Welcome to the PowerTeacher Portal of PowerSchool

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Welcome to the PowerTeacher Portal of PowerSchool

• 1/15/10

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General Information

• From 1/19- 1/27 attendance, registration, and
  scheduling will be done by hand.
• If you have not printed your grades from IGPro
  you must do it today!
• You will no longer have access to SASI or IGPro

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General Information

• You will be able to use PowerTeacher from home
• The most up to date version of Java is required
• Adobe is recommended
• There may be some glitches as we begin using the
  new program
• There will be a daily downtime for maintenance
  (looking _at_ 9pm-5am)

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Online training

• https//powersource.pearsonschoolsystems.com
• Allows for additional training and a place to
  find answers to your questions
• Login? Training? Distance learning? SC Distance
  learning? Teachers

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PowerTeacher Portal

• http//powerschool.rock-hill.k12.sc.us/teachers
• Icons
• Chair- attendance
• Knife/fork- lunch (not using)
• Backpack- student information
• Printer- print reports

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Attendance

• Very important that this is done accurately every
  day
• If everyone is present- click submit
• For absences or tardies-
• Click on the drop down box
• Select Tardy or Absent
• Click the students name box
• Click submit
• When attendance for the class has been taken the
  ball by the chair turns green

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Selections to the left

• Personalize
• Change the password (Do not do this until we get
  the OK from the DO.)
• Set the default screen
• Display section numbers

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Selections to the left

• Recommendations
• This is an option that will be avaliable later.
• Gradebook
• You must launch and download the gradebook the
  first time you use it.
• Click run

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Gradebook

• Class content
• Can put in syllabus, class rules, etc.
• Can copy and paste from word (this is recommended
  as there is no spell check option in PowerSchool)

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Gradebook

• Assignments
• Make sure you are in the correct reporting term.
• You must put a date with the assignment
• PowerSchool will put the assignment in the proper
  quarter
• or - will add or delete assignments
• If not using a points earned grading system put
  the under the weighted column.

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• This will get you started.
• Questions
• See Mrs. White or Mr. Ball
• We may not know the answer but will find it for
  you as quickly as possible.
• Remember all data in PowerSchool is Live from the
  time you put it in.