SESSION Implementing Standards Visit us online at: Trainer: Bob Cornacchioli Organization: DERO Technical Services

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 PowerTeacher Gradebook Report Card options for more resources

CEO - DERO Technical Services Contractor- PowerDataSolutions - ANCGroup Evangelist/- Level Data Process Assistant Marketing/- ParkBench Software Trainer Director of Technology and Media Services – Shrewsbury Public Schools (16 yrs) PowerSchool Administrator ( 6 yrs) Bob Cornacchioli

Traditional or Standards Grades? – Teachers have graded – Teachers will be grading – Start Date – Hybrid Anyone? Common Core ?

CURRICULUM/ADMIN & TECHNICAL Collaborate and learn the constraints DRAW A LINE IN THE SAND

Illinois Standards Task Force - 5 Steps to Success Kathy Dinger, Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Libertyville D70, Libertyville, Illinois

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.

Learning Conversations: The Culture of Grading Same Curriculum Across all classrooms HOPEZERO’s MISSING WORK EXTRA CREDIT TENDENCY MAKE UP WORK Evidence Same Grading Practices Across all classrooms??

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With teachers at your Grade Level With teachers at your School With teachers in the District What does it mean for next placement? Your Conversion Scale has been set… now what does a 4 or a C really mean?

If using a 4,3,2,1 scale, “3” = MEETS/PROFICIENT District must provide time for teachers to decide what it looks like to MEETS a given standard! Discuss Special Education students – as no parent or students want a report card with all “1’s”. Do “Gifted” students use the same scale? Have teachers decide on evidence for all other scores. Clarity on Evidence

Other Conversion Scales

Homebound Assessment Avoid Confusion- Adjust Rubrics and assessments Sending Home Letter Grades and Percentages will confuse Parents and Students

S T A N D A R D S C H E D U L E C O U R S S S C L E S IDENTIFIERIDENTIFIER F I N A L G R A D E E N T R Y GRADEBOOKGRADEBOOK

STANDARDS 65*-75 Character Limit

The # of Reporting Periods dictates the # of characters

Curriculum vs. Technical Labor Cost

STANDARDS Create the standards collaboratively- Excel Teacher Involvement = Ownership Less is more- 65*-75 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

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? Create - Import File of Grade Level Standards Set Expectations for Comment Writing Discuss Assignments vs Standards Assessment Communicate with all stakeholders

Standards associated to Courses Check Enrollment: Schools - Sections Do you see courses in the left navigational areas?

Homeroom has enrollment and this school has 5 sections 1 st Grade

If the course exists but there isn’t any enrollment - you have to address scheduling before teachers can grade students! All standards associated to HR is not recommended Mass enroll students into each core content area & specials using dependent sections

Create an Excel Import File ELA.3.07< What do you think.07 represents?

Create an Excel Import File < The course this standards are associated to? If you have multiple schools- do they do they have the same course #’s? 95003,96003,97003 NEW Best Practice- State Reporting – Associate different content standards to courses

Create an Excel Import File Allowassignments < False- Will not be seen in the Gradebook- TRUE visible** IncludeComment < MOST are FALSE, only the comment standard is TRUE Conversionscale < Internal PS #’s – represents pull down options** ** if blank – can’t grade! **

Conversion Scales Habits of Mind/Effort Proficiency Levels Grades 1-8 / MCAS Proficiency Levels For K

Conversion Scale #? Gen Table (6) Search for “scale”

Or install Jason Springles customization

STANDARDS by TERM

Standards Associated to Courses Elementary teachers teach all core subjects So why not tie them all to HR? Are you going to have specialists grade? Art – Music – PE – Library – World Languages Only those teachers who are scheduled in PowerSchool can access their students.

Final Grade Entry For Teachers In Gradebook, If all standards were tied to HR, they would run from here to the Atlantic Ocean Remember – 95003?? Associating standards to specific courses can reduce or eliminate scroll RIGHT.. Just switch classes and reveal content specific standards

Access: PowerTeacher Gradebook Will the Art, PE, Music, Media, Computer, Band, Chorus… teacher be grading students? If YES – they must have rosters in PS

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 ( C vs T) – Create the Conversion Scales ( GEN(6) table ID # ) – Create excel import file for PS – Altering Rubrics / Common Assessments Create Sample Report Cards before EOY

Web Gradebook and Standards Session Session 3

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. Round Up Scale – Cut off Scale = 50% of the Grade Level Delta

Grade Value of Conversions Scales Depending upon which standard based educator your curriculum folks have read, the concept of AVERAGE isn’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 (2.6) of PowerTeacher with the installation of PS 7.5. Averaging of standards scores assigned to multiple assignments is now becoming clearer. PowerTeacher Gradebook is still evolving!!!!

Controlling Web Gradebook If defined as PT Admin** - School Usage – Site Specific!!

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

Training Teachers to Grade Final Grade Entry** (RW will not work) Specialists vs. HR teachers 5 mins. with a PPT presentation Google PowerTeacher Gradebook- lots of resources Web Gradebook – A bit more time ( JING Movies/Atomic Learning/Mastery in Minutes/Google?) Comments- Comments- Comments

Version 7.03 Comment Length can be set at the District- List Standards-for all your comment standards

“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!

Have you thought about Report Cards? Parent Portal – access to grades – list form NOT DYNAMIC – all must be custom made Object Reports vs. Report Works (Dynamic- CC) Summative Multi-page requires duplex printers

Bob Cornacchioli DERO Technical Services PowerTeacher Gradebook for Standards PPTX available on DERO website Common Core FAQ

Bob Cornacchioli DERO Technical Services Q & A