New Secondary Teacher
Click into these video tutorials to walk you through step-by-step on how to accomplish the tasks most frequently asked about during New Teacher Orientation and the first week. Here is also a checklist to test in your classroom space(s) before Day 1 with students and a copy of the initial Help Sheet that came with your laptop.
How do I login?
Building secretaries typically distribute login credentials at New Teacher Orientation. Important note: Employee password issues can be resolved by calling 506-HELP.
How about students? What do they use as a login? Check out this slidedeck. Slide 2 includes instructions for any teacher, secretary or counselor to be able to change their password.
Note:Login at a laptop or desktop: christa_mcauliffe
Login inside Google applications is full email address: christa.mcauliffe@ahschools.us
Notice that the login uses an underscore (_) and the email uses a period (.) between first & last name.
Where do I access class lists?
This video walks you through step by step on how to access names of students enrolled in your courses. Click here to learn how to take attendance.
To add a printer to your Windows device, type in \\print03 in the search bar and hit <Enter>. Search "bhs" to avoid scrolling through all printers from the district. Double-click your preferred printer. Also, printer names are all labeled.
How do I set up my grade book?
Grade Book Support: Traditional Points-Based
& Standards-Based
Trainings for Synergy grade book are found in a tool called Infobase. See instructions to the right how to access those.
There are also trainings for Google Classroom also by searching "classroom".
Here is a set of training slides from 2026 professional development on how to set up a points-based grade book.
How can I quickly communicate with students and their families?
As a fresh face to the district, consider pushing out a screencast welcoming students to class and their parents/guardians with Google Classroom codes and documents for folks unable to attend Open House. Here is an example of what you might share.
You can also send both and email and text (to parents/guardians) using another tool linked on Lock & Key called Reach My Teach. Here is a training slide deck on that topic.
Your school voicemail arrives in your email inbox. Follow these instructions to set up your work voicemail.
How do I use the audio enhancement system in my classroom?
Every classroom has an audio enhancement system. This system should be used daily by teachers for amplification and voice clarity. These units are also important for students with a hearing loss. Here is a document of audio enhancement instructions. The video on the right shows the equipment located in the classroom. Here is a link to a simulator to walk you through how to operate the Audio Enhancement. Please contact your technology teacher for missing mics or charging adapter.
My Movie 2.mov
Audio Enhancement PairingHow do I project from my laptop?
Classroom projection is used for organized note taking, viewing videos, streaming guest speakers, etc. To project in your classroom, turn on the projector and press the source button on your projector remote until you see the screenbeam image. The image to the right explains how to access the wireless projection video.
How do I annotate using my laptop?
There are many ways to annotate using your mobile device. The image to the right shows the location of videos using annotation. At this time, Google does not have annotation built into their environment. You will need to use another tool to annotate with Google products.
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