Teachers,
The third marking period is upon us. Your school office will let you know the cut off date for adding grades for this marking period. Remember, if you are entering grades after Friday, March 27th you must make sure you use a date of March 27th or before in order for the grades to calculate in the third marking period.
Kindergarten grades and grades 1-8 checks and pluses are found in PowerTeacher, through the backpack in the homeroom section only (grades 1-4, subject level for grades 5-8.)
Grades must be VERIFIED to the school office prior to closing date. You can use either the Progress report in PowerTeacher under Reports, or the Final grade and verification report in Power Teacher. Either way, make sure that the grades are correct - changing them later is difficult and can not be done at the school level.
Questions? E-mail me.
Showing posts with label Report Cards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Report Cards. Show all posts
Friday, March 27, 2009
Monday, March 02, 2009
A Podcast on Completing Report Cards
I'm rerunning a podcast I did over a year ago on how to get ready for report cards. Click on the play button to listen.
reportcard.mp3
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.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Time to prepare for reporting 1st Quarter Grades
Teachers,
Report cards will be printed in November. For those schools who are printing report cards from the PowerSchool system for the first time, this post is important to you. For those of you who are new to the system, even though you aren't printing report cards from this system you need to make sure that prior to November 21st the grade that is listed for the quarter is the grade that you wrote on the report card.
THIS STEP NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED AT LEAST THREE DAYS PRIOR TO REPORT CARD PRINTING:
For each class you teach make sure all grades for the quarter have been input in the system. Once you have all grades for each student, look at the Q1 final grade. If you wish to make any adjustments, right click on the score. The only choice you will have is "Score Inspector." Once the dialog box opens up, click in the box "Manually Override Grade" to make the adjustment. Remember to change the number grade as well as the letter grade. This is also the box in which you input comments that will print out on the back of the report card.
Once all grades are correct, let either the office staff or assignment PowerSchool coordinator in your school know that your classes have been verified. You can use the Final Grade Verification Report in PowerTeacher gradebook or the single page Progress Report available in PowerTeacher.
Need more information? E-mail me at aellis@diometuchen.org
Report cards will be printed in November. For those schools who are printing report cards from the PowerSchool system for the first time, this post is important to you. For those of you who are new to the system, even though you aren't printing report cards from this system you need to make sure that prior to November 21st the grade that is listed for the quarter is the grade that you wrote on the report card.
THIS STEP NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED AT LEAST THREE DAYS PRIOR TO REPORT CARD PRINTING:
For each class you teach make sure all grades for the quarter have been input in the system. Once you have all grades for each student, look at the Q1 final grade. If you wish to make any adjustments, right click on the score. The only choice you will have is "Score Inspector." Once the dialog box opens up, click in the box "Manually Override Grade" to make the adjustment. Remember to change the number grade as well as the letter grade. This is also the box in which you input comments that will print out on the back of the report card.
Once all grades are correct, let either the office staff or assignment PowerSchool coordinator in your school know that your classes have been verified. You can use the Final Grade Verification Report in PowerTeacher gradebook or the single page Progress Report available in PowerTeacher.
Need more information? E-mail me at aellis@diometuchen.org
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
It's Report Card Time Again
Teachers,
As you prepare your grades for the end of the third quarter, please remember to use the Grade Verification Report from the Reports Menu in PowerTeacher gradebook to finalize your grades. This report should be run to view the final letter and numerical grade for each student in each of your classes. This will avoid the necessity to change historical grades later on. The following views are from PowerTeacher to show you the necessary screens. If you need help with the report please email me.
As you prepare your grades for the end of the third quarter, please remember to use the Grade Verification Report from the Reports Menu in PowerTeacher gradebook to finalize your grades. This report should be run to view the final letter and numerical grade for each student in each of your classes. This will avoid the necessity to change historical grades later on. The following views are from PowerTeacher to show you the necessary screens. If you need help with the report please email me.
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