In preparation for the 2022-2023 school year and to ensure your school’s parent organization is provided appropriate support, the Department of Family & Community Engagement will provide virtual training for parent organizational leaders on Tuesday, May 31 at 6 p.m. The training seminar will focus on registration and documents required for parent organizations to receive approval from Memphis-Shelby County Schools to function next school year.

Parent organization members can register at: https://forms.office.com/r/rzhWQCb2Sh.

School leaders, you, and your team members are welcome to attend.

For questions, please feel free to contact us at 416-7600 or scsface@scsk12.org.

Congratulations again to the i-Ready Incentive Campaign winners. Missed the announcement? See the grand prize winners here!  

• The i-Ready Diagnostic Window closes TODAY. Visit i-Ready Central (www.i-ReadyCentral.com) for more information on Growth Reports by School and Class, Data Analysis Guides, Student Certificates, and Data Chat forms here.
• As always, reach out to Mike Ricci (MRicci@cainc.com) and the i-Ready Team for any support needed as you close out the school year, and have a terrific summer!!!

The average from up-to-date progress monitoring plans and benchmarking percentages for the year was used to determine the winners. RTI2 would like to thank all schools for their work in improving student achievement. RTI2 would also like to recognize the top 3 schools in each zone and the overall school for elementary, middle/K-8, and high school for their fantastic work. Join me in congratulating the following schools:

• Zone Winners (1st, 2nd, 3rd place) 
• Zone 1- University MS, Campus ES, Oak Forest ES
•  Zone 2: Newberry ES, Idlewild ES, Jackson ES 
• Zone 3: Barrets Chapel, Cummings ES, Kate Bond ES 
• Zone 4: Southwind ES, South Park ES, Crump ES 
• Zone 5: White Station ES, Kingsbury ES, Downtown ES
• Zone 6: Cordova HS, Ridgeway HS, Central HS 
• Zone 7: Getwell ES, Dunbar ES, A B Hill ES 
• Zone 8: American Way MS, Riverview K-8, Craigmont MS 
• Zone 9: Westwood HS, Wooddale HS 
• Zone 10: Macon Hall ES, Rozelle ES, Sharpe ES 
• Zone 11: Mt. Pisgah MS, Colonial MS, Kate Bond MS 
• Zone 12: Hickory Ridge MS, Dexter MS, Kingsbury MS 
• Zone 13: Gordon Achievement, Ida B Wells, Northeast Prep 
• Zone 14: A Maceo Walker MS, Oakshire ES, Robert R. Church ES 
• Zone 16: Kingsbury HS, Mitchell HS, Douglass HS 
• Zone 17: Northaven ES, Lucy ES, Parkway Village ES 
• Overall Winners 
• Elementary - White Station ES and Newberry ES 
• Middle/K-8 – Barrets Chapel School 
• High - Kingsbury HS 

The Office of School Operations supports the major district function of school leadership effectiveness by facilitating the district-wide Principal Transition Process. School Operations assists school leaders with the transition from current positions to new schools within the district or new opportunities outside the district. Any school leader impacted by the transitions should have received an invite with their specific appointment time. For your convenience, the details of the principal transition process are provided below.

2021-2022 Principal Transition Process Information

• Date: June 6-10
• Time: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
• Location: East T-Stem building (The Memphis Room)

Principal Transition Team - Participating Departments

• School Operations   
• School Compliance
• Security
• Asset Management
• Information Technology
• Warehouse Fulfillment
• Facilities Maintenance

This spring, all secondary schools will participate in the MSCS Student Voice in Equity Survey from May 9-26. You can read more about the survey program here.  Gathering equity data directly from students will allow your school and our district to create learning environments where every student feels safe, included, and empowered to achieve.

Thanks for your support of this important work. Please reach out to Equity and Access with any questions or concerns.

The Tennessee Leaders for Equity Playbook has been released with contributions from our Equity and Access office and Academics for all leaders in Tennessee.

A leader for equity works to eliminate opportunity and achievement gaps and ensure success for all students by identifying and addressing personal and institutional bias and barriers and providing strategies to ensure all students have access to:

• effective educators
• rigorous instruction & engaging learning opportunities
• social, academic, and community  supports
• resources to ensure success

Click here to download the PLAYBOOK, and professional learning sessions will be used to onboard and support all schools this summer and in-service 2022 by our Equity and Access Office. Contact Michael Lowe for professional learning support and delivery.

This year multiple CCTE Compliance goals were captured for CCTE teachers. As we end the school year, we require all CCTE teachers to complete the compliance goals on the End-Of-Year CCTE Checkout Spreadsheet. This checkout includes the following data points:

• Spring Equipment Inventory 
• eTiger Data Report
• SSQI Portfolio
• Industry Certification Report

School principals will have access to the EOY Checkout Spreadsheet to view the CCTE teacher's progress. Please ensure that all teachers have completed/submitted each required piece before May 27.

If you have any questions, please contact your assigned school advisor.

The 2022 Midsouth Leadership Symposium will be June 14-16 at the Renasant Convention Center. See details on this flyer.

Sheraton Memphis Downtown is offering MSCS a discounted hotel rate.

Discounted Rate applies from June 13-16

• Room Rates: $139.00 + taxes
• Valet parking: $26.00/nightly + taxes
• Click here for discounted Rate.

For questions or concerns, contact the following:

• Alexandria Thomas | athomas@sheratonmemphisdowntown.com
• Deidra Speight | dspeight@sheratonmemphisdowntown.com
• Tari Harris | harristc1@scsk12.org

Visit https://bit.ly/2022MSCSSYMPOSIUM for additional conference details, hotel discounts, Memphis tourism, and more!

The District-wide Professional Learning Survey will close on May 20. We ask ALL MSCS employees to complete this brief 10–15 minute survey designed to collect your feedback on the effectiveness of professional learning across the district and the topics/areas where our employees need additional training and support. The information you and your colleagues provide will be used to inform the development of a comprehensive professional learning plan for MSCS and enhance the offerings for next year.

Registration is now open for the 2022 Operations Institute, June 21-23 at the University of Memphis. Principals, please register here.

We seek volunteers for the Mid-south Leadership Symposium and the MSCS Operations Institute. The 2022 Mid-south Leadership Symposium will convene at the Renasant Convention Center on June 14-16. The Operations Institute will be held on June 21-23 at the University of Memphis. 

Please look at your calendar and sign up using this link to support us in various ways before, during, and immediately following the event. Orientation will be provided.

If you have questions, please contact Tiffany Boyle (boyletd@scsk12.org) or Emily Vuoso (vuosoeb@scsk12.org).

Please mark your July calendars.

• July 18: Principals' Business Meeting
• July 26: Principals'Academic Meeting

We would love to offer two hours of volunteer time to ten high school seniors seeking to fulfill volunteer hours during the summer months. PL&S needs support on Monday, June 13, at the Renasant Convention Center with organizing materials and placing signage around the Renasant Convention Center so that we are ready for Symposium on Tuesday morning. Transportation to and from the Convention Center is the responsibility of the parent or student. Sign-up here by June 2.  

Principals are encouraged to share as they see fit.

Please take a few moments to review the Summer 2022 Professional Learning Catalog. The catalog includes course offerings for school leaders and central office, all teachers, and school-based support through July 2022. 
 

Next school year, Reading Prescriptions will be implemented in 2nd grade ELA classes! 

We are hosting live, virtual feedback sessions for 2nd-grade teachers on June 1, 2-3 p.m., and June 2, 3-4 p.m. Please encourage your 2nd-grade teachers to join one of the sessions and offer feedback. Register for one of the sessions using PLZ Course Number #30977.
 

As you may know, the 2021 Tennessee Literacy Success Act requires certain educators to complete a literacy course before license renewal. Effective August 1, 2023, candidates seeking to obtain, renew, or advance a teaching license with at least one qualifying endorsement (see below) should provide evidence documenting the completion of an approved foundational literacy skills course. To meet this licensure requirement, educators must complete one of the following asynchronous courses: TN Early Reading Training or Secondary Literacy Training. 

Educators who only hold a license with applicable endorsements(s)and who do not complete this requirement will not be able to renew or advance the license, and it will become inactive. To reactivate an inactive license, educators must complete the literacy requirement. 

In an effort to ensure all are aware of these new licensure requirements, the district will host live virtual sessions to review the training and licensure requirements. Educators can attend an overview session on May 25 at 3 p.m. or May 26 at 4 p.m (links below). Please arrange for your staff to attend.  
 

May 25, 2022 | 3 - 4 p.m.

• Join here

May 26, 2022 | 4 - 5 p.m.

• Join here