Hillrise Elementary School
Electronic Gradebook Technology Plan
Hillrise Elementary School
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According to the 2002-03 school
accountability report, the school
administration and staff consists
of one administrator, thirty-five
teachers, eight ancillary staff,
eleven educational assistants, and
two secretaries. There were 574
students enrolled at Hillrise with
100% of 5th grade students
promoted to 6th grade.
Currently, there are three
students who are monolingual in a
language other than English, four
students who are partial speakers
of English, and four students who
are bilingual with academic
Student Enrollment by Ethnicity
African
Native
Asian
American
American
4%
3%
1%
Hispanic
41%
Anglo
51%
Vision & Goals
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Vision and Goals statement:
To effectively communicate with parents and provide accurate
records of students’ success and identify areas of concerns,
Hillrise Elementary will implement a school wide electronic
gradebook.
The goals include:
• ease transition of student information to the next grade
level,
• provide accurate and comprehensive reports requested by
staff, parents, or teachers,
• use as a communication tool for parent involvement to
support student learning,
• all teachers will participate in staff development to develop
skills to use the electronic grade book efficiently.
Needs Assessment
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An electronic grade book will assist teachers in their daily
operations of assessing and recording student grades
• attendance
• accurate records of missed assignments
• immediate access to all student records
• grade reports easily available for parent conferences and
grade justification
• capability as well as the convenience of printing out
information on any particular student will aid in the
success of the student
Options Available
weighting scores
allow parents to logon to a web site and view student records
notification systems that automatically e-mail parents with
information on grades and absences
absence notice when child is marked absent and a parent has
not called
a warning if child’s grades slip below a certain point
telephone interface to let parents without computer access call
anytime to get their kids’ grades
handheld device enabling all school personnel to instantly look up
any student anywhere
seating chart with student photos
build standards based lesson plans and print out detailed weekly
and plan reports
run on Palm OS handheld devices to enter your grades
Staff Development
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• two days at the beginning of the fall semester will be used
as staff development days for teacher training sessions
• PowerPoint presentation for all staff members to view the
features of the selected software
• assemble a team of teachers consisting of one teacher per
grade level to be trained on using the grade book together
• each member trained will in turn train the remaining
teachers at his/her grade level during team meetings
• teachers will be assigned a mentor to work through the
initial implementation
• a month after implementation, one teacher will be selected
to hold individual user conferences to solve problems and
answer questions
• follow-up session repeated each month
Parent Training
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• PTO President will be trained along with
the teachers so that she can in turn
instruct other parents through an evening
hands-on training session
• Parents will be able to enroll in the after
school program to receive training in the
school’s computer lab on the options the
software has available for them.
Funding
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• Tech Team has agreed to fund the
implementation of a school wide
electronic grade book
• Hillrise Parent Teacher Organization
agreed to fund the parent
enrichment program
Expected Outcomes
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• reduced time spent on calculating grades
• immediate availability to generate
reports
• increased communication with parents
• beginning of the 2005 school year,
Hillrise will expect 100% teacher
participation implementing the software
Easy Grade Pro
Features of Easy Grade Pro
With Easy Grade Pro you can create an electronic gradebook which can be used to store student
information for all of your classes and subjects. It provides an abundance of tools to save you time,
provides a wealth of information, and allows you to generate professional internet and paper reports.