Friday, May 29, 2015

EdTech Summer Trainings, Workshops and Camps

Summer Professional Learning Opportunities
Check out professional learning opportunities in Spring Branch! Search by category - Use Educational Technology to find our courses.


In the catalog, you will find some terrific opportunities. Here are a few highlights!


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It’s summertime, come relaxed and ready to camp out at Memorial High School on Tuesday, August 4th with Educational Technology! We’ll convene in the library between 8:00 and 8:30 to set the schedule for the day! Bring your questions, ideas, something you want to share and general curiosity! We’re planning for lots of thoughtful conversations around teaching and learning in digital environments! Learn more on our EdCamp SpringBranch website!
Register on Eduphoria.


PreK - 2 Classroom Refresh Trainings


During the 2015-16 school year, all PreK-2 classrooms will receive updated classroom devices. PreK-1 classes will be receiving 8 iPad minis and 2nd grade classrooms will receive 12 Chromebooks.  iPad mini trainings will start in the summer focusing on research, still production & video production.  Don’t have an iPad/iPad mini to bring to training? We will have some available for your use. Join us for one or all three 2-hour sessions during Teacher Summer U (July 28, Aug 3 & 5).  Additional iPad training will follow in the beginning weeks of school including iPad “Nuts & Bolts” and Classroom Management.   Bring your teacher laptops.  Second grade teachers should attend the three hour Google Trainings - Collaborating in a Google Apps Classroom I & II offered June 29, July 27 & 29 and August 3.  Also try “The Chrome Ecosystem” on July 29.  Bring your teacher laptops.  Register on Eduphoria.


e.mysbisd.com and mysbisd.com are going away - really!
After running both domains for this past school year, we will be turning off e.mysbisd.com and mysbisd.com for good on June 8th! Please relay this information to your students who might want to migrate some of their Google Apps for Education files over to their new mysbisd.org domain account!

End of Year Gradebook Reminder: Grade Change Requests

If you need to change a grade from a closed grading period, the following will demonstrate how to do this. The steps are listed below.


Once a grading period has closed, you cannot change an assignment grade or term grade without going through the following process. Please remember that you will have a maximum two hours to complete the process. If you do not finish the process in two hours you will have to start over again.

  1. Hover your mouse over the Options button in the column heading of the grading period and choose Grade Posting Status for Term.

 
  1. Click Request Grade Changes.



  1. In the Reason for Requesting Grade Changes box, type the reason you are requesting a grade change, then click Yes.



  1. The grading period is now open for grade changes for the next two hours. You are able to make changes in the gradebook for the grading period. When finished, hover your mouse over the Options button in the column heading of the grading period and choose Grade Posting Status for Term.

 
  1. Click Complete Grade Changes.



  1. Click Yes.



7. Your administrator, or designee, will then receive your request for grade changes. They will either approve or deny your request.



End of Year Procedures - All Other Campuses

All Other Campuses:
1.    For campuses that are shutting down completely for the summer, teachers are urged to take their laptops home with them. If you use your laptop at home, be careful that you do not install any upgrades. This may cause your job-related applications to stop working.   
2.    Leave your keyboard, docking station and monitor in place.
3.    Networked printers should stay plugged in but turned off.
4.    Desktop computers (both PC and Apple) need to be plugged in but turned off.
5.    Leave all Classroom Based Technology devices plugged and stored in the charging cabinets.
6.    All other technology items such as document cameras should be stored and locked.
7.    All classroom based devices remain in the room as devices are assigned to the room, not the teacher.
8.    For damaged devices, submit work tickets on these devices and they will be repaired if the damage is repairable.
9.    Macbooks should be stored in their charging carts and the carts plugged into an electrical outlet. 
10.    Leave Macbooks and iMacs turned off but plugged into an electrical outlet
11.    Computers in COWs need to be connected and the COW itself should be plugged into an electrical outlet. Make sure that keys to the cabinets are available to allow summer work.
12.  ActivBoard Procedures:
  • Put your pens and wands inside of your ActiVote/ActivExpression case for safe storage over the summer.
  • Take the batteries out of your ActiVotes/ActivExpressions while stored. This keeps the batteries from exploding and corroding in the warm temperatures.
  • Wipe your boards with a clean, soft towel that is lightly damp to get smudges off. For any stubborn smudges, you can lightly spray your towel with whiteboard cleaner and wipe away those marks.
  • Lock up all ActiVotes, hubs, remotes, ActivPens, document cameras and webcams.
  • Disconnect the ActivBoard cables from the docking station and coil the cables behind the ActivBoard.

13.  If your campus has large scale floor cleaning during the summer, your campus principal can coordinate with the Customer Service Department on how to facilitate this process.  

Please email the Help Desk at 251Tech@springbranchisd.com or call 713-251-TECH (8324) with any questions concerning these procedures.



Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Skyward Summer Training Sessions

Skyward Summer Training Sessions are available for campus administrators, support staff, campus gradebook trainers and new teachers. Training sessions include both initial training and refresher sessions. New teachers will receive gradebook training information during their contract signing. The courses are offered throughout the summer. The Skyward Summer Training Schedule is now available by clicking the appropriate link(s) below.

Spring Branch ISD Skyward Summer Training Sessions
Demographics Data Mining
Attendance General Overview
PEIMS Fee Management
Scheduling Activity Training
Discipline Report Card/Progress Report
Gradebook Administrator Overview
Event Notification System Truancy
T-Rex

Demographics Refresher (1 Day)
The Demographics refresher session will review how to add a new student which includes searching for the student, adding required information as well as adding enrollment, family and emergency information. This session will also cover important processes such as withdrawing a student, transferring a student, changing a student's grade level and changing family information. The user will be taught how to run several reports such as Student Information Reports, Race/Code Distribution Reports, Entry/Withdrawal Reports, and Student Withdrawal Forms. 
Target Audience: Returning
High School Registrars, Middle School Registrars, Middle School Attendance Clerks who process registration and withdrawals, Elementary Attendance Clerks, and any assistants for the groups listed.
Course Name
Class Size
Date
Time
Room
Skyward Demographics Refresher
15
 7/21/2015
8:30 – 3:30
150
Skyward Demographics Refresher
15
 7/23/2015
8:30 – 3:30
150

Demographics (1 Day)
The Demographics training session will cover how to add a new student which includes searching for the student, adding required information as well as adding enrollment, family and emergency information. This session will also cover important processes such as withdrawing a student, transferring a student, changing a student's grade level and changing family information. The user will be taught how to run several reports such as Student Information Reports, Race/Code Distribution Reports, Entry/Withdrawal Reports, and Student Withdrawal Forms.
Target Audience: NEW
High School Registrars, Middle School Registrars, Middle School Attendance Clerks who process registration and withdrawals, Elementary Attendance Clerks, and any assistants for the groups listed.
Course Name
Class Size
Date
Time
Room
Skyward Demographics- Sec
15
7/15/2015
8:30 – 3:30
150
Skyward Demographics-Elem
15
7/16/2015
8:30 – 3:30
150

Attendance (1/2 Day)
The Attendance training session will cover how to add, change and delete absences for individual students by using different processes such as Attendance by Date, Attendance by Student and Attendance by Class. The Attendance Mass Change process used for posting Field Trip and Extracurricular absences will be reviewed in detail. The user will be taught how to run several reports such as Day Summary Reports, Period Detail Reports, and Unrecorded Class Attendance. Many Texas State reports will be covered, such as ADA Reports, Daily Funding Absence Reports and Six-Week Attendance reports.
Target Audience: New
High School Attendance Clerks, Middle School Attendance Clerks, Elementary Attendance clerks, and any assistants for the groups listed.
Course Name
Class Size
Date
Time
Room
Skyward Attendance
15
7/28/2015
8:30 – 11:30
150

  
Attendance Refresher (1/2 Day)
The Attendance refresher session will review how to add, change and delete absences for individual students by using different processes such as Attendance by Date, Attendance by Student, and Attendance by Class. The Attendance Mass Change process used for posting Field Trip and Extracurricular absences will be reviewed in detail. The user will be taught how to run several reports such as Day Summary Reports, Period Detail Reports and Unrecorded Class Attendance. Many Texas State reports will be covered, such as ADA Reports, Daily Funding Absence Reports and Six-Week Attendance Reports.
Target Audience: Returning
High School Attendance Clerks, Middle School Attendance Clerks, Elementary Attendance clerks, and any assistants for the groups listed.
Course Name
Class Size
Date
Time
Room
Skyward Attendance Refresher
15
7/28/2015
1:30 – 4:30
150

PEIMS Start of School (2 Hours)
PEIMS activities and procedures for the start of the new school year will be discussed. Topics include an overview of campus PEIMS responsibilities, PEIMS coding changes, PEIMS Funding Issues, Student Attending Accounting Handbook issues, TREx issues, Day 1 Procedures, PEIMS 6-Week Cycle Verification Procedures, Attendance, Leavers, and Compliance Audits.
Target Audience: New and Returning
All campus attendance clerks and registrars
Course Name
Class Size
Date
Time
Room
PEIMS Procedures Overview-Elem
30
7/15/2015
9:30 – 11:30
275
PEIMS Procedures Overview-Sec
30
7/15/2015
1:00 – 3:00
275
PEIMS Procedures Overview-Sec
30
7/16/2015
9:30 – 11:30
275
PEIMS Procedures Overview-Elem
30
7/16/2015
1:00 – 3:00
275
PEIMS Procedures Overview-Elem
30
7/21/2015
9:30 – 11:30
275
PEIMS Procedures Overview-Sec
30
7/21/2015
275
Current Year Scheduling- Secondary Refresher (1/2 Day)
The Current Year Scheduling session for Secondary campuses will review how to add/drop student classes during the school year (how to make student schedule changes). Courses and Sections will be reviewed as well as how to add sections to the master schedule during the school year. The user will also be taught how to add new staff members and make those staff changes on the master schedule. The Walk-In Scheduler process used for scheduling students that enroll after school starts will be reviewed. Many scheduling reports will be covered such as Printing Student Schedules and Printing Class Rosters.
Target Audience: Returning
High School Counselors, Middle School Counselors, and any assistants for the groups listed.
Course Name
Class Size
Date
Time
Room
Skyward Secondary Scheduling Refresher
15
6/9/2015
8:30 – 11:30
150

Current Year Scheduling- Secondary (1 Day)
The Current Year Scheduling session for Secondary campuses will cover how to add/drop student classes during the school year (how to make student schedule changes). Courses and Sections will be reviewed as well as how to add sections to the master schedule during the school year. The user will also be taught how to add new staff members and make those staff changes on the master schedule. The Walk-In Scheduler process used for scheduling students that enroll after school starts will be reviewed. Many scheduling reports will be covered such as Printing Student Schedules and Printing Class Rosters.
Target Audience: NEW
High School Counselors, Middle School Counselors, and any assistants for the groups listed.
Course Name
Class Size
Date
Time
Room
Skyward Secondary Scheduling
15
7/30/2015
8:30 – 3:30
150

Current Year Scheduling- Elementary Refresher (2 Hours)
The Current Year Scheduling session for Elementary campuses will review how to add/drop student classes during the school year (how to make student schedule changes). Courses and Sections will be reviewed as well as how to add sections to the master schedule during the school year. The user will also be taught how to add new staff members and make those staff changes on the master schedule. The process of Adding Requests by Course Group will be covered in detail. Many scheduling reports will be covered such as Printing Student Schedules and Printing Class Rosters.
Target Audience: Returning
Elementary Attendance clerks and any assistants for the groups listed.
Course Name
Class Size
Date
Time
Room
Skyward Elementary Scheduling Refresher
15
7/29/2015
1:30 – 3:30
150

  
Current Year Scheduling- Elementary (2 Hours)
The Current Year Scheduling session for Elementary campuses will review how to add/drop student classes during the school year (how to make student schedule changes). Courses and Sections will be reviewed as well as how to add sections to the master schedule during the school year. The user will also be taught how to add new staff members and make those staff changes on the master schedule. The process of Adding Requests by Course Group will be covered in detail. Many scheduling reports will be covered such as Printing Student Schedules and Printing Class Rosters.
Target Audience: New
Elementary Attendance clerks and any assistants for the groups listed.
Course Name
Class Size
Date
Time
Room
Skyward Elementary Scheduling
15
7/22/2015
1:30 - 3:30
150

Discipline Refresher (1/2 Day)
The Discipline session begins with a review all of the offense, action and location codes used by Spring Branch ISD. The user will learn how to enter discipline incidents by Student or by Discipline Officer and how to enter office visits. The process of Merging Discipline incidents will also be reviewed. Many Discipline reports will be covered such as Discipline Detail, Discipline Summary and Number of Occurrences.
Target Audience: Returning
High School Assistant Principals, Middle School Assistant Principals, Elementary Assistant Principals, and any assistants for the groups listed.
Course Name
Class Size
Date
Time
Room
Skyward Discipline Refresher
15
8/4/2015
8:30 - 10:30
150
Skyward Discipline Refresher
15
8/5/2015
1:00 - 3:00
150

  
Discipline (1/2 Day)
The Discipline session begins with a review all of the offense, action and location codes used by Spring Branch ISD. The user will learn how to enter discipline incidents by Student or by Discipline Officer and how to enter office visits. The process of Merging Discipline incidents will also be reviewed. Many Discipline reports will be covered such as Discipline Detail, Discipline Summary and Number of Occurrences.
Target Audience: NEW
High School Assistant Principals, Middle School Assistant Principals, Elementary Assistant Principals, and any assistants for the groups listed.
Course Name
Class Size
Date
Time
Room
Skyward Discipline
15
8/4/2015
1:00 - 3:00
150
Skyward Discipline
15
8/5/2015
8:30 - 10:30
150

   
Gradebook Refresher (2 Hours)
This class is a refresher of Educator Access Plus and the Skyward Gradebook. Educator Access Plus is a web based program that allows teachers to view and maintain data on students. Participants will learn how to enter daily attendance, discipline referrals and how to create and grade assignments. Many features of the gradebook will be covered including how to create on-line assignments and how to run grading reports from the classroom.
Target Audience: Returning
Campus Gradebook trainers and at least one campus administrator.
Course Name
Class Size
Date
Time
Room
Elementary Gradebook Refresher
15
7/9/2015
2:00 – 4:00
150
 Secondary Gradebook Refresher
15
7/13/2015
9:00 – 11:00
150

Gradebook New Teachers (2 Hours)
This class is a presentation of Educator Access Plus and the Skyward Gradebook. Educator Access Plus is a web based program that allows teachers to view and maintain data on students. Participants will learn how to enter daily attendance, discipline referrals and how to create and grade assignments. Many features of the gradebook will be covered including how to create on-line assignments and how to run grading reports from the classroom.
Target Audience:
New Teachers
Course Name
Class Size
Date
Time
Room
Elementary Gradebook – New Teacher
15
6/10/2015
1:00 – 3:00
150
Secondary Gradebook – New Teacher
15
6/17/2015
1:00 – 3:00
150
Elementary Gradebook – New Teacher
15
6/24/2015
1:00 – 3:00
150
Secondary Gradebook – New Teacher
15
7/8/2015
1:00 – 3:00
150
Elementary Gradebook – New Teacher
15
7/13/2015
1:00 – 3:00
150
Secondary Gradebook – New Teacher
15
7/20/2015
9:00 - 11:00
150

  
Data Mining (2 Hours)
This class will cover the basic procedures for pulling data in Skyward.
Target Audience:
Anyone who needs to pull custom data from Skyward.
Course Name
Class Size
Date
Time
Room
Data Mining
15
6/18/2015
1:00 - 3:00
150
Data Mining
10
7/29/2015
1:00 – 3:00
Hard Drive Cafe
Data Mining
15
8/12/2015
8:30 - 10:30
150

  
Advanced Data Mining (2 Hours)
This class will cover more advanced procedures for pulling data in Skyward.
Target Audience:
Anyone who has attended the Data Mining Course and wants to create more advance reports in Skyward.
Course Name
Class Size
Date
Time
Room
Advanced Data Mining
15
6/23/2015
1:00 - 3:00
150
Advanced Data Mining
15
8/14/2015
1:30 - 3:30
150
Advanced Data Mining
15
9/15/2015
2:00 - 4:00
150

General Overview (2 Hours)
This class is an overview focused on system navigation and functionality.
Target Audience:
Any users new to Skyward.
Course Name
Class Size
Date
Time
Room
Skyward General Overview
10
7/28/2015
1:30 - 3:30
150

  
Fee Management (1/2 Day)
This class will cover how to manage and collect student fees.
Target Audience:
Campus personnel in change of fee collection.
Course Name
Class Size
Date
Time
Room
Fee Management
15
As Needed
TBD
150

Activity Training (2 Hours)
This class focuses on the creation and assignment of student activities.
Target Audience:
Activity Coordinators
Course Name
Class Size
Date
Time
Room
Activity Training
15
As Needed
TBD
150

Report Card/Progress Report (1/2 Day)
This class covers the procedures on how to print the progress reports and report cards.
Target Audience:
Report Card Coordinators
Course Name
Class Size
Date
Time
Room
Report Card – Sec
15
As Needed
TBD
150
Report Card – Elem
15
09/9/2015
8:30 – 10:00
150
Report Card – Elem
15
09/10/2015
1:00 – 2:30
150
Report Card – Elem
15
09/14/2015
8:30 – 10:00
150

Administrator Overview (1/2 Day)
This class is an overview focused on system navigation and functionality. It will also cover how to process lockers.
Target Audience:
Principals and Assistant Principals
Course Name
Class Size
Date
Time
Room
Administrator Overview
15
As Needed
TBD
150

Event Notification System
This class will cover how to use the event notification system for general outreach messages/emails/texts.
Target Audience:
Principals, Assistant Principals (PLEASE bring your laptops!)
Course Name
Class Size
Date
Time
Room
Event Notification Callout System
25
7/20/2015
8:00-10:00
275
Event Notification Callout System
25
7/23/2015
9:00-11:00
275
Event Notification Callout System
25
7/23/2015
2:00-4:00
275

Target Audience:
Admins, ADAs, Others designated by Principal
Course Name
Class Size
Date
Time
Room
Event Notification Callout System
10
7/20/2015
2:00-4:00
Hard Drive Cafe
Event Notification Callout System
15
7/21/2015
3:30-5:30
150
Event Notification Callout System
15
7/27/2015
8:00-10:00
150
Event Notification Callout System
15
7/27/2015
10:00-12:00
150
Event Notification Callout System
15
7/27/2015
1:00-3:00
150
Event Notification Callout System
15
7/27/2015
3:00-5:00
150
Event Notification Callout System
15
7/30/2015
3:30-5:30
150
Event Notification Callout System
15
8/6/2015
1:30-3:30
150
  
Hanson Truancy System
This class will cover how to enter Truancy Prevention Measures, print Truancy Warning Letters and reports.
Target Audience:
Campus Truancy Coordinators
Course Name
Class Size
Date
Time
Room
Hanson Truancy System
15
9/10/2015
8:30 – 10:30
150
Hanson Truancy System
15
9/11/2015
8:30-10:30
150
Hanson Truancy System
15
9/11/2015
1:30-3:30
150
  
TRex/ Advanced TRex, GPA/Rank, and Transcript Troubleshooting
This session will cover TRex Basics and Advanced TRex troubleshooting. We will go into detail where the fields are pulling from, how to correct them in the .xml file and in the Skyward. Also, this session will cover GPA/Rank troubleshooting by covering the grade history tab, overrides, and how GPA is calculated. Lastly, the course will review programming logic for transcripting—how Skyward determines what transcript descriptions and methods are used to override unit descriptions.
Target Audience:
High School Registrars and Assistants that perform the duties. Prerequisite course: Basic TRex training, Demographics, Scheduling, and Grade History training.
Course Name
Class Size
Date
Time
Room
TRex/Troubleshooting
15
7/20/2015
12:30-4:30
150
TRex/Troubleshooting
15
7/22/2015
8:30-12:30
150
TRex/Troubleshooting
15
7/29/2015
8:30-12:30
150

***The 1st hour will be for TRex Basics. ***The last 3 hours will be for the Advanced TRex, GPA/Rank and Transcript troubleshooting.




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