In researching information from this year, I learned that 85% of high school parents have used eSembler to view their student’s grades and/or attendance. At the middle school is was 95% and at Heritage it was 92%. From my standpoint, it is great to see our families involved in monitoring the progress of their children. I’m not sure how our students feel about it…..
Next year we will again have a district wide “gradebook” that parents will be able to view. Along with most school districts in Washtenaw County, we are preparing to move to
PowerSchool. We have begun to think about how best to launch the “parent portal” portion of the software. Ms. Jackie Lane who is the Saline Area School’s behind the scenes tech person has been developing implementation plans.
Look for information at open houses next fall, as well as, specific informational nights where our tech staff will lead parents through the process of monitoring their children’s information.
Patty (unauthenticated)
Apr 29, 2008 4:21 PM
I check my child's grade once or twice each week and find this system very helpful. There is one teacher, however who doesn't update grades in a timely manner, sometimes not until the end of the marking period. I know my child's grade since he is bringing the assignments home graded, but it would be nice if the teachers followed the same guidleines as the parents. If a parent does not check the grades constantly, the teachers have been known to say "it is your responsibility to keep track"; well isn't it partly their resonsibilty to keep the gradebook up to date? Will the new system address this? That being said I have had 99% satisfaction with the electronic gradebook; it is a great tool for parents and children.