To help ensure learning progress is reliably assessed and consistently and clearly communicated, we have consolidated all of our online and blended learning to Canvas. Our Digital Coach and teacher technology specialists work with teachers to ensure they are trained on keeping Canvas consistent and updated. They also help teachers understand how to leverage Canvas as a learning tool, not just a platform for collecting assignments. Canvas syncs with our grade reporting platform, Infinite Campus. Parents have access to the Infinite Campus App which gives them notification of attendance, missing assignments, teacher classroom/parent messages, and grades. Teachers are expected to update Infinite Campus on a weekly basis to report grades and learning to parents.
Each teaching team is asked to administer several common assessments per term and use the data from the assessments to remediate or deepen student learning. This is often rolled into the Student Learning Objective (SLO) process.
When asked how often they use a formal, two-way process to communicate with parents, families, and/or legal guardians of my students, only 35% of teachers said: "frequently and regularly." We feel that this is an area where we must improve. We are already planning our future professional development around raising this number.