Summary

PowerSchool Teacher can be used to manually enter Traditional Final Grades, as well as Final Citizenship, Percentage, Points and Total Points Possible. This is particularly useful for schools who are not using a grade book and are not concerned with tracking individual assignment grades or scores, only Final Grades.

Audience

This article is intended for administrators.

Details

In order for teachers to enter Traditional Final Grades, you must setup your Final Grade Entry Options from the Administrative side of your PowerSchool server.

To setup Final Grade Entry Options, proceed with the following steps:

1. Log in to the Administrative side of your PowerSchool Server via a Web Browser. Click on School: and switch to the desired school.
2. Navigate to Start Page > School Setup > Final Grade Entry Options.
3. Click Global Settings.
4. Check the box next to "Enable teacher entry screen"
5. In the "Final grade columns to display" box, enter the Final Grade Store Terms you wish to be visible. These are the store codes that are defined in Final Grade Setup. For Example, a school with year long classes may have S1,S2,Y1 typed in to display Final Grades for Semester 1, Semester 2, and Year 1
6. In the "Allow entry for these final grades" box, enter the Final Grade Store Terms you wish to allow to be entered. For Example, a school with year long classes may have only S2 typed in to allow Final Grades for just Semester 2 to be entered.
7. If you wish to restrict the number of days prior to/after a term that a Final Grade can be entered, Enter the desired date(s) in the "Allow entry for (leave both blank for no restriction)" boxes.
8. If you wish to Combine Traditional and Standards-based Grade entry on same page, check the appropriate box.
9. Click Submit.
10. You will be returned to the Start Page > School Setup > Final Grade Entry Options Screen. Click "Traditional Grading."
11. On the Traditional Final Grade Entry Options Screen, enter your Final Grade Settings:
    • Enable Final Grade (Letter) entry (Select Pop-up to show a list from the Course's Grade Scale, or Text Field to allow teachers to type the final grade in. It can also be disabled.)
    • Enable Final Grade (Citizenship) entry (Select Pop-up to show a list from the Course's Grade Scale, or Text Field to allow teachers to type the final citizenship in. It can also be disabled.)
    • Enable Final Grade (Percentage) entry (Check or uncheck as needed)
    • Enable Final Grade (Points) entry (Check or uncheck as needed)
    • Enable Final Grade (Total Points) entry (Check or uncheck as needed)
12. Click Submit.