How Do I Change My Term in PowerTeacher
Purpose: This article is meant to explain the functionality of PowerSchool's term view within the PowerTeacher Portal and the PowerTeacher Pro Gradebook.
PowerTeacher Portal
The portal (accessed from either the MyApps link or directly via https://pschool.psd1.org/teachers) provides a launch pad for a teacher to access their PowerTeacher Pro gradebook, take attendance, run reports, create referrals, and other various tasks. PowerSchool does not support nor offer any ability for a teacher to change their term view in the PowerTeacher Portal. The default term for the teacher portal is set by the District PowerSchool Manager through the PowerSchool Admin side under the building settings by direction from building administration for that school. The normal default value is "Shortest Possible" so that the default term is restricted to the current Quarter or Trimester only. However, for buildings where a majority of teachers want the ability to set up Seating Charts for courses scheduled in later terms the Default Term Level can be set to "Full Year" to allow for that functionality. This will impact only that school, but it will impact every teacher at that school so agreement between the building admin(s) and all teachers is important in deciding which Default Term Level to use as it can cause significant display clutter for some teachers with multiple course sections of the same course across multiple terms.
PowerTeacher Pro
The PowerTeacher Pro gradebook (accessed from within the PowerTeacher Portal) offers teachers the ability to view past and future terms for grading purposes.
Note that if you are accessing a term that has finished the gradebook will let you know with a warning header. Once you have accessed a class you can access specific grading terms within that class in the upper right-hand toggle.
You can make any changes you wish to any grades or assignments on previous terms, however please note that if final grades have been stored then you will be creating a discrepancy between your gradebook and the official grade record for that student. Only change grades in previous terms when directed to by your building administrator and make sure you coordinate with admin staff to ensure that the permanent grade record is also updated to reflect that change.