Teachers' Lounge
Weekly Info for JMCSS Employees • Monday, July 29, 2024
1. JMCSS Leadership Conference
Audience: All
Author: Communications and Special Projects
Please join us on Tuesday, July 30th, at the Civic Center located at 400 S. Highland as we come together to get motivated, share ideas, and show our district pride by wearing our matching shirts! Doors open at 7:30 AM with vendors with the program beginning at 9:00 AM. Due to the limited parking at the Civic Center, please take advantage of the shuttle service offered every 15 minutes from the fair grounds parking lot, beginning at 7:15 AM.
Don't forget Day Two of the Leadership Conference on Wednesday, July 31st, will offer professional development at Liberty Tech High School and Northeast Middle School beginning at 8:00 AM. Some special groups may have training at other locations. Welcome back!
2. Leading Without Limits
Audience: All
Author: Professional Learning
Check it out!!! Use the early digital access to the Leading Without Limits Conference Schedule (QR code, web address, JMCSS App) to choose your sessions for Wednesday, July 31st.
3. Apply Now to the TN Rural STEM Collaborative
Audience: Teachers
Author: Innovation
This cohort brings together K-12 educators statewide to enhance student learning through 21st Century Skills and local STEM career pathways. Participants will engage in targeted professional development and connect with field experts. Applications for the 2025 cohort close on August 12, 2024. Please click the button below for more information and the application link.
4. TSIN’s Online Professional Development Courses for School Leaders are Now Available!
Audience: Administrators & Instructional Coaches
Author: Innovation
Explore our latest online courses designed to enhance STEM pedagogy for personal and school professional development. These free, web-based courses feature concise videos and engaging activities ideal for school leaders, coaches, and PLCs.
5. Innovative Leaders Institute School Applications are Open!
Audience: Administrators & Instructional Coaches
Author: Innovation
Get ready to drive innovation in education! The Innovative Leaders Institute (ILI) is launching new cohorts designed to empower Tennessee educators as schools take a team of 4 through the training. Applications close on August 9, 2024. Please click below for more information and the application link.
6. TSIN Statewide Design Challenge: Ensure Healthy Lives and Promote Well-being for All Ages!
Audience: All
Author: Innovation
This year's Statewide Design Challenge (SDC) is centered on Sustainable Development Goal #3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all ages. Click the button below to sign up for this year’s SDC Welcome Packet. Digital Welcome Packet Requests close on November 1, 2024.
7. TDOE Computer Science Updates
Audience: All
Author: Innovation
This is the first year of the new computer science (CS) requirements. Current 6th graders must have one nine-week credit in a CS course before they leave 8th grade. Current 9th graders must have one credit of an approved CS course to graduate. Please click below to learn more and find the FAQs document.
8. FY25 Coaching Supplements
Audience: Middle and High School Principals
Author: Communications and Special Projects
Use the button below to review the FY25 Coaching Supplements list. We need your help to determine if it's correct. Please contact Greg Hammond via email to share any changes that need to be made to the list gdhammond@jmcss.org Elementary School information will be shared soon.
9. For the District: Episode 67
Audience: All
Author: Communications and Special Projects
We’ll visit with Dr. Ken Newman, a School Board Member for Jackson-Madison County Schools and a longtime educator in this district and educational leadership professor at Union University.
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