Many teachers at KRMS use Google Classroom with students. This technology tool allows students to have assignments all in one place for easy reference. When a student joins a Google Classroom, a new folder is created automatically in Google Drive. All files from that Google Classroom are stored automatically in this folder. Google Classroom has a built in calendar for students with due dates and students are able to turn in assignments directly in Google Classroom. Google Classroom allows for an efficient work flow management solution for both students and teachers.About two years ago, Google Classroom added a way for parents/guardians to obtain some information directly from Google Classroom. This feature is called Guardian summaries. By default this feature is turned off so that teachers can make the decision to turn it on. Once it is turned on, parents/guardians can be invited to the Google Classroom. If the guardian accepts the invite, then the guardian will receive either a daily (Monday-Friday) or weekly summary. The choice of whether the summary is daily or weekly is up to the guardian.
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If a student has late work, this will be part of the email summary sent to that guardian. Guardians will also know about upcoming assignments that have been posted. Guardians will also see any instructions given by the teacher about the assignment. Then parents/guardians can have a clear and specific conversation about the assignment with their children about this work.
Link here to see what Google offers to the Guardians via this email summary.
Teachers are already posting student assignments and instructions in Google Classroom. The goal is to have parents/guardians accept the invite to eliminate the need for the teachers to make additional postings about assignments on their websites and also offer parents/guardians with a window into the classroom. This keeps the parents/guardians in the loop.
Recently, our trusty guidance secretary, Juliet Valela, began the arduous process of inviting every parent/guardian using the email listed in PowerSchool to our YOG (year of graduation) Google Classrooms. These Google Classrooms are used by KRMS for summer reading assignments and digital portfolio assignments.
Here is another great thing about Guardian summaries. Once parents/guardians accept the invite, they will be able to receive Guardian summaries from every Google Classroom that their child is invited to provided that the teacher has turned on the Guardian summaries option. This is a great way for parents/guardians to stay in the loop and offer some assistance to their children by encouraging them to meet deadlines. When a parent/guardian can mention the assignment by name because it was listed in the email summary, it can help the conversation be more specific about the actual assignment.
If you receive an invite from Juliet Valela for a YOG Google Classroom, please consider accepting it.
If you have any questions, please feel free to comment below or contact Laurie Prewandowski at lprewandowski@kearsarge.org
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