Santee School District Junior High Report Card

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Santee School District Junior High Report Card
Training Goals 1. Provide Updated
Trimester II Instructions 2. Check teacher
PCs for PowerGrade access
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2003-2004 Sample Report Card
SAMPLE
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1. Definition of PowerGrade PowerTeacher
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2. Getting Started

• Complete Trimester II grading refresher
• Notify school office if a roster is incorrect
• Determine your final grades
• Start PowerGrade on your PC and select a class

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3. Save your work

• Always do all three
• File Save (Saves this session)
• File Backup (Duplicates everything)
• File Quit (Saves on exit when you finish)

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4. (Optional) Customize Your Preferences

• Hide previous Trimester grades Cit column
• Set auto-backup
• Set access password
• Display absences and tardies

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5. Review Default Grading Scale
Grade Easy Enter Range Grade Pts
Note Please let your trainer know today if you
want to set up your own PowerGrade scale to
over-ride this district default.
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6. Define Final Grade Assignments

• Identify which Single Assignment will be used
  to determine the final grade for Scholarship
  (T2), Citizenship (C2) and Effort (E2).

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7. Post Grades

• Using data from your manual or electronic
  gradebook, and the grading scale of your choice,
  enter the numeric score for each Citizenship
  (C2), Effort (E2) and Scholarship (T2) final
  grade assignment.
• The final letter grade for Citizenship, Effort
  and Scholarship will be automatically calculated.

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8. Post Comments

• Select a student (double-click number to left of
  name)
• Double-click the Comment Code to enter up to 6
  comments
• PleaseNo sentence-like comment statements.
• Review/change/delete comments made for previous
  trimester (students with existing comments will
  have red numbers)

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9. (Optional) Enter Grades From Home
Using PowerTeacher

• Logon to PowerTeacher (same as for taking
  attendance)
• Select a Web Assignment
• Enter all grades (no comments) and click Submit

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What might go wrong

• Incorrect information on course rosters. Notify
  Student Records Secretary now.
• Grade changes from Trimester 1 never reported to
  office. Notify office ASAP.
• Computer might fail. Identify another computer
  you can use.
• Wrong grade given (whoops). A grade change
  notice will be available.
• Incorrect Grading Scale. Use Default if novice.
• Course incorrectly included/excluded in/from GPA
  calculations. Check with SRS. GPA calculation
  status is associated with each course definition.

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Questions?

• Enjoy the rest of your trimester!