GRADESPEED: The Beginning

1. GRADESPEED: The Beginning The Basics including new district procedures and recommendations for 2010-2011 Grades 3-5 Reporting Student Progress to a World of Stakeholders Updated Summer 2010

2. Modules Just In Time for Grades 3-5

3. Agenda for Just In Time GRADESPEED Basics Initial Starting Including district recommendations Where to Find GradeSpeed, First Login, and profileOn campus and Off campus Attendance and Home Access Center AssignmentsCreating, Being descriptive of the TEKS, Assess All strands, Requirements, Timely GradingCodes Setting Up CategoriesGrade level team decisions, school or grade level policies, Language Arts Composite Progress Reports and Report CardsNew Information and Future Training Recording Grades Daily New

4. Ways to Access GRADESPEED Work and Home

5. First Time Login You can logon to GradeSpeed as soon as your campus registrar has your class scheduled and setup. Leave the password field blank at the beginning of every school year!

6. Edit Your Profile for Direct Access Necessary for Direct Access to CMTools/ARRC 2) Click “Return Home” 1) 3) 4)

7. Grade Level Teams: Setting Up Categories including TAG specialists, Special Education, and others that support grade level Schools will now have to report annually each team’s grading policy, including categories, weighting method,and number of grades that can be dropped (if any).

8. Review of Weighting Options Using the “Percent” method Total of numbers in “weight” Column must equal 100 “Method of weighting grades”must be set to “Percent” ALWAYS! Dropping grades is not required but must be consistentacross your grade level.

9. Review of Weighting Options Using the “Multiple” method Do not use numbers greaterthan 3 “Method of weighting grades”must be set to “Multiple” ALWAYS! Dropping grades is not required but must be consistentacross your grade level.

10. A Note About “Language Arts Composite” • This grade is now calculated 50% Reading and 50% Written Composition. • Spelling is no longer listed as a subject on the report card. • Spelling considerations are expected to be included with writing grades.

11. Creating Assignments Teachers should strive to carefully name assignments and give feedback in a timely manner. 3rd Grade math: 3.12B Tells time on analog clock 4th Grade LA: 4.6A Sequence the plot’s main events 5th Grade Science: 5.10C Accurate Venn diagram of metamorphosis

12. Schools It is up to the schools to diligently work towards

13. Review of Letter Codes for Grading If you use any of these letter markings in lieu of a standard grade, it is good practice to put a “Note” in to explain it. Remember that parents can see these notes.

14. “Show Math” for Home Access Center Select Progress Report Tab. Click on “options”. For Home Access, specify “Show Math” and “Assignment Detail” These settings directly determine what information parents can see in the HAC!

15. Progress Report and HAC views with and without details With Assignment Detail With “Show Math” Default Settings(without details)

16. Progress Reports There are district IPR and teacher requested progress reports District IPRs • Are used only by secondary campuses at this time. Teacher Generated Progress Reports • Teachers may at any time generate a progress report for a student • They may use all five columns for this • They can choose to use district/school codes or use the “my comment codes” tab to create their own (“my comment codes will not be translated into Spanish) New Spanish comments are available

17. Spanish Progress Reports All of the steps need to be used to create Spanish Progress Reports STEP 1 Click on “Grades” on the menu bar and then the student’s name to access his/her profile Check the box next to “Print ProgressReports in Spanish” and then click“Update”

18. Spanish Progress Reports • All of the steps need to be used to create Spanish Progress Reports STEP 2 Enter Spanish version of assignment titles in “Spanish Name” field when creating new assignments Set “Hide Spanish Category Names” to No and click Update Enter Spanish version of categories in “Spanish Name” column

19. Spanish Progress Reports • All of the steps need to be used to create Spanish Progress Reports STEP 3 Select “Spanish” radio button undercomment codes column and then enter comments for each student in each subject,clicking “update” on each screen Select students who need Spanish Progress Reports andthen click “Generate”

20. Report Cards These are created in the STuPlus system • Comments selected from district or school codes are to be posted in columns 1 or 2 only. (No “My comments” allowed) • Teachers can select two comments per subject. • Teachers will be given a deadline for verifying grades. • Administrator will notify teachers when the GradeSpeed is available again for them to use after verification • Teachers follow their school’s policy on “who” is responsible for printing these report cards after notification of administrator • New Guideline: Teachers should print a “progress report” in Spanish to attach to the traditional report card for Spanish-speaking parents.