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END OF GRADING TERM PROCEDURES
11 days ago
Kindergarten-1st Grade Teacher Procedure
1. Posting Instructions Handout | Video Tutorial Posting Grades
*You will put a Y or N based on standard achievement of 80% or above instead of a numeric score.
2. Very Special Circumstances Video Tutorial
Marking a Student's Grade Incomplete to adjust grades later
(Example: Student has COVID at the end of a grading term and will not be able to turn assignments into teacher until he/she returns back to school, which will be after the grading period deadline, what grade do I put on report card?)
3. Join PCSS Powerteacher Pro Schoology Course teachers to learn all about Powerteacher Pro Gradebook & Teacher Portal. You can also earn course credit!
NOTE for Iola Staff: Teachers that teach courses and/or Grade Levels besides Kindergarten/1st Grade, non-core classes, but will still be using a Y or N for the Grading Scale, please click on CODE on the numeric pad to locate the Y or N.
***Highly Recommended: Make an electronic backup of scores for each term. You may "print" this data as a pdf file using Reports---Scoresheet Report and save in YOUR DOCUMENTS for future reference or print and place in a paper file
2nd Grade-12th Grade Teacher Procedures
1. Posting Instructions Handout | Video Tutorial Posting Grades
*You will put a Y or N based on standard achievement of 80% or above instead of a numeric score.
2. Very Special Circumstances Video Tutorial
Marking a Student's Grade Incomplete to adjust grades later
(Example: Student has COVID at the end of a grading term and will not be able to turn assignments into teacher until he/she returns back to school, which will be after the grading period deadline, what grade do I put on report card?)
3. Join PCSS Powerteacher Pro Schoology Course teachers to learn all about Powerteacher Pro Gradebook & Teacher Portal. You can also earn course credit!
NOTE for Iola Staff: Teachers that teach courses and/or Grade Levels besides Kindergarten/1st Grade, non-core classes, but will still be using a Y or N for the Grading Scale, please click on CODE on the numeric pad to locate the Y or N.
***Highly Recommended: Make an electronic backup of scores for each term. You may "print" this data as a pdf file using Reports---Scoresheet Report and save in YOUR DOCUMENTS for future reference or print and place in a paper file
Updating Grades After Grading Period is LOCKED Special Circumstances
1. Make sure your gradebook for Q1 has been unlocked. If it hasn't, check with your designated person at your school to unlock the course/class period that the student you need to update grades has been unlocked for you.
2. Once the course is unlocked, follow these instructions to update grade(s)
Updating Grades Handout | Updating Grades Video
3. After updating grades, let your administration or designated person know that grades are updated and give them the name(s) of students and courses you updated.
4. Join PCSS Powerteacher Pro Schoology Course teachers to learn all about Powerteacher Pro Gradebook & Teacher Portal. You can also earn course credit!
Administration/Office Staff/Counselors-
Printing Report Cards
1. Remind teachers that the deadline to make any change to grades will END on Midnight on Wednesday, October 13th. After this date, the grades will be locked and no grades can be changed unless it is a very special circumstance. Once grades are set, you can go to the next step to check on teacher completion.
4. Once teachers have verified grades are correct, contact Kara (via chat, email, phone) and say you are ready to print report cards. Grades will then be pulled for permanent scoring. Once the grades have been pulled, you can then print report cards.
5. Report Cards can be printed. Printing Report Cards
Administration/Office Staff/Counselors-Unlocking Gradebook for Corrections Due to Special Circumstances
1. It is important that you know what teacher, their course/grade period and students that is needing to be updated when you pull grades for report card. Some schools have created a Google Spreadsheet for that, others are just writing it down. This list will be important for storing permanent grades.
2. Unlock the Gradebook/Q1 for teacher(s). Kara has done this for Q1 for you. Grades can be adjusted until the FINAL deadline given by Ms. Costello and Ms. Funderburg.
3. Once teachers have verified grades are correct, contact Kara (via chat, email, phone) and say you are ready to print report cards. Grades will then be pulled for permanent scoring. Once the grades have been pulled, you can then print report cards.
4. Please give Kara the list of students whose grades have been updated in order to run the permanent scoring process.
5. Report Cards can be printed. Printing Report Cards
