Posts with Topic: PowerSchool Archives - Modern Pen
End-of-trimester timelines 2016-2017
November 2, 2016
Tags: Gradebook, Grades, PowerTeacher, Report Cards
For 2016-2017, we will continue using the same process that we have been using for a number of years to close out the trimester for grades K-8, verifying grades, and publishing report cards. Please note that Kindergarten teachers are now included in this process for second and third trimester. There is no longer a paper-based […]
2015-2016 Trimester III Report Card Timelines
April 22, 2016
Tags: Power Standards, PowerSchool, PowerTeacher, Report Cards
As typically takes place each year, the Board of Education approved the official last day of school at the April Board Meeting. The last day of classes will be on June 1, 2016. As a result, we can now communicate the end of trimester timeframe for academic grades, Learner Qualities, Power Standards, and comments. For […]
PowerTeacher Gradebook: The Learner Qualities
November 3, 2013
Tags: Gradebook, Grades, Learner Qualities, PowerSchool, PowerTeacher
How do we assess the Learner Qualities in contrast to Academic Grades? While student growth and performance in literacy, mathematics, science, and social science are of utmost important in School District 21, there is also an understanding that knowledge and skills in these areas alone will not allow an individual to be as likely to […]
PowerTeacher Gradebook: Weighting Rubrics–A Specific Example
November 3, 2013
Tags: Gradebook, Grades, PowerSchool, PowerTeacher, Rubric
Using rubrics is one of the best ways to assess student performance on a high-level open-ended task. Often times, rubrics (like the one pictured above) will include multiple areas of assessment. For example, the “Math Knowledge” and “Strategic Knowledge” grades of the rubric will enter in to the “Mathematics” Gradebook. On the other hand, the […]
PowerTeacher Gradebook: Suggested Learner Quality Categories
November 19, 2008
Tags: Gradebook, Grades, PowerSchool, PowerTeacher
Suggested categories for each Learner Quality are listed as the bulleted items within the category/Learner Quality. These were developed based on the work of the sixth grade teams at London during Fall 2008. Self-Directed Learner Homework completion Projects Prepared for class Responsibility for Own Learning Collaborative Worker Small group Large group Quality […]
PowerTeacher Gradebook: Categories for Kindergarten
November 11, 2012
Tags: Gradebook, Grades, PowerSchool, PowerTeacher
Following visits to Kindergarten classrooms and discussions with Kindergarten teachers, it has become apparent that Kindergarten Gradebooks in PowerTeacher can likely benefit from three consistent Categories across Gradebooks: Daily Work, Observations, and One-on-One Assessment. As a reminder, across all grade levels, the Gradebook should be used as a tool that allows for the efficient collection […]
PowerTeacher Gradebook: Fill Down-Efficiency & Communication
August 31, 2011
Tags: Gradebook, Grades, PowerSchool, PowerTeacher
Over the years of PowerTeacher Gradebook use and training, teams and teachers in District 21 have become quite proficient with creating assessments, entering scores, and even analyzing student performance within the PowerTeacher Gradebook. One facet of being highly proficient with the Gradebook is to know and be able to use the time-saving tricks that can […]
PowerTeacher Gradebook: Entering Middle School comments
November 9, 2013
Tags: Comments, Gradebook, Grades, PowerSchool, PowerTeacher, Report Cards
Middle school teachers have entered comments in the Gradebook in the same manner since PowerSchool launched the Gradebook. Middle school teachers are able to provide up to two comments per area of assessment. Areas of assessment include both academic grades and the Learner Qualities for both core teams and exploratory classes. Comment Bank Rather […]
PowerTeacher Gradebook: Entering elementary school Learner Quality marks
November 9, 2013
Tags: Gradebook, Grades, Learner Qualities, PowerSchool, PowerTeacher, Report Cards
In the elementary schools, rather than receive an overall grade for each Learner Quality, students in grades 1-5 receive a mark for the specific Learner Quality descriptors. Learner Quality Marks scale Students who are performing according to expectations receive no mark, so most students should have a mostly blank sheet for the Learner Quality […]
PowerTeacher Gradebook: Entering elementary school comments
November 6, 2013
Tags: Comments, Gradebook, Grades, PowerSchool, PowerTeacher, Report Cards
Elementary school teachers in School District 21are able to “free-write” Report Card Comments for each of their students. (There are no comments on Power Standards Summary Reports.) Report Card Comments are one important element of our system of communication with families about student progress. Before entering any Report Card Comments in the Gradebook, it is […]
Each District 21 school is named after an American author, and learning and literacy is at the center of our Professional Learning Community. The Modern Pen provides a collaborative location in which District 21 teachers can come together to learn the skills that will enable their students to learn new skills and to understand concepts at an even different level than before.
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