New Teacher Orientation

Welcome to Tukwila School District

Many documents referenced on this page are located in the Document Repository Subpage

1. Welcome
2. Introduction and Goal today: To help you be ready for the first day by providing an overview of some of the technology resources available and how to access them.
3. Roll out the laptops
4. Tech Support Website - Today's Agenda
5. Logins and Passwords
6. Email and Google Apps – at school and using the web
   • Signing in to Google Apps
   • Fill out the form to get credit for attending - Sign In Form
   • Email - Reading, Replying, Composing ...
   • Other Google Stuff - WP, SS, Forms Presentations, Drawing, Contacts, Groups, etc
   • Google Apps Training resources from the Tech Support site
   • Explore Useful Resource Links - Get one idea for the new year and share (Doc).
   • Google Drive vs your "H" drive
7. Policies and Procedures Available on the main District Website
   • 2022 - Electronic Resources
   • 2022P - Electronic Resources Procedure
   • Staff Technology User Agreement (See HR)
   • 5253 - Maintaining Professional Staff/Student Boundaries (See HR)
   • 5253P - Maintaining Professional Staff/Student Boundaries (See HR)
     • Student email - District Gmail (Middle & High Only)
8. Voice Mail and Phones
   • Voice Mail Quick Reference
   • DuVoice (Voice Mail) User Guide
9. Attendance, Purchase Orders, Employee Information, Gradebook (Web Access) (Gladys)
   • Introduction to Web Access Documentation
   • http://eaplus.tukwila.wa-k12.net
     • Educator Access for Teachers
     • How to do an Order Requisition
     • Gradebook
     • Instructions to get the secondary gradebook ready for students in the new year.
10. Substitute Online (HR) (Gladys)
    • http://www.substituteonline.com/
11. Reporting Technology issues
    • Web Help Desk
12. Two Options for Creating Your Teacher Web page
    • SWIFT http://swift.tukwila.wednet.edu/manage
      • Overview Screencasts
    • Google Sites - https://sites.google.com/a/tukwila.wednet.edu
      • Training Options
      • Web Publishing Guidelines
13. Viewing student assessment information
    • Homeroom Teacher Data Dashboard
      • https://tukwila.schooldata.net/
      • An online tool developed to give you an overall view of how your students have done on different performance measurements
      • How do I log in the first time?
    • Data Director
      • https://www98.achievedata.com/tukwila
      • An online tool for inputting tests and getting immediate scoring results. Test Item banks are available, tied to Washington standards. Benchmarks in Math and will use Data Director.
14. Library Catalog (Student Resources) (School Librarian)
    • Inside the District: http://library.tukwila.wednet.edu
    • Outside: http://wlsdestiny.org/common/welcome.jsp?context=tukwila
    • Textbook Manager - middle and high schools
15. Library Databases (Student Resources) (School Librarian)
    • School Library pages https://sites.google.com/a/tukwila.wednet.edu/studentresources/
16. Streaming Video - Discovery Education (School Librarian)
    • http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/
    • Discovery Education Streaming Introduction
17. Student Use – Logins, Deep Freeze, Student/parent grades, Web Blocker, AUPs (School Librarian or Tech Lead)
18. Review and Questions

Get help - “Just ask”

• Library Media Specialist
  • Foster: Carrie Marting
  • Showalter: Maria Flack
  • Cascade View: Ruth Hundtofte - hundtofter@tukwila.wednet.edu
  • Thorndyke: Johnna Avis
  • Tukwila:Yvonne Chesak
• Help Desk - x8080

Updated August 23, 2013