RTI2-B Tier Guidance Recommendations
Friendly Service Tip - Summer Hours of Operation
Greetings Principals:
As we continue to provide excellent servant leadership to our community during the summer, we wanted to offer some guidance for summer hours of operation.
Please see the following recommendations. School leaders should post summer office coverage hours so that they are visible at entrances.
- Include the times when the office will be unavailable (e.g., lunch).
- Include a contact number and email address for visitors to leave a message and receive a response.
- Forward the school’s main line to the posted contact number if the main office is not covered for extended periods of time.
Additionally, it is recommended that Leaders send a robocall informing parents of this information.
We hope these service tips help our schools continue to provide quality customer service. We have also provided a template for you to adapt and use to post this information at the entrances.
As always, please feel free to contact Assistant Superintendent Reggie Jackson at jacksonrd@scsk12.org.
Reminder: June 23, 2023
TEM Certification SY2023-24
According to Tennessee State Board of Education Policy5.201, all educators must be evaluated annually by a certified evaluator.
For SY2023-24, there are three tiered options offered in attaining TEM Certification:
- Returning Observers - Self-Paced (Canvas)
- TIER I (Self-Paced): Conducted a minimum of one instructional evaluation during the 22-23 school year
- TIER II (Self-Paced): Certified sometime within the last 1 -2 years (school years 2021-22, 2022-23) but did not conduct an observation during SY22-23
- New Observers - 2-Day Live Virtual Session or Canvas Self-Paced
- TIER III: Administrators who have never conducted a formal TEM observation or do not qualify for TIER I or TIER II
Course numbers and date information can be found HERE.
The course went live in Canvas on June 1st. TIER I and TIER II participants were placed in their prospective courses. *Note: ALL TIER I and TIER II participants must complete their TEM coursework and calibration by August 31st.
Questions/Concerns? Send an email to eps@scsk12.org.
NEW PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY PLATFORM!
We’re excited to share a new platform for delivering professional learning for Memphis Shelby County Schools' staff!
ALL MSCS full-time Faculty and Staff now have 24/7 access to thousands of top-rated courses on Udemy Business. From coding to presentation skills to management and leadership development and much more, one has tons of options.
For login instructions, please click the link below.
Let’s continue to create a culture of learning at MSCS. We hope all MSCS Staff will take full advantage of the Udemy Business course collection.
The launch and learn with Udemy Business will occur in a few weeks, so stay tuned.
Feel free to reach out to Starlett Calhoun (joness3@scsk12.org) or Courtney Skipper (skipperc@scsk12.org) should you have any questions.
PowerBI Updates and New Releases
Announcements:
Dashboard Rollover begins today, June 9th and is scheduled to be completed July 31st.
As we prepare updates for the new school year, some reports will be temporarily unavailable or will have data refreshes paused (only showing updates as of 6/9). All reports will be available again and will be refreshing normally by the start of school.
New user access will also be paused at this time. For any new users or staff changing building locations- once rollover is complete, access will also be updated prior to the start of school. For more information, contact us at DAIMSUPPORT@scsk12.org
BrightBytes will no longer be available as of June 15th. If you have any questions, reach out to the SEED team for more information at 416-6007.
Updates and New Releases:
Spring Panorama data is now available in Student Surveys!
RTI2-A: Spring Written Expression for grades 1-12, and SOAR 3 are both now available!
Student Data 360 – We’ve updated how you can switch between Current and Total Enrollment when looking at your students! Check out this user guide for more information!
What's in PowerBI? Check out all the reports we have available here. And our Release Plan, here!
Training and Support Resources:
See our training material from the Federal Programs Summer Institute here!
New User PowerBI training sessions are coming soon! Stay tuned to Leaderboard for more information.
Virtual Office Hours is paused during the summer. However, you can access our wide array of training materials, including videos from past VOH sessions from our DAIM Support Hub. Check out this flyer for more information!
You can also reach out to us at DAIMSUPPORT@scsk12.org if you need support.
For more information on Virtual Office Hours, check out this flyer!