Teachers

Teachers are critically aware of the volume of information that is asked of them. As interest in improving education grows, more statistical information is gathered and each improvement effort requires the teacher to do something more. Most teachers are strongly concerned with having their students do well and work hard to find ways to make it happen. Some of these efforts are teacher related such as focusing on meaningful lesson plans or ways to grab students attention. Many of them are reporting of results hoping that students or parents will take a more active role. In many classrooms, active teachers spend hours on the phone, writing letters, leaving messages. Parents may ask for communication: “Can you call me if he ever gets below an 85?” or “If she is ever absent, I want you to call me at work immediately” without realizing how difficult this is to track. Teachers who make these calls know that many times the message left at home is never passed to the parent. In any classroom the teacher should be allowed to focus on delivering an informative, scintillating presentation. Many teachers prefer to focus on this. But reporting to parents is both a responsibility and a method for pushing students toward the success everyone wants.

Features for Teachers:

• Daily Planner. Mentioned in many feature descriptions, this is where you will spend most of your time. It gives you a quick overview of the day for the selected class. Take attendance, assign homework, post class notes, and see student averages. Here you can get all of your daily tasks completed.
• Grade Management.Track all student grades in a virtual grade book. Weigh your graded assignments and assign them to a grade category (test, quiz, homework etc…).
• Grade Categorization. Grade categorization allows you to group graded assignments and weight the grouping differently. An example would include a Test category that represents 50% of the student’s grade, a Quiz category that represents 15% and a Homework category representing the remaining 35%. The lowest grade can optionally be dropped from a selected category as well.
• Student Attendance. View daily attendance on the daily planner or manage week’s worth of attendance through the monthly view.
• Grade Curving. Do you teach an AP course? Do you have specific grading needs? Grade curving allows you to deviate from the typical assignment of a letter grade based on a percentage. Determine what percentage represents an A, B, C etc. You can also include A+ and A-. You can quickly and easily customize SchoolFront™ to meet even the most complicated of grading schemes or you can utilize your district's standard grade scheme.
• Seating Charts. Quickly and easily place your students into a seating chart with their pictures to speed up memorization of their names. Take attendance based on the seating chart and print it out so substitute teachers can do the same.
• Student Reports. Print out customized letters to parents and guardians with our mail merge and optionally include grades and attendance. You can send your students home with a quick message about a field trip or have them get their parents sign progress reports.
• Assign Homework. Assign homework during class or plan your curricula at the beginning of the school year. Using your Daily Planner you can see what is due today, tomorrow and what you assigned today.
• Post Class Notes. Post what you are reviewing in class so parents can reinforce your instruction. Attach Office Documents, videos or any other file that you use to aid in instruction. Parents and students can later download and view your posts.
• Login Reports. Track which students log in on a regular basis. Check to see who is downloading the class notes and checking their homework and grades.
• Course Enrollments. If your administration enables it, you will be able to quickly add students to SchoolFront™ and add them to your courses so you can track their grades and attendance.