7.+Conclusion

=Conclusion=

Part of our District's Vision states "Maximize the capacity, effectiveness and efficiency of all our current and future resources" and "Communicate and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders." Our strategic plan to implement training for the online grading system provides the necessary tools staff members and parents need for reporting and monitoring student performance and eliminates the dependency on manually tracking grades. The training plan not only offers an efficient means for teachers to record student performance but encourages student and parent involvement. This helps alleviate some of the communication barriers with parents, offers constant feedback on student performance with our external stakeholders and ultimately leads to greater student achievement.

As our twenty-first century learners gain greater competency with technology skills, educators should be held responsible for gaining these skills as well. By incorporating these skills into the classroom environment, teachers and staff will be utilizing available resources that the district has invested in while increasing effectiveness and reducing some of the challenges of their job. As the district strives to maintain or improve the rating of "Excellent" from the Ohio Department of Education, parents have the ability to influence students motivation with real-time access to student grades and assignments and through training, have a better understanding of the level of information provided by the online grading system.