PowerSchool Erfahrungen (2024)

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PowerSchool: Nice Interface and Easy to Use Features

5,0vor 4 Jahren

Kommentare:Overall, PowerSchool offers an easy to navigate attendance and grading system for schools. They have done a nice job with the layout in that most things are easy to find and where you would be expected to find them. There are many customizations available at the district level, so successful implementation will also be dependent on your district set up and ensuring that they are getting input from the appropriate stakeholders.

Vorteile:

My school district switched over to PowerSchool about a year and a half ago. I now use it for grades, attendance, lunch counts, reports, and many other things. What I like most about PowerSchool is the interface. As a teacher, when I log in, the initial screen shows the things I use on a daily basis- attendance, lunch count, and contact information. I like that it is set up in a way that the things I use the most are right there. There is then an additional menu called "Power Teacher Pro" that is used for things like grade entries and reports that I might use more on a monthly basis. The report options offer lots of different variables and allows the user to create PDF, excel, and other types of files. Having these different options has been helpful.

Nachteile:

The user experience has been a positive one for me. However, the initial training we received could use some improvement. The training modules are fairly dry to sit through and can be confusing to navigate.

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Great for employee training!

5,0vor 2 Jahren

Vorteile:

We loved using Powerschool for new employee training. It had so much to offer and was very easy to use!

Nachteile:

There is nothing that I dislike about Powerschool.

Powerschool . . . it does a lot, but could use some tweaks.

3,0vor 2 Jahren

Kommentare:In terms of housing student information, completing attendance and lunch count, and entering class scores, I appreciate the functionality. The report card function needs some minor upgrades to make it more user friendly on the teacher end.

Vorteile:

I appreciate that I can access my students' demographic information easily. Attendance and lunch count are easy, as well. The student information management aspect of PowerSchool is intuitive. I rarely have to go to our school secretary for details, like I would have in the past.

Nachteile:

The report card function needs some adjustments. The score entry section works well. It even allows you to adjust the font, which my older eyes appreciate. However, the printable report sent to parents each trimester is uncomfortably tiny in terms of font size. Even the comment section is very tiny, and those are some of the most valuable aspects of the report. Also, I'd very much appreciate being able to have a screen view that allowed me to look at each student's individual reports. This would be very helpful in looking for missing scores prior to report cards being printed. I have to do a lot of scrolling and clicking to track an individual child's scores over various subject areas. A single student screen view that allowed me to enter scores, if needed, would be a nice boost to the usability of this product.

All teachers and students should use this !

5,0vor 4 Monaten

Kommentare:I like PowerSchool the parents are more involved as they can see their child grades and progress on the app it’s really great .

Vorteile:

What i like most is that it tells you your schedule and the room number to your classes and it’s digital you don’t need to have a paper with your schedule and worry out losing it.

Nachteile:

There is absolutely no cons about PowerSchool

I used this software in middle school and starting sophom*ore year in high school.

4,0vor 6 Jahren

Kommentare:I think this was a significant upgrade from the software my school used to use for grading, although that software did have the grade calculation function that we wished PowerSchool had. The best thing about now using PowerSchool is that it doesn't crash as easily and it's easier to see grades at a glance. Additionally, teachers can make announcements and that function has been really helpful for my school as a whole.

Vorteile:

My favorite function in this software is that you can submit assignments through this and it will send you an email update that lets you know that it was turned in. This is helpful because sometimes teachers don't notice that something was turned in and will count it late and this way students have a way to back up their claim that it isn't late. I also really like that teachers can do things like vocab tests and simple multiple choice tests that self-grade and auto-input the grades because it's less work for both the teacher and the student and it's a fast turnaround. The third thing that I like about this software is that you can look at the calendar on the landing page and immediately see which assignments are more urgent (in terms of due dates). This makes our lives a lot easier because that way we don't have to write all the dates down for the assignments we have yet to complete.

Nachteile:

The software will sometimes crash and give us a picture of a cat with a ball of yarn and say that it's just tangled up, which gets frustrating because a lot of people my age obsessively check their grades and remind themselves of assignments, and we get very fidgety and stressed out if we can't see the grades because of all the things that could be being updated but that we just aren't able to see. Also, as far as my school's use of this software goes, we can't test to see what our grade would be if we get a certain grade on another assignment that the teacher has assigned point values to already. This is a function available in some other softwares in this category so students get frustrated that it's possible but the school makes it so we have to use outside resources to figure it out, or just our general math knowledge, when it could be much easier.

The best I've seen

5,0vor 5 Jahren

Kommentare:I have used PowerSchool for about eight of my 15 years teaching. I would recommend it for any school. I would say one of the best features is being able to see my students' schedules, the grades they have for their classes, and a breakdown of their assignments. As a resource teacher, I often work with students who require credit recovery. It's so nice being able to see exactly how they're doing in their classes. It makes counseling and organizing so much easier.

Vorteile:

I have been teaching for 15 years and have gone through many school management systems. PowerSchool is by far the best one. I am able to take attendance, keep track of grades, access communication information for the student, I can see their schedule, their grades for each class and what they are missing in that class. Everything I need is in PowerSchool. It's visually appealing, and easy to navigate.

Nachteile:

I teach resource classes and often have several different grade levels in one class. This is set up as multiple classes with the same period number. I wish I could combine those so my attendance page and my grade book aren't so messy.

Effective LMS

4,0vor 5 Monaten

Kommentare:Our school adopted Powerschool in the last 5 years. This program is way better than the system we use to use. Great for overall attendance, student records, and grading.

Vorteile:

Fairly easy to use for K-12 education. Attendance is a breeze and helps maintain accurate class grades and records.

Nachteile:

Not too many cons to report. Data records for families and emails tend to be a little hard to access, but this could be how our technology department uploaded this information.

PowerSchool Education Tool

3,0vor 4 Monaten

Vorteile:

I like that PowerSchool is a one stop shop for many different things. I primarily used PowerSchool to give assessments for my students and track their progress. My school also had me track HB1416 students' hours using PowerSchool and it was a good centralized place that everyone could easily access. Inputting grades is also easy and efficient.

Nachteile:

One thing that I do not like is how essay question answers are displayed. As an English Teacher, we often write essays and they are frequently on tests. When I go to grade them, I cannot see but a small portion of the essay at one time. It's difficult to read the essay in one go. I also am unable to leave feedback or make comments.

Power School Gets an A+!

5,0vor 8 Monaten

Kommentare:Overall, as a parent, I really enjoy Power School. I don’t have to keep track of paper report cards, or use multiple websites to track my kids. Everything I have needed to access so far has been easily found in Power School. My favorite features being attendance and grades.

Vorteile:

I love Power School. It’s a very clear, well organized online site that allows a parent or guardian to see everything they need to see in regards to their student(s). Attendance is clearly tracked, grades are all there, teachers comments, test results, forms and enrollment. It’s a one stop shop for keeping track of the student(s) in your lives.

Nachteile:

I think the phone app features could be better. The computer website is fantastic, but the app lacks a lot of information that the website contains. I wish they were similar.

PowerSchool

5,0vor 6 Monaten

Vorteile:

I am able to view real-time grades for my children to know where there struggles are before the end of the marking period. Very user friendly.

Nachteile:

No issues thus far

Powerschool is a powertool

4,0vor 5 Jahren

Kommentare:I was resistant to the change to PowerSchool, at first, but I can honestly say that it's a great software that has the whole school on the same page. It's really helped us go digital, as well!

Vorteile:

Powerschool has everything for the district in one place, which makes keeping track of students easy across the board. Grades, attendance, reports, lunch and library fees, any sort of notes, are all kept track in Powerschool, and if a student transfers within the district, the information travels with them, so it really is a wonderful hub for teachers and administrators.It's also great because parents and students have their own login information so that everyone is able to stay up to date on grades, etc. without teachers having to constantly send home updates.

Nachteile:

Set-up in powerschool is a little more involved than it was in Pearson. And updates aren't automatic but instead have to be done manually. Also, when the system goes down (which is occasionally does), then you're out of luck for literally everything...

Student management software

5,0vor 3 Jahren

Kommentare:PowerSchool has streamlined the attendance process in our system. This software enables the user to provide information about individual students, record attendance and behavioral issues and record grades simply and easily.

Vorteile:

This platform allows you to take attendance, make special notations and record grades all using the same program.

Nachteile:

The software can be a little temperamental. An administrator that understands all of the elements needs to manage the implementation, and oversee the utilization.

Love this Program!

5,0vor 4 Jahren

Kommentare:Overall, this system is quick, easy, and very well set up. I would recommend Powerschool to anyone to use for special education tracking and documentation.

Vorteile:

PowerSchool is super helpful for special education legal documents. It contains documents for IEPs, evaluations, invitations, MDRs, etc. All drop down menu friendly. It also tracks the dates and timelines for special education students. There are also sections for parent communication, service capture, etc.

Nachteile:

I wish so badly there were 504 forms within Power School. Having all special education and 504 forms in one place would be helpful. I also don't like that only one person can be working in the page at one time. With multiple providers, this gets hectic when trying to meet timelines together. There can be a lag in the system for when someone gets out of the document too keeping the page locked.

PowerSchool is effective and user-friendly!

5,0vor 11 Monaten

Kommentare:I've had a very positive experience with PowerSchool. It's easy to submit daily attendance and create seating charts. It's user friendly and fairly simple to navigate. I can quickly find contact information regarding parents and guardians. It's a terrific resource for our school district!

Vorteile:

We utilize PowerSchool to take attendance daily. This is the system used for our official grades at school. This is incredibly helpful when looking up emergency contact info, birthdates, seating charts, etc.

Nachteile:

There are so many features that I am still learning about, and I've yet to come across something that I do not like about PowerSchool.

Decent All-in-One

4,0vor 5 Jahren

Kommentare:I have been using it for five or more years. It has definitely changed some in that time, which has required some adjustment. Overall, it is a great program for putting a lot of information into the same area rather than having several programs to do different aspects of the teaching job. It is fairly easy to use most of the time, but definitely requires some detailed training or a lot of playing if you have never used it before.

Vorteile:

I like that I can take attendance, grade, create data sheets, and more all in the same program. It makes it so that we don't have to learn several programs and try to manually combine our information.

Nachteile:

Sometimes it isn't clear where you need to go in order to change or find certain items. It took some playing to find out where to go for things like weighing grades or finding the grades of students who dropped or switched classes.

A lot of features but often too cumbersome

4,0vor 5 Jahren

Vorteile:

PowerSchool has almost anything you would ever need to know about your students stored in a single place. It is by far one of the most sophisticated student management systems I have ever used. I like how easy it is to look up a student and get relevant data ASAP.

Nachteile:

There is almost too much in PowerSchool. PowerSchool is not set-up for you to be able to contact a support rep to get questions answered. Your district has to pay for each person who is designated a PowerSchool contact person. This person then becomes you sole liaison between you and a very complicated product. Simply put PowerSchool is powerful, but way too complicated it you want to do anything more than simple reporting.

A School's One Stop

4,0vor 4 Jahren

Kommentare:Overall, my PowerSchool experience has been positive. Some of the features seemed user un-friendly at first. Once I got acquainted with the software I can zip around and complete hours worth of work in minutes. Teacher appreciate every minute we get!

Vorteile:

My favorite thing about PowerSchool is that everything is in one place. You sign onto one program and everything is there for you: attendance, student information, grades, etc...

Nachteile:

One of the things that bothers me most about PowerSchool is that the buttons are small icons, without labels. It would be helpful if a text box appeared when you hover over a button to give a short description. If you don't know what a button is, you have to click to find out.

PowerSchool - A Good SIS Choice

4,0vor 3 Jahren

Kommentare:We use PowerSchool as our SIS. We're looking in to the PS registration piece and we use a couple other modules as well. PowerSchool is extensible with plugins and easily accessible to most third party apps that need data from it, assuming the third party knows what they're doing.

Vorteile:

PowerSchool has improved a LOT in the last few years. The interface is MUCH cleaner and usable, their security focus has shown in many changes we've seen to recent versions, and generally it just works. I've worked long enough with it to know how to troubleshoot most issues. It's actually pretty easy and accessible for us tech folks when dealing with server issues. Our users generally like it.

Nachteile:

Some of the issues that pop up are silly things like services not starting all of the sudden, and it can be very touchy when you need to restart the server it's running on. If you don't shut down the PowerSchool services properly, you can end up with a broken instance.

PowerSchool

3,0vor 5 Jahren

Kommentare:It is generally good. I have used four of the major SMS systems and PowerSchool is weak in some areas and strong in others. They all have their drawbacks, but PowerSchool was the most budget friendly option for a district with 10K+ students.

Vorteile:

I like the ability to use the APEX SQL system to get any data that I want

Nachteile:

PowerSchool has a large learning curve and requires some technical prowess with understanding how tables link in a database.

PowerSchool Has the Power!

5,0vor 11 Monaten

Kommentare:We would not survive without this resource!

Vorteile:

PowerSchool is a staple in my daily work life. It keeps all important data in one organized place.

Nachteile:

There are times where loading is slow or pages will say "Not Found" when they are there.

PowerSchool

5,0vor 3 Jahren

Kommentare:It has been a great tool for have students documents easily accessible. It is great to evaluate students needs because you can access prior years progress.

Vorteile:

It holds unlimited student documents and can even access student documents from other schools with admin privileges

Nachteile:

It is nit always the easy to run reports. It is also not to find students if you are not sure of the spelling.

Very Easy to Navigate

5,0vor 5 Jahren

Vorteile:

As a special area teacher, PowerSchool is easy to navigate for my 16 classes and 350 students. It allows me to quickly look at schedules and demographics to find important information.

Nachteile:

As a teacher, I would like to provide section nicknames to make it easier to find the section I am looking for. We have the title from the district, but I would like to identify these differently to make it easier for myself to find.

Good software but difficult to get into

4,0vor 5 Jahren

Vorteile:

I like how detailed Powerschool is and how it provides a cohesive place for teachers to access information regarding their students. The program offers a one stop places to access student alerts, attendance, and any other imperative information one might need.

Nachteile:

As a new teacher, I found Powerschool difficult to figure out at first. There are a number of options that are available but that I do not know how to truly utilize. I am sure that with support and guidance it would be easier, but the number of options can seem at first like a huge barrier to overcome.

Great way to know how your kids are doing in school

5,0vor 4 Jahren

Kommentare:It's been positive on the parent side. I don't know how the teachers feel about it or if it's easy for them to use.

Vorteile:

SUPER easy to use once you are registered. Can have multiple kids under the parents' account. Mobile-friendly. Can see grades for each assignment, overall grade, if they have missing or late work, upcoming due dates, etc. Can email a teacher directly from the app. (FYI - This is something that would need to be implemented at the school level.)

Nachteile:

Occasionally I wonder if it's a good idea. I mean, this didn't exist when I was a kid but I do like knowing how my kid is doing so that if they ARE struggling it doesn't get too out of hand. Like anything, it does depend on how each teacher uses it as well.

Daily User

5,0vor 4 Jahren

Kommentare:Overall my experience has been positive. Other than the first week or so after new updates, I have not had any issues with the software.

Vorteile:

I love the ease of this software. It makes taking attendance, keeping track of grades and printing reports easy.

Nachteile:

There have been several updates that make it hard at first to figure out where things have moved but the updates generally make the software better.