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PSUG National Information Exchange. Users helping users. Implementing Standards. Bob Cornacchioli DERO Technical Services CEO. Agenda/Participants will be engaged in:. Understanding Common Language Constraints and “Givens” in PowerSchool Best Practices- Standards are Coming!

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  1. PSUG National Information Exchange

    Users helping users

  2. Implementing Standards

    Bob Cornacchioli DERO Technical Services CEO
  3. Agenda/Participants will be engaged in: Understanding Common Language Constraints and “Givens” in PowerSchool Best Practices- Standards are Coming! Importing Standards using Excel Conversion Scales Looking at PowerTeacherGradebook Report Card options www.derotechnical.comfor more resources
  4. 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
  5. CURRICULUM/ADMIN & TECHNICAL DRAW A LINE IN THE SAND Collaborate and learn the constraints
  6. Read anything by 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. What Ken and others are saying about student achievement is mission critical. PowerTeacher has been designed with these principles.
  7. Learning Conversations: The Culture of Grading Same Curriculum Across all classrooms Same Grading Practices Across all classrooms?? Have you had these chats yet?
  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. Homebound Assessment Avoid Confusion- Adjust Rubrics and assessments Sending Home Letter Grades and Percentages will confuse Parents and Students
  10. GR A D E B O O K F I N A L G R A D E E N T R Y I D E N T I F I E R S C L E S S T A N D A R D S CHEDULE C O U R S S
  11. STANDARDS 65 Character Limit
  12. STANDARDS Create the standards collaboratively- Excel Teacher Involvement = Ownership Less is more- 65 character limit Report Card vs. Curriculum Guide Core Content vs. Specials Essential Skills, Effort or Habits of Mind Assessment Per Term Changes and Real Estate – Text vs. # Conversion Scales- Drop Downs for Teachers
  13. STANDARDS TIMELINE(considerations) District initiative or single school pilot??? Pilots can pose some issues Invite participation from non pilot schools 6+ Months in advance- identify standards Decide your scale ( avoid traditional grading- A ) Do all teachers have rosters in PS? Set Expectations for Comment Writing Discuss Assignments vs Standards Assessment Communicate with all stakeholders
  14. STANDARDS by TERM
  15. Final Grade Entry For Teachers Changing Allow Assignments is NOT Recommended… Union Issue!
  16. Associated to a unique number 65601 Can be used for AM/PM K etc First two digits = Content Area Middle digit = School ID Last two digits = Grade Level 65000, 65001, 65002, 65003, 65004, 65005 65100, 65101, 65102, 65103, 65104, 65105 65200, 65201, 65202, 65203, 65204, 65205 65300, 65301, 65302, 65303, 65304, 65305 65400, 65401, 65402, 65403, 65404, 65405 Highlands = 0 Smith = 1 Riverside = 2 Thorpe = 3 Great Oak =4 Decisions: All elementary courses same or different #
  17. Importing Standards via Excel Hey Bob, All these standards report on the same course number? What does Allowassignment do? TRUE means- Allow Teacher Choice from Pull Down!
  18. Importing Standards via Excel What does Includecomment do? FALSE means- No Comment for that standard allowed!
  19. Conversion Scales Habits of Mind/Effort Proficiency Levels Grades 1-8 / MCAS Proficiency Levels For K
  20. Importing Standards via Excel Where do I get these Conversionscale Numbers? Requires Internal Pearson Number in this Excel Spreadsheet!
  21. Next Steps Communication with: Teachers - expectations for comments Parents – how to interpret 4,3,2,1/your scale(s) Specialists going to grade? Schedule? Create Standards # of standards per content area per term Altering Rubrics / Common Assessments Create the Conversion Scales Create Sample Report Cards before EOY
  22. Conversion Scale #? Gen Table (6) Search for “scale”
  23. Access: PowerTeacherGradebook Will the Art, PE, Music, Media, Computer, Band, Chorus… teacher be grading students? If YES – they must have rosters in PS
  24. Web Gradebook Record Keeping
  25. Tying Assignments to Standards
  26. 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.
  27. 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!!!!
  28. Controlling Web Gradebook If defined as PT Admin** - School Usage – Site Specific!!
  29. 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
  30. Training Teachers to Grade Final Grade Entry** (RW will not work) Specialists vs. HR teachers 5 mins. with a PPT presentation Google PowerTeacherGradebook- lots of resources Web Gradebook – A bit more time ( JING Movies/Atomic Learning/Mastery in Minutes/Google?) Comments- Comments- Comments
  31. “Straight quotes” with “Smart quotes” If teachers use Word for pasting into the gradebook, special characters (like “quotation marks”, apostrophes’ and - dashes) can end up printing incorrectly on the final report card. Word – Tools- Auto Correct- AutoFormat as you Type and REMOVE the √ from Straight quotes with smart Quotes This only works if you change this setting BEFORE you typed them in- SORRY!
  32. Have you thought about Report Cards? Parent Portal – access to grades – list form NOT DYNAMIC – all must be custom made Object Reports- Visual PST – Report Works Summative Multi-page requires duplex printers http://schools.shrewsbury-ma.gov/egov/docs/1251933966124.htm http://www.derotechnical.com/REPORTCARDS/REPORTCARDS.html
  33. PowerTeacherGradebook for Standards PPTX available on DERO website or Session # 13 Bob CornacchioliDERO Technical Services bcornacchioli@gmail.com http://www.derotechnical.com
  34. Q & A Bob CornacchioliDERO Technical Services bcornacchioli@gmail.com http://www.derotechnical.com
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