Standards-Based Grading with PowerSchool
Seesaw Updates
Microsoft Teams
PowerSchool & Schoology Beginning of Year Reminders
iPad Reminders
Everyone Can Create BTS Edition!
Connecting with Families
As we transition to standards-based grading in K-5, these resources are designed to support you through the changes and help you navigate the updated grading features in PowerTeacher Pro. Youāll find guides, tutorials, and reference materials to make the process clear and manageable. Please review these resources to ensure consistency and accuracy in grading as we begin the new school year.
Seesaw with SBG
Schoology with SBG
Clever is the recommended single sign-on platform for accessing district-approved apps.Ā
Instead of managing multiple usernames and passwords, teachers and students can log in once through Clever.
š£ Clever Badges are voided at the end of each school year,Ā
so new badges must be printed for all students at the start of the new year.Ā
To help keep badges safe and accessible, we recommend taping them inside Take Home Folders. This helps prevent loss or damage and ensures students can easily log in from both home and school. Students can log into Clever from home using their Clever Badge or district credentials. This makes it easy to continue learning outside the classroom with access to the same approved apps and resources.
Check out these new Seesaw features for 2025 including:Ā
š New creative tools and Flexcards
š AIāpowered enhancements - Quiz Generator & Question Assistant
š Teacher Workflow Improvements - Snap & Alignment Guides, Multi-Select & Bulk-Style
š Recurring Activities
š Report Card Standard Tagging
š Reading Fluency Assessment
š Updated left-handed navigation
Updates you may have missed from 2024:
Seesaw Early Literacy CollectionĀ
Enhanced Question TypesĀ
Focus Mode on the Seesaw CanvasĀ
Microsoft Teams Video Conferencing
Use Teams to host small-group meetings or parent conferences. Features include screen sharing, meeting chat, breakout rooms, and recording options (if enabled) to support instruction and collaboration. Detailed instructions for creating meeting links are included on the attached one-pagerāsetting up links correctly is essential to ensure meetings run smoothly and securely.
Use these quick activities to elevate classic start-of-the-year activities and empower and engage your students! Build classroom community, review concepts, and dive into learning with lessons that encourage students to share, connect, reflect, listen, and more!
As the new school year begins, please remember to connect with families using Seesaw, Schoology, and Talking Points. These platforms will help keep parents informed and engaged, ensuring effective communication and support for our students' learning journey. The Elementary Family Handbook is also available as a resource you can share with families to help them navigate all things tech.
Video: Getting Families Started on Seesaw - Families will learn to log in, connect to their child's journal, and engage with their child's learning right in Seesaw. Families will also learn how to message with the teacher!
Messages: Start a 1:1 conversation, send a classroom announcement, or create custom groups to message. Learn more about Seesaw Messages features
Getting Started on Schoology for Families - Including an introduction to Schoology, how to creating a parent account and log in, and preview the student view
Family Reminder! While there are assignments and grades in Schoology, the official gradebook of record is the PowerSchool gradebook.
WCASD's multilingual platform that allows teachers to easily communicate with any studentsā families who have indicated in Power School that they would like communication in a language other than English.
Set Yourself Up for a Strong Start ā Get step-by-step guides for creating email distribution lists, running student reports, mapping the Schoology gradebook to PowerSchool, managing courses and groups, and connecting Google Drive to Schoology.
Small details make for a smoother start. Find resources on signing into the WCASD Apple ID, exploring district-approved apps, requesting new ones, setting student passcodes, and previewing the upcoming iPadOS 26 update.
Sign into your Apple ID (username@wcasd.k12.pa.us)
TIP! Sign out and back in at the start of each year!
Approved Apps List
Student iPad Profiles
App Request Forms
(Grades 3-5)
Get set for the year!
Apple's Accessibility Features
Check for iOS Updates Monthly (Settings -> General -> Update)
Learn how to add the Library āRoomā calendar in Outlook to easily book time with librarians for book checkout, co-planned research, digital citizenship lessons, PBL, and more.
Each building now has two class sets of Logitech Crayons available for checkout! These digital tools enhance student learning by fostering creativity, engagement, and hands-on interaction with iPads. To ensure fair access, sign them out using your buildingās Logitech Calendar. This allows you to check availability and reserve a set as needed.