Location Change 

The 2022 SEED Academy, July 26-27, will now be held at Colonial Middle School. Attendees will receive information and training around 504 implementation, the centralized withdrawal process, discipline, SEL including ReThink, truancy, RTI2-B and mental health services. This two-day training is required for new and current assistant principals.

Principals are not required to attend. Counselors and behavioral specialists are encouraged to participate. Participants will need to register for each day of the Academy. 

Click here to register for the 26th and click here to register for the 27th. Registration links are also on the flyer so leaders may share with staff.  

Session schedule and locations will be sent to registered participants prior to the Academy. 

Student Equity Enrollment & Discipline (SEED) is hosting a mandatory in-service for all school-based 10.5 and 12-month clerical support staff on Thursday, July 28, at Kate Bond Middle from 8 am – 4 pm. To sign-up, participants must access PLZ and register for course #30905 no later than July 26. 

All sessions will be one hour and offered multiple times (the same day) to ensure attendees receive meaningful and engaging instruction related to academic support and school operations, preparing them for the new school year.

All sessions will be one hour and offered multiple times (the same day) to ensure attendees receive meaningful and engaging instruction related to academic support and school operations, preparing them for the new school year.

Administrators and teachers, are you ready to make sure SEL is covered in your school? See the SEL School Readiness information that has been added to the School Readiness Checklist below to assist in your preparation for the upcoming school year. In addition, summer professional development will be provided in July to staff to get acclimated to the ReThink SEL platform and curriculum.  

SEL School Readiness Checklist: 

• Are you ready for the new school year? Did you remember that SEL is a part of your weekly routines? Click on the SEL School Readiness Checklist link. EED School Operations Readiness Summary

ReThink Ed Summer Professional Development: 

• Are you ready to start the year off? Do y u need assistance or want to learn more about our ReThink SEL Curriculum? Join us for summer learning. Clic  on the ReThink Ed Professional Development link. Rethink Flyer-Teachers Summer 2022

If you need additional information, please contact Rosalind Davis at DavisRJ@scsk12.org. 

The Office of Student Equity Enrollment and Discipline offers Virtual Professional Development Sessions during July around SEL, the centralized withdrawal process, RTI2-B, 504, and truancy processes. We are asking leaders to please share with school staff. 

Interested participants will need to register for courses in PLZ. Session facilitators will send the link for virtual sessions to all enrolled participants before the training.

If you have any questions, email Thomasena Stuckett at stucketttd@scsk12.org. 

Thank you for implementing the 3GC criteria for the 21-22 school year. As you are aware, there was a Good Cause exemption for 2nd grade students who did not meet the 3GC criteria for them to be promoted to 3rd grade. The Good Cause exemption was for students who have IEPs (SPED), ILPs, (ELL), and 504 plans.  

For these 2nd grade students who qualified for the Good Cause exemption, if the elementary site is planning to retain these students again in 2nd grade for the 2022-23 school year, the school must hold an official IEP (SPED), ILP (ELL) or 504 meeting with the parent in the first two weeks of school in order to review this decision with the parent and team for the upcoming school year. A central office staff member from the appropriate department must be invited and attend this meeting.

If the school is promoting their identified 2nd grade students with Good Cause exemptions to the 3rd grade for upcoming school year, no further action is needed, and students identified as Good Cause exemption will automatically be promoted in system to 3rd grade.

• If you have questions regarding 3GC policy, contact Latosha Wiseman at wisemanlk@scsk12.org or Audra Smith at smitha@scsk12.org.
• If you have questions regarding ELL and 3GC or need to invite ELL central office staff to a meeting, contact Carol Richardson at richardsoncr@scsk12.org.
• If you have questions regarding SPED and 3GC or need to invite SPED central office staff to a meeting, contact Rebecca Fik at fikra@scsk12.org.
• If you have questions regarding 504 and 3GC or need to invite 504 central office staff to a meeting, contact Rosalind Davis at davisrj@scsk12.org.

Disinfecting Cleaning Frequencies are discussed in detail in the AOSS Manual. Please familiarize yourself with this information and share in with your team.

New & Novice Principals ​Leader In-service

• July 25, 2022 8:00am - 3:30pm (Sign begins at 7:30am)
• TLA Auditorium
• All School Principals Leader In-service
  • July 26, 2022 8:00am - 4:00pm  (Sign begins at 7:30am)
  • TLA Auditorium
• All School Principals Leader In-service
  • July 27, 2022 8:00am - 3:30pm (Sign begins at 7:30am)
  • TLA Auditorium
  • PLZ Course Code: 31388

July 2022 Leader In-Service Agenda

• If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Professional Learning & Support (901-416-5930).

The August DLD will take place on August 3-4 for a total of 12 hours of in-person learning across the two days. Core content teachers will participate in a grade band-specific Whole Group Academic Address on one day and a three-hour content-specific session complimented by a three-hour E2L blended learning session on the other day. 

Non-core content teachers will participate in two full days of in-person training with their departments. Participants can register in PLZ beginning Monday, July 25. Information will be communicated in Teacher Weekly and Leaderboard.

If you have questions, please contact Emily Vuoso at vuosoeb@scsk12.org.

Blackboard Messenger ADVANCED User Training is scheduled for 

• Thursday, August 4 -  2 p.m. – 4 p.m. 
• Friday, August 5 – 2 p.m. – 4 p.m.

**This training is ONLY for those who have experience using Blackboard Messenger and will not cover the basics of the system. Attendees must have an active Blackboard Messenger account.**

The live, virtual, and interactive session will be led by an expert at Blackboard. It will cover:

• Creating groups of recipients from a simple and advanced search
• Selecting recipients from a map
• Sending a Message from an uploaded List
• Sending a message using message templates
• Creating and sending a survey
• Finding Assistance

Sign up for the session in PLZ to receive PD credit. The course number is 28440. There are only 15 available slots for this training session. 

The training session can be accessed at www.scsk12.org/blackboard or https://us.bbcollab.com/guest/db20e97c778b4a5181c76d3e9bfb5a58.

Contact Kyle Bullock (bullockkd@scsk12.org) with any questions. 

Also starting in the 2022-23 school year, requests for adding a new user to the Blackboard Messenger system will require principal approval.

We will no longer accept requests for new accounts from anyone other than the principal or assistant principal.

To add a new BB Messenger user, email Kyle Bullock (bullockkd@scsk12.org).

Starting in the 2022-23 school year, adding a new webmaster to your school site will require approval via email from the principal. We will accept a new account request from a webmaster as long as the principal is cc'd on the email.

We will no longer accept requests for new accounts from anyone other than the principal, assistant principal or webmaster.

To add a new webmaster, email Kyle Bullock (bullockkd@scsk12.org).