Kindergarten Teachers! Tips for Entering Quarter 2 Skill Grades

 

💥💥 Attention Kindergarten Teachers!! 💥💥

Nothing has changed about the way you enter Skill Grades or Comments for Quarter 2 -- EXCEPT that you may now COPY skills for students that you have entered for Quarter 1. I am posting a link below with directions on how you can do this. The copy skills feature allows you to quickly assess how the student has performed since Quarter 1 and then change the grade for Quarter 2 if needed. 

Copy Skills From Previous Quarter

And then just so it's handy ... here is a link if you need a reminder on where to enter Comments for your students!

Please reach out if you need help!

Some Random Yet Helpful Tips...

 Now that we have Quarter 1 under our belts (whew!) lets take a look at some exciting "fluff" that is available to you in Skyward. New Teachers; you've successfully made it through your first quarter here at Wayne - Congratulations! Lets take a few minutes to discover a few things that Skyward can offer. And for those experienced teachers; hopefully there is something new for your to discover as well!

✅ Tip #1: Prefer a high contrast view of your gradebook? Check out these simple instructions to switch to High Contrast Borders.

✅ Tip #2a:  Did you know that you could add/edit email addresses of your student's parents/guardians? It's easy-peasy! Check out those directions HERE

💥 Tip #2b: Do you want a quick view of whose parent/guardian email addresses might be missing? Check out directions HERE to run a report for your classes!

✅ Tip #3: If you haven't noticed it on the Teacher Access main screen ... here are directions on how you can print mailing labels for your classes! 

 

Welcome Back! AAAnnnnnddddd Progress 2 Reports Already!

 Hopefully you enjoyed a well-deserved Fall Break! While it doesn't seem possible already -- the end of the Progress Report 2 is just two weeks away on Friday, November 5th! 

Secondary Teachers: Be on the lookout for information from your building on when you should have your grades up to date.

Elementary Teachers: Remember you can run an Enhanced Multi-Class Progress Report to either email or print for students/parents.

Contact me if you need help! 👇👇👇

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denise.thornberry@wayne.k12.in.us

Grade Change Request

 Some of you might need this soon! If you need to make a grade change to Quarter 1 AND you want it to show up on report cards -- you'll need to follow directions here to submit a Grade Change Request. 

Reminders for Elementary Teachers!

 A few Report Card reminders on how to enter Comments and Grade Level Performance marks can be found in the links below!

Entering Comments in HOMEROOM

Entering Grade Level Performance Marks

Adding a Quarter Grade Adjustment

 We are getting closer to the end of Quarter 1 on 9/24/21! Below is a refresher on how you can enter a Quarter 1 Grade Adjustment -- if needed!

Entering Grade Adjustments for Report Cards

End of Quarter 1 is Friday, 9/24/21

We are just over two weeks away from the end of Quarter 1! I'll be sharing a few tips between now and then. 💥First I just want remind ELEMENTARY teachers that when you enter your comments -- they should be entered in your HOMEROOM class! They will NOT display on report cards if entered in another class. 💥

Also -- did you know that you can nickname your classes in your gradebook? This is especially helpful for special area teachers, as well as 5th and 6th grade teachers who may be departmentalizing this year.

Check out the directions below! 

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Nickname Classes in Skyward!

Reminder for Secondary Teachers!

 Just a friendly reminder for secondary teachers (excluding NGC)!!!

PLEASE remember to have your Categories Setup BEFORE Progress Reports are due! (Due date/time is decided at building level). Once this time passes you will no longer be able to edit Categories WITHOUT contacting me for help. Skyward locks your Categories in after the first reporting period.  If you are not sure how to edit your Categories you'll want to check out directions in link below...

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Setup Categories

Elementary: Transferring Grades from W@H -- BAM

 It's that time again! We need to get those grades transferred over for any student who moved to/from W@H -- BAM. I met with MANY of you near the end of Quarter 3 to walk you through this process. Instead of Google Meets for this quarter I am sending out a refresher Google Doc. If you get stuck somewhere just send me a quick email or give me a call!

💥💥💥💥 DIRECTIONS BELOW 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

Transferring Grades from W@H <--> BAM

***Elementary Attendance for TODAY; January 29th, 2021***

 ALL Student Attendance will be pre-filled and marked with a K (Virtual Due to COVID) today; January 29, 2021. This Present Code will appear to teachers as if the students have been marked Absent. If a teacher truly needs to mark a student absent they will have the option to Overwrite this Present Code:

1. Click the Overwrite link:

2. Click the Absent button for the student:

3. Click SAVE

  ***You will need to click the Overwrite link for each student who is absent.  

Submit a Grade Change Request

 Some of you may need this today :)

How do I submit a Grade Change Request in Skyward?

Entering Comments on the Elementary Report Card

 I've received a few calls today about how to enter comments! Here is a nice little refresher :)

Elementary: Report Card Comments

Tip of the Week: Student Profile

Do you have new students this semester? Use the Student Profile to learn more about them! Click on the Teacher Access tab and select My Students.

Click on any student's name to bring up their profile. You'll have several tabs to choose from to view Student Information; such as Attendance, Schedule, Emergency Contacts, Test Scores and MUCH more!

Click on the Academic History link to view what was posted on the report card.

Remember on the Profile tab you can Edit Guardian Emails for your students!

ELEMENTARY TEACHERS: Entering NG

 FYI -- NGs MUST be entered as an override. If you enter them as a grade adjustment then they will calculate as a 0% which will affect the Final Grade for the subject. Directions for entering an NG override are below!

Entering NG