Teachers,
I spoke during the summer of an upgrade to PowerTeacher that would be available around the holiday time. The release is set to happen in mid December and here is what I have found so far that it will contain:
* The ability to import scores
*A "final grades mode" button for you to let the office know your grades are ready to be published to the report cards
*A "mouse over" for comments, which means if you put your mouse over the area where you added a comment you will be able to see the comment without needing to click and reopen Score Inspector
*The Categories box has now been moved to the same place as the other icons on top of the page so you will no longer have to go to "Tools" to open create categories
What is NOT in the upgrade is a Seating Chart, something that was mentioned originally. There is a seating chart program that I can obtain from another company so I will look into it after the upgrade.
I will keep you informed as I receive information.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Adele
Monday, November 24, 2008
Thursday, November 06, 2008
Good News! Checks and Plus marks can be input by the subject teachers
Thank you to Donna Haggerty of St. Augustine of Canterbury School for providing me data to help with a puzzling question: can we input our own check and plus marks?
In the past it could only be done by the homeroom teacher, however, one of the latest upgrades must have made it available to all teachers for the middle school grades. In order to input checks and plus marks go into PowerTeacher, click on the "backpack" and then choose one of the children. On the right side, click on the arrow and choose "Final Grade Entry (Standards). Input check and plus marks under Q1 by using the drop down arrows under your subject heading.
Adele
In the past it could only be done by the homeroom teacher, however, one of the latest upgrades must have made it available to all teachers for the middle school grades. In order to input checks and plus marks go into PowerTeacher, click on the "backpack" and then choose one of the children. On the right side, click on the arrow and choose "Final Grade Entry (Standards). Input check and plus marks under Q1 by using the drop down arrows under your subject heading.
Adele
Monday, November 03, 2008
Faqs regarding preparation for Report Cards
Teachers,
The following must be done before report cards can be printed:
1) Input all assignment grades that are part of the first marking period(date should be no later than November 7th.)
2) Checks and plus signs need to be completed (see previous blog entry dated November 2nd.)
3) Comments need to be added to the quarter grade (see blog entry from September 29th.) Comments should be used sparingly - if you need to write more than one or two comments, set up a conference with the parent. Remember, anything you have in writing can be interpreted many ways by the viewer. Some things are better said than read.
4) If any grades require adjustment for any reason (quarter final grades) they can only be done by the score inspector (this information is also on this blog - 2 posts down.)
Once all of the above steps are done you need to let your principal, the office staff, or PowerSchool administrator know. Once all teachers, including special subject teachers have completed these steps in the required deadline announced at the school, report cards can then be printed.
Report cards look exactly like the ones you've been writing on in previous years. They can not be created for you to view and then make adjustments. Once the grades are stored changing them is a time consuming process. Please follow the above information for a successful report card printing.
The following must be done before report cards can be printed:
1) Input all assignment grades that are part of the first marking period(date should be no later than November 7th.)
2) Checks and plus signs need to be completed (see previous blog entry dated November 2nd.)
3) Comments need to be added to the quarter grade (see blog entry from September 29th.) Comments should be used sparingly - if you need to write more than one or two comments, set up a conference with the parent. Remember, anything you have in writing can be interpreted many ways by the viewer. Some things are better said than read.
4) If any grades require adjustment for any reason (quarter final grades) they can only be done by the score inspector (this information is also on this blog - 2 posts down.)
Once all of the above steps are done you need to let your principal, the office staff, or PowerSchool administrator know. Once all teachers, including special subject teachers have completed these steps in the required deadline announced at the school, report cards can then be printed.
Report cards look exactly like the ones you've been writing on in previous years. They can not be created for you to view and then make adjustments. Once the grades are stored changing them is a time consuming process. Please follow the above information for a successful report card printing.
Sunday, November 02, 2008
Getting ready for Report Cards part II
Teachers,
While you are waiting to finish inputting grades for the quarter, you can also put in the checks and plusses for the students. It is available ONLY FOR THE HOMEROOM teachers. If other teachers want to have checks or plusses put on a student's report card they must inform the homeroom teacher.
To place checks or X's (in place of checkmarks in this system) the homeroom teacher logs onto PowerTeacher and clicks on the homeroom "backpack." Once the students appear on the left hand side, click on a student name. Then, on the right hand side choose "Final Grade Entry" or "Final Grade Entry (Standards)" whichever is available for your school. Once this field is chosen you will have drop down choices for all the standards. Choose the ones you need with the drop down and then click submit at the bottom of the page. The choices will stay until you change them if needed.
While you are waiting to finish inputting grades for the quarter, you can also put in the checks and plusses for the students. It is available ONLY FOR THE HOMEROOM teachers. If other teachers want to have checks or plusses put on a student's report card they must inform the homeroom teacher.
To place checks or X's (in place of checkmarks in this system) the homeroom teacher logs onto PowerTeacher and clicks on the homeroom "backpack." Once the students appear on the left hand side, click on a student name. Then, on the right hand side choose "Final Grade Entry" or "Final Grade Entry (Standards)" whichever is available for your school. Once this field is chosen you will have drop down choices for all the standards. Choose the ones you need with the drop down and then click submit at the bottom of the page. The choices will stay until you change them if needed.
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