Effort Tracker user manual
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1. 2 5 Effort Achievers The Effort Achievers table in Figure 20 lists sample students whose overall percentage falls within the range of one of the three Achiever Levels as well as how many bonus points each level is worth Figure 21 shows an example Class Effort Index CEI Use this index to show classes how their effort level changes over time or to compare them to other classes that you teach Aim for a class goal of a CEI above 2 0 The CEI Effort Value class size where Effort Value 3x of students at achiever level 3 2x of students at achiever level 2 of students at achiever level 1 20 Class Report P2 Science Jump t0 P2 Science B Overview Titled Events Effort Awards Effort Achievers Scores by Date P2 Science Effort achievers thresholds and bonus points can be changed at Setup Settings Recognition bonus program gk Level 3 Berry Halle Young Neil Achiever Level 2 Gates Bill Jones Norah Nash Steve Thatcher Margaret Achiever Level 1 Clinton Hillary Hendrix Jimi Jordan Michael Nooyi Indra Whalen Lindsay Bush George Clooney George Miller Cheryl Obama Barack Figure 20 Class Effort Index Class Effort Index Achiever Level Number 96 3 4 20 00 2 14 70 00 1 2 10 00 None 0 00 00 Totals 20 Class Effort Index Value Students Figure 21 2 6 Scores by date Hepburn Audrey Jobs Steve Jung Andrea Streep Meryl Hill Lauryn Wonder Stevie Class Effort2. C List student names in an ordered or random mode Figure 7 shows your choices after pressing the settings button and then choose order The choices are By Assigned Seat Location One of the Settings in Course Setti Setup allows you to code each student s seat location These are the numbers that appear after pcos titie the students name in many of the figures e g Figure 4 Students have a two digit seat number cheese multiplier The number 23 is read as group 2 seat 3 Some teachers find it enough just to give each student a Choose Order single digit to represent their group number x wem Ordering the students by Seat location makes Serer rece sense if you plan to score all students and don t Random want to zigzag around the room from one random listing to the next Alphabetical by Last or First name The alphabetical mode may be helpful when students are not in assigned seats e g at the computer lab see Box 4 example 2 below Figure 7 Choose Order options Random You may wish to use the random mode when you only have time to score a portion of the class Letting Effort Tracker select which students you will visit with and score helps to assure that all students eventually receive individual attention from you Ask the class if they have any initial questions about the assignment because once they start working the plan is to let Effort Tracker select who to check in with Of 10 course some students ne
3. 5 the mistake is a 9 If however the placement style has higher values on top the same mistake would result in a 6 scored instead of a 9 5 Student seat locations Quick Reference 4 It is helpful to have a number code next to the student s name to help you locate the student when their name is highlighted during Q amp R and other categories Also seat location numbers are needed when scoring by seat location as described in Section 1 2 part C above 25
4. EEE EEE EEE EERE EEE EE EEE EEE EEE EE Figure 16 The date of the assignment Effort Tracker in the electronic gradebook was changed to 10 14 2011 and updated student Effort Tracker percentages were entered 17 2 2 Checking changing individual student data You may review and change the scores of any individual student by clicking on the student s name This may be done from any of the Data Reports tables except Effort Achievers Figure 17 shows a sample student report This is the same report the student or parent would see after entering the student s access code at www e4effort com access The student report has four sections e Overall Effort averages scores in all Effort Categories to give an Overall Effort Award Ledger shows the dates for which the student was up for an Effort Award and whether or not it was given Y Yes N No Current Bonus Status shows the student s current bonus total from the Effort Award and Effort Achiever programs Scores by Date lists effort scores from most recent to oldest This is one location where you may change a student s score Score changes are saved automatically when you move to a new page don t look for a save button Select the edit tab to e edit the student s name e remove or add students from to a class or subject Data Report for Gress Stefanie Overall Effort fOmtask fa amp R Ready U Choose c overatioverai bonus StefanieGress P2Scien
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6. are set higher for Levels 2 and 3 Use Level 1 for questions associated with content that has been previously covered and involves recalling information Level 2 questions are those that use higher level thinking involving understanding For questions at this level the student shows an understanding of the content material beyond recalling facts Level 3 questions are also higher level questions involving application analysis synthesis or evaluation For example where did the energy that is contained in a hamburger come from What can you infer or predict from the trend shown in this graph See types of questions based on bloom s taxonomy Suggested Scoring for Q amp R Level 1 Questions 10 9 5 The student answers the question correctly some users prefer to use 9 5 as their 9 8 5 6 lt oO BOX 1 highest score option The student s answer is very close to the correct answer or the student states the question correctly and later answers correctly when given a second opportunity See BOX 1 6 The student s response effort attentiveness is judged to be in the B range Score a 7 5 for C range 6 0 for D range The student s response is unrelated to the question or the student cannot answer or repeat the question in a timely manner The student has been inattentive and disruptive to the class or to nearby students Use to skip the student for whatever reason if the student is absent use the absent but
7. behavior and learning of Q amp R Effort Award sample calculations are shown below in section Awarded by 2 4 figure 19 To change the default bonus settings or turn Effort Awards off go to Setup Figure 12 Effort Award A template for EA Settings Recognition bonus program tickets is available on the E4Effort Website Announcing the Effort Awards You may choose to announce the EA winners with or without accompanying Effort Award see Figure 12 Just make sure to give the winners their recognition as simple as hearing their names announced Some schools use a Green Ticket system to recognize good behavior by students and when a certain number is reached the students plan a homeroom event Effort Awards could be utilized in a similar way Effort Achievers Another avenue to bonus points is through the Effort Achievers program This program is analogous to an honor roll for effort rather than academic achievement Effort Tracker checks the student s overall percentage to determine if it falls within one of three Effort Achiever levels The default Effort Achiever bonuses are set as Achiever Level 3 bonus 6 when student s overall percentage is 2 92 Achiever Level 2 bonus 4 when student s overall percentage is 88 and lt 91 Achiever Level 1 bonus 2 when student s overall percentage is 2 85 and lt 87 To change the default bonus settings or turn Effort Achievers off go to Setup Settings Recognition bonu
8. by class student and effort category you may organize data further by assigning a Title to some learning events Also in this section suggestions on how to incorporate Effort Tracker data into your electronic grade book 2 1 The Overview Tab and entering Effort Tracker data into your electronic grade book 15 17 2 2 Checking changing individual student data 18 2 3 Assigning a title to a learning event 19 2 4 Effort Awards 19 20 2 5 Effort Achievers 20 21 2 6 Scores by date 21 22 Section 3 SETUP Pages 23 25 Choose Setup when you want to add or delete students classes or change Time periods Other program choices are found at Setup Settings There are default settings in place to allow you to get started quickly after signing up for Effort Tracker After you become an experienced user you may wish to change some of the default settings 3 1 Setup menu items 23 24 3 2 Checking changing individual student data 24 25 Quick Reference 1 11 0 Demo general 2x new 9 Or task Q4 amp R Recognition Ready C Rules Polly Plaisance 31 9 5 10 3 Clinton Lebouef 63 Lizzie Delph 61 Ctafanie Gress 771 Katy Currington 33 reset absent filldown 95 8 5 6 0 7 5 X A ONE resign an a arco oa ue A Te preneren oeme sarro suene erne emeton seare samote oe The scorepad showing your scoring options Your selection will appear on the right side see 10 and highlighter will drop down to the next student To change your scorepad opti
9. data Encourage students and parents to frequently visit the student s access page www e4effort com Figure 13 access to view the student s real time scores Note student Access codes are located at Setup Access Classes Data Reports Setup My account Sign out Class Report P9 Demo Overview Titled Events Effort Awards Effort Achievers Scores by Date PS Demo Count Name Overall On task Q amp R 95 Ready C Rules bonus 1 Beverlin Dan 98 91 91 89 95 90 2 Buckmaster Bruce 88 85 86 76 95 90 3 Currington Katy 90 87 89 81 95 90 4 Delmont Ted 97 90 90 93 95 85 5 Delph Lizzie 98 91 89 90 95 95 Figure 14 15 Whenever you save data from an Effort Category the scores are instantly sent to the E4Effort website where the new data is combined with previous data to compute updated by category and overall percentages The Overview tab Figure 14 provides a table which shows the current student averages in each of the four Effort Categories On task Q amp R Ready and U Choose Effort Tracker was designed with the idea that teachers would primarily utilize the Overall or Overall bonus for the Effort Tracker portion of the student s grade in the teacher s electronic gradebook Some teachers may also choose to include some of their Titled events directly into their electronic gradebook See Section 2 3 and Figure 18 below To include Effort Tracker data in your electronic gradebook
10. 9 5 or 9 if you require the student to give a full sentence answer like Josh did Teacher Correct Bruce Bruce I don t recall the 3 raw material needed for photosynthesis score 8 5 9 5 Teacher Stephanie Stephanie I don t know Teacher you don t know what Stephanie I don t know the question score as a 4 or lower Teacher lll take hands now The answer is given The Teacher then goes back to Bruce and Stephanie if they are now able to give a full sentence answer incorporating carbon dioxide raise Bruce s score by a half a point and Stephanie s to a 5 or 6 Suggested Scoring for Level 2 and Level 3 Questions The default highest scorepad value for Level 2 and Level 3 questions is 10 5 The intent is to provide extra credit incentive for students to participate in higher level questioning Any student who makes a genuine effort to answer a higher level question should not be scored below a 9 5 Use the X skip for a student who is not able to respond to a higher level question This will not raise or lower their overall effort score but will remove them from the queue The idea is to give multiple students higher level questions one chance and move on don t focus on one student too long 10 5 The student answers the question correctly 10 The student s answer is very close to the correct answer or the answer is correct after a hint is given 9 5 The student s answer is very close after a hint is give
11. Effort Tracker Teacher User Manual INTRODUCTION Effort Tracker is a system that improves student effort and behavior and allows parents access to updates in real time Effort Tracker also e energizes and equalizes student participation e scores effort and classwork in real time reducing teacher workload e increases student accountability by easily scoring learning tasks e recognizes and rewards strong and consistent student effort Effort Tracker tracks student effort and reports it in real time Student Teacher Data using transferred Parent Effort to the Guardian Tracker Cloud Approved adults 9 Requires yearly subscription O Requires ACCESS code no cost e Students and parents may obtain the student s access code from his or her teacher e Teachers you will find student access codes at Setup Access Enter access code submit e A sample student report is shown in Figure 17 on page 18 Table of Contents Section 1 EFFORT TRACKER CATEGORIES Pages 4 14 Effort Tracker has four categories for scoring student effort and one category for recognizing student effort The five categories are explained in the following sections 1 1 Q amp R Questions and Readers 5 8 1 2 Category On Task 9 11 1 3 Ready 12 1 4 U Choose 12 1 5 Recognition 13 14 Section 2 DATA REPORTS Pages 15 22 This section explains how Effort Tracker data is organized In addition to organizing data
12. Value 12 28 2 42 2 1 The Scores by date table is good place to make score changes if you have to change several students from the same class For changes to an individual student click on his or her name Figure 22 shows column headings and sample data Use the Score column to make changes Data is entered into the Scores by date table based on when date and time it was saved the most recent saves appear at the top 21 Classes Data Reports Setup My account Sign out Class Report P9 Demo Overview Gress Stefanie Beverlin Dan Huether Tyrone Currington Katy Gress Stefanie Titled Events Figure 22 Effort Awards Date 2011 09 11 2011 09 11 2011 09 11 2011 09 11 2011 09 11 Effort Achievers Category On task On task On task On task Recognition Scores by Date Level Titled Events Score E1 9 5 E1 8 5 E1 9 0 E1 7 5 Y 4x 4x 4x 4x 1x 22 Section 3 SETUP Spend some time exploring the menu choices in Setup and Setup Settings Classes Data Reports My account Sign out Setup Time Periods Classes Subjects Students Access Titled Events Settings Figure 23 Setup menu 3 1 Setup menu items Time Periods You set your first Time period when you signed up for Effort Tracker When you want to start scoring over e g at the end of a quarter go to Setup Time periods and select the New Time period button Wh
13. ce 0 Effort Awards P2 Science Effort award ledger Date Awarded pot 1 08 07 lV frotal 1 of 1 Current Bonus Status from Effort Awards las an Effort Achiever E b j Scores by Date Date Class Category Levellritled Event Score 011 08 08 Pe Science o uere WS EE 011 08 08 Pe Science Ready 011 08 07 Pe Science E 011 08 07 Pa Science a a H ilt mm e e BEKK MU MM 011 08 07 Pe Science amp R 011 08 07 P Science Recognitn Figure 17 mm e e HABA 18 2 3 Assigning a title to a learning event The option of assigning a Title to a student assignment or activity is available in the category On Task As mentioned earlier teachers choose to assign a title to a learning activity when they plan to score all students and want to be able to track scoring of a particular learning event or date For an example of the Titled Events table refer to Figure 18 e Titled Events appear by order of when they were created e Scores are editable from this tab e You may wish to print the table if you plan to enter one or more titles into your electronic gradebook Overview Titled Events Award Ledger Achievers Scores by Date PO Demo 1 Titled scoring events Count Name CLabEcoRpts2x No
14. ed more attention than others but using Effort Tracker as a guide helps to ensure that you don t continually skip over a portion of the class BOX 4 Examples of utilizing the On Task category Example 1 video clip or short activity Ms Brophy has 5 or so minutes to show a short video clip related to the current content topic She uses the On Task category to credit student attentiveness Ms Brophy announces her expectations to the class and lets them know she will be scoring some or all of them using the effort app Using the settings button Ms Brophy chooses not to title this short activity Instead she categorizes it as general Ms Brophy s goal is to score every student but she knows she does not need to for this to be an effective class management technique chooses to set the score multiplier low at or 15 X Example 2 Computer Lab Mr Cooper takes his class to the computer lab After explaining the assignment Mr Cooper announces his expectations and tells the students that they will be graded using the Effort Tracker All students will start with a 9596 A You will keep this score if you utilize your time efficiently and appropriately From the On Task category Mr Cooper presses the new button to create a new titled event CLab EcoRpts Computer Lab Ecosystem Reports He sets the score multiplier at 2x touches the settings button and selects CLab EcoRpts sets the order as alphabetical by first name to
15. egory scoring weights Category weights may be adjusted so that some categories have a greater impact on students Overall percentage Default category weights are On task 50 Q amp R 40 Ready 10 U Choose 0 If you decide to change the default settings Settings Menu Category scoring weights Category selection pools make sure the sum of all categories is 100 Change category titles Category selection pools Display student names as Choose between a normal or expanded student list pool for each category Under normal pool all students are listed once When generating the Scorepad values student list under an expanded pool 25 of the students will be listed twice and the rest will be Recognition bonus program Student seat locations listed once Some teachers like to use the Main Menu expanded pool for the Q amp R category so that students are less likely to become complacent Setup after being called on Change category titles One of Effort Tracker s categories is called U Choose It was included to allow users the flexibility to customize Effort Tracker see Section 1 4 Ready may also be renamed and utilized for a different purpose Display student names as The options for displaying names are First L First Last Last F and Last First Recognition bonus program Figure 25 24 For a description of the Recognition Bonus Program see section 1 5 above e The calculation of bonus points from Ef
16. en you create a new Time period you will be able to select which previously created classes subjects you wish to bring along to the new Time period Classes Subjects From here you may create a new class subject or edit an existing one Students Add Students to one or more of your classes or move a student from one class to another Click the tab of the class you wish to make changes to or work from the All classes tab See Figure 24 Access Student Access codes are listed here Each student and parent will need their student s assigned access code in order to view Effort Tracker data that is updated in real time To provide the codes you may choose to 1 cut and paste access codes into emails that you send to your students and their parents or 2 print cut out and distribute paper strips of paper that contain each student s name access code and the Access web address Titled events Edit previous Titled Events or create a new one 23 Students Create Students All Classes P2 LanAr P2 Math P2 Scien P3 LanAr P3 Math P3 Scien P4 LanAr P4 Math P4 Scien update all 4 5 Name P2 LanAr P2 Math P2 Scien P3LanAr P3Math P3 Scien P4 LanAr P4 Math P4 Scien J L a S LL Delmont Ted Delph Lizzie C C Goley Glenda LJ M M M D O a M M v v Gaye Marvin z a M M v amp amp AA a Hagel Carlene LJ LJ Figure 24 3 2 Setup Settings menu items Cat
17. fort Awards and the Effort Achiever program can be turned on or off from the Setup Settings Recognition bonus program location e The default bonus settings are 3 for Effort Awards and 6 4 and 2 for Achiever levels 3 2 and 1 respectively The default setting for Effort Awards are set lower since Effort Awards measures recent effort whereas the Effort Achiever program measures effort over the entire Time Period See figure 26 e The percentage range for each Achiever Level can be changed by moving the Slider to the desired value The default settings assume that the teacher is using the 10 score value infrequently If you score 10s often you should raise Achiever Level 3 to at least 95 increase the other levels by the same amount Effort Awards 9 on O off Maximum possible bonus 3 6 Effort Achievers 9 on O off AchileverLevel 3 92 Bonus 6 EB Achiever Level 2 89 Bonus 4 L AcnievwerLevel 186 X Bonus 2 Save Settings Figure 26 Scorepad values Quick Reference 7 Set the category scorepads with the values and placement that make the most sense to you e Note The default scorepad value settings have placed closer values above and below instead of across This was done because accidentally choosing the wrong value is usually an up down rather than a side to side error With the default placement if you make a mistake while trying to score a 9
18. in to your E4Effort account click on ony ees Effort Tracker and your list of classes or subjects will appear Figure 1 Select a class or subject and a atte de screen similar to Figure 2 will appear save reset absent filldown There are four categories for scoring student effort or D 95 8 5 6 class work and one for recognizing student performance We will begin with the opportunity 9 7 5 4 equalizing category Q amp R Figure 2 Q amp R 1 1 Q amp R Questions and Readers This category is used to equalize student participation opportunities It allows you to randomly call on students and score their effort Figures 2 and 3 are examples of the screens that are tenes ae L used for scoring student effort in the category Q amp R You will know that you are in this category because Katy C 42 9 5 the second button at the top Q amp R is depressed Duden lighter than the others To exit this category and view your list of classes touch the class button Quick Reference 1 on pg 3 LaelG 52 Mary V For the Q amp R category Effort Tracker randomly orders IET i a your students This random order will hold until all students have had a turn regardless of whether you exit to another category or class When the student 9 5 8 5 6 whose name is listed last is scored and their score is saved a new random order will be generated If at 9 7 9 4 any time you wish to generate a new random order SERO INC
19. make it easier to locate student names on the screen of his mobile device uses the fill down button to give all students a 9 5 he scores the first student and then presses the filldown button He changes the 9 5 to absent for absent students and later lowers the scores of students who did not meet his expectations Example 3 Notebook Check Ms Lewis uses Effort Tracker On Task to keep notebook grading up to date She begins by touching the settings button and then selects the title Notes 5 17 from her menu choices see Figure 5 above To make scoring more efficient she sets the order at seat so that she will be able to move efficiently from student to student to set seat locations go to Setup Settings student seat locations She then checks and scores the quality of student 5 17 notebook entries 11 1 3 Ready This is a category that you may choose to rename see section 3 below or go to Setup Settings Change category titles One time to use Ready Figure 8 is at the start of class Use Effort Tracker to score the following start class expectations the student 1 isin assigned seat is not talking Recognition Ready C Rules 0 Demo On task QAR Darryl Meece 24 9 5 Dan Beverlin 11 Lizzie Delph 61 Kurt Sublet 22 Polly Plaisance 31 has notebook and other materials out reset absent filidown has a writing utensil 9 5 5 0 X is reading the daily agenda learning goal or 7 has started bell wo
20. n 6 4 The student is off task cannot repeat the question 0 The student has been inattentive and disruptive to the class or to nearby students X Use to skip student s turn without benefit or penalty It s much more common to use the X while in Question Level 2 or 3 to allow other students an opportunity at higher level questioning If you decide not to score or use X on a student whose name is highlighted their name will rise to the top of the selection list after scores are saved BOX 3 Tips for using the Q amp R Category to select Readers Refer to chapter ten of the book Teach Like a Champion for more detailed tips The goal when reading aloud in class is to have one student as the primary reader and the remaining students as secondary readers The primary reader should be changed often and unpredictably Effort Tracker helps in this goal because students cannot predict when they will be asked to read and therefore should be more engaged as secondary readers Effort scoring for reading should be based on a how quickly the reader begins after called on b if the new reader begins from the place where the previous reader left off and c the reader s delivey keep the focus on the content The transition from one primary reader to the next should be done with a minimum of words Thank you next is Jordan Match the reading length and difficulty to the reader Even though Effort Tracker selects the student order for you y
21. n to reveal the list of options for the On Task category see Figure 4 Figure 5 Title setting options To create a New Title select New from the top bar Figure 4 This can be done from a smart phone iPod iPad laptop or desktop computer A new New Title screen will appear Figure 6 that allows you to 1 type in the title 2 choose the score multiplier and 3 assign the title to one or more classes subjects Scale 1x Enter Title Name B Raise or lower the normal 10 point scoring scale E P2 Science g P3 Science From time to time you may want to raise or lower the 10 point scoring scale to more closely match a P7 Science the time or effort required of a learning task g P5 Advisory Scores in each of the Effort Categories are based on a 10 point system For the category On Task you have the option of raising or lowering the value of a scoring event by using one of the following multipliers 1 4 1 2 2 3 4 or 5 Figure 6 New button Multiplying the 10 point system by each multiplier gives a possible point range of from 2 5 to 50 For example setting the multiplier at 3x and giving a student a score of 7 5 will register in Data Reports as a score of 22 5 out of 30 7 5 x 3 22 5 and 10 x 3 30 It is possible to weigh one Effort Category higher or lower than another this is discussed below in Section 3 or by going to Setup Settings Category scoring weights z P6 Science BikBest
22. nagement See example scenarios in Box 4 below The settings button located on center bar for On Task allows you to see Figure 4 A Title the learning event or classify the leaning event as general B Raise or lower the normal 10 point scoring scale C List student names in an ordered or random mode Course Setti C Rules Dan Beverlin 11 Choose title General Noemi Heidrick 34 Choose multiplier Tyrone Huether 53 1 2x Polly Plaisance 31 Choose order Seat Clinton Lebouef 63 save reset absent filldown 9 5 8 5 6 0 9 7 5 4 X ts Reserved Patent Pending Figure 4 Pressing the settings button circled will lead to the screen at right where you may choose to change the title scale multiplier or student order A Title the learning event or classify the leaning event as general Course Setti You may choose to assign On Task scores under a Pee d i oose general designation or as a Titled Event Titled PI TIET Events are listed in a separate table in Data CLab EcoRpts 2x Reports see section B below Notes 5 17 1x Food Web Poster 3x Whether On Task scores are given a title or Trophic Level W classified as general the data becomes part of the student s On Task percentage Teachers choose to assign a title to a learning activity when they plan to score all students and want to be able to trace On Task scoring to a particular learning event or activity Click on the settings butto
23. ong with a percentage The percentage shows the average Polly Plaisance 31 Dan Beverlin 11 of the student s last five effort scores see Figure 10 Noemi Heidrick 34 You or you and the class may decide that to be Greg Smits 51 yes eligible for an Effort Award the effort must be EmiliaParm 13 92 greater than or equal to X perhaps 87 AND the student must have complied with all class rules and procedures during the most recent class period The yes no cut off percentage may be as firm or as soft as you 2009 2011 E4Efion inc AY Rights Reserved Patent Pending like You may choose to lower it for certain students who struggle to reach 87 or to comply with all of the rules for an entire period reset absent filldown Figure 11 Recognition 2 Compare Figure 10 with Figure 11 and notice that the teacher scored Polly as a yes Dan no Noemi yes and Greg yes When you touch the save button these scores are sent to the Effort Tracker s Data section where bonus points 13 are tabulated Under the default setting a student receives 5 bonus points if he or she earns an Effort Award every time they are eligible equivalent to 5 of their effort grade This 5 represents the 5 that is held back by setting the maximum scorepad E ffort Award To 7n recognition of recent strong effort in values at 9 5 instead of 10 for all meeting or exceeding expectations in both categories except Level 2 and Level 3
24. ons go to Setup Settings Scorepad values do this from a laptop or desktop computer 8 Selecting filldown will give the previous score to the remaining unscored students Use to keep track of how often students are absent when their turn occurs 10 Pending or saved scores are shown here To change a score before saving touch the student s name and the highlighter will relocate to that student The settings button Touch to see choices available for the current category Getting Started After you sign in you will see the welcome page Select Effort Tracker Main Menu Welcome My Classes My account Sign out P1 Science P2 Science Effort Tracker P3 Science P5 Advisory P6 Science PO Demo Products Sign out Reports Setup Figure 1 The second screen lists your classes along with Sign out Reports and Setup Choose a class to get started or the Demo class to practice Use a laptop or desktop computer to view or make changes to Data Reports or Setup Section 1 EFFORT TRACKER CATEGORIES To get stated using Effort Tracker you will need to a L1 L2 L3 name your first Time period b enter your classes or subjects and c enter your students and assign them to one or more classes or subjects This process is explained further through the screens you will view Carlene H 31 after signing up to subscribe to Effort Tracker Q amp R Recognition Ready Katy C 42 Mary V After signing
25. ou may wish to sometimes pass over to another student if you feel the reading level for a particular section is too demanding for the highlighted student Return to the passed over student later when the reading is less difficult or when asking a content question about the reading To pass over a highlighted student just touch the screen near the name of another student Another strategy to use when reading more challenging text referred to as bridging in Teach like a Champion is to have the teacher read between primary readers to keep the narrative thread alive and create more opportunities to model Suggested Scoring for Q amp R Readers 10 9 5 The student begins reading right after their name is called and or answers a content question taken from the section just read correctly 9 8 5 Thereisa slight delay by the student after their name is called or their answer to the content question is slightly incorrect or incomplete 9 7 The student claims to have momentarily lost track of where the previous reader left off and you believe this to be accurate 4 0 The student does not know the reading location and has been disruptive to the class or to nearby students X Use to skip the student for whatever reason if the student is absent use the absent button or don t score at all 1 2 On Task Utilizing Effort Tracker s On Task category can reduce your correcting workload increase student accountability and aid in overall class ma
26. re everyone Mr C usually Figure 9 U Choose was changed to C Rules 12 e mentally notes the first name 0 Demo e scores the first student as 9 5 sd Mlgendililliane e presses the filldown button Polly Plaisance 31 86 e scrolls back to the first name Dan Beverlin 11 76 e scrolls down making appropriate score and NoemiHeidrick 34 94 absent adjustments Greg Smits 51 94 e presses the save button EmiliaParm 43 92 If a student s parent or approved adult is monitoring the student s effort scores through www e4effort com access C Rules is an easy way to yes no communicate individual student behavior save absent filldown 1 5 Recognition Figure 10 Recognition 1 Under the Recognition program students receive bonus points for having strong academic effort and complying with class rules and procedures Students may obtain bonus points in two ways by earning Effort Awards and by being an Effort Achiever Effort Awards are based on the student s previous five scores whereas Effort Achiever averages all of the student s scores it s an honor roll for effort Bonus points are automatically calculated and displayed in several locations in Data Reports and also on the student s e4effort com access web page Effort Awards 0 Demo Effort Awards should be given out near the end of amp R Recognition Ready each class subject to 2 to 4 students depending on class size Student names are randomly listed al
27. rk Ha Yh 7 3 ine gt Oinhte QDacaniad Patant Dar u gnts f P it Pending Take 10 to 30 seconds to score 3 7 students as the class quiets down Do not announce student names as you score them Choose between scoring a 7 ora 5 based on which expectations are not being met talking drops the student to a 5 or lower not having a writing utensil or other materials could be a 7 depending on how frequent it occurs Figure 8 Ready You may also want to use Ready when transitioning from one learning task to another or when pulling the group back from an activity to give further clarification 1 4 U Choose 0 Demo lt __ This is a category that you should rename or not use Ontask Q amp R Recogniton Ready G Rules see Section 3 below or go to Setup Settings Change Keg ae 33 9 5 Category Titles Kurt Sublet 22 7 5 Some teachers have changed U Choose to Lizzie Delph 61 9 5 HmWrk Homework check sain is Debates Mando Jime 42 4 Helpers Help with classroom cleanup reset absent filldown demonstrations or a messenger to the office EE 95 75 14 0 C Rules Class rules 8 5 6 E4Effort Inc All Rights Reserved Patent Pending Mr Christiansen example Mr C renames U Choose as C Rules Figure 9 His goal is to enter a score for each student near the end of some of his class periods And since most students follow the class rules and expectations it doesn t really take Mr C that long to sco
28. s program Overall percentage On task points x scoring weight Q amp R points x scoring weight Ready points x scoring weight U Choose points x scoring weight divided by maximum on task points possible x scoring weight maximum Q amp R points possible x scoring weight maximum Ready points x scoring weight maximum U Choose points possible x scoring weight 14 Section 2 DATA REPORTS The purpose of section 2 is to explain how the data you generate using Effort Tracker is organized and how to incorporate selected portions of the data into your electronic gradebook This section will also show you where to go to change past student scores Data Reports is best viewed from a laptop or desktop computer After selecting the Data Reports tab choose a class or subject Figure 13 Once you do this the Data Reports screen will appear Figure 14 Data Reports has five tabs to choose from Overview Titled Events Effort Awards Effort Achievers and Scores by Date 2 1 The Overview Tab and entering Effort Tracker data into your electronic grade book Classes Data Reports P Setup My account Sign out Data Reports Since students and parents can access Effort Tracker data in real time you need not feel the pressure of having Effort Tracker data up to date in your electronic gradebook Just let students and parents know how often you plan to update the parts of the gradebook that are utilizing Effort Tracker
29. take the following steps 2 1 Setup a category in you electronic gradebook titled Effort depending on how you utilize Effort Tracker you might name this category Effort and classwork or Effort classwork and homework Assign a weight to the Effort category 5 50 depending on whether you are using Effort Tracker for just Effort scoring or Effort and classwork etc Mr Jones uses the following categories and weights Effort amp classwork 30 Selected Assignments 15 Homework 15 Tests and Quizzes 40 Mr Jones uses the gradebook category Selected Assignments for classwork that he collects and or wants to list as its own assignment in his electronic gradebook Under the category that you set up in step 1 create a 100 point assignment titled Effort Tracker or any other title you like Figure 15 After one or two weeks of collecting data enter the percentages shown in the Overall percentage column into the Effort Tracker assignment of your electronic gradebook Weekly or biweekly change the date on the Effort Tracker assignment created in step 3 and enter the updated Overall percentages See Figures 15 and 16 newest assignments appear on the left note As you collect more and more data the incremental impact of changed student effort up or down decreases Consequently some teachers choose to create new Effort Tracker Time periods more frequently than once per term To start scoring over you will have to start a ne
30. tes5 71x Trophic Level WS 2x 1 Beverlin Dan 9 5 9 0 9 5 2 Buckmaster Bruce 9 0 9 5 8 5 3 Currington Katy 7 5 8 5 8 5 E Delmont Ted 9 5 9 5 8 5 Figure 18 2 4 Effort Awards The Effort Awards table Figure 19 allows you to review the award and bonus status of a class or individual student If you find an error that you need to correct click on the student s name to open their individual record How are Effort Award bonus points calculated A student receives the maximum bonus if he or she earns an Effort Award every time they are eligible their name is selected by the highlighter at the top of the Recognition category list All scoring and bonus points start over each time you begin a new Time period Section 3 Setup 19 Class Report P2 Science Jump tO P2 Science B Overview Titled Events Effort Awards Effort Achievers Scores by Date Count Name EA s Awarded EA s Possible Bonus 1 Berry Halle 4 4 3 2 Bush George 3 4 2 3 Clinton Hillary 2 3 2 Figure 19 Figure 19 sample calculations Halle earns 4 of 4 possible Effort Awards so he receives the maximum bonus of 3 George earns 3 of 4 Effort Awards so his bonus 3 4 x 3 2 25 rounded to the nearest whole number 2 Hillary earns 2 of 3 Effort Awards so her bonus 2 3 x 3 2 Hillary still needs a turn for round four of Recognition To change the Effort Award bonus amount see section 3 2 below or go to Setup Settings Recognition bonus program
31. ton or don t score at all Tips for using the Q amp R Category for Questions jn All hands are down see the book Teach Like a Champion technique 22 Cold Call for the author s recommendations on using a hands down approach to student participation State the question either with or without visual aids such as pictures graphs diagrams PowerPoint slides or handouts Ask if anyone needs the question repeated or further clarification Allow students some time to process the question before calling on the student whose name is highlighted by the Effort Tracker Depending on a student s past performance you may want to offer a hint or some direction If a student is unable to answer the question but can repeat the question give him a high score of 8 5 9 5 When another student does respond to the question correctly go back to the student or students who could not answer and ask them to respond If they are correct this time raise their score Teach Like a Champion technique 1 No Opt Out See example dialogue in BOX 2 BOX 2 Example dialogue this example assumes the teacher s highest scoring option is 9 5 Teacher No hands This is a review question if your name comes up give me one of the three raw materials needed for photosynthesis Wait Josh Josh One of the three raw materials needed for photosynthesis is water score as 9 5 Teacher Correct Katy give another Katy Sunlight score as
32. w Time Period go to Setup Time Periods discussed in section 3 1 below Make sure to enter the Overall percentage bonus at the end of an Effort Tracker Time period e g at the end a quarter 16 4 N Ww O d Term 1 PO Demo Foods Testing Selected Assignment 10 5 20 Digestive System part 2 Homework 10 4 2011 e e m e m T e x i o x ui ui A e 0 amp lu t z c 2 Test amp Quiz 10 6 2011 pI c m k Gai H a Lab e N M i i N Mi e N o 3 Cx e i i Uu q i D n Digestive System amp Homework 9 22 2011 Tof Students Mi Overall w 20 20 so 100 Beverlin Dan an 90 9 19 18 48 sef 18 45 Buckmaster Bruce 87 8 B f 18 18 42 sof 17 40 Currington Katy 1i 824 B m 16 20 44 s6f 19i mi aurrrera a nG a PP hr 6D Delmont Ted A A 19 20 48 85 20 50 Delph Lizzie 91 7 19 17 50f 939 17 50 PPP PPP Piet sunto E RVERRRERARERARRRRERRERSTATATATRTRRTMTRRRTETATATAETRTRTERTETETRTRTRRRRTERTRERTRETRTRRTRRTTMTTMTTTTT a nnMFeossooooo heh ER EE Goley Glenda 794 C 15 15 yf S84 17i 32 PPP PPP ist FeouushuEERERRRRRERRRRRRARRRARERTARTAWTVATATARERTRRRARARARRTATATATATATASTASATATAWRTRERRTTTRTTTTATRTRT Pe Meno ohh rrr gb ER 88 3 B 16 18 45 s2 16i az Figure 15 Effort Tracker data from Data Reports
33. you may do so by pressing the reset button Quick Reference 5 pg 3 reset absent filldown 011 E4Effort inc Rights Reserved Patent Pending Figure 3 Q amp R The scorepad at the bottom 9 5 9 8 5 7 5 6 etc is used to score student effort Scores are based on a 10 point system Scoring student effort or classwork at 9 5 is an A 8 5 a B etc you can adjust your scorepad choices by going to Setup Settings Scorepad values see Section 3 Call on the student whose name is highlighted Compare the changes from Figure 2 to Figure 3 and notice that Katy was given a score of 9 5 Its Carlene s turn next The save button becomes red when there is data to save Pressing the save button sends student scores to the E4Effort Cloud where the data is organized by class student category and in some cases Title This may take some time seconds so you might as well wait to touch the save button until you want to move to either another category or class The Q amp R category allows for three question Levels You may wish to keep things simple by keeping Q amp R at Level 1 To change question levels select one of the three buttons located along the top bar of the Q amp R category To promote higher level questioning Effort Tracker allows you to differentiate between types of questions Each question level has its own randomized student order To encourage students to respond to higher level questioning scorepad values
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