On Tuesday during our curriculum meeting, we were introduced to Gwinnett County's new teacher evaluation system through an online orientation through eClass. For the orientation, Lisa used my laptop to show the "teacher view" of what we will be seeing soon with the evaluation process. I guided the teachers through the site and showed them what they would be seeing when the time comes to start evaluations. We watched a video presented by the county on the purpose of evaluations and learned how to complete the planning phase.
I spent my planning time today and one hour after school helping Lisa with progress check letters. Parents had two choices to pick from for the 5 week Progress Check. They either have Parent Portal and access to their student's grade or they do not. If they checked that they do not have access to the Portal, I had to print a hard copy of the student's grades and give to their homeroom teacher. After printing the grades, I had to figure out which category the student fits into: 1)Have Parent Portal Account (forgot password) 2)Requested account, but have not set it up 3)No Account. If they fit into the first two categories, Lisa will call home to either troubleshoot or help the parent access the account they set up. If the student does not have an account, our registrar will call home to have the parent fill out an application. Our goal is to have ALL parents on the Portal to gain access to their student's grades and progress. When I rejoined Lisa this afternoon, she was quite frustrated with all the phone calls she had to make. Some parents realized their mistake, while others were impatient with the process of figuring out their mistake.
Tomorrow morning, I will begin my day at Berkmar Middle School observing a 7th grade language arts lesson integrating discoverychannel.com into their lessons.
Time logged on 9/11 & 9/12: 3.5 hours
Total time logged: 26 hours
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