The last date to book a discounted rate for the Mid-South Leadership Symposium is June 1.

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 Days of Service Campaign took place during May 16-20. Students were given the opportunity to close out the year to serve their schools and others. The Days of Service encouraged students to give back to the community. This initiative promoted “agents of change,” where students had the opportunity to serve and engage in activities that would leave a lasting impact.

Special thanks to all the schools that participated in the District-Wide Days of Service event! Click here to see some highlights featuring students, administrators, teachers, faculty, staff, families, and community stakeholders in action!  

Jumpstart’s Read for the Record raises public awareness about the importance of early childhood education programs, early literacy, and community involvement for all children of every income level by gathering to read the same book on the same day. We are requesting that every elementary school join us in setting a new world record in a way that engages our entire community – children, families, and civic leaders – in our schools. 

The Department of Curriculum & Instruction has purchased a special paperback edition for our Pre-K-2nd-grade teachers so that they may participate with their students on the campaign day – October 27, 2022. The 2022 Read for the Record Book is Nigel and the Moon by Antwan Eady, illustrated by Gracey Zhang. In addition, Jumpstart has resources available online for educators, including classroom activities, lesson plans, certificates of participation, registration guidelines, and other pertinent materials. 

Each year, the office of Curriculum & Instruction recommends one elementary school to serve as a host school for the District celebration of Jumpstart’s Read for the Record campaign. While all elementary schools participate, dignitaries will receive unique District invitations to attend the celebration at the host school, and media coverage will be concentrated on that site.

• This year, we ask schools interested in being selected to be the host school to complete the form at https://bit.ly/22RFTRHOSTAPP by Friday, July 15. One elementary school will be chosen from the Department of Academic Affairs submitted applications to be our host site. 

Below are suggestions to assist with planning your celebration: 

• Garner the support of faculty and staff for assistance with decorations for storytimes. Invite parents and community leaders to be in-person and/or virtual guest readers on October 27. Encourage whole-school participation. We want every student to hear Nigel and the Moon on October 27, even though the focus is on early literacy.
  Your school will receive a copy of Nigel and the Moon for each PreK through 2nd-grade classroom. Ensure that the books are shared with all Pre-K through 2nd grade teachers. Let us know what you are planning so we can share!

If you have any questions, please contact Alicia Fields at fieldsa@scsk12.org, Library Services Advisor, or Margaret Montgomery at montgomerymv@scsk12.org, Educational Support Manager. 
 RFTR LeaderBoard 2022.docx

The plans for Senior Reading Advisors (SRA) Summer Work Expectations have been finalized. The attached document details the SEA work expectations for each week, May 31 - August 5. 

If you have any questions, please contact us at EarlyLiteracyDept@scsk12.org or call 901.416.4797.

• SRA Summer Work Expectations FINAL.5.11.22.pdf

As we are gearing up to close out this 2021-22 school year, please take a moment to review the final Curriculum Connection for 21-22 here: https://www.smore.com/234b7s.

Statewide Dual Credit registration for 2022-2023 is now open. Using the button at the bottom of the page, school principals can submit their intent to participate in Statewide Dual Credit for the 22-23 year. Each school is required to register annually to participate.

Here are a few notes: 

• All registration should be finalized by 6/1. However, please wait until you have a finalized list of teachers before submitting registration info. 
  • Every SDC teacher needs to be represented on the registration - even if they have taught in the past. Any teacher missing from the list will miss out on all communications.
  • Teacher changes can be updated throughout the year but must be done so promptly. Any course that goes three weeks without the teacher completing the training will not be eligible for the exam.
• Teachers will receive information regarding any necessary training in late June/early July. SDC training was changed to be required only once instead of annually as of 2020. Any updated course content for the courses changing next year will be delivered to teachers in a focused video, but they will not have to retake the entire training.
• This year an optional field was added to nominate a district representative contact. This contact will receive a copy of your registration and will be signed up for some SDC update communications. This is primarily to assist larger districts in coordinating registrations. If you have any questions, talk with your district staff before submitting.
• MSCS District Representative Contact: Armella Smith: smithaa@scsk12.org
• Note that we just received news that the State Board did not approve the SDC Sociology course (G04H73) of Education for the 2022-2023 academic year and beyond due to concerns that it did not comply with TCA 49-6-1019 that passed last summer. Therefore, it is no longer an approved high school course and cannot be offered.
• Note a special addendum to the SDC agreement regarding the new Introduction to Education Course. This addendum concerns the field experience required for the course.
• SDC Sociology will NOT be offered for the 2022-23 school year.

Additional information regarding SDC course prerequisites and teacher endorsement requirements are accessible through the following link: SDC Course Changes and Endorsements. Please contact Armella Smith if you have questions regarding Dual Enrollment or Statewide Dual Credit courses.

Principals, please ensure your AP Coordinators have completed the following requirements before leaving for the summer: 

1. Please complete the following survey listing the names of all students that did not sit for the AP Exam and confirm that the five additional points have been removed per Board policy: https://forms.office.com/r/w3a8dr8kie
2. Please select the AP Virtual Academy courses and periods you would like to offer at your school next year per your schools Ready Graduate Plan: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=lBwpK7Bet0SJ6kuvFuzEqa1u7fijJNlMn-B7xToO4apUMUdZTlhIWlRDWDJNMTlLNkoyNkFMVkFTUy4u
3. Please update or confirm you AP Coordinator information for 2022-23: https://forms.office.com/r/mK57QyxKjw

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Principals, please share with teachers so we can capture feedback from their use of BrainPop.

If you used any of the BrainPop platforms, please take a moment and complete the following BrainPOP survey by Tuesday, May 31.

• https://forms.office.com/r/Unw2EM0wc0

The Summer Learning Academy Attendance report will be made available to SLA site coordinators, SLA clerks, and select Central Office staff on June 8.

Check out the latest video training and walkthrough guide!

DAIM Hub and Data Quality Alerts:

• Does something in a dashboard look wrong? Check the DAIM Hub and our Data Quality Updates.
• And check out the rest of the  DAIM Support Sharepoint site, complete with additional video tutorials, walkthrough guides, and more!

You will find a new 11th and 12th grade ACT performance page in the Tutoring Report. You will also find a new i-Ready Growth report showing K-8 students meeting typical growth of 100% and 120%.

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 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

• Central Office - June 17

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 have been placed in their prospective courses. The course is now live in your Canvas dashboard.

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

Questions/Concerns? Email:eps@scsk12.org.

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 specific 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.

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

• June 8 - ILDs