Another session of PSAP training will be conducted on April 4th at 2:00PM. Please share with any new staff or staff members that need to attend the training. Potential participants can sign up for the session in PLZ using code number 32801. Only administrators, counselors, family engagement specialists or behavior specialists should attend. Contact Thomasena Stuckett at stucketttd@scsk12.org with any questions. 

Attention all K-12 ELA Admin Leads and Teachers! 
 

We want teacher feedback around the current ELA curriculum resources as well as input around other resources needed to further support your planning.  Please click on the appropriate link to complete a short survey.  All those who complete the survey will be entered to win MSCS Swag!  Three winners per grade band will be selected. Additionally, be on the lookout in the upcoming weeks for opportunities to be a part of the LIVE in-person and/or virtual ELA Curriculum Reviews. (Curriculum Survey Flyer)
 

Survey Links:
 

                  K-2             3-5              6-8              9-12

Questions? Email ci_ela_team@scsk12.org.

Greetings Principals,

The AOSS Manual (Section 2 - Academics) contains information on important topics that related to academic operations within schools.  Please take some time to review this information and share it with the appropriate members of your team.

School leaders, as you know, spring is approaching, and misbehavior begins to occur more frequently during this time. As you determine discipline, please remember that Alternative School seats are NOT infinite and that students should receive progressive discipline supports before expulsion. 

Alternative School spaces for high schools are currently at capacity, and middle school seats are rapidly filling up. The superintendent encourages using our Early Return Review Process, Wellness Center Referrals, and other Restorative Practices to address non-violent misbehavior. Please be sure to think creatively and restoratively when determining discipline consequences. The SEED Office and Division of Alternative Schools are reviewing student expulsions to identify those who may qualify for an early return to maintain seating opportunities for students who may be expelled during the remaining quarters. 

School administrators should submit a student withdrawal form when referring students to the Alternative setting by using the following link: https://registration.powerschool.com/family/gosnap.aspx?action=33810&culture=en

If you have questions regarding discipline implementation, please email Dr. Blocker at  BLOCKERJ@scsk12.org. 

Our school for the month of April to be highlighted is our very own Booker T. Washington High School was spotlighted for drastic improvements within their first semester Year Over Year comparison rates for exclusionary consequences. Their video is below. 

KUDOS Principal Harris and team, please keep up these excellent trends! 

Booker T. Washington High School WKNO Commercial Broadcast (Use Safari Browser-Click here)

SEED wants to encourage principals who are making extreme turnarounds and who are exhibiting high levels of growth and improvement, as the result of decreased suspensions and reductions in chronic absenteeism (Year over Year Comparisons). The EDI (Equity, Discipline & Intervention) team continues to highlight 10 schools on the WKNO television broadcast whose data reveal year over year comparison improvement from the first semester! Please enjoy the broadcast videos from our latest schools below.

 Grandview Heights Middle School's Broadcast Video (Click Here)

 LaRose Elementary School's Broadcast Video (Click Here)

We are so proud of you Principal Barber and Principal Hendrix!!! Please keep up the great work as we continue to bring positive attention to MSCS!

Are you interested in becoming a high-quality MSCS Assistant Principal? The Aspiring Leader Fellowship Program, Track 1 Assistant Principal Pipeline provides intense support, practical application opportunities, and tailored coaching to fellows in preparation for a rigorous assistant principal selection process. Join us for an info session on 4/20, 5/11, 6/1, or 7/31 to learn more about program benefits. Applications will be accepted August 1-15, 2023.

*Program completion required for ALL internal Vice/Assistant Principal applicants*

Visit https://bit.ly/MSCSALFPTrack1Info to access application materials & FAQs.

For more information, contact Tari Harris, at harristc1@scsk12.org.

PL&S is excited to announce a professional learning opportunity for teachers to attend virtually through Microsoft Teams on Monday, April 3. As a result of this session, participants will leverage MSCS curricular resources to plan for small-group instruction within the "We do" and "You do Collaboratively" phases of the Gradual Release.

For more information, please see the course offerings in PLZ.

Course Numbers

ELA - 33271

Math - 33273

Science - 33275

Please see the April edition of the PL&S Professional Learning Catalog.

Professionalism represents 5% of the overall TEM rating for both tested and non-tested teachers and must be completed and finalized by both the educator and the administrator to receive an LOE (Level of Overall Effectiveness) score. 
 

Professionalism containers are currently live and educators may begin inputting narratives, uploading artifacts, and completing self-scores.  The deadline for teacher completion is Friday, April 21, 2023.  

100% of Professionalism containers must be completed and locked by Friday, May 12, 2023.  

For questions and/or concerns about instructional evaluation, please contact EPS by phone at 416-2475 or via email at eps@scsk12.org.

According to T.C.A. § 49-1-302 , each district or charter organization must utilize at least one approved growth measure for Non-Tested teachers.  To adhere to this mandate, Memphis-Shelby County Schools elected to utilize TEAM Student Growth Portfolios.
 

Principals: Please encourage your NTGS Portfolio Educators to log into their Portfolium Accounts to select their Portfolio Model and Collections for SY2022-23. 

While there is no deadline for Point A Submissions, educators are strongly encouraged to submit their Point A and B Submissions prior to the 11:59 PM local time, May 1, 2023, deadline.  

*Please note:  Per the State, no further submissions will be allowed after the deadline.  Any Portfolio missing any of the four collections will be marked Incomplete (I) and an LOE (Level of Overall Effectiveness) score will NOT generate for the school year. 

Questions/Support

For issues accessing the platform, general questions about submissions, changes in job/role that do not require portfolio submission, please contact the District Portfolio Lead, Ayodele Hall, at hallam@scsk12.org.  

The deadline for  EOY Report containers to be completed and locked in PLZ is Friday, May 12, 2023.  

For questions and/or concerns about instructional evaluations, please contact your EPS Advisor by phone, at 901-416-2475 or via email at eps@scsk12.org.

The MSCS Compass is a one-stop shop for all your PowerBI reports, including the new and improved Student Profile, which is now called Student Data 360. Watch our introduction and navigation video here - Intro to MSCS Compass  
   

What’s in PowerBI? Check out all of the reports we have available, here.  

 

Support Resources: Check out the DAIM Support SharePoint site, complete with additional video tutorials, walkthrough guides, and more!  

 

NEW Releases and Features: 

Check out our release plan, available here!  

Reports that are now available:  

• Suspension Ratios have been added back to the Student Discipline Overview and District Quick Report pages!
   
• RTI2 – A: Student Progress Report is now available! Use this report to assess actual vs recommended instructional level and skill deficit movement for Progress Monitoring!
  • Check out the user guide here!
     
• RTI2-A – Universal Screener report now contains Early Warning System data for high school students!
  • Check out the user guides here! 
  • NOTE – Due to an issue with exports coming in from i-Ready, Characteristics of Dyslexia and Benchmarking Next Steps reports are currently not populating for high schools. We are working on a fix and apologize for any inconvenience.
     
• A new user guide is available to help navigate the Current School Flag in several Student Data 360 dashboards: Student Assessment, Student Attendance, Student Discipline, Student Grades. This allows you to toggle between the Current Enrollment and Total Enrollment (including withdrawals and transfers) for a selected school. The guide explains how to use the filter and the different ways it can impact the data you are seeing.

Coming Soon!  

• Student Surveys updates to include Panorama data
• OAG Report updates to include Retention flag
• Chronic Absenteeism updates to current year calculation
• Progressive Discipline Rate updates to incorporate BrightBytes interventions

Data Quality

We are working on a fix to the Ready Graduate dashboard resulting in an undercounting of EPSOs for some students. We will provide updates as soon we can and apologize for any inconvenience.

System Optimizations: Student Data 360 reports have been optimized to load at a much faster rate. These include:  

• Student Attendance – Current Load Time: 00.05.42 seconds  
• Student Assessment – Current Load Time: 00.05.89 seconds  
• Student Discipline – Current Load Time: 00.07.68 seconds  
• Student Enrollment – Current Load Time: 00.06.47 seconds  
• Student Grades – Current Load Time: 00.07.39 seconds  
• Student Snapshot – Current Load Time: 00.03.63 seconds  
• Student Surveys – Current Load Time: 00.04.40 seconds  

We are working on optimizing performance on as many reports as possible and your feedback is crucial. Please reach out if you experience any issues so that we can identify major pain points. Email us at DAIMSUPPORT@scsk12.org  

 
Trainings:  See our Training Calendar available here!

Virtual Office Hours: 

• This week (4/4 and 4/6) – we are holding an Open Forum Q&A session. So bring your questions! Next week (4/11 and 4/13), we will cover the RTI2-A Screener and Benchmarking Reports. 
• VOH is held every week on Tuesday and Thursday at 3:30 PM  
• The format alternates every other week between an Open Floor Q&A session and an overview of a new and/or relevant report.  
• Recordings of any tutorials go out to everyone on the calendar invite and will be available on our Support Page.  
• Sign up at this link today!  

Under Construction:  Does something in a dashboard look wrong? Check our Data Quality Updates.  
 

ATTENTION Counselors: We need your help! Please go in and check your intervention plans in BrightBytes and remove the “Protected” access flag. This is very important and impacts the ability to see accurate OAG compliance, RTI-B compliance and Progressive Discipline information in PowerBI.

For more information on how to remove the Protected flag, look here.  

Power BI Access: Principals can give school staff members access through the PowerBI Access App. If you see someone in the Access App that should be removed from your school, contact DAIM Support (DAIMSUPPORT@scsk12.org) and we can assist.

Please click the link below to view the flyer. 

Flyer_FPGC Summer Institute 2023.pdf