1. PowerTeacher Pro for Administrators
Trainer Name
Trainer/Consultant

2. Agenda Welcome and Introductions
Setting Up District Grading Preferences
Setting Up School Grading Preferences
Time for Review
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3. <Your name here>
Meet the Trainer
Specify a few things about yourself
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4. Course Server Information
Sign in to the following server to complete course activities:
Username: XXaghs1
Password: aghs1
[Trainer note: Please customize this slide by adding the URL of the assigned server for the course (replace XX with the server number). Change username and password information, if needed. Change /admin to /public or /teachers as needed.]

5. Setting Up District Grading Preferences
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6. District > Grades Scales > New
Grade Scales
Create regular grade scales for traditional and standards-based grading.
District > Grades Scales > New

7. District > Grades Scales > New
Special Codes Scales
Create a scale that includes special score codes, such as “NC,” and associate it with a regular grade scale.
District > Grades Scales > New

8. Now It’s Your Turn Complete hands-on activities 1-4:
Create an Alpha Grade Scale
Create a Numeric Grade Scale
Create a Special Codes Scale
Create a Standards Rubric Grade Scale
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9. District-Level Grading Preferences
Configure grading preferences and calculations for multiple schools to provide grading consistency throughout the district
Save teachers from having to set up the preferences in the gradebook for each section they teach

10. PowerTeacher Pro Settings: District
District > PowerTeacher Pro Settings

11. Default Gradebook Type: New Sections
At the district level, set PowerTeacher Pro as the default gradebook for new course sections.
PowerTeacher Pro Settings > Default Gradebook Type

12. District Teacher Categories
Set up assignment categories, such as Test and Project, for a selection of schools to provide grading consistency.
District > PowerTeacher Pro Settings > District Categories for Teachers > Add

13. Now It’s Your Turn Complete hands-on activity 5:
Set Up District Categories for Teachers
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14. Final Grade Calculation Methods
Use the following methods to calculate students’ final grades:
Total Points - Divide the number of points the student earned for the class by the number of points possible for the class
Reporting Term - Calculate the final grade by averaging and weighting grades from shorter reporting terms
Standards - Base final grades on standards scores
Categories - Calculate final grades by averaging and weighting grades from assignment category totals

15. Standards Weighting and Specific Sum
When setting up a standards calculation method, select the Specific Weighting or Specific Sum attribute to calculate a student’s final course grade from weighted standards grades
Include some or all of the standards aligned to a course
Define the settings for how higher-level standards grades will be calculated from lower-level standards grades
District > Courses > (select a course) > District - Standards tab

16. Traditional Grade Calculation Formulas
Create a calculation formula for a selection of schools, for each reporting term.
District > PowerTeacher Pro Settings > Traditional Grade Calculation Formulas > Add

17. Now It’s Your Turn Complete hands-on activity 6:
Create a Traditional Grade Calculation Formula
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18. Traditional Grade Preferences
Set up traditional grade calculation preferences for each school.
District > PowerTeacher Pro Settings > Traditional Grade Preferences

19. District > Citizenship Codes
Set up the citizenship codes that teachers will use. Citizenship codes are behavior indicators and do not count in students’ final grades.
District > Citizenship Codes

20. Now It’s Your Turn Complete hands-on activity 7:
Set Up Traditional Grade Preferences
Complete bonus activity 1:
Set Up a Citizenship Scale
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21. Working with Standards-Based Grading
Which scores count in the final grade?
How many scores count in the final grade?
Are grades for higher level standards automatically calculated from scores on lower level standards?
What calculation type should be used on the range of standards scores to represent students’ performance?

22. Standards Calculation Types
Most Recent Scores - Student learning culminated over time
Mean - Average of all scores
Median - Throw out high and low scores
Mode - The most “typical” score
Weighted Mean - High-point assignments count more
Highest - Best for performance assessments
None - No default; a case-by-case method, or set the default at a different level (district, school, teacher)

23. Standards Grade Preferences
Define how standards final grades are calculated for schools throughout the district.
District > PowerTeacher Pro Settings > Standards Grade Preferences

24. Now It’s Your Turn Complete hands-on activities 8-9:
Configure Standards Grade Preferences
Review Standards Settings on Courses
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25. District > PowerTeacher Pro Settings > Display Settings
Set which schools use standards and control how information appears in the gradebook by default.
District > PowerTeacher Pro Settings > Display Settings

26. Now It’s Your Turn Complete hands-on activity 10:
Configure Display Settings
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27. Manage Next Year Calculations
Create the grade calculations for the next school year prior to running the End of Year process.
District > PowerTeacher Pro Settings> Manage Next Year Calculations

28. Setting Up School Grading Preferences

29. School-Level Grading Preferences
Configure grading preferences for one school to provide grading consistency throughout the school
Save teachers from having to set up the preferences in the gradebook for each section they teach

30. PowerTeacher Pro Settings: School
School > PowerTeacher Pro Settings

31. Default Gradebook Type: Existing Sections
At the school level, set PowerTeacher Pro as the default gradebook for existing course sections
Change the preference for individual sections
Use DDA to update the preference for all sections at once
School > Sections > (select a course) > (select a section number)

32. District Categories for Teachers
View the district-created categories made available to the school, and manage which ones are available to teachers.
School > PowerTeacher Pro Settings > District Categories for Teachers > Manage Categories

33. Traditional Grade Calculation Formulas
View the district-created calculation formulas.
School > PowerTeacher Pro Settings > Traditional Grade Calculation Formulas > (select a formula name)

34. School Traditional Grade Preferences
Edit final grade calculation formula, saved calculated grades, and citizenship preferences for the school.
School > PowerTeacher Pro Settings > Traditional Grade Preferences

35. Now It’s Your Turn Complete hands-on activity 11:
Edit the Traditional Grade Preferences for a School

36. School Standards Grade Preferences
Edit standards grade calculations preferences for the school.
School > PowerTeacher Pro Settings > Standards Grade Preferences

37. Now It’s Your Turn Complete hands-on activity 12:
Edit the Standards Grade Preferences for a School

38. School > PowerTeacher Pro Settings > Display Settings
Edit how information appears in the gradebook by default for teachers at the school.
School > PowerTeacher Pro Settings > Display Settings

39. Now It’s Your Turn Complete hands-on activity 13:
Configure School Display Settings

40. Enable Administrator Access
Allow the users in an administrator security group to access teachers’ gradebooks.
System > Roles Administration > User Access > (select a user group)

41. Teacher Schedules > (select a teacher) > PowerTeacher Pro
Administrator Access
Access a teacher’s gradebook in read-only mode.
Alternative navigation path: From the Start Page, search for the teacher’s staff record. In the staff pages menu, click PowerTeacher Pro.
Teacher Schedules > (select a teacher) > PowerTeacher Pro

42. Now It’s Your Turn Complete hands-on activity 14:
Access PowerTeacher Pro as an Administrator

43. PowerTeacher > PowerTeacher Pro
Data Migration
Current-year data will be migrated from PowerTeacher Gradebook to PowerTeacher Pro.
PowerTeacher > PowerTeacher Pro

44. PowerTeacher > PowerTeacher Pro > Migrate Data
Migration Status
The teacher monitors the status of each section as data is migrated from PowerTeacher Gradebook to PowerTeacher Pro.
PowerTeacher > PowerTeacher Pro > Migrate Data

45. PowerTeacher > PowerTeacher Pro > Migrate Data > Summary
Migration Summary
A teacher uses the Summary tab to review the number of migrated assignments and scores.
PowerTeacher > PowerTeacher Pro > Migrate Data > Summary

46. Time for Review

47. A B C D Question 1 Question 4
Which of the following grading preferences can you set up for schools at the district level?
(Choose all that apply.)
Report templates must be in which format? A B
Assignment categories
Flags (score indicators) C D
Grade calculation formulas
Grade scales

48. Answer 1
Question 4
Which of the following grading preferences can you set up for schools at the district level?
(Choose all that apply.)
Report templates must be in which format? A B
Assignment categories
Flags (score indicators) C D
Grade calculation formulas
Grade scales

49. Question 2
Where do you click on the district-level PowerTeacher Pro Settings page to prevent teachers from editing grade calculation settings?

50. Answer 2
Where do you click on the district-level PowerTeacher Pro Settings page to prevent teachers from editing grade calculation settings?

51. Question 3
If a traditional grade calculation is not set, which of the following is the default formula? A B
Reporting term weighting
Standards weighting C D
Total points
Category weighting

52. Answer 3
If a traditional grade calculation is not set, which of the following is the default formula? A B
Reporting term weighting
Standards weighting C D
Total points
Category weighting

53. (Choose all that apply.)
Question 4
Which of the following statements are true about the district-created categories shown in this image?
(Choose all that apply.) A B
There are no inactive categories
The Classwork category is not used at one school C D
The Project category is available for all schools
Teachers can edit the categories

54. (Choose all that apply.)
Answer 4
Which of the following statements are true about the district-created categories shown in this image?
(Choose all that apply.) A B
There are no inactive categories
The Classwork category is not used at one school C D
The Project category is available for all schools
Teachers can edit the categories

55. Key Points
Setting Up District Grading Preferences – Set up final grade calculation formulas and grading preferences at the district level to provide grading consistency and to save teachers time
Setting Up School Grading Preferences – Set up some grading preferences at the school level to provide grading consistency and to save teachers time
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56. Question and Answer

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