FIRST!
BEFORE BEGINNING ANYTHING IN GRADESPEED--You MUST turn OFF POPUP STOPPER
The X must be
grey, NOT red. Just click on it until it is grey.
ALSO: Make sure the Popup Blocker is turned off in your
Browser. Click on Tools, Click on Popup Blocker...you see
Turn On Pop-up Blocker (which means it is
turned off).
SECOND!
Grade speed can be found using the Arp Home Page on the left hand side below Arp Weather.
Click on Teacher
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GradeSpeed Manuals Can be downloaded at: |
GradeSpeed is on a Web server. It can ALSO be accessed from home or from Rome!
You will be prompted to create a NEW Password the First Time you logon to GradeSpeed for the New School Year.
When you Login, make sure you Select the Correct Campus.
Type in your Teacher PEIMS NUMBER (you can get this number from your School Secretary or Sissy).
Categories Weights MUST be placed in the Server BEFORE anyone can proceed in GradeSpeed. If they have been placed in the SERVER, you don't NEED to input the categories. An Example follows:
| Optional Reading |
ABOUT CATEGORIES: NOTICE: (1)Since 20% of a grade depends upon Projects and/or Labs this means that ALL teachers will need to allow students to gain critical thinking skills through the use of project-base curriculum. Projects must be monitored over time and given a minimum of 5 to 10 monitoring grades in order that students learn how to propose, research, edit, analyze, organize, synthesize and evaluate in order to address higher-order thinking. Each six weeks teachers will give students the opportunity to work on extended, enriched, high-order thinking, authentic projects. This is required in all subject TEKS and is reflected on the TAKS. (2)Since 20% of a grade depends upon SCANS and Character education, it is required that teachers instruct students in these concepts. The Arp ISD board of trustees passed a resolution in 1998 that character education would be taught K-12 in all subject areas. SCANS curriculum has been re-addressed in recent research reports in connection with NCLB and is recommended as "best practices" for preparing students to meet the challenges of the real-world. Arp ISD adopted the SCANS curriculum in 1995 and supports its use in all classrooms. (3)If you FAIL to give ANY grades in the above areas OR you only place 1 grade each in the above categories (except the 6-weeks Benchmark), you create a very unbalanced view of student achievement. At the bottom of this page is the link TEACHERS --THINGS TO CONSIDER IN GRADESPEED! Please read and reflect on the contents of this page. |
FINISHING GRADESPEED SETUP
Next you Must put in Assignments.
Once Assignments are in, you may begin grading assignments.
New with the Web Version.
(1) If you click on the student's name, you can see his entire schedule.
(2) Grades should be up-to-date each Tuesday evening...as parents are now able to view their child's grades and progress report. In order for Parents to view student grades, they MUST fill out a form from the Arp Home Page. The form will be offered after the first 3 weeks of school.
(3) Attendance is to submitted every period within the first 10 minutes of class. The EXCEPTION to this rule is the FIRST WEEK of School. Attendance the first week of school is submitted using your Roster Print out, marked by hand.
For Each Period you teach, you can print out a period Roster.
Sign it and turn it into the office each day for the first week of school.
It IS possible to show a MODIFIED GRADE in GradeSpeed.
Click on Student Name
Click on GRADES
Type in MODIFIED and Check Print NOTE
This prints out on the report card.
Progress Reports can be Marked with a M for Modified TEKS
Click
on Report, Add M to the Comments Box
If you are modifying TEKS you put MODIFIED in grade book. If you are MODIFYING a STRATEGY for a 504 or like a student with dyslexia you do NOT put MODIFIED in the grade book. You ONLY use MODIFIED when an ARD does not require a student to master your TEKS. Other modifications (504, dyslexia) should be documented in your Lesson Plans!!!
CHANGING GRADES AFTER VERIFICATION
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