Revised Tennessee Code Annotated
The Tennessee Code Annotated has been revised to include Threats of Mass Shootings as Zero Tolerance Category (A) Offenses that will now mandated 180 days of suspension at the school level. Please ensure that you satisfy your RTI2-B Tier 1 expectations by communicating this change in law to your student and parent populations. We want to ensure that students are aware of the disciplinary responses connected to Threats of Mass Shootings that are connected to the school environment.
If you have questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to Dr. Blocker by emailing BLOCKERJ@scsk12.org.
RTI2-B Forms and Discipline Survey
Please complete EDI Support Survey. Also, complete the RTI2-B documents by July 31st. Informational sheets with hyperlinks are below:
Marching Into CoD
Please join us Thursday, July 20th at Hickory Ridge Middle School for an all-day Characteristics of Dyslexia Bootcamp. We will have an exciting Drill Session in the auditorium to kick the day off followed by breakout sessions to enhance your knowledge on the updates to Screening for Characteristics of Dyslexia and how it is being impacted by TISA, with additional funding. Anyone involved in the screening process is welcome to register and we would love to have a representative from every school to participate. Please see the flyer for registration information and additional details.
Click: Marching Into CoD Flyer.png
Building Engaging Classroom Communities Webinar
The “Building Engaging Classroom Communities: Infusing Hip-Hop Based Education into Daily Practices Webinar,” which is a part of the Summer SECUP Webinar series has finally come!
Administrators, please share this information with your K-12 administrators, teachers, paraprofessionals, educators, and community members within your network. The first 140 people to register will be able to receive a free book and certificate of completion for attending this event! Books will be made available for pick up. Let’s do our best to get registered by Friday, July 7th. You don’t want to miss this awesome opportunity!
Please see flyer for more information. Also, by completing the survey link U of M Qualtrics Survey helps with the registration information.
Once people are signed up through Qualtrics, the Zoom Information will be distributed. The first 140 people registered will get an opportunity to receive a free book. The Zoom link only allows for up to 300 people to attend so the survey helps there. Currently there are registration slots available.
Restorative Practices: Circle Training
Have you often wanted to understand circles? How to build relationships with students? How to conduct meetings to resolve conflicts? The Equity Discipline & Intervention Team will present an interactive circle training. Please register in PLZ.
69060 Restorative Practices Training
Wednesday, July 19, 2023 - 9:00am - 3:00pm
Kelvin B Hart - HARTKB@SCSK12.ORG
Location: Teacher and Learning Academy
2485 Union Avenue
Memphis, Tennessee 38112
Introducing i-Ready Classroom Mathematics PD for Teachers and Leaders
Greetings,
The Department of Curriculum and Instruction invites middle school math teachers and leaders to engage in the following PD offering to support the implementation of our newly adopted middle school math curriculum:
Tips, Tools, and Strategies to Have an Effective i-Ready Classroom Mathematics Implementation
- Leader Flyer: https://scsk12-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/malonebm_scsk12_org/EcVyDfhj3LdIoacUhkTHD1kB4oRAMqZLglUsTAEN4c3Mng?e=uoPkoz
- Teacher Flyer:
Updated Teacher iReady PD Flyer.pdf
Reminder: July 20, 2023
End of Year Processing
End-of-Year rollover and upgrades will occur this weekend. PowerSchool SIS will be unavailable from 3:00 p.m. Friday, July 7th through Monday, July 10th.
Effective Monday, July 10th, Registration School will no longer be used for new student enrollments, and the "Scheduling Set Up" page will not be functional. New students should be enrolled in their assigned school with a start date of August 7, 2023.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Enrollment Team.