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NC WISE Parent Assistant
A user-friendly web application to
help parents track their children’s
progress in school
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Parent Assistant:
Allows easy communication between
parents and teachers.
Allows parents to update their child’s
personal information and family
contacts.
Key Benefits of PA
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Increased Home-School
Communication
Real-time Student Progress Reporting
(Seven days a week, 24 hours a day)
Increased Parent Involvement
Language choices (English, French,
Spanish)
Types of Parent Accounts
•Parent User –Access to all children with 1 account
•Parent living with the student radio button checked
•Same address as student(s) in NC WISE
•Views Demographic & Emergency Contact Information
•May request changes to this data
Student User –Access to one child with one login
•Use this access for Non-Primary parent
•Does not have same address as student in NC WISE
•Does not view Demographic & Emergency Contact Info
Menus
General Info:
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Change Password
Demographics
Emergency Contacts
Current Activity:
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Student Update:
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Academic Progress:
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Assignments
Credits Earned To Date
Current Progress
Marks/Grades
Attendance
Courses
Miscellaneous:
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Lunch Menu
Non-School Days
Student Schedule
PA - Logging In
Passwords are case sensitive and do not expire
Business practices do not change
Documentation required for Proof of Residency
No changes are made directly to eSIS data
by making changes in Parent Assistant
Office Reason must be populated to see in
Attendance Details
Teachers make individual
assignments viewable in
PAM (Parent Assistant Module)
by populating the
“Post to Parent Assistant Date” field
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Future dates will postpone viewing of
Assignment Details, but not viewing
changes to Current and Cumulative
averages
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Failure of the teacher populating the date
does not prevent parents from seeing
changes to averages
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Teachers with Preference to “Count Blank
Marks as Zeros” should enter all marks for
an assignment or this preference will be
applied
Teachers can communicate to the
parents of an entire class…using
Parent Tips
…or to the parent of a single student using
the Mark Comment through Mark Entry
Null Column –Current Report Period Average
Current Average Column –Cumulative running
average over multiple report periods
This view is similar to a Report Card
Why do we need
Parent Assistant?
To improve the effectiveness of the
communication between teachers and
parents
• To allow Technology a way to provide
a more efficient means of
communication
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Parent Assistant:
Teacher Considerations
•When and how frequently will teachers enter assessments and
marks?
•Will all teachers count missing marks as 0 – Zero?
•If a teacher doesn’t enter marks for all students in an
assessment, what will happen to the average for the students
who have no mark entered?
•Will the teacher print a Progress Report for all students?
Parent Assistant:
Teacher Considerations
•How often will High School teachers turn in absence
notes so the absence reasons can be updated?
•How often will teachers update absence reasons in
Elementary and Middle Schools?
Parent Assistant:
Other Considerations
•Will Report Cards be printed for all students?
•How will this program impact Parent/Teacher
conferences?
•Who will create, modify, delete parent accounts for
Parent Assistant?
•Who will approve the demographic changes?
Parent Awareness
Current Plans:
•An AlertNow call will be sent to parents once the system
is available
•The availability of the program will be publicized on the
(Your LEA Name) Webpage, in the Superintendents
Newspaper article, School Newsletters, etc…