Professional Learning and Support is pleased to offer new i-Ready learning to start this school year off strong. Principals are asked to send one teacher per grade per building to take this learning back to their schools. Please register in PLZ using the course number provided.  

Strengthening Your Implementation: Outcomes

Educators will explore new features in i-Ready for back-to-school 2022. Additionally, educators will examine the importance of personalized instruction, leveraging i-Ready resources to support small group instruction as well as pitfalls to avoid regarding teacher assigned lessons. Click here for available sessions.

Are you a new K-12 ELA Teacher? Did you know there is a resource to help you set up your ELA K-5 Wonders ConnectED and/or 6-12 Savvas myPerspectives online resources? Well check out the "Getting Started" Guides for K-5 Wonders ConnectED and 6-12 Savvas myPerspectives. These guides provide new and returning teachers tips on how to navigate your digital teacher account, create and edit your calendar, manage digital assignments and assessments, access on-demand videos, and more! 

• Access Getting Started with K-5 Wonders ConnectED here
• Access Getting Started with 6-12 Savvas myPerspectives here

Don't have your own single-sign-on (SSO) account in Clever/Canvas for ELA curriculum? No problem! You can still access the digital Wonders and myPerspectives resources using these District account usernames and passwords.

WONDERS

Website: My.mheducation.com

Username: TNELA2019

Password: TNReview2019

MYPERSPECTIVES

Website: http://www.savvasrealize.com

Username: myPerspectives.TN.Reviewer.School2021

Password: ShelbyCo!

Questions? Email ci_ela_team@scsk12.org.

SEED’s SEL team has streamed a short video to help support teachers. The recording provides detailed guidance for navigating the Rethink Platform and understanding compliance expectations for explicit SEL instruction. 

https://scsk12.instructuremedia.com/embed/7d21464f-01f2-4522-8872-ab6a5f6396e7

If you have additional questions, please contact SEED Manager, Rosalind Davis (DavisRJ@scsk12.org), SEL Advisors, R. Williams (WilliamsRW@scsk12.org) or K. Greene (GreeneKP@scsk12.org).

The Total Rewards team is working to finalize the 2022-23 Wellness Strategy and would like feedback from YOU. Visit this survey to share your thoughts and help influence upcoming wellness offerings and activities. 

Fine Arts, Physical Education (2nd and 5th Grades), Pre-K, and World Language Educators (French and Spanish) will submit Student Growth Portfolios for SY2022-23. The deadline for all submissions is 11:59 p.m., May 1, 2023.  For important updates regarding the Portfolio process, please click here. * Kindergarten teachers will not submit Portfolios for SY22-23. The Universal Screener (iReady) will be used as this year's Growth Measure. *   

Start-Up Documents:

• i-Ready Login
• K-2 Support Resources
• iReady Toolbox RTI2 Best Practices

Key Links to Share with Staff and Families:

• Diagnostic Administration Best Practices/Getting Good Data - https://i-readycentral.com/articles/get-good-data/
• i-Ready Central - https://www.i-readycentral.com
• i-Ready Family Center – https://i-readycentral.com/familycenter/
• i-Ready Family Resources in Multiple Languages - https://i-readycentral.com/articles/family-resources-in-multiple-languages/

Recently, the Memphis-Shelby County Schools (MSCS) Board of Education voted to adopt a new 10-point grading scale for students enrolled in grades Pre-K through 12. This was done to align with the new state law uniform grading system. The new MSCS grading scale will go into effect beginning with the 2022- 2023 school year. 

In an effort to provide important information and updates to the MSCS community, we want to make you aware of some very useful resources that will assist you with implementing the newly revised 10-Point Grading scale and the Grading Protocol procedures. 

By now, you should have received an email notification from the Memphis-Shelby County Schools District OSHA Safety and Policy Compliance Training Department that included a newly added mandatory training module entitled: Access, Equity, and Student Grades.  You are asked to complete this training module by no later than August 31, 2022.   

Also, below you will find some helpful links that will give you immediate access to videos, the grading protocols, and the revised grading scale policies. However, please note that you must also access the Access, Equity, and Student Grades video by way of your SafeSchools login portal.   

HELPFUL LINKS 

• Grading Protocols: http://www.scsk12.org/ci/protocols.php?PID=1554 
• Recently Revised District Policies: scsk12.org/policy/rrdp?PID=2137 

Click on the links below to access the Access, Equity, and Student Videos 

• Grades 1-5: youtu.be/mkn1cXqUauM 
• Grades 6-8 youtu.be/DAhlPyV9Om0 
• Grades 9-12: youtu.be/I94NJECwtWE 

The TEM Training Series is open to ALL teachers. The focus of the series is to identify teacher and student actions that guide effective instruction at performance levels 3-5 of the TEACH indicators. Register in PLZ, course #26177.

The Department of Curriculum and Instruction is aware of the dilemma teachers are facing with accessing the Eureka Math Digital Resources through Great Minds inSync. We are currently working with the vendor to resolve the issue. Please utilize the below demo account to access the resources in the meantime. 

Teachers will not have the function of assigning tasks to their students because this is a demo account. However, they may project and download any of the instructional resources to utilize with students. We apologize for the inconvenience this is causing. We will send a follow-up email notifying everyone once the problem has been resolved. Please share this information with math teachers and those that support math.

Website: https://digital.greatminds.org/

Teacher Login: teacherdemo1@greatmindsdemo.org

Password: GMDemos22!

The Communications team would like to share some recent positive coverage about Memphis-Shelby County Schools. Amplify your colleagues’ great work by sharing the following links:

• Daily Memphian: MSCS gets highest distinction in statewide assessment

• Tri-State Defender: Folks, the leadership of our school system is in good hands!

• Action News 5: MSCS given high distinction for student test scores

• MSCS Newsroom: Cummings K-8 Optional School Receives $50,000 Donation from Music Business Executive