1. Office of Curriculum, Instruction and School Support An Overview 1

2. Objectives Overview the MiSIS Gradebook – Purpose of MiSiS – Advantages of the Gradebook Review the MiSiS Gradebook Guidelines Build strategies for schoolwide MiSiS Gradebook implementation 2

3. First, Why MiSiS? (My Integrated Student Information System) MiSiS enables schools to monitor and assess the progress of all students as they move through their K-12 educational career: – Attendance – Academic Marks – Transcript Records – Interventions Educational data follow students from year to year and school to school automatically MiSiS brings the LAUSD data system into the 21 st Century Internet age! 3

4. MiSiS Gradebook Advantages One stop shopping: All student academic information in one place! – Academic marks follow students when they change schools or classes – Teachers, counselors and administrators can monitor student progress through the same platform – Teachers can access and update student marks from anywhere…school, home, desktop computer or mobile device (tablet or phone) 4

5. MiSiS Gradebook Advantages Parent access: Parents can follow their children’s progress in school! Other records: Parent contacts, notes to parents, course syllabus all right there in the Gradebook! 5

6. MiSiS Gradebook Advantages These advantages are only realized when everyone participates together Monitoring student progress is everyone’s responsibility 6

7. MiSiS Gradebook Guidelines The LAUSD Roll Book: – Is a legal document – Consists of both electronic data (MiSiS Gradebook) and paper documents The electronic component of the official roll book for LAUSD is the MiSiS Gradebook: – No other gradebook, electronic or otherwise, may be used for recording grades 7

8. MiSiS Gradebook Guidelines - Elementary Teachers must evidence a minimum of one academic mark per week in each of the following three content areas: – CCSS English Language Arts (reading: literature/informational, writing, listening/speaking or language) – English Language Development (reading, writing, listening, speaking) when appropriate – CCSS Mathematics (content and math practices) – MiSiS Gradebook use for other content areas is encouraged! 8

9. MiSiS Gradebook Guidelines - Secondary Teachers must evidence a minimum of one assignment per week per class period into the gradebook Teachers must evidence a minimum of one academic mark per class period per week 9

10. MiSiS Gradebook Getting from Here to There How are we going to bring our staff up to speed? To think about…  Who are your computer wizzes?  Who is currently using an electronic gradebook?  Who is challenged by computer and Internet and may need additional resources to catch up? How do I organize my staff so they can help and support one another? When does this happen? 10

11. MiSiS Gradebook Additional Resources Educational Service Center MiSiS Website (resources, communications modules, sandbox, FAQs, Help Desk, and more!): – http://achieve.lausd.net/misishttp://achieve.lausd.net/misis Reference Guides: – REF-6302 (Elementary) – REF-6294.0 (Secondary) 11