On Tuesday, December 12, the State Board of Education (SBE) approved a list of instructional materials for the 2024-2025 school year, including K-12 ELA.

Please contact the Instructional Materials Team at 803-832-8210 or textbookorder@ed.sc.gov if you have questions or need additional information.

The National Youth Science Camp is currently accepting nominations of current high school juniors or seniors for its 2024 in-person camp in the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia.

If you have any questions, please contact Brent White, Office of Assessment and Standards Elementary Science Education Associate, at bcwhite@ed.sc.gov.

The South Carolina Department of Education Office of Assessment and Standards is pleased to announce free, one-day, in-person professional development opportunities for educators preparing to implement the new English language arts standards.

For questions about these sessions, please contact Mandy Hocker at mwhocker@ed.sc.gov.

The Office of Educator Effectiveness and Leadership Development will offer free professional learning sessions for districts interested in learning more about collective teacher and principal leadership and the Collective Leadership Initiative (CLI). Recognizing that school and district leaders are at different readiness and implementation levels, we offer entry-level exploratory sessions for leaders interested in learning more.

Contact Keasha Grant, ksgrant@ed.sc.gov with questions.

The Office of Early Learning and Literacy (OELL) is dedicated to providing support and professional learning opportunities to aid our elementary schools in better serving all students.

Should you have any questions, please contact Abbey Duggins at asduggins@ed.sc.gov or 803-737-3150.

The South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) Office of Early Learning and Literacy (OELL) supports South Carolina’s districts and will offer several free professional learning opportunities (PLOs) for teachers, teaching assistants, reading coaches, instructional coaches, and administrators.

For more information concerning the OELL professional learning opportunities, please contact Wendy Burgess, Team Lead for Early Learning, at wburgess@ed.sc.gov, 803-734-5858 or Sherri Evans at sqevans@ed.sc.gov 803-734-1286.

In our ongoing efforts to modernize the SC Educational Data system and reduce instances where school district staff enter similar information in multiple software applications, it is crucial to establish one point of entry for student, teacher, and school-related data. The absence of a single authoritative source can lead to multiple, conflicting information.

Contact powerschool@ed.sc.gov with questions on maintaining Student Contact data in PowerSchool.

Contact edfi@ed.sc.gov with questions on transmitting Student Contact data via the Ed-Fi technology.

The Student and Teacher Climate Surveys are a rated metric in the school accountability system. The student and teacher climate surveys will be issued and collected through the PowerSchool Ecollect system. Participation in the survey can impact the rating values your schools receive.

Questions about accessing the Ecollect portal can be directed to PowerSchool@ed.sc.gov.
Questions about accountability can be directed to MLavery@eoc.sc.gov.
Questions about survey administration can be directed to DRalyea@ed.sc.gov.

South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) provides each Local Education Agency (LEA) in the state with an instance of a student information system, an Individual Education Plan system and an assessment reporting system.

The Office of Educator Effectiveness and Leadership Development is pleased to announce dates for the South Carolina School Leadership Executive Institute and the Institute for District Administrators.

Contact Gerard Edwards, gedwards@ed.sc.gov with questions.

The South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) is conducting an instructional materials caravan with participating publishers to school and district staff. The intent of the caravan is to allow all districts and schools equal time with publishers to support the adoption of high-quality instructional materials for students.

Please contact the Instructional Materials Team at 803-832-8210 or textbookorder@ed.sc.gov if you have questions or need additional information.

The South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) Office of Assessment and Standards (OAS) and Office of Early Learning and Literacy (OELL) are extending their free train-the-trainer professional development (PD) for literacy coaches from each school in SC.

For questions about these sessions, please contact Mandy Hocker at mwhocker@ed.sc.gov.