Please see RTI2-B Tier 1 Team Creation Guidance Recommendations and RTI2-B Tier 2 Team Creation Guidance Recommendations 

Attention: Elementary Principals - Jumpstart's Read for the Record, Thursday, October 26, 2023.

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 2023 Read for the Record Book is With Lots of Love by Jenny Torres Sanchez, illustrated by André Ceolin.

The Department of Curriculum & Instruction has purchased a special, paperback edition of With Lots of Love for our Pre-K through 2nd grade teachers in order for them to participate with their students on

the campaign day – October 26, 2023. In addition, Jumpstart has resources available on-line 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. All elementary schools will participate, dignitaries will receive special District invitations to attend the celebration at the host school and media coverage will be concentrated on that site.

This year we are asking schools that are interested in being selected to become the host school complete the form at https://bit.ly/23RFTRHOSTAPP by Friday, July 21, 2023. One elementary school will be selected from the submitted applications by the Department of Academic Affairs to host the event.

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 participate in-person and/or serve as virtual guest readers on October 26, 2023.

· Encourage whole-school participation. We want every student to hear With Lots of Love on October 26, 2023, even though the focus is on early literacy.

· Your school will receive a copy of With Lots of Love 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! o If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Alicia Fields fieldsa@scsk12.org, Library Services Instructional Advisor or Meryl Isabel isabelml@scsk12.org, Educational Support Manager. 

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https://bit.ly/23RFTRHOSTAPP

Greetings Principals,

On the Job Injury (OJI) is an important issue discussed in the AOSS Manual.  Please review this information and share it with your staff.

Announcements: 

Dashboard Rollover has started 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 be updated prior to the start of school. For more information, contact us at DAIMSUPPORT@scsk12.org

School Improvement Plans – because access updates are paused, anyone who needs access to a new school (and already has PowerBI access) will still be able to see data in School Profile. This should help with the completion of SIPs. For more information see this user guide.

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:

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: 

New User PowerBI training sessions are coming soon! Stay tuned to Leaderboard for more information.

Virtual Office Hours sessions are 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! 

The deadline to complete ALL NIE End-of-Year Conferences in PLZ has been extended to Thursday, June 22nd. 

ALL fields should be completed in their entirety before finalizing.  

Questions? Please reach out to eps@scsk12.org. 

RETURNING NIE Evaluators

• The NIE Recertification process for the 2023-2024 school year began June 1st. Identified Returning NIE Evaluators who were certified during the 22-23 school year were automatically placed in the Recertification Self-Paced course in Canvas. Therefore, self-registration is not necessary and will not be accessible in PLZ.
• Please check your Canvas dashboard for this course.
• The district completion deadline for ALL RETURNING EVALUATOR Certifications is August 31st.

NEW NIE Evaluators

• Registration is now open to Evaluators that are NEW to the Non-Instructional Evaluation process. NEW Evaluators MUST attend one of the LIVE (Virtual) NIE Certification trainings that will begin July 13th.
• Please reference PLZ Course# 30314 to register.
• For more information including training dates, please click the link below.
  • SY2023-2024 NIE Evaluator Certification Training Calendar

Questions/Concerns? Send an email to eps@scsk12.org.

If you haven’t already, explore the plethora of FREE professional development courses offered by Udemy by logging into https://mscsd.udemy.com/. 

Want to know more about Udemy? Mark your calendar and join us for an overview of the Udemy platform. The link is provided below. 

What: Udemy Business Overview for Memphis-Shelby County Schools (join link) 

When: June 20th at 12:00pm (CST) 

Where: Online/Virtually 

Feel free to reach out to Starlett Calhoun (joness3@scsk12.org) or Courtney Skipper (skipperc@scsk12.org) should you have any questions.