Beginning of Year: Teachers and Staff

Before Day 1

My Profile

• Update your profile.

Aware

• Explore student supports for testing.

• Explore features for testing.

• Manage student monitor lists.

• Edit data views.

Strive

• Register for professional learning courses.

• Register for conferences.

• View your professional learning schedule.

• Request outside professional learning credits.

• Optional: Transfer portfolio.

Beacon

• Add your preps for the new year.

• Share preps as needed.

• Add or edit the lessons and resources that you plan to use this year.

• Browse teacher plan templates and select the templates you plan to use often for the prep.

• Begin planning.

Forethought

• Navigate the lesson planner.

After Day 1

Aware

• Build and manage student portfolios.

• Assign portfolios and scoring milestones.

• Share access to student access lists.

• Create and manage teacher teams.

• Create team tests.

Strive

• Create and submit a professional goal.

• Create and submit a student growth goal.

• Attach a student portfolio to a growth goal.

• Complete an eCourse.

Beacon

• Continue creating and editing plans.

  • Add

  • Move

  • Duplicate

  • Copy from prior year

  • Edit

  • Delete

Forethought

• Set up the lesson planner.

• Edit the lesson planner.

• Customize the lesson planner.

• Optional: Share the lesson planner.

• Optional: Create a team planner.

• Optional: Mirror courses.