Resources to guide your practice

To begin, start on your Student Success Homepage, click Students overview within the Students tile.

On the Students overview page, find the power search bar at the top of the page. Next, type in your question or statement in plain language. To get you started, you will notice the drop down provides you with some sample prompts. 

You can use power search to explore student groups across a number of criteria, including:

• Demographics

• Student names

• Assessment results

• Academic performance

• Behavior status

• Attendance status

• Intervention plans information

• Incident details

• Support notes

You can type in prompts such as:

• “Students who are improving with attendance"

• “Students who scored below benchmark on the latest Mathematics assessment”

• “Students who have support notes"

⭐ Want more guidance on how to make the most of your searches? Review some of our best practices for using power search.

To get started, open the profile page of any student you have access to. You can access a student's profile from the Student Overview page or by using the search bar at the top of the screen.

At the top of the student profile, you’ll notice the insights bar. Click the Uncover Insights button to reveal three key insights about the student. This is another tool that can help you parse through all the data available for a given student and accurately describe trends. You can then apply your background knowledge about the student to personalize supports for them based on the data and insights available. 

Each student’s summary will include three insights that objectively reflect observations from the data. These sentences will highlight any challenges, strengths, and progress based on the student's data.

1. Identify Struggling Students

   • Navigate to student overview

   • Use power search to find students struggling with latest ELA assessment

   • Focus on students in yellow and red zones (Tier 2 and Tier 3) from the most recent iReady diagnostic

2. Refine Your Search

   • Add filters as needed (grade level, specific classes, etc.)

   • Teachers can filter to see only their students

3. Export Student Data

   • Export the filtered data including demographic information

4. Use Solara for Intervention Planning

   • Switch to Solara and open a new chat window

   • Type a prompt like: "Help me identify intervention strategies for students in my class and recommend how I might group students together based on similar needs"

   • Upload the exported student data file

   • Click send

5. Review Initial Recommendations

   • Examine primary needs across student data

   • Review suggested student groupings based on needs

6. Request Prioritization

   • Ask Solara which groups of students should be prioritized

   • Review highest priority group, second priority group, and recommended initial actions

7. Get Evidence-Based Strategies

   • Ask for specific evidence-based strategies for priority groups

   • Review detailed table showing each student's challenges, status, and intervention strategies

8. Request Meeting Plans

   • Ask for a sample plan for your first meeting with a group

   • Receive structured meeting agenda with tailored strategies

   • Specify time constraints if needed (e.g., "I only have 15 minutes")

9. Plan Follow-Up Activities

   • Use follow-up prompts to request ideas for subsequent meetings

   • Receive additional activity suggestions to ensure student success

10. Refine Your Approach

    • Experiment and be creative with your prompts

    • Provide specific feedback if outputs aren't what you expected

    • Continue to refine your approach as you explore intervention ideas

Here's a step-by-step process for using the personalized attendance plan tool in Solara:

1. Access Solara by tapping on "Solara chat"

2. Navigate to the tool library where premade tools are available

3. Locate and click on the "personalized attendance plan" tool at the bottom

4. Select a student by inputting their name

5. Provide any additional context if needed

6. Click "generate" to create the plan

What the tool provides:

• A summary of the student's attendance data

• Guidance on setting attendance goals

• Help identifying potential obstacles

• Support strategies tailored to the student

• Follow-up questions to consider

• Integration of the student's life skills data (like self-efficacy and growth mindset scores)

• Suggestions for family involvement

• A communication plan framework

• Resources to support the family

The tool allows for personalization through adding your own questions or using the automated ones at the bottom of the plan.