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PowerTeacher Portal User Guide

PowerSchool 7.x Student Information System

Released September 2013

Document Owner: Documentation Services

This edition applies to Release 7.9 of the PowerSchool software and to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions or updates.

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Contents

Preface................................................................................................................... 6 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 7

About PowerSchool...........................................................................................7 Get Started............................................................................................................. 8

Sign In to PowerTeacher ...................................................................................8 Reset Your Password ........................................................................................9 Session Timeout............................................................................................. 10 PowerTeacher Start Page ................................................................................ 10 Working With Plugin Links ................................................................................... 15 Schoolnet ...................................................................................................... 15 Pearson SuccessNet/SuccessNet Plus................................................................ 16 Work with the Navigation Menu ........................................................................... 19 Daily Bulletin ................................................................................................. 19 Staff Directory ............................................................................................... 19 Meals............................................................................................................ 20 Personalize.................................................................................................... 20 Gradebook .................................................................................................... 22 Reports......................................................................................................... 23 Teacher Recommendations.............................................................................. 26 Work with Classes ................................................................................................ 30 Attendance......................................................................................................... 30 Attendance Modes .......................................................................................... 30 Enter Single Day Attendance ........................................................................... 31 Enter Multi-Day Attendance ............................................................................. 32 Enter Attendance on the Seating Chart ............................................................. 33 Record Attendance for Multiple Sections............................................................ 34 Modify Attendance or Mark Future Attendance ................................................... 35 Seating Charts .................................................................................................... 35 Seating Chart Modes....................................................................................... 36 Create a Seating Chart Layout ......................................................................... 37 Access an Existing Layout ............................................................................... 38 Use an Existing Layout as a Template for a New Layout ...................................... 39 Save an Existing Layout as a New Layout .......................................................... 40 Populate Students to a Seating Chart................................................................ 40

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Remove Students and Objects from a Layout..................................................... 41 Switch Student Seats on a Layout .................................................................... 42 Combine Layouts ........................................................................................... 42 Random Student Selector................................................................................ 43 Lunch Counts...................................................................................................... 43 Student Information ............................................................................................ 44 Student Information Pages .............................................................................. 44 Analytics Student View.................................................................................... 46 Cumulative Grade Information ......................................................................... 46 Demographics................................................................................................ 46 Final Grades Entry.......................................................................................... 46 Graduation Plan Progress ................................................................................ 47 Meeting Attendance........................................................................................ 48 Net Access Summary ...................................................................................... 48 Quick Lookup................................................................................................. 49 Schedule ....................................................................................................... 49 Standards ..................................................................................................... 50 Standards Grades........................................................................................... 50 Student Photo................................................................................................ 51 Submit Log Entry ........................................................................................... 51 Teacher Comments ........................................................................................ 51 Term Grades ................................................................................................. 52 Standards Summary....................................................................................... 52 Test Results................................................................................................... 53 Quit PowerTeacher............................................................................................... 58 Sign Out of PowerTeacher ............................................................................... 58 PowerTeacher Mobile Web Pages ......................................................................... 59 Get Started with PowerTeacher Mobile Web Pages................................................... 59 Sign in to PowerTeacher Mobile Web Pages ....................................................... 59 PowerTeacher Mobile Web Pages Home Page ..................................................... 59 Work with the PowerTeacher Mobile Web Pages Menu.............................................. 61 Attendance.................................................................................................... 61 Rosters ......................................................................................................... 61 Birthdays ...................................................................................................... 62 Daily Bulletin ................................................................................................. 63

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Lunch Counts................................................................................................. 63 Quit PowerTeacher .............................................................................................. 64

Sign Out of PowerTeacher Mobile Web Pages ..................................................... 64

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Preface

Use this guide to assist you while navigating PowerTeacher. This guide is based on the PowerTeacher online help, which you can also use to learn the PowerSchool Student Information System (SIS) and to serve as a reference. The PowerTeacher online help is updated as PowerSchool is updated. Not all versions of the PowerTeacher online help are available in a printable guide. For the most up-to-date information, click Help on any page in PowerTeacher.

Referenced Sections

This guide is based on the PowerTeacher online help, and may include references to sections that are not contained within the guide. See the PowerTeacher online help for the referenced section.

Security Permissions

Depending on your security permissions, only certain procedures may be available to you.

Navigation

This guide uses the > symbol to move down a menu path. If instructed to "Click File > New > Window," begin by clicking File on the menu bar. Then, click New and Window. The option noted after the > symbol will always be on the menu that results from your previous selection.

Notes

It is easy to identify notes because they are prefaced by the text "Note:."

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