Whether you are a new hire or an experienced English/Language Arts teacher, there are summer ELA sessions suited just for you! Vendor-led summer PD offerings for K-5 ELA Wonders and 6-8/9-12 ELA myPerspectives are available. The sessions include in-person as well as virtual options. These are also great opportunities for newly-assigned educators to build knowledge around the adopted ELA curricula. PLZ credit will be provided. Click the appropriate link below to access the flyer for more information:

McGraw-Hill Wonders K-5 Summer PD

Savvas 6-12 myPerspectives Summer PD

Questions? Email ci_ela_team@scsk12.org

The DEADLINE to complete ALL Non-Instructional Evaluation End-of-Year Conferences is June 14th. 

​**ALL Non-Instructional containers will be archived Monday, June 24th by 8am. Once these plans are archived, no further edits, updates, or changes can be made. 

 TEM Certification SY2024-25: According to Tennessee State Board of Education Policy5.201, all educators must be evaluated annually by a certified evaluator.  

For SY2024-25, there are three options offered in attaining TEM Certification:  

- Returning Observers   

• Self-Paced (Canvas) - Manual Registration ONLY 

- New Observers 

• Canvas Self-Paced - PLZ Course #36774 
• 2-Day Live Virtual Session  - PLZ Course # 36257

Course numbers and date information can be found HERE.  

 *Note: ALL Returning Observer participants must complete their TEM coursework and calibration by August 30th.  

The NIE Self-Paced Recertification window for the 2024-2025 school year opened June 12th. Identified Returning NIE Evaluators who were certified during the 2023-24 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.  

NEW NIE Evaluators  

Registration is now open to Evaluators that are NEW to the Non-Instructional Evaluation process. For SY2024-25, there are 2 options offered in attaining NIE Evaluator Certification.  

• Self-Paced (Canvas) – PLZ Course #36779   
  • Canvas course goes live July 8th   
• Live/Virtual - PLZ Course #36378 

Additional information regarding NIE Certification for SY 2024-25, including course numbers and date information, can be found on the NIE Evaluator Training Calendar.  

The district completion deadline for ALL RETURNING EVALUATOR Certifications is August 30th.  

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

The State is excited to announce that TEAM training is transitioning to the TeachALL platform. This transition will make accessing TEAM trainings simpler and more user-friendly. TeachALL features include: 

• No more hassle with course registrations! 
  • With TeachALL, evaluators can now self-enroll in initial evaluator courses at their convenience. 
  • Certified evaluators will continue to receive a recertification email with log in information.  
• Upon completion of certification courses and passing assessments, TeachALL automatically awards you with a certificate, that will automatically connect to TNCompass to upload your credentials. 

TeachALL is an intuitive and user-friendly platform designed to empower evaluators. The new platform is easy to access with your Single Sign On (SSO).   

• Recertification courses are open from June 3, 2024, to August 31, 2024.  
• Initial certification courses are open from June 3, 2024, to March 31, 2025.  

​**All TEAM evaluator completion certificates should be forwarded to Employee Performance and Support via email:  eps@scsk12.org.  

For more information about TEAM training and certification, please visit the TEAM website. 

Contact the State at team.questions@tn.gov should you have any questions or concerns regarding TEAM certification for 2024-2025.

MSCS has launched “Ready, Set, Read!” – a Summer virtual reading series that joins literacy and leisure. 

Encourage your students to get into some great books with us and have a lot of fun along the way! 

We'll be posting new videos every Wednesday and Thursday at 2pm on our YouTube channel.

SPECIAL NOTE:

Wenesday, June 19, we will premiere Opal Lee and What it Means to be Free by Memphis native Alice Faye Duncan. This special holiday read includes special activities that families can enjoy at home!

Click here to access the teacher's guide and the recipe for Juneteenth “Red Punch” Strawberry Lemonade.

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