PowerTeacher+-+Report+Card+6-8+Checklist

PowerTeacher - Prepare for Report Cards Implemented using Green Bay Diocese PowerSchool database. Created: 11/16/2011, ldf Revised: 11/23/2011, ldf

Please use this checklist to assist you in the steps required to prepare data for PowerSchool report cards.

The last day of the trimester is xxxxx. ||  ||   ||
 * || ** Report Card Checklist ** || ** Frequency ** || ** Complet e** ||
 * 1. || Enter student’s grades in the appropriate gradebook. || ongoing ||  ||
 * 2. || 1st Trimester grades to be completemm/dd/yy –hh:mmPM.
 * 3. || Provide a comment per student, if applicable.


 * __HOW TO:__** Open gradebook. Select **Scoresheet,** Select **Final Grades**. Select student. Right click on student’s (final grade/%/points). Select **Show Score Inspector**. Select **Comment tab.**
 * Scroll through the comments currently available. It has been requested that only PowerSchool comments available be used.
 * Double click to select and insert the desired comment.
 * Comment prefixes indicate which school system entered it. You may use any of the comments available.
 * Gxxx - GRACE/Green Bay Area Catholic Education
 * Uxxx - UCS/Unified Catholic Schools - Oshkosh
 * Bxxx - ?

__ Note: __ The GRACE Middle School Report card will allow each middle school teacher to provide a comment in their gradebook. || End of each trimester ||  ||
 * 4. || Enter student’s Final Grade.

After all assignments have been entered and the scoresheet is complete for the students.

Open gradebook. Select **Scoresheet.** Select student. If the calculated grade is ok, no further action is required. If you wish to override the calculated grade:
 * HOW TO: **
 * Right click on the student grade in the **Tx Final Grade** column.
 * Select Show Score Inspector
 * Select SCORE tab
 * Check the MANUAL OVERRIDE box
 * Select the desired letter grade from dropdown box

At OLOL, do __not__ specify a U or P as a final grade.


 * __ Please note __**** : ** If you change assignment scores after a MANUAL override of the Final Grade, please review and adjust accordingly.
 * __ Special Note __** : If the FINAL GRADE entered does not match what has been calculated during the trimester, be prepared for questions from parents! || When all grades are done!

The GRACE Middle School report card can only accept FINAL course grades from the ASSIGNMENTS gradebook (current term) or Historical Grades (past term). This differs from the GBDIOC universal report cards, where the Final Grade is sourced from Standards (FINAL GRADE) section of the gradebook. ||  ||