Transcript Align Certification

Train-the-Trainer (TOT)
Workshop for
Austin Independent
School District
Schoolnet
Campus Facilitators
Copyright © 2011 Schoolnet, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Tools to Support Our Work
Green = Everything is great!
Yellow = Slow down, I’m a little confused.
Red = Stop! I need help!
Open laptops
for practice
Close laptops
for instructions
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Why an Instructional
Management System?
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3 AISD Areas of Focus for Year 1
Curriculum Management
– What resources are available to guide and
support my instruction?
Student Reporting
– How are my students performing?
Assessment
– How do I access and administer
assessments to determine if my students
are learning?
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Know, Understand…
Potential of Schoolnet
Use of Schoolnet
Project & PD Roll Out
Campus Training Delivery
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… and Do!
Quickly & easily manipulate data!
Use data to make instructional decisions!
Quickly & easily access the curriculum and
instructional materials you need!
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Norms: We agree to…
Use technology to assist today’s
learning.
– Explore sites as indicated by instructor.
– Close laptops as indicated by instructor.
– Change cell phones’ settings to vibrate.
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Norms: We agree to…
Engage in and model successful
learner behaviors.
– Ask questions.
– Participate actively.
HAVE FUN!
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GETTING STARTED
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About My Account
Allows you to:
- Check user permissions
- Reorder and rename sections
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Teachers Can Rename and
Re-Order Their Sections
Access from My Account
Impacts section names appearing throughout
Schoolnet (changes viewable by teacher only)
Great when section names are long or contain
extended codes
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Check for Understanding
What do you do if you forget your
password?
How do you check user permissions?
Green = You’re absolutely clear on the answers to
all questions
Yellow = You’re fuzzy on the answer to 1 or more of
the questions
Red = You do not know the answer to 1 or more of
the questions
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Navigating in Schoolnet
Training Manual, p 5
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My Schoolnet (Home) for
Campus Leadership
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About My Schoolnet (Home) for Teachers
and my site.
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CLASSROOMS
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What is Classrooms?
Instructional tools
Data
Standards-aligned resources
Tracking
Information teachers need anytime, anywhere
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View Students in a Section
Training Manual, p
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Student Profiles
•View historical
data
•Print
•Save as a PDF
Training Manual, pp. 7-9
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Student Profile: Section Mark
Distribution
How are the grades
distributed among
the students this
marking period?
Training Manual, p.9
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Student Profile: Standardized
Tests Tab
I wonder which
standardized
tests results are
available or still
available. . .
Training Manual, p. 9
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Try It Out: Student Profiles
*Comparisons
*Insights
*Next Steps
Task sheet and pages 8-10 of the Training Manual.
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Batch Print Student Profiles to PDF
Save time! Print multiple
profiles in 1 PDF file.
Save paper! Print just sections
you need.
Training Manual, p 9-11
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Try It Out: Batch Printing
*For now, just open PDF and cancel out without printing*
Practice
Create a PDF of all students in a section that
includes only their results on the most recent
math benchmark.
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Try It Out: Batch Printing
Questions for Understanding:
When might you want to batch print
Student Profiles?
Can you print just the standardized test
information for students?
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Classrooms Home Page: Analyze Sections
AKA ‘Teacher Dashboard’
Training Manual, p. 6
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Standardized Test Reporting
Whole class
performance on specific
standards on
standardized tests
Students in each score group
Training Manual, p.18-19
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Try It Out: Standardized
Test Report
In which test subject did the most students
struggle? Is there a particular sub-section in
which students performed poorly? Well?
View results for an earlier test. Do you see
indications of growth?
Use your red cup if you need assistance.
See pages 13-14 of the Training Manual.
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Standardized Test Report:
Check for Understanding
Choose a report or analysis that you
found especially useful.
Find a partner and share your insights.
Whole group: What interesting
information did you find?
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What Resources Are Available to
Guide and Support My Instruction?
Yearly Itineraries
Curriculum Road Maps
Grading Period Snapshots/Student
Expectation Charts
District Assessments
Training Manual, p 21
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Teachers’ My Schoolnet Page
Training Manual, pp 21
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Principals’ Access to Materials
Click on the Classrooms tab
Click on Instructional Materials
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Other Ways to Access Curriculum
In Classroom Materials Search
Throughout Classrooms
On Classrooms Home Page
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Search for Any Curriculum
Click
Click
Filter by grade and subject
Training Manual, p.22
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Try It Out: Viewing Curriculum
Practice
Review the curriculum your students should
have covered last year.
Apply Your Knowledge
If applicable, review the curriculum of a
class your students take but do not teach.
Are there opportunities to team teach?
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Check for Understanding:
Viewing Curriculum
How do you find curriculum when you
don’t know its exact title?
What does it mean if the curriculum
link is not visible in Classrooms home
page?
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Try It Out: Locating Instructional Materials
Practice
Search for all lesson plans across
grade levels for a particular subject.
Browse for a lesson by standard
Apply Your Knowledge
Locate some materials of interest and
save them to My Materials.
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Check for Understanding:
Locating Instructional Materials
What material types are
searchable?
What are the two ways a material
gets into My Materials?
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Try It Out:
Resources for Instruction
Look at the first CRM for 7th Grade
Math.
Search for Yearly Itineraries for multiple
content areas and/or grade levels.
Training Manual, pp 21-23
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Resources for Instruction:
Check for Understanding
How do you find curriculum?
What’s the best way to print Austin’s
curriculum documents?
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Know, Understand…
Potential of Schoolnet
Use of Schoolnet
Project & PD Roll Out
Campus Training Delivery
… and Do!
Quickly & easily manipulate data!
Use data to make instructional decisions!
Quickly & easily access the curriculum and
instructional materials you need!
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Wrap Up
Questions & Answers
Next Steps
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