PowerSchool Links and Training Information

Passaic City Schools Portals

• Teachers
  • Passaic PowerTeacher Portal
    
    
• Administrators and School Staff
  
  • Passaic PowerSchool Portal
    

Password Issues:

• If you do not remember your password, please send an email requesting a password reset using your Passaic City email address to Rich Bossard, Passaic PowerSchool Coordinator, at rbossard@passaic-city.k12.nj.us. Password resets will only be made if it originates from you official Passaic City email address.

Materials for October 15 Professional Development

• Weighted Grades and Averages Matrix (.pdf) (UPDATED)
• Calculating a Weighted Average Presentation (.ppt)
• Passaic PowerTeacher Gradebook Walkthrough Guide - Setting up Categories & Weights (.pdf)

Downloadable Quick Reference Cards

• PowerTeacher
  • PowerTeacher - Getting Started (.pdf)
    
    
• PowerTeacher Gradebook
  
  • PowerTeacher GradeBook - Getting Started (.pdf)
  • PowerTeacher GradeBook -Working with Grades (.pdf)
  • PowerTeacher Gradebook - Analysis and Reporting (.pdf)
  • PowerTeacher Administrator (.pdf) - only applicable for staff members that have a PowerTeacher Administrator account
    
    
• PowerSchool
  • PowerSchool Basics (.pdf)
  • PowerSchool Additional Searching methods (.pdf)
  • Communication Tools (.pdf): Mailing labels, printing reports, form letters, report cards, daily bulletin
  • Enrollment and Transfers (.pdf)
  • Managing Daily Attendance (.pdf)
  • Managing "Meeting" Period Attendance (.pdf)
    
    

PowerSchool Training Pages

• PowerSource Distance Learning Modules (Username & Password required)
  
  • Interested in enrolling in independant distance learning modules? E-mail Rich Bossard for a username and password at rbossard @ passaic-city.k12.nj.us with your first name, last name, Passaic email address, and the school where you work (Passaic staff ONLY)
    
    
• PowerTeacher Training Materials
  • Power Teacher hands-on excercises (.pdf)
  • Power Point slides
    • Power Teacher ADVANCED PowerPoint Presentation (.ppt)
    • Power Teacher BASIC PowerPoint Presentation (.ppt)

SchoolNet Screencasts

• Curriculum/Curricular Unit
• Instructional Units

iPad App Instructions

1. Open the PowerTeacher mobile app (Download from the Apple app store)
2. Click the Settings button
3. Click the Server tab
4. enter passaic.powerschool.com for the server address (do not put http or https)
5. Enter 443 as the port
6. Make sure SSL Enabled shows ON
7. Click the small login button at the top left corner of the application
8. Click Select School
9. Enter the UserName and Password
10. Click Login