County Portals
This is the portal for entering Attendance, Grades, Referrals, and more!
What is TAC? (Teacher Access Center)
This is the state legislation guiding school reform in Maryland.
What is "The Blueprint"? (Maryland Blueprint for Education)
This is the document created by the Pupil Services Team to describe accommodations a student will need in the classroom and during testing.
What is a 504 plan?
This person is a Building Service Manager (during the day).
Who is Ms. Thompson?
This is the portal for completing SLOs and Observation documents.
What is Perform?
This term describes that status that many students are trying to achieve by graduation.
What is College & Career Ready?
These are the teachers in our building who primarily service students with IEPs.
Who are Leila, Jen, Rebecca, & Manjot?
This person is our Assistant Building Manager (night lead).
Who is Mr. Keys?
This is the portal for reviewing Individualized Education Plans.
What is MDIEP?
This is the grant funding for pandemic education recovery that has come to an end in the past year (year and a half).
What is ESSER? (Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund)
These are the support professionals who primarily service students with IEPs?
Who are Ms. Flippin & Ms. Smith?
This is the portal for reviewing *most* school-wide data about our students. (Attendance, Referral Counts, academic data)
What is Performance Matters/Unify? ("PM")
This term describes instructional material approved and reviewed by district supervisors for use in SMCPS classrooms.
This is the program offered to students based on academic need as documented in their IEP.
What is Extended School Year (ESY)?
These people help connect our families to resources either at school or in the community. (Identify at least 2 or more people)
Who are Ms. Cole, Ms. Santos, Ms. Gayo, Ms. Olszewski, Ms. Kirchner, Ms. Frederick, Ms. Baker? (I'm probably forgetting more!)
This is the portal where many academic applications can be found and accessed.
What is Clever?
This is the certification awarded by a national panel for teachers that submit a portfolio of accomplished teaching.
What is NBCT/NBPTS/NBC? (National Board Certification)
This is the community organization that advocates for the education of students with disabilities.
What is CACSE? (Citizens' Advisory Committee for Special Education)
These people are instructional resources filled with many great ideas and can connect you to other resources you may need. (AKA IRTs, list at least 3)
Who are Ashley Kurtz, Stephanie Lowery, Wendy Ryan, Manjot Shepard, and Emily Gayo?