Welcome to Empower Support!
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The resources below are to support teachers and staff with Empower.
While many of these resources are linked elsewhere, we hope that by prominently providing them in one place, we can expedite your ability to answer your questions.
Online Documents & Guides
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Login URL
Posted by:https://shelby.empowerlearning.net
Note that staff AND students must use the "Sign in With Google" button. If it doesn't work, consult the checklist at the top of this page.
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Empower Support HyperDoc Hub
Posted by:This Google "HyperDoc" can be a useful shortcut to a series of prioritized helpful links for Empower support.
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Empower SCPS User Guide
Posted by:Click here for the User Guide.
The format of this guide is a mixture of a thorough collection of the best “how to’s” on Empower (how to make or find important aspects of the program) with a FAQ (posing questions or scenarios and showing how to answer or resolve them). The doc is heavily hyperlinked starting with the Table of Contents, so you can quickly go straight to a question/issue and its answer/resolution.
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Empower PLP Guide
Posted by:Use this to help with directions and understand district expectations for the student's Personalized Learning Plan at each grade level.
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Empower Top Tips
Posted by:This Doc highlights a handful of "best practices" to follow when using Empower.
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How Does Empower Calculate Scores?
Posted by:Click here for the Google Doc. Topics include evidence timing, MAS (maximum achievable score), scores of zeroes and missing assignments, how Empower Quizzes work, and final course scores.
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How to Look Up Guardian Usernames and Passwords
Posted by:Click here for the Google Doc of directions.
The Why's
Why Standards Based Grading?
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Standards Based Grading Parent/Student Handout (Dec. 2019)
"Why not just average points?": SBG and Empower
Ken O'Connor Presentation: SBG and Assessment (1/11/20) (note: only viewable by Shelby staff and students)
