According to Tennessee State Board of Education Policy5.201, all educators must be evaluated annually by a certified evaluator.

For SY2022-23, there are two methods offered in attaining TEM Certification:

1. Returning Observers - Self-Paced (Canvas)
   • TIER I (Self-Paced): Conducted a minimum of one instructional evaluation during the 21-22 school year AND has been certified for three (3) consecutive years.
   • TIER II (Self-Paced): Certified sometime within the last 1 -2 years (school years 2020-21, 2021-22)
2. New Observers - Virtually (Two-day session in Teams
   • TIER III (Virtual Class): Administrators who have never conducted a formal TEM observation. Course numbers and date information can be found HERE.

TIER I and TIER II participants will be automatically placed in their prospective courses. Hence, self-registration is not necessary. The course will go live on May 23.  

Note: If you are participating in the self-paced courses, you will need to complete the coursework and calibration by July 29.

Student Perception Survey results will be released the week of May 9. Administrators and teachers will receive emails from Panorama Education regarding access to your survey reports.

• May 13 -  100% Professionalism Completion
• May 13 -  100% End of Year Conference Completion

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

NIE Completion Reminders: 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 tab does not appear, a part 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

The NIE End-of-Year Conferences deadlines are:

• Schools - May 20
• Central Office - June 17

Have you completed at least two 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 TEM End-of-Year (EOY) report can be finalized with missing information. The report will ONLY include information from the active observation container.  

If an employee has multiple containers, the archived container information (i.e. Achievement and Growth, Observation scores) will not be included in the report. If information is missing, the evaluator and employee should still proceed with sign-off.

TEAM Cycle two observations must be completed by May 25 for Principals, Vice-Principals, and Assistant Principals. 

ILDs must complete TEAM Cycle two observations must be completed by June 8. 

Please Note: The PLZ system will close as our office prepares to meet the State mandatory deadline for MSCS evaluation uploads in TN Compass.