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Implementing StandardsBob CornacchioliDERO Technical ServicesCEO
Agenda/Participants will be engaged in:Understanding Common LanguageConstraints and Givens in PowerSchoolBest Practices- Standards are Coming!Importing Standards using ExcelConversion ScalesLooking at PowerTeacher GradebookReport Card options
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CEO - DERO Technical Services
Contractor- PowerDataSolutions- ANCGroup
Trainer - Pearson Systems
Evangelist/Process Assistant- Level Data
Marketing- ParkBench Software
Director of Technology and Media Services Shrewsbury Public Schools (16 yrs)PowerSchool Administrator ( 6 yrs)
Bob CornacchioliCURRICULUM/ADMIN & TECHNICAL
Collaborate and learn the constraintsDRAW A LINE IN THE SANDRead anything by Ken OConnor aka The Grade Doctor
Far more important than the keystroke of a grade is how the district has trained teachers in the proper techniques in determining that grade. What Ken and others are saying about student achievement is mission critical. PowerTeacher has been designed with these principles.
Learning Conversations: The Culture of GradingHave you had these chats yet?Same CurriculumAcross all classroomsSame Grading PracticesAcross all classrooms??Average Temperature in Vegas
100 100 100 100 100 Sun Mon Tues Weds Thurs
100 100 100 100 Sun Mon Tues Weds Thurs 100 AverageIs it REALLY an80 AverageRick Wormeli check him out on YouTube What does a 4 or a C really mean?With teachers at your Grade LevelWith teachers at your SchoolWith teachers in the DistrictWhat does it mean for next placement?
Setting Expectations & Emphasize ConsistencyEveryone on the Same PageHomebound AssessmentAvoid Confusion- Adjust Rubrics and assessments
Sending Home Letter Grades and Percentages will confuse Parents and Students S T A N D A R D SCHEDULEC O U R S SS C L E SIDENTIFIER
F I N A L G R A D E E N T R YGRADEBOOKSTANDARDS
65 Character LimitSTANDARDS Create the standards collaboratively- ExcelTeacher Involvement = OwnershipLess is more- 65 character limitReport Card vs. Curriculum GuideCore Content vs. SpecialsEssential Skills, Effort or Habits of MindAssessment Per TermChanges and Real Estate Text vs. #Conversion Scales- Drop Downs for Teachers
STANDARDS TIMELINE (considerations)District initiative or single school pilot???Pilots can pose some issuesInvite participation from non pilot schools6+ Months in advance- identify standardsDecide your scale ( avoid traditional grading- A )Do all teachers have rosters in PS?Set Expectations for Comment WritingDiscuss Assignments vs Standards AssessmentCommunicate with all stakeholders
STANDARDS by TERM
Final Grade Entry For Teachers
Changing Allow Assignments is NOT Recommended Union Issue!Final Grade Entry For Teachers
In Gradebook, Standards run left to right by sort order!Importing Standards via Excel
What does Allowassignment do?TRUE means- Allow Teacher Choice from Pull Down!Hey Bob, All these standards report on the same course number?Associated to a unique number
65601
First two digits = Content AreaMiddle digit = School IDLast two digits = Grade LevelHighlands = 0Smith = 1Riverside = 2Thorpe = 3Great Oak =465000, 65001, 65002, 65003, 65004, 6500565100, 65101, 65102, 65103, 65104, 6510565200, 65201, 65202, 65203, 65204, 6520565300, 65301, 65302, 65303, 65304, 6530565400, 65401, 65402, 65403, 65404, 65405
Can be used for AM/PM K etcDecisions: All elementary courses same or different #Importing Standards via Excel
What does Includecomment do?FALSE means- No Comment for that standard allowed!Conversion Scales
Habits of Mind/EffortProficiency LevelsGrades 1-8 / MCASProficiency LevelsFor KImporting Standards via Excel
Where do I get these Conversionscale Numbers?Requires Internal Pearson Number in this Excel Spreadsheet!Next StepsCommunication with:Teachers - expectations for commentsParents how to interpret 4,3,2,1/your scale(s)Specialists going to grade? Schedule?Create Standards# of standards per content area per termAltering Rubrics / Common AssessmentsCreate the Conversion ScalesCreate Sample Report Cards before EOY
Conversion Scale #?Gen Table (6)
Search for scale
Access: PowerTeacher GradebookWill the Art, PE, Music, Media, Computer, Band, Chorus teacher be grading students?If YES they must have rosters in PS
Web Gradebook Record Keeping
Tying Assignments to Standards
Grade Value of Conversions ScalesWhen teachers assess a standard more than once associated to multiple assignments, PTG averages these scores. Grade Value cant be ZERO as seen earlier in this presentation.
Grade Value of Conversions ScalesDepending upon which standard based educator your curriculum folks have read, the concept of AVERAGE isnt part of the standards movement.
YET the Gradebook has to apply some sort equation in order to convert scores to these Grade Labels 4,3,2,1.
Feedback from districts to Pearson has resulted in a new version (2.3) of PowerTeacher with the installation of PS 7. Averaging of standards scores assigned to multiple assignments is now becoming clearer. PowerTeacher Gradebook is still evolving!!!!Controlling Web Gradebook
If defined as PT Admin** - School Usage Site Specific!!Calculations
Using PT Admin- your district will have to set policy on grading standards. The Gradebook will have to be set per school to look: Default setting for final gradesAllow teacher modifications OR NOTCalculations for Most Recent Scores Decisions DecisionsGradebook Preferences:Assignment Grades
Training Teachers to GradeFinal Grade Entry** (RW will not work)Specialists vs. HR teachers 5 mins. with a PPT presentationGoogle PowerTeacher Gradebook- lots of resourcesWeb Gradebook A bit more time ( JING Movies/Atomic Learning/Mastery in Minutes/Google?)Comments- Comments- Comments
Common Core Standards Adopted June 23rd, 2010 in New Jersey
Version 7.03
Comment Length can be set at the District-List Standards-for all your comment standards
Straight quotes with Smart quotes
If teachers use Word for pasting into the gradebook, special characters (like quotation marks, apostrophes and - dashes) can end up printing incorrectly on the final report card.
Word Tools- Auto Correct- AutoFormat as you Type and REMOVE the from Straight quotes with smart Quotes
This only works if you change this setting BEFORE you typed them in- SORRY!
Have you thought about Report Cards?Parent Portal access to grades list formNOT DYNAMIC all must be custom madeObject Reports- Visual PST Report WorksSummativeMulti-page requires duplex printers
http://schools.shrewsbury-ma.gov/egov/docs/1251933966124.htmhttp://www.derotechnical.com/REPORTCARDS/REPORTCARDS.html
Bob CornacchioliDERO Technical [email protected]://www.derotechnical.comPowerTeacher Gradebook for StandardsPPTX available on DERO website
More Information Coming Soon regarding Common Core Standards
http://www.corestandards.org/frequently-asked-questions
Bob CornacchioliDERO Technical [email protected]://www.derotechnical.comQ & A
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