PowerTeacher In-Service - 2008

(The no-frills web description)

Dates --August 18th, 19th, 20th 2008
Times -- 8:00 am to 2:00 pm (Includes 2 breaks of 10 minutes each and a 40 minute lunch)
Location -- PHS Computer Lab 111C attached to the library
Instructor -- Michael Murphy
Audience -- Teachers of Region 15. The Gradebook portion of the workshop will be geared more towards teachers who calculate numerical averages in order to assign letter grades to students. Therefore, it may be said the the focus will be more on scenarios encountered at the middle and high school level.

Description of Course -- As Region 15 enters its second year of Powerschool implementation, plans are to have teachers fully utilize the online component for attendance, student information, reporting, keeping their grade book, and communication with students and parents using the web access portal associated with the system. This course walks teachers through the steps of using the web-based teacher component of Powerschool to help manage their online space.

Course Objectives --

1. Please see the16-step Powerschool Training Agenda that will be followed during the course. Participants will master all 16 sections of the training and have a completed notebook with checklist.
2. Teachers will also have their own grade books set up for the year in terms of rationale and term weighting.
3. Teachers will also access the student / parent portal to experience sample data from the student / parent point of view.
4. Instruction / practice will be adjusted to use Powerteacher version 1.1 (many new improvements for 2008)

FAQs --

Can I come for just one or two of the days? Can I take the course "audit status"?

• According to the rules for in-service courses, there needs to be a certain number of full-time registrants for it to run. After that, part timers can earn contact hours for coming to individual sessions. If you came to the second or third, it would be an expectation that you had basic knowledge of Day 1 topics so we would not have to catch you up at the expense of the group.
• At the end of the first day of sign-ups I have three full-timers, two part-timers, one auditor, and two that want more information. I'll post again in about one week as things become a little more clear.