Using Power School
Ceramics Grading Information
(tracking progress on Power School)
Tracking a student’s progress through Power School can be very confusing. Because student projects go through many stages before they are complete, it is possible for a student to have many projects near completion but still not have any “official grades” posted. Likewise a student may complete one or two early projects, have some grades posted and then take a vacation. To help students and parents follow overall progress, I track projects with the following code:
1 = Project is started and is somewhere in the building process. Depending on the complexity of the project it may take anywhere from one day to a week.
2 – The building process is complete. Project is drying and waiting for its first firing.
3 = Project made it through the first firing (crucial test for correct building technique) and ready for glazing.
Any number other than a 1,2 or 3 is a final grade for the project.
Here is an example of what you might see at mid-term:
Student Term Grade Proj 1 Proj 2 Proj 3 … Proj 10 Packet
And % 5 pts 5 pts 5 pts 5 pt (20 pts pos.)
________________________________________________________________________
Student 1 A 90% 4.5 3 2 10
A D F F
This student has finished Project 1 and received a 4.5 of 5 possible pts = A
Project 2 is through its first firing and somewhere in the final glazing. Firing and Grading may be delayed due to kiln firing schedule. The project grade will register as a D or F but this is incorrect . Power School will not allow me to override individual project grades. Just remember that 1,2, and 3 are just tracking numbers.
Project 3 is completely built and drying.
Project 10 has not been started yet.
First and 2nd term students also must complete a self-paced instructional packet by the end of the term. The designation of 10 (20 pts total) shows this student is half-way through their packet at this point. Third term students are required to do a 2 page research paper on a ceramics topic of their choice.
Weekly I estimate what the student will receive IF THEY CONTINUE TO WORK AT THE SAME PACE.
To be on track for an A, first term students should have all 6 of their hand-building projects started, one project of Choice and be half-way through their clay packets by mid-term.
Second Term students should have 5 regular projects started, one project of choice and also be half way through their Glaze packets.
Third Term students should have 5 or 6 of their projects started and their research paper completed.
Every Wednesday the students update their project reports and are entered into Power School no later than Thursday at 4:00pm. The term grade is always adjusted at the same time.
Final grades are determined by the percentage of accumulated points:
A= 90% -- 100%
B= 80% -- 89%
C= 70% -- 79%
D= 60% -- 69%
F = below 59%
While this system seems very confusing it’s actually fairly easy to follow. I do suggest you keep a copy of this guide handy to help decipher the code. If you have questions at any time just drop me an email [email protected] and I will gladly help sort things out.
Ms. D.
(tracking progress on Power School)
Tracking a student’s progress through Power School can be very confusing. Because student projects go through many stages before they are complete, it is possible for a student to have many projects near completion but still not have any “official grades” posted. Likewise a student may complete one or two early projects, have some grades posted and then take a vacation. To help students and parents follow overall progress, I track projects with the following code:
1 = Project is started and is somewhere in the building process. Depending on the complexity of the project it may take anywhere from one day to a week.
2 – The building process is complete. Project is drying and waiting for its first firing.
3 = Project made it through the first firing (crucial test for correct building technique) and ready for glazing.
Any number other than a 1,2 or 3 is a final grade for the project.
Here is an example of what you might see at mid-term:
Student Term Grade Proj 1 Proj 2 Proj 3 … Proj 10 Packet
And % 5 pts 5 pts 5 pts 5 pt (20 pts pos.)
________________________________________________________________________
Student 1 A 90% 4.5 3 2 10
A D F F
This student has finished Project 1 and received a 4.5 of 5 possible pts = A
Project 2 is through its first firing and somewhere in the final glazing. Firing and Grading may be delayed due to kiln firing schedule. The project grade will register as a D or F but this is incorrect . Power School will not allow me to override individual project grades. Just remember that 1,2, and 3 are just tracking numbers.
Project 3 is completely built and drying.
Project 10 has not been started yet.
First and 2nd term students also must complete a self-paced instructional packet by the end of the term. The designation of 10 (20 pts total) shows this student is half-way through their packet at this point. Third term students are required to do a 2 page research paper on a ceramics topic of their choice.
Weekly I estimate what the student will receive IF THEY CONTINUE TO WORK AT THE SAME PACE.
To be on track for an A, first term students should have all 6 of their hand-building projects started, one project of Choice and be half-way through their clay packets by mid-term.
Second Term students should have 5 regular projects started, one project of choice and also be half way through their Glaze packets.
Third Term students should have 5 or 6 of their projects started and their research paper completed.
Every Wednesday the students update their project reports and are entered into Power School no later than Thursday at 4:00pm. The term grade is always adjusted at the same time.
Final grades are determined by the percentage of accumulated points:
A= 90% -- 100%
B= 80% -- 89%
C= 70% -- 79%
D= 60% -- 69%
F = below 59%
While this system seems very confusing it’s actually fairly easy to follow. I do suggest you keep a copy of this guide handy to help decipher the code. If you have questions at any time just drop me an email [email protected] and I will gladly help sort things out.
Ms. D.