Entering the Grade Level of Achievement (GLA) Assessment in PowerTeacher Pro
*The Grade Level of Achievement assessment only applies to Math and Language Arts classes from grades 1 to 9.
*NOTE: The Grade Level of Achievement assessment should be the LAST assessment in your grade book. This allows parents and students to more easily find it within the Parent/Student Portal.
- Login to PowerTeacher Pro and navigate to your Grade 1 to 9 Math or Language Arts class.
- Enter a new assignment titled Grade Level of Achievement.
- Set the Category field to Summative.
(if you are not using the Summative category in your gradebook, you may choose a different category). - Set the Due Date to the last day of the final term applied to the course (so that it shows up last in the gradebook).
Hint: the days are listed in the term drop down menu: - Set the Score Type to Collected Only and ensure the box is "unchecked" for Count in Traditional Final Grade.
- Paste the following text into the Description field:
Grade Level of Achievement - As required by Alberta Education, teachers in Grades 1-9 shall ensure that information is effectively communicated to parents about the grade level(s) the child has achieved in relation to provincial programs of study for language arts and mathematics. - So far, the setup of the assignment should look similar to this.
- NEXT, click on the Standards tab at the top of the window and check the box for the GLA.MAT or GLA.ELA standard that applies to your course.
- NEXT click on the Publish tab at the top of the window. Select when you want the GLA grades to be published (visible in the Parent/Student portal).
- Click Save and Close at the bottom of the window.
- From within the gradebook, you can now enter the assessment into the GLA.MAT or GLA.ELA column. You will have four options to choose from: AT, ABOVE, BELOW, NA.
