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š£ Updates for 2025 - 2026 š£
š£ Updates for 2025 - 2026 š£
Ā Back to School 25'Ā
Ā Back to School 25'Ā
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
Standards-Based Grading in Power School
Standards-Based Grading in Power School
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.
Printable Standards-Based Grading Resources:
Printable Standards-Based Grading Resources:
Seesaw with SBG
Schoology with SBG
Standards-Based Grading Tutorials:
Standards-Based Grading Tutorials:
Clever Sign-in for StudentsĀ
Clever Sign-in for StudentsĀ
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.
Seesaw K-5Ā
Seesaw K-5Ā
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.
BEGINNING of the year Tech-Tidbits & Reminders
BEGINNING of the year Tech-Tidbits & Reminders
Digital Kickoff: Create & Empower
Digital Kickoff: Create & Empower
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!
Connect with FamiliesĀ
Connect with FamiliesĀ
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.
Elementary Tech Family Handbook
Elementary Tech Family Handbook
Whether families are new to WCASD or just need a quick how-to, this handbook makes using school technology a whole lot easierāand itās a perfect resource for teachers to share with families throughout the year.
Whether families are new to WCASD or just need a quick how-to, this handbook makes using school technology a whole lot easierāand itās a perfect resource for teachers to share with families throughout the year.
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.
Remember the Small Details for a Smooth Start!
Remember the Small Details for a Smooth Start!
PowerSchool & Schoology
PowerSchool & Schoology
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.
Get your Ipad Set for the year
Get your Ipad Set for the year
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)
Add the Library Calendar to your outlook
Add the Library Calendar to your outlook
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.
Don't forget to add the Logitech Crayon CalendarĀ
Don't forget to add the Logitech Crayon CalendarĀ
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.
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