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Do you have an incredible aspiring educator in your building looking for a pathway to become a fully licensed teacher with Memphis-Shelby County Schools? Nominate them to apply for the Relay Teaching Residency cohort in 2022, and nominators can earn $500 for referrals.

Relay works in partnership with MSCS to train educators using a rigorous, supportive program where they can earn a teaching license and a Master of Arts in Teaching degree. Eligible educators receive financial support from the district to help offset tuition costs. Educators must receive a nomination from their school leader, fill out an interest form, and complete Relay’s graduate school application. 

You can nominate an educator at this link: https://link.relay.edu/SCS22. 

There are still a limited number of slots available to interested candidates, and nominations are reviewed on a rolling basis until all slots are filled, so get your nomination form in as soon as possible. Please see here to learn more about Relay and here for more information about the Residency program. 

Whether you are a secretary, paraprofessional, nutrition specialist, or serve in another school-based role, we have a classroom teaching opportunity for you!  All you need is a bachelor's degree with a GPA of 2.75 or higher and a passion to educate the next generation of leaders. Join us to learn more about pathways to becoming a licensed educator in MSCS during our Pathways to Teaching Expo.  

Join us for an hour of power at the New Teacher Academy on April 28, at 5 p.m. Be sure to pass along this information! Register here.   

The educator effectiveness team seeks experienced portfolio peers and expert reviewers from across the state to review and score submitted portfolio collections. Final aggregated portfolio scores are used to determine an educator’s effect on student growth and are anticipated to represent 35% of a teacher’s level of overall effectiveness (LOE). 

 The ideal candidate must: 

• demonstrate content area, grade level, and instructional experience;
• be detail-oriented and exhibit a rich understanding of standards;
• understand and be able to complete the processes involved in scoring student work effectively;
• be comfortable using and have access to technology;
• articulate confidence in the portfolio model to demonstrate student growth; and
• be available to conduct peer reviews within the scoring window.

Responsibilities of the Contractor: 

• Score the recommended number of collections once all portfolios have been submitted. The number of collections will be equally distributed among content area reviewers with a minimum of 20 collections per reviewer.
• Participate in virtual training and certification.
• Align portfolio scores with a panel of expert reviewers.

Compensation: 

• This is a flat rate of $17.00 per collection.

Application Process: 

• Applicants must meet all requirements of this solicitation and apply no later than 5 p.m. CST on April 15. Applications will be scored on a rubric aligned to the information shared above. Applicants will be notified of the next steps on May 6.

For additional details, please email Portfolio.Questions@tn.gov. 

April 29 - 100% TEM Completion                                    

May 13 - 100% Professionalism Completion           

May 13 - 100% End of Year Conference Completion 

April 22 - Upload professionalism artifacts and complete self-score

Reminder: If professionalism is not finalized by both the administrator and the educator, the educator WILL NOT receive an LOE for SY2021-22.

Considering working at a new school next year? The 2022-23 transfer period is open for all school staff interested in transferring to a new school site next school year. The transfer period will remain open through April 29. Please CLICK HERE from HR for the full details on the 2022-23 transfer process.

If you have completed your NIE Goal Setting Conference and Mid-Year Conference, be sure that you have finalized ALL components to generate the overall green check. If the green check does not appear, a component may be incomplete.

NIE Partial Plans 

Please ensure that the Goal Setting Conference is completed within 30 working days of the hire/contract start date. The Mid-Year Conference is not required for NIE partial plans and will not appear as a container to complete.

Questions? Contact Employee Performance and Support: eps@scsk12.org | 901.416.2475

STAR12 ACCOUNT HOLDERS! Have you completed at least 2 courses within the STAR12 platform? If not, don’t miss out on the thousands of FREE e-learning professional development courses offered by STAR12!  

Please Note: Access to certain learning courses will depend on your STAR12 account type.  

• If this is your first time logging in OR you do not remember your login password:
• Go to MySTAR12.com
• Enter your SCS email address, then
• Click “forgot password.”
• As Access accounts are limited, inactivity may result in loss of STAR12 access.

Questions? Contact Employee Performance and Support: eps@scsk12.org | 901.416.2475 

The Memphis-Shelby County Schools Human Resources Benefits Division is pleased to announce the launch of our new electronic leave of absence process, effective April 8, for all eligible employees.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE PROCESS

Memphis-Shelby County Schools Benefits will host the following retirement meetings:

• In-person retirement meeting on Wednesday, April 20, from 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
  • 3022 Jackson (Enter the gate at Jackson and Pope – Building on the left)
  • No sign-up is required for the In-person meeting

The retirement session will begin promptly at 4:30 p.m. We will discuss the following topics:

• Types of retirement
• Eligibility Requirements
• Retirement Application Process

You can also visit the Benefits website for detailed instructions on how to begin the retirement process www.scsk12.org/HR2 (go to the Benefits tab).  You are not required to attend a meeting to start the retirement process or submit retirement paperwork.

The deadline to certify as an NIE Evaluator for the 2021-2022 school year is April 29! Anyone seeking NIE Certification after April 29 will be required to wait until the next NIE Certification process which begins in June 2022 for SY2022-23.  

More details regarding the SY2022-23 NIE Certification/Recertification process are forthcoming. 

Please be reminded of the following: 

• If you have completed your NIE Goal Setting Conference and Mid-Year Conference, be sure that you have finalized ALL components to generate the overall green check. If the green check does not appear, a component may be incomplete! 
• NIE Partial Plans –Please ensure that the Goal Setting Conference is completed within 30 working days of the hire/contract start date. The Mid-Year Conference is not required for NIE partial plans and will not appear as a container to complete. 

NIE DEADLINES

End of Year Conferences 

• Schools - May 20
• Central Office - June 17

Questions? Contact Employee Performance and Support: eps@scsk12.org | 901.416.2475