TechBytes

• Paper Challenge runs all month (see info below)
• March 21: Secondary Grading Window closes
  
• March 22: 3189 Loaner Chromebooks will be deactivated for middle & high school students
• April 8: Enhanced Teacher Portal in Clever is active for all teachers (see info below)
• April 15: Deadline to complete Panorama Survey
• May 31: Deadline to input Physical Fitness Scores

All teachers’ portals will switch to the Enhanced Teacher Portal by default the week of April 8. Teachers can switch back to the Classic Teacher Portal until July 2024.

To help prepare for the transition to the Enhanced Teacher Portal in July 2024, Clever is making it the default portal so that teachers can get some experience with the improved version before the end of the school year.

Here’s what to expect next:

• Improved navigation for teachers: Over 450,000 teachers are using the Enhanced Teacher Portal and saving time finding and using their resources!
• Teacher guide to the Enhanced Teacher Portal: The day the new portal surfaces for teachers, they will receive an in-product message with resources to help them learn about the new portal. We recommend you also proactively reach out to them to share the Teacher Guide to the Enhanced Teacher Portal.
• Additional resources: Follow along and discover more tools and resources to support your teachers through the transition: clever.com/enhanced-teacher-portal

Please reach out to EdTech with any questions.

Due to changes in budget for the 2024-25 school year, the following applications will no longer be paid for by the District:

• Nearpod
• Paper Tutoring
• Learning A-Z/Raz+
• Edulastic/Pear Assessment
• Newsela
• Scholastic (print and digital)
• Avanza Level Learning (Spanish ONLY)

For alternatives to some of these applications, please check out the resources linked in the Smore below.

3189/Loaner Chromebooks assigned to secondary students are scheduled to be deactivated this Friday, March 22, 2024. EdTech has given specific instructions on how to replace these devices since the middle of February, to ensure a smooth deactivation process with limited student impact. If one of your students is still using a 3189/loaner Chromebook, please have them see your librarian or site Chromebook contact to attain a replacement device. Again, this will only affect devices assigned to students not staff.

Are you a classroom teacher who still has a Lenovo Thinkpad checked out to you in addition to your PUSD issued Dell Precision or MacBook laptop? If so, we need your device! All PUSD staff members should have turned in their Thinkpads when they received their new PUSD laptop last school year. If you did not turn in your device then, please submit a ticket so our team can pick it up. We need these devices to redistribute to support staff (Instructional Aides, Long Term Substitutes, etc.) who are using 3189 Chromebooks.

Questions? Contact EdTech.

We want to know what you think! To gain insight into your perception of our school and district and ensure that we continue to provide high quality, rigorous learning experiences that meet the needs of our learners, PUSD invites you to take the annual School Climate Survey. We have partnered with Panorama Education to conduct surveys of students (grades 3-12), families/caregivers, staff, and community members. The online survey asks questions about social-emotional learning, growth mindset, sense of belonging, safety, and more. It takes only a few minutes. You may complete the survey through April 15, 2024. Students will take the survey at school, and we ask that staff and families/caregivers take the survey too.

Survey links for staff, teachers, and students can be found in Clever. Links to share with families are listed below.

Family (English): surveys.panoramaed.com/pusd/spring24family

Family (Spanish): surveys.panoramaed.com/pusd/spring24family/surveys?language=es