May 22, 2026
High Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM) embedded with EL strategies support access to grade-level content, but their use alone does not constitute evidence of implementation of the Tennessee English Language Development (ELD) Standards. Content teachers with English Learners in the classroom are required to use the Tennessee ELD standards in lesson plans. Teachers should include language objectives in lesson prep, in addition to the ELD and content standards. Contact your ESL Advisor with any questions.
The district has transitioned to LanguageLine Solutions for on-demand interpretation and translation services. LanguageLine Solutions interpreters are available in more than 240 languages and are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to communicate with our multilingual families. Please follow these instructions to access LanguageLine:
To access a phone interpreter, please follow these steps:
Dial: 1-866-874-3972
Provide: Client ID 666137
Press: 1 for Spanish – 2 for All Other Languages; If 2, indicate Language
Provide: School Location Code
As you begin scheduling for the upcoming school year, please ensure ESL teachers are included in conversations with administrators and counselors to support appropriate placement and services for multilingual learners. Their input, along with ESL course codes and placement guidance, is essential to ensuring students are positioned for academic and linguistic success. If you have questions or would like to schedule additional training, please contact your Advisor.
Invitations will be sent out soon for ELPA21 Data Meetings! We look forward to reviewing your school's ELPA21 test scores and examining the progress made by our ESL students.
First- and second-year ESL teachers are invited to participate in ESL 101 Summer Kick Off on July 16. Topics will include ESL basics, compliance mandates, and basic instructional strategies. Please reach out to us if you have any new ESL teachers so that we can invite them directly. Please email Steven Kuhn (kuhns@scsk12.org) or Stacy Tanner (tanners@scsk12.org) if you have any questions.
May 25 - ELPA21 Scores Returned
Promoting free health screenings to students is essential to supporting student success and family well-being.
Decline in School Health Screening: 05.18.26.HealthScreenings.pdf
Please view Immunization Plan with updated data as of May 15, 2026.
Immunization Plan 2025-2026: 05.18.26.ImmunizationUpdate.pdf
Incoming 7th Graders Immunization Plan: 05.18.26.7thDtap.pdf
Establishment of Healthy Schools Teams/Including results of School Health Index in School Improvement Plan
Health Schools: 05.18.26.HealthySchoolTeams.pdf
Principals, please review the 5/18/26 MTSS Lead Weekly Updates. Thank you for your support this year in RTI2A implementation in support of our students!
All required Student Growth Portfolio submissions for eligible teachers were due in TNPortfolio on Friday, May 8. The submission window is now closed. Portfolio scores will be available in the TeachAll platform on July 6. The overall portfolio score is determined by averaging the four evidence collection growth scores and converting that average to a scaled level from 1-5.
A portfolio will be assigned an Incomplete (I) and the teacher’s LOE (Level of Overall Effectiveness) score will NOT generate for the 2025-26 school year if any of the four collections were not 100% complete by the deadline. These educators will also be assigned to the Novice track in PLZ for SY26-27 and will receive 4 observations.
If you have questions regarding Student Growth Portfolios, please contact Floresha Smith, District Portfolio Lead.
The DEADLINE to complete ALL Central Office NIE End-Of-Year Conferences is June 12.
IMPORTANT REMINDERS:
- The Goal Setting Conference AND Mid-Year Conference should be completed in its entirety BEFORE completing the End-of-Year Conference in PLZ.
- The Mid-Year Conference is NOT required for NIE Partial plans and will not appear as a container to complete.
Questions? Please reach out to eps@scsk12.org.
100% of TEAM Cycle 2 Observations should be completed and finalized by Friday, May 22.
Questions? Contact EPS by email: eps@scsk12.org or phone: (901) 416-2475.
ALL TEM containers will be archived Friday, May 29, by 5 p.m. Once these plans are archived, no further edits or additions can be made.
Please review Power Bi to review your location's completion status.
Be reminded, if any components are left incomplete, the educator will not receive an LOE and will be placed on the track with the maximum number of observations (4) for the 2026-27 school year.
If the overall green check is missing from any of the Observations or Professionalism container, please reach out to Employee Performance & Support via email, EPS@scsk12.org, or phone (901) 416-2475.