the area in which the permit is requested.
• 3rd Year Requirements: The individual is enrolled on track in or completed an approved Educator Preparation Program leading to licensure.

REMINDER:  60% of Observations should be completed by March 11th.

Again this year, we have partnered with the I am a Voter (IAAV) strategic collaborative on voter education, registration, mobilization, and reform to bring opportunities for voter registration and information to our students and their families this year. The IAAV collaborative has offered to host voter registration drives for our students at school at your request. 

We are excited to invite you to review this sign-up link to select a date and time for a voter registration drive at your school after Spring Break. This opportunity is being offered for any student who will be 18 years old by May 3. 

If you have any questions or need assistance obtaining the list for your school, please contact us at scsface@scsk12.org.

As the weather changes, now is a great time to assess inventory in your school’s Necessity Closets for items like school uniforms, deodorant, lotion, feminine hygiene products, toothpaste, etc. If you are in need of replenishment, please contact the FACE Office at scsface@scsk12.org.

As a reminder, when families experience emergencies (e.g., house fires, floods, evictions), it is appropriate to submit a Family Resource Center Referral using this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/scsfrc2021

When families are experiencing homelessness, it is appropriate to contact the SEED Office at (901)416-6007.

Please review Procurement's FAQs here.