PowerTeacher

Attendance is taken each day in PowerTeacher. You can find the PowerTeacher link in the "For Teachers" menu on the district website. Your username is your first intial last name (e.g. nprofita) and the same password that you use to log into your device.

After logging in, you will be taken to PowerTeacher dashboard where you can find the attendance icon (it looks like a chair). Select this button to take attendance for a particular class period.

The list of available attendance codes appears at the top in a drop down menu. Mark students UNV (unverified) who are not in class. The office staff will call home and investigate why the student is absent. If the office has already marked a student absent, do not change the absence code.

Grades are only entered in Schoology, so there are only a few things that you will need to do in PowerTeacher. It's important to set up your grading category weights (if you choose to weight your grades) and follow the gradebook setup steps in Schoology prior to entering any scores. Your grades will sync automatically from Schoology into PowerTeacher. Report cards and progress reports are printed from PowerTeacher.

Select "Category Weights" and add the four default categories by selecting the checkboxes next to them. Note: If you do not plan to weight your grades, you can leave the gradebook set to "Total Points" and disregard the steps below.

Add the weight percentages for each category. Remember, these category weights must add up to 100%!

To save some time, copy these category weights to the rest of the quarters for your class. You will need to repeat these steps for the rest of your classes. These changes only apply to one class at a time.

Once the quarters have been set to category weights, the Y1 needs to be set to term weights/standards weights and each quarter should be weighted 25%. Note: This does not apply if you are keeping your gradebook set to total points.

Remember to make sure that your gradebook setup in Schoology is identical to the gradebook setup in PowerTeacher. Both gradebooks should have the same setup - total points or category weights. Follow the steps to setup your Schoology gradebook found in the 'Schoology' tab of this website.

In the reports tab, you can run individual student progress reports to send home to parents. This report will tell parents all the assignment, test, quiz and project scores as well as their overall grade in your class. Run the report by quarter to show the most current grades. Note: parents will also be able to log into Schoology to see their child's grades online at any time. Make sure your grades match and all scores have synced over before printing progress reports.