Pinnacle

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Pinnacle

• Parents Information Night

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Agenda

• Welcome!
• Introductions
• 24/7 Goal for District
• Pinnacle Plus (product)- purpose for selection
• Standards Based Report Card
• Traditional Based Report Card
• Goal paperless progress tracking and parent
  communication
• Access to Pinnacle

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Introductions

• Knollwood Principal Mrs. Lori Roemer
• Tennyson Principal Mrs. Gretchen Loper
• Barr and Forestlawn Principal Mrs. Sue Enos
• Middle School Principal Mr. Mike Cook
• Brookside Principal Mr. Scott Daugherty
• Superintendent Dr. Will Folger
• Director of Technology Mr. Doug Cogdell
• Director of Curriculum Dr. Linda Uveges

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24/7

• To implement, review and revise the 24/7
  communications network
• Webpages homework listed, photos, daily lessons
  and classroom resources
• Calendars (building/classroom)
• Forms and documents online
• Board policy online
• Channel 22

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Why Pinnacle?

• Excelsior Software
• Comes preloaded with the Ohio Academic Content
  Standards so we can track our own Local (Power
  Indicators)
• Can import schedules and roster data from ESIS
• Imports attendance data into the gradebook
  system. This information may then be shared on
  report cards and online for parents
• Pinnacle can generate over 300 reports that are
  accessible to any users of the system, enabling
  us to not just track grading and attendance but
  to analyze that data on a student, school or
  district level.
• Pinnacle is designed to create a customizable
  standards-based report card
• Standards based report card can be
  generated/printed at any time once the live data
  resides in the centralized database
• Web-based program

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www.excelsiorsoftware.com
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Robert Marzano
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Standards Based Report Card

• The most important difference between
  standards-based education is the focus on what
  students actually learn, not just what is taught
• The question for us is what standards of
  learning do we want students to achieve through a
  given lesson? and How will we know if the
  student has achieved that standard?

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• Report cards are one part of an integrated system
  that emphasizes continuous assessment of a
  students progress and achievement

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Integrated assessment system

• Scoring and grading systems that integrate
  assessment into instruction so that classroom
  assessment is integral to the learning process,
  providing the constructive feedback both students
  and teachers need to do their work more
  effectively
• A system whereby student proficiencies are
  communicated to students and parents, along with
  semester/trimester expectations that will improve
  their understanding of what work is required and
  where the student is strong/weak.
• Trimester/semester performance-based benchmark
  assessments and correlating scoring
  guides/rubrics along with samples of student work
  that are advanced, proficient, basic and/or below
  basic (standards)

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• The standards-based report card is the summary
  statement of a students performance in subject
  areas each quarter/semester/trimester
• This academic evaluation will represent what
  students have achieved academically, not how hard
  they have worked, how much they have improved,
  how they compare with classmates, or how well
  they have behaved.
• The SBRC is another tool that will be used to
  communicate to student academic progress

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In summary

• The Sheffield-Sheffield Lake SBRC will
  communicate how well students are progressing
  toward their goals. Ideally, the report card
  will be used in an ongoing conversation between
  teachers, students and parents about what is
  expected of students and how to help them be
  successful in a rigorous academic program.

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SBRC guidelines

• Relate grading procedures to learning goals
  (Local/Ohio standards)
• Use criterion-referenced performance standards as
  reference points to determine grades
• Limit the valued attributes to be included in
  scores to individual achievement
• Sample student performance (using a variety of
  assessment methods) Do not include all scores in
  final score. Revised student scores as new
  evidence demonstrates mastery
• Use quality assessment (s) and properly recorded
  evidence of achievement
• Discuss and involved students in assessment,
  including scoring, throughout the teaching and
  learning process.

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Vocabulary

• See handout for key vocabulary terms that your
  childs teacher may be using or I used throughout
  this presentation.

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Sheffield-Sheffield Lake

• 5 Exceeding grade level standard
• 4 Meeting grade level standard and producing
  quality work
• 3 Progressing toward the grade level standard.
  Producing the required grade level work
  independently
• 2 Progressing toward the grade level standard.
  Producing the required grade level work with
  support
• 1 Beginning to develop the grade level
  standard. Not yet able to produce required grade
  level work.

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How to access it

• District webpage
• www.sheffield.k12.oh.us
• Make sure you have your log in information- if,
  for some reason you lose it pinnacle_at_sheffield.k
  12.oh.us
• For legal purposes, it will be sent to the home
  address on file.

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Access to Pinnacle
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Enter your username and password (from parent
letter)
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Select your childs school from the pull-down menu
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Area 1 Log in info
Area 2- Student Reports
This area lists commonly requested information
specific to the student. The items listed here
might look different right now
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Area 3 Class Reports- allows you to select
information for a specific class
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Area 4- Options area includes additional helpful
items for your account management
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AREA 5
Display area- where information appears. To
return to the default page after viewing other
information, click Grade Summary from the Student
Reports section
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Are any assignments missing or past due? What is
due tomorrow? What is due Friday?
PAST DUE!!!
Want more details about assignment? CLICK on it
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Here you will see the LINKED objectives (state
and/or local standards) how it was graded
(rubric) when it was assigned, when it was DUE
and how much it was worth
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Locate the Class Reports, select the class from
the drop-down box Select the marking period from
the drop-down box Select student assignments from
the Report drop-down and Click GET REPORT
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If the Teacher name displays in BLUE, it is a
link. You can click the name to send an email to
the teacher Any assignment listed in BLUE
includes Assignment Details CLICK the
assignment to see the details
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To check missing assignments for a specific
class, use the Class Reports section Select the
Marking Period from the drop-down box Select
Student Missing Assignments from the Report
drop-down Click GET REPORT
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Current Grade Summary This displays current
grades for all classes. If you navigate from
this page, click GRADE SUMMARY from the Student
Reports to return.
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You will be able to view the Student Standards
report
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Attendance

• Have you ever received a call from the school
  secretary asking about attendance issues?
  Suppose you had a dentist appointment and gave
  the secretary a note to that affect, but there
  was still a mistake in the record? You can use
  PIV to check this- be aware though that some
  information may require a 24 hour period to be
  updated, but you can use PIV to check any
  attendance record whether you are checking for
  the day, for one class, or for an entire marking
  period and every class in a student schedule.

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Locate the Student Reports section Click
ATTENDANCE SUMMARY You can see the student
schedule DETAILED shows the day and hour for
every attendance record for the marking
period This table shows a total of all recorded
attendance for the marking period and displays it
by class hour
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You can HIDE schedule
Attendance CODE
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Communications

• PIV offers several tools to meet the needs of
  many who rely on electronic devices to keep
  informed and track their schedules.
• Options Teacher email
• Email Notifications (regarding attendance,
  grades, or discipline issues)
• Educational Resources (academic help)

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Click on TEACHER EMAIL Select teacher to
email If in BLUE , it is a hot link
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Request Notification

• Email notifications are available and can be
  requested from PIV. You can request daily,
  weekly, bi-weekly, or on occurrence reports for
  attendance, grade, student assignment, or
  discipline issues

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Locate the Options section Click on EMAIL
NOTIFICATION Enter your email address and
click CONTINUE
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What would you like to be called? Mrs. Smith?
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You can receive notices BEFORE or AFTER a
specific time every Weekday, once a week (on a
day you specify) or once every two weeks (every
other)
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Get extra help

• One way to get help, is to email a teacher and
  ask questions, but you can always use the
  Educational Resources link to find specific grade
  level and subject help, research colleges, or
  research K-12 schools.

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Free tutor
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College Finder
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Change Password
Click CHANGE password from the Options section