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.
PowerBI Updates and New Releases
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 for the 23-24 school year. If you have any questions, reach out to the SEED team for more information at 416-6007.
Updates and New Releases:
Summer Learning Academy – Attendance Report is now available! Site Administrators, Site Administrator Mentors, and Principals have access. The dashboard refreshes daily at 12:00 pm. Check out the user guide and this video 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!
SY2023-2024 NIE Evaluator Certification:
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.
Questions/Concerns? Send an email to eps@scsk12.org.
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.