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Student Observation Setup

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The Student Observation Setup page enables district staff to manage how teachers enter student observations and submit referrals in the PowerTeacher portal.

Enable Student Observations in PowerTeacher Portal

Enables teachers to record and view student observations directly in the PowerTeacher portal.

The Enable Student Observations in PowerTeacher Portal feature is enabled by default for districts using PowerSchool SIS versions 25.5.1.0 or higher, provided that you have been using Observations in the earlier versions.

If this option is disabled by the administrator, the Student Observations and Referrals page will not be accessible in the PowerTeacher Portal.

Teachers may choose students outside their classes

Enables teachers to select and observe students beyond those assigned to them.

Teachers can select students outside their class (within the same school) by selecting Any Student when creating an observation.

Teachers may choose staff members as participants

Enables teachers to select staff members as participants for an incident or observation.

Enable Student Observation Referrals by Teachers

Enables teachers to refer observations to an administrator for further processing.

If this option is disabled by the administrator, teachers will be able to save observations and not submit referrals.

Teachers may view resulting incident behaviors/actions

Enables teachers to view behaviors and actions taken for an incident on the Outcomes tab of observation detail drawer.

If this option is enabled by the administrator, teachers will be able to view the behaviors and actions associated to an incident from the observations details.

Teachers may enter classroom remediations

Enables teachers to add and edit classroom remediations for an incident.

If this option is enabled by the administrator, teachers will be able to add remediations for an incident.

Admin may view teacher classroom remediations

Enables administrators to view classroom remediations for an incident added by the teacher.

If this option is enabled, the administrator can view the remediations added for incident by the teachers in the student observations page.

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