Grades 1-8 - End of Q1 PowerSchool Grading Guide Timeline: Week ending October 5th - School level deadlines as needed to meet deadlines below. Friday October 5 th, 2:00 p.m.- All grades finalized at the schools Teachers mark grades complete Teachers print and sign the verification sheets Designee runs and monitors the Section Readiness Report During Fall Break We will store each school s grades as historical which is what prints on report cards. We will troubleshoot and notify schools via e-mail of any clean up that is needed. Beginning Monday, October 15 th Any clean-up necessary at the school levels done. Tuesday, October 16 th Report Cards Sent Home Importance of Dates: P/F and S/N Classes: Quick look-up screen will be changed so that Q1 displays the Historical Grade not the gradebook grade. The date of the assignment determines where it goes within the teacher gradebook. The valid dates for the 1 st quarter are from 8/3/2018 10/5/2018. If an assignment is entered with a date outside of that window it will not show in the gradebook for Q1. The gradebook is set up to calculate anything 70% or above as a P (Passing) and anything below 70% as Failing. If the student passes the class only the P will show in the report card. The gradebook is set up to calculate anything 70% or above as a S (Satisfactory) and anything below 70% as N (Needs Improvement). The numeric grade will not print on the report card, just the S or the N. Teachers can enter a single assignment in the gradebook with a name such as First Quarter Grade. They will need to assign a numeric value that will result in the desired S/N grade.
What All Teachers Need to Do: Have all Q1 grading complete and in PowerTeacher Pro Add any comments that you would like on the report card by double clicking on the Final Grade of the student in Q1 (See Below) Mark each class as complete for the Q1 Term (See Attached) Print out and sign a verification sheet for each class and submit to the office (See Attached) Teacher Comments: The report card is formatted to pull in any comments that were stored in the Q1 Final Grade. To add a comment: 1. From the grading Menu choose the scoresheet 2. Verify that reporting term is Q1. 3. Click on Student s Grade in the Grade Column 4. Type a comment in the comment box on the bottom right hand side of the screen. o Keep it appropriate and brief there is a small space for comments on the report card. 5. Click the green Save in the bottom right hand corner. #5
Marking Grades Complete and Printing Verification Sheets: Marking Grades Complete: Once grades and comments are all entered they need to be marked complete. This will let the office know who is done with their grading To do this: 1. Make sure the reporting term is Q1 2. Click on the Grading Menu and Choose Traditional 3. At the bottom of the page choose Final Grade Status 4. Check the Checkbox to indicate that your Q1 Grades are complete 5. Click Save #5
Printing Verification Sheets: PowerTeacher Pro does not currently have a pre-loaded grade verification sheet, so this is what we will use. ***Note If you are displaying your custom class name you can edit it to include the teacher name, and that will then show on the report. Otherwise, the teacher name is not on the report, and you will need to write it on there before they sign and submit to the office.*** 1. Choose the Grading Menu and Select All Reporting Terms 2. At the Bottom of the Page, Set the Columns/Page to 10 3. In the upper right hand corner click on your name and change the view to Medium 4. Print this page Sign and submit to your school office. Right click and choose print Sign and Return to your office **Be sure your name and class are clear if not write them on the report Grade Changes Once your grades are finalized, an administrative user stores them. It is the stored grade that prints on the report card. If a student s grade changes after grades are stored, an admin user will need to update that information. Changes in your gradebook after grades are stored are not reflected on report cards or transcripts unless they are fixed by a PowerSchool Admin user. If you have a student that needs to have a grade updated, once it has been corrected in the gradebook, you must complete the following form and submit to the person in charge of report cards at your school.
Date: Grade Change Request Form: Teacher Name: Student Name: Course Name: Period: Term: Previous Grade (as stored): New Grade: Please document the reason for this change: Date: Grade Change Request Form: Teacher Name: Student Name: Course Name: Period: Term: Previous Grade (as stored): New Grade: Please document the reason for this change: