PowerTeacher Gradebook & Standards

1. PowerTeacherGradebook& Standards Bob Cornacchioli DERO Technical Services www.derotechnical.com CEO

2. Agenda/Participants will be engaged in: • Introduce Web Gradebook/Log in • How to demonstrations on most aspects • Short cuts to save keystrokes • Final Grade Entry • Creating Assignments & Associating Standards • Teacher Options • Discussion regarding Comment Writing • Ask Questions- this is your time www.derotechnical.comfor more resources

3. CEO - DERO Technical ServicesContractor - PowerDataSolutions - ANCGroupTrainer - Pearson SystemsEvangelist/Process Assistant- Level DataMarketing - ParkBench SoftwareDirector of Technology and Media Services – Shrewsbury Public Schools (16 yrs)PowerSchool Administrator ( 6 yrs) Bob Cornacchioli

4. GRADING PRACTICES ENTERING GRADES The “how to enter” grades is the easier of the two!

5. Ken O’Connor – aka The Grade Doctor Far more important than the keystroke of a grade is how the district has trained teachers in the proper techniques in determining that grade. The information Ken and others are saying about student achievement is mission critical. PowerTeacher has been designed with these principles.

6. Learning Conversations: The Culture of Grading Same Curriculum Across all classrooms Same Grading Practices Across all classrooms?? Have you had these chats yet?

7. Average Temperature in Vegas 100 Average 100 100 100 100 100 Sun Mon Tues Weds Thurs Is it REALLY an 80 Average 100 100 100 100 Sun Mon Tues Weds Thurs Rick Wormeli – check him out on YouTube

8. Setting Expectations & Emphasize Consistency What does a 4 or a C really mean? • With teachers at your Grade Level • With teachers at your School • With teachers in the District • What does it mean for next placement? Everyone on the Same Page

9. Change to your grading choices? Academic Performance Indicators 4 = Advanced 3 = Proficient 2 = Progressing but need improvement 1 = Warning N/A = Not accessed this term** Developmental and Habits Indicators C = Consistently U = Usually B = Beginning to demonstrate N = Needs Assistance ?? Avoid homebound confusion by sending home letter grades and percentages on assessments!

10. Entering Grades and using the features of Gradebook 2.3 http://YOURSERVERNAME/teachers

11. What’s on the PowerTeacher Start Screen

12. Launch my Gradebook from school or home? Same as before

13. Always Allow LITTLE TECH TALK The Web Gradebook is a JAVA application, if it is NOT OPENING on the computer, you may be running an older version of JAVA. Contact your tech department.

14. Latest versionDesigned to handle standards better

15. What’s on this screen < < YEAR < < TABS < < TERM- VIP < < CURRENT COURSES << LINK TO DIFFERENT STANDARDS

16. What’s on the Student Info Tab? All Demograhic Info – Email Capabilities to Class/Groups/Individuals enlarged phone number plus Notifications

17. Reports - usable teacher run reports

19. Times out for added security

20. Don’t walk away from your screen, but if you do….

21. Your SBRC looks like this…How do I enter grades

23. I can’t read these standards- either! Click on the arrow to expand it, click on the X to close descriptions!

24. Gradebook vs. Grade Entry Exploring the Assignments Tab Click the + in the lower left

25. Optional - Creating Assignments

26. Tying Assignments to Standards

27. Connecting Assessments to Standards

28. Assignments - Standards

29. How Grades Flow….Brian Andle’s Blog: Explanation of Assignments and Standards

30. Gradebook Preferences: Assignment Grades

31. Allow Assignment Scores to Auto-Calculate Assignment Standards Scores Modified Screenshot

32. Auto Calculate Higher Level Standards

33. Control Click in the Box to access Grade choices.

34. Quick Fill – click on the standard header

35. Fill Scores saves time! Selecting the Fill Scores option requires a strategy Opt 1- Give everyone a default grade first then change those who were UP or DOWN Opt 2 – Give those few students the exception and then fill all others… applying grade to those with none.

36. Option for Enter Grades Individually - Score Inspector

37. Fill Down Saves Time….YOUR TIME! • Strategy needed • Fill and Change • Enter “High and Lows” Fill Majority Fill Majority

38. Summative comment is associated with HR and scroll to the right! Fill down doesn’t really work for comments! The “C” implies comment saved. You can cut and paste. Beware of the gender or name mistake!!

39. I need another Category?

40. PUBLISH PUBLISH ASSIGNMENT With or without score!

41. Assignments that are √“Include in Final Grade” MUST be Published Or…. You get an alert

42. Calculations • Using PT Admin- your district will have to set policy on grading standards. The Gradebook will have to be set per school to look: • Default setting for final grades • Allow teacher modifications OR NOT • Calculations for Most Recent Scores Decisions Decisions

43. Decisions Decisions Set by School – Lock Teacher Changes? Weigh Most Recent?

44. Gradebook Preferences: Standards By default standards are not selected Teachers must check both boxes and set the final grade method Can’t lock preferences- discuss this and set expectations!

45. YOUR EVIDENCEIn Student View- if a standard was assessed multiple times in a term ( associated to multiple assignments) the summary tab provides access to evidence. The calculated grade is a 2 based on the last 3 assessments, if a teacher overrides score based on evidence – “none” would have a score!

46. POWER still is in the teacher’s ability to override Final Score Web Gradebook does: CALCULATES Final Score & PROVIDES evidence to support space teacher assessments: • Mean • Median • Mode • Highest • Most Recent -3 (set by Admin) • Times Standard was assessed

47. Set-up can save teacher keystrokes Standard ELA.5.12: Presentation (overall appearance is legible and visually appealing) Assessed 3 times in a term : 4,4,3 What should go on the report card: 4 or 3? Based upon your district’s response – CUT OFF VALUES

48. Grade Value of Conversions Scales When teachers assess a standard more than once associated to multiple assignments, PTG averages these scores. Grade Value can’t be ZERO as seen earlier in this presentation.

49. Grade Value of Conversions Scales Depending upon which standard based educator your curriculum folks have read, the concept of AVERAGEisn’t part of the standards movement. YET the Gradebook has to apply some sort equation in order to convert scores to these Grade Labels 4,3,2,1. Feedback from districts to Pearson has resulted in a new version (2.3) of PowerTeacher with the installation of PS 7. Averaging of standards scores assigned to multiple assignments is now becoming clearer. PowerTeacherGradebook is still evolving!!!!

50. Optional Idea: Include the rubric as the “description” for each standard. Benefits: Teachers see rubric/Parents as well if assignment was published to the Parent Portal.