PowerSchool Public Portal Access Go-Forward Planning

Current ASD-W Public Portal Access Where Are We Now?  Minto Memorial High School: Parent & Student Access Grades 11 & 12  Concern : Minto's parent numbers are too low for us to get any base line of impact  Concern : Difficult to determine the impact on Teachers or Admin Assistants  Current Feedback  **Insert April 10 Parent/Teacher/Student feedback here**

Next Steps: Initiate Large High School Pilot Why?  Larger data set **May need to add additional points here**  To understand the impact on Administrative workload  Goal: September 21, Possible Candidate: Oromocto High School  OHS has been the only large school that has moved exclusively to Gradebook.  Majority of Teachers are confident in the assessment practices of Gradebook.  Have a strong group of SPRs who would support this change.  Administration supports initiative.

Next Steps: Initiate Large High School Pilot Potential Roll-out Dates:  Grade 9 on-line: Sept 21st  Grade 9s are expecting a change  New School & New School Year  Parent session: Sept 24 th  Review of Key performance indicators: Oct 31 st (After report card.) Go/No-Go Decision on School-wide roll-out Feedback

Key Points to Consider… No current plans for K-8 Parent Access  Since of the change in the assessment practices, teachers are generally unsure of new process.  Tentative Goal: K-8 by Jan., 2016 Understanding and Effective use of Gradebook is KEY IMPACT: Additional Project Cost Other:  Role of Lead Teachers:  PD and Release Time  Develop PD for them  F2F training on Gradebook for all teachers  1 day / grade level Take a day in August. No cost to the project on that day.  Snow days… Students can pick-up assignments online.  Schools/Teachers have an online presence for students & parents 24/7 regardless of school closures.

Other Considerations…  Geo-Fencing Issue: Gagetown… parents are widely dispersed. How can we leverage this positively without creating data security issue?  ASD-W believes the Parent Portal is a implementation on its own and that they have contributed enough to the SIS Implementation.  Director of Curriculum and Instruction Dianne Kay would want a DEDICATED resource to review each teacher’s Gradebook prior to opening the Parent Portal in OHS  Determine Roles: Marc Michaud / Jeff Holder  Alignment with School Improvement Plan- SIP /DIP  PSSC: Parent School Support Committee…. Should have a communication  What about Mentors? Focused role specific to Gradebook?  Not all parents have home internet  Publicly accessible  PowerSchool Mobility component  student assessment results (PS authentication?)  Tie-in to DIP & SIP and PLEP  Teacher/Parent impact?  Student assignments to teachers?  Risk: larger PR/media issue.