Please ensure the following K-1 procedures are followed at your school.

• All eligible kindergarten and first grade (K-1) students riding the bus must have an orange K-1 sticker (provided by our office) attached to the front of their bus pass
• Please remind/notify all K-1 parents/guardians they are responsible for meeting or designating someone appropriate to meet their K-1 child at the bus stop every day. Any K-1 students who have no one at the bus stop in the PM to accept them will be returned to their school at the conclusion of the route. Contact the Transportation Office if additional K-1 stickers are needed.
• It is imperative that school administrators/designees identify the correct bus route information for all K-1 students before placing them on a bus. K-1 students should be assisted on the bus at the school before the driver proceeds on the route. Please contact the Transportation office at (901) 416-6077 or TransAdminSupport@scsk12.org if you have any questions or concerns.

Transportation packets will be delivered by the mailroom to schools Friday, July 28th, and Monday, July 31st. The packets contain a transportation handbook, card stock, and bus rules. Elementary packets will also include K-1 stickers to place on kindergarten and first-grade students' bus passes. If you do not receive a packet by Tuesday, August 1st, please email the Transportation office at TransAdminSupport@scsk12.org or call (901) 416-6077.

Transportation personnel will email bus pass files to school Principals and designees beginning Friday, July 28th. A blank bus pass file will also be included for schools to issue temporary bus passes to newly enrolled students whose information is not in PowerSchool. Please ensure you print the bus passes on the appropriate color card stock (ES-Pink, MS-Lime Green, HS-Gold). It is the responsibility of the school to ensure eligible bus riders are issued bus passes.

Bus drivers will create a seating chart and students are required to sit in the assigned seat each day unless otherwise directed by the driver. School support will be requested if students do not follow the process as directed. This process will help drivers identify bus riders and assist with emergencies when needed. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the seating chart process, please contact Terry Ellis, Transportation Safety Specialist at ellist1@scsk12.org or (901) 416-8141.

First Student requests a three-day advance notice for buses. The bus cost is $48.74 per hour with a minimum charge of two hours ($97.48) round trip per bus. First Student’s charges are calculated based on gate-to-gate transportation. 

All bus questions and concerns should be sent via email to TransAdminSupport@scsk12.org or call (901) 416-6077.

The SEED Department will be hosting a mandatory in-service for all school support staff on Friday, August 4, 2023, from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM at the University of Memphis Psychology Auditorium. This event is open to all general office secretaries and clerical assistants.

The purpose of this in-service is to provide participants with the most up-to-date practices and procedures to ensure alignment with district guidelines and policies. Additionally, it will share world-class operational experience from various Central Office Departments.

We look forward to their attendance at this in-service.  If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Mildred Avery at averymd@scsk12.org

** Continental breakfast will be served from 7:30 AM to 8:00 PM.

The Office of SEED Truancy and Homebound Services will be offering the following professional development sessions during the month of July:

• SART and PSAP Deep Dive - Course # 31824
• Understanding Homebound Services and the Need for Intermittent Homebound - Course #34537

We are asking leaders to please share this information with their counselors, administrators, family engagement specialists and other appropriate staff. Interested participants will need to register for the course in PLZ using the course number provided. Session facilitators will send the link to all enrolled participants. If you have any questions, email Chanda Jones-Donald at jonesdonaldcr@scsk12.org.

Please complete EDI Support Survey. Also, complete the RTI2-B documents by July 31st. Informational sheets with hyperlinks are below:

RTI2-B Tier 1 Team Creation Guidance Recommendations 

RTI2-B Tier 2 Team Creation Guidance Recommendations

Effective Monday, July 10th, Registration School is no longer used for new student enrollments.  New students should be enrolled in their assigned school with a start date of August 7, 2023.

Additionally, the iChoose email address will be unavailable beginning Friday, July 21, 2023, at 6:00PM. 

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Enrollment Team.

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.

Attention Principals and School Leaders,

In order to offer continued 1:1 device support to parents and students, the Device Service Center will remain open until Thursday, August 10, 2023. Parents and students will be able to return 1:1 devices and accessories and satisfy outstanding student device fees. Cash only payments will be accepted. 

VEL Center Operation Schedule:

July 24, 2023 - August 10, 2023

8:30 a.m. until 12:00 p.m.

Monday-Thursday

Closed Every Friday 

Address:

3237 Knight Road

Memphis, TN 38118

For additional information, please email device_support@scsk12.org or call 901-416-5070.

On Behalf of Warehouse and Fulfillment     
  

Greetings, Awesome School Leaders,     

Please review the important information from our Warehouse and Fulfillment team.

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We hope you are having a great week! In preparation for the school year, we wanted to provide some information regarding textbooks and bottled water delivery. As we deliver textbooks to your school and supply bottled water to your students and staff, we ask that you adhere to the following bullet points that will assist you:     

• Identify a location near the school’s delivery / entry point for the MSCS Warehouse Team to drop off textbooks and bottled water. (Due to The Volume of Deliveries and Window of Time for Deliveries We Ask That All Delivery Locations Be as Close to Entry Point as Possible).   
• In the event that you need additional water, please contact the MSCS Warehouse via email at warehouserequest@scsk12.org (please cc Alfred Brandon and Kenneth Williams) and the MSCS Warehouse Team will make a delivery to your school.     

We ask that all water requests are made allowing a 48-hour window for delivery.  If out of water, please specify an emergency status/need.  

We thank you for cooperation...

Gear Up 4 School Day is Tuesday, August 1 at all schools!  All schools open 8am – 2pm and 4 – 6:30pm

• Meet the principal, teachers & staff
• Get computer access or help with registration/Choice transfers 
• Get supply lists, dress code info, bus eligibility info & other information
• Sign up for parent organizations & before-/after-care (if available)

Save the date! Our annual Back to School Family Festival is Saturday, August 5, at the Board of Education. Come out for a FREE day of family fun from 10am until 2pm, including food, music, school supply giveaways, games and more. Plus – get help with new and returning student registration, and student transfers.

Gear Up for School Day is Tuesday, August 1 from 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. and 4 – 6:30 p.m. at all schools districtwide. This is a great opportunity to provide support or obtain documents for your optional program. Please consider having a dedicated staff person in a clearly identified area for current and prospective optional program families. This time can be utilized to assist parents in submitting their child’s renewal application, solicit new optional applications, or answer questions.

Our office will be available to answer questions and provide support during this event as well. Let’s Gear Up! 

Greetings Principals!

Here are the resources used during Relay Training on July 13th and 14th:

Relay 2023-24
 

https://bit.ly/3Dn7Exu

Please note the updated plans for SEA Summer Work Expectations for the remainder of the summer. Click the link below to access the detailed work expectations for each week (July 17 - August 4) and additional resources that provide more in-depth information.  

SEA Summer Work Expectations 2023

NOTE:  SEAs are only required to complete the asynchronous professional learning assignments if school administrators have not planned other start-of-school duties/activities for SEAs to complete each week.

If you have any questions, please contact us at EarlyLiteracyDept@scsk12.org or call 901.416.4801.

The August 2023 DLD is August 2nd and 3rd.  The DLD Guidebook has full details and guidance regarding the August 2023 DLD. Principals please share with your staff so that teachers can register.  If you have questions, please email Emily Vuoso at vuosoeb@scsk12.org.

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 refresh 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 2023-2024 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. 

Training and Support Resources: 

Upcoming Sessions → Zone 9 and 12 Principal Training on 7/26

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

Virtual Office Hours sessions are paused during the summer but will start back up the second week of August. 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! 

*ATTN: ALL District Supervisors and School Leaders eligible to participate in the RECERTIFICATION process to conduct TEM, TEAM, and/or NIE evaluations for SY2023-24 will need complete modules by August 31, 2023.  

Returning observers who do not complete by the deadline must participate in the track for new observers.
 

Please see the information below regarding Evaluator Certification for SY2023-24:

Non-Instructional Evaluation Certification - Per MSCS Board Policy 4020, "Supervisors are responsible for adhering to the evaluation process and providing timely feedback to improve the performance of evaluated employees."

• Click Here for guidance on NIE Certification.  

• SY2023-2024 NIE Evaluator Certification Training Calendar

Instructional Evaluation Certification- According to Tennessee State Board of Education policy 5.201, all educators must be evaluated annually by a certified evaluator.  

• TEM - Click  HERE   for guidance on becoming TEM Certified. 

• TEAM (Managed by the TDOE) - Click HERE for guidance on becoming TEAM Certified. *Be sure to select TRAINING FOR ADMINISTRATOR certification.  (Please forward a copy of the completed TEAM Certificate to eps@scsk12.org)​