When a parent creates a Powerschool Login and attaches their child's name to that account, they open up a direct line into their child's teachers grade book. You see grades live as they are entered into the gradebook. Parents that access their child's grades online regularly are never surprised at parent conference time. They can intervene as soon as a problem or issue is detected. Parents and teachers can work together to help get kids back on track.
PowerSchool recently acquired Schoology . Power School was looking to provide a more robust tool for providing parents and students access to course materials. In the past we have asked teachers to post links to assignments directly in the their Grade books. This made it possible for parents to see the actual assignments. With Scshoology parents can now see that information in a structured format so that they have a more complete picture of the course work that is being asked of the student.
You can create a login at https://powerschool.albionk12.org/public/ On this page you will be asked to create an account. You will be asked to provide an access link to your child. You can get this link from the District Help Desk at help@albionk12.org. The help desk person will need some information to process the request. They will need the full name of the child, the grade level and your return email address. All requiests for access are handled by through email. We can not process requests over the phone.
Step by step video for creating a parent account can be found here.
A quick overveiw of the PowerSchool Portal can be found here.