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1. absent filldown 10 9 7 0 9 5 8 5 X Figure 11 seat location s 12 with and score helps to assure that all students eventually receive individual attention from you Ask the class if they have any initial questions about the assignment because once they start working the plan is to let Effort Tracker select who to check in with Of course some students need more attention than others but using Effort Tracker as a guide helps to ensure that you don t continually skip over a portion of the class e g the well behaved and relatively quiet BOX 4 Examples of utilizing the On task category Example 1 video clip or short activity Ms Brophy has 5 or so minutes to show a short video clip related to the current content topic She uses the On task category to credit student attentiveness Ms Brophy announces her expectations to the class and lets them know she will be scoring some or all of them using the effort app Using the settings button Ms Brophy e chooses not to Title this short activity Instead she categorizes it as general Ms Brophy s goal is to score every student but she knows she does not need to for this to be an effective class management technique e chooses to set the score multiplier low at or 2 X Example 2 Computer Lab Mr Cooper takes his class to the computer lab After explaining the assignment Mr Cooper announces his expectations and tells the students that they will be scored using the Ef2. listed last is scored and their score is saved anew random ordered list will be generated If at any time you wish to generate a new random order press the reset button The scorepad at the bottom 9 5 9 8 5 7 5 6 etc is used to score student effort Scores are based on a 10 point system When scoring student effort or classwork think of 9 5 as 95 8 5 as 85 etc you can adjust your scorepad choices by going to Setup Settings Scorepad values see Section 3 Call on the student whose name is highlighted Compare the changes from Figure 2 to Figure 3 and notice that Steve was given a score of 9 5 It s Jimi s turn next The save button becomes red when there is data to save Pressing the save button sends student scores to the Effort Tracker server where the data is organized by class student category and in some cases Title This may take some time seconds so you should wait to touch the save button until you want to move to either another category or class The Participation category has three separate randomly ordered student lists or pools L1 L2 and L3 Use L1 to Randomly call on students to answer questions make predictions offer opinions read aloud etc Give some thought on how you might like to use the L2 and L3 pools Some teachers may choose to use them to designate higher level questioning discussed later Otherwise just think of them as additional lists for your use For example L2 coul
3. or when asking a content question about the reading To pass over a highlighted student just touch the screen near the name of another student Another strategy to use when reading more challenging text referred to as bridging in Teach like a Champion is to have the teacher read between primary readers to keep the narrative thread alive and create more opportunities to model Suggested Scoring for Participation L1 Readers 9 5 The student begins reading right after their name is called and or answers a content question taken from a section just read correctly 9 8 5 There is a slight delay by the student after their name is called or their answer to the content question is slightly incorrect or incomplete 7 5 The student claims to have momentarily lost track of where the previous reader left off and you believe this to be accurate 6 The student does not know the reading location The student does not know location and attention is focused elsewhere without disrupting other students e g drawing writing notes etc 0 The student does not know the location and has been disruptive to the class or to nearby students X Use to skip the student for whatever reason if the student is absent use the absent button or don t score at all note you may change the scoring choices for any category by going to Setup Settings Scorepad values from a desktop or laptop computer 1 2 Recognition Effort Tracker and Effort Trac
4. to reveal the list of options for the On task category see Figure 8 To create a New Title select new from the top bar of the On task category Figure 7 This can be done Figure 8 Title setting options 11 from a smart phone iPod iPad laptop or desktop computer A new screen will appear Figure 9 that allows you to 1 type in the Title 2 choose the score multiplier and 3 assign the Title to one or more classes Creating a new Title can also be done using a desktop or laptop computer at Setup Titled Events B Raise or lower the normal 10 point scoring scale From time to time you may want to raise or lower the 10 point scoring scale to more closely match the time or effort required of a learning task Scores in each of the Effort Categories are based ona 10 point system For On task Ready and C Rules you have the option of raising or lowering the value of a scoring event by using one of the following multipliers Y2 2 3 4 or 5 Multiplying the 10 point system by each multiplier gives a possible point range of from 2 5 to 50 For example setting the multiplier at 3x and giving a student a score of 7 5 will register in Data Reports as a score of 22 5 out of 30 7 5 x 3 22 5 and 10 x 3 30 It is possible to weigh one Effort Category higher or lower than another this is discussed below in Section 3 or by going to Setup Settings Category scoring weights C List student names in an ordered or random
5. your start class expectations For example is the student First Name 4x Partcp Recogn On task C Rules Carlene H 61 9 5 e in their assigned seat ClintonL 42 e quiet DanB 11 e prepared for class Sine Take 10 to 20 seconds to score 3 7 students as the class EY aie coe quiets down Do not announce student names as you are scoring Choose between scoring a 7 5 5 or0 basedon Eme which expectations are not being met You may decide GlendaG 12 that out of assigned seat 0 talking 5 or 0 not having reset absent fildown required supplies 7 5 or 5 depending on how frequent 95 6 0 X this lapse occurs 139 4 You may also want to use Ready when transitioning from one learning task to another or when pulling the group back from an activity to give further clarification Figure 12 Ready Caution Be mindful of not over using the app or it may become less effective as a management tool 1 5 Class Rules Effort Tracker Pro This category may be renamed if you prefer to track a different area see section 3 below or go to Setup Settings Change category titles 2 Scie First Name 1x Use the Class Rules C Rules category to periodically score student compliance to class rules Perhaps there are a few students in each of your classes that demand more of your behavior management skills Using C Rules Garys 71 allows you to easily let the student and their parents or Greg S 62 guardians know about their leve
6. Effort Tracker SECTION 1 of Teacher User Manual INTRODUCTION Effort Tracker is a system that improves student effort and behavior Scores are updated in real time to allow for frequent student and parent review Effort Tracker Features Participation category with three separate student buckets pools Recognition category program recognizes and rewards recent and consistent student effort Data Reports summary tables generated from student scores for teacher use Student Report Page updated in real time for student and parent review No limit on number of classes No limit on number of students per class Setup is easy log on to your account from a laptop or desktop computer Effort Tracker Pro Features Our Pro version provides a more complete representation of student effort It includes all of the Free features plus three additional effort categories On task increase student accountability by easily scoring learning tasks Ready score student adherence to start class expectations Class Rules record student level of compliance Use it to help drive positive behavior by acknowledging individual and class improvement or sustained excellence Two categories can be renamed to allow teachers to customize their Effort Tracker app Use Effort Tracker to track student effort and report it in real time Student Teacher Data using transferred Parent Effort to the Guardian Tracker C
7. Teacher you don t know what Stephanie I don t know the question score as a 6 or lower Teacher TIl take hands now The answer is given The Teacher then goes back to Bruce and Stephanie if they are now able to give a full sentence answer incorporating carbon dioxide raise Bruce s score to a 9 5 and Stephanie s to a 7 5 Suggested Scoring for Participation Level 2 and Level 3 Questions The default highest scorepad value for Level 2 and Level 3 questions is 10 5 The intent is to provide extra credit incentive for students to participate in higher level questioning Any student who makes a genuine effort to answer a higher level question should not be scored below a 9 5 Use the X skip for a student who is not able to respond to a higher level question This will not raise or lower their overall effort score but will remove them from the queue The idea is to give multiple students higher level questions one chance and move on don t focus on one student too long 10 5 The student answers the question correctly or sums up the partially correct responses of others 10 The student s answer is very close to the correct answer or the answer is correct after a hint is given 9 5 The student s response is partially correct with or without hints 6 4 The student is off task cannot repeat the question 0 The student has been inattentive and disruptive to the class or to nearby students X Use to skip stude
8. bonus points is through the Effort Achievers program This program is analogous to an honor roll for effort rather than academic achievement Effort Tracker checks the student s overall percentage to determine if it falls within one of three Effort Achiever levels The default Effort Achiever bonuses are set as Effort Award To Jn recognition of recent strong effort in meeting or exceeding expectations in both behavior and learning Awarded by Date Figure 6 Effort Award A template for EA tickets is available on the E4Effort Website Achiever Level 3 bonus 5 when student s overall percentage is 92 Achiever Level 2 bonus 4 when student s overall percentage is 90 and lt 92 Achiever Level 1 bonus 2 when student s overall percentage is 87 and lt 90 To change the default bonus settings or turn Effort Achievers off go to Setup Settings Recognition bonus program Overall percentage On task points x scoring weight Participation points x scoring weight Ready points x scoring weight C Rules points x scoring weight divided by maximum On task points possible x scoring weight maximum Participation points possible x scoring weight maximum Ready points x scoring weight maximum C Rules points possible x scoring weight 10 1 3 On task Effort Tracker Pro Utilizing Effort Tracker s On task category can reduce your correcting workload increase stu
9. d be used to call on students to work on a problem on the white board and L3 could be used to keep track of which students have had a turn to perform a task that normally generates many volunteers scorekeeper during a game help with a demonstration errand to the office etc To change from L1 to L2 or L3 select one of the buttons located along the top bar of the Participation category Using L2 and L3 to promote higher level questioning L1 L2 L3 Partcp Recogn Or task C Rules Steve Nash Jimi Hendrix Lauryn Hill Scottie Pippen Robert DeNiro Michael Jordan Cheryl Miller save reset absent filldown Se age bie 6 0 9 4 0 q4 X Figure 2 4 Scie L1 L2 L3 Ready Partcp Recogn On task C Rules Steve Nash 9 5 Jimi Hendrix Lauryn Hill Scottie Pippen Robert DeNiro Michael Jordan Cheryl Miller reset absent filldown JO digs tos 6 0 9 40 4 X Figure 3 In this case the L in L1 L2 and L3 stands for Level instead of List Effort Tracker allows you to differentiate between types of questions Each question level has its own randomized student order To encourage students to respond to higher level questioning the default scorepad values are set higher for Levels 2 and 3 Use Level 1 for questions associated with content that has been previously covered and involves recalling information Level 2 questions are those that use higher level thinking involving understanding F
10. dent accountability and aid in overall class management See example scenarios in Box 4 below The Event Settings button located on center bar for On task allows you to A Title the learning event or classify the learning event as general B Raise or lower the normal 10 point scoring scale C List student names in an ordered or random mode 2 Scie new Back Event Settings mustard Paritcp Recogn On task C Rules Choose title Allanis M General Amira S Choose multiplier 3x Bill W Choose order First Name Bob S Carlene H aaae Clinton L Dan B Save filldown 10 0 9 5 X Figure 7 Pressing the Event Settings button right where you may choose to change the Title scale multiplier or student order A Title the learning event or classify the learning event as general Back Event Settings i Choose title You may choose to assign On task scores under a general designation or as a Titled Event Titled C Lab 9 20 1x Notes 9 17 1x Events are listed in a separate table in Data Reports ce E see Section 2 below Trophic Levels 2x ALL AZIRAR Whether On task scores are given a Title or classified iia as general the data becomes part of the student s E beeen On task percentage Teachers choose to assign a Title oa to a learning activity when they plan to score all students and want to be able to trace On task scoring to a particular learning event or activity Click on the Event Settings button
11. es and or no scores are sent to the Effort Tracker server where bonus points are tabulated Under the default Setting a student receives 3 bonus percentage points if he or she earns an Effort Award every time they are eligible This 3 along with the possibility of earning an additional 5 through the Effort Achiever s program more than makes up for the 5 that is held back by setting the maximum scorepad values at 9 5 instead of 10 To change the default bonus settings or turn Effort Awards off go to Setup Settings Recognition bonus program Announcing the Effort Awards You may choose to announce the EA winners with or without accompanying Effort Awards see Figure 6 Just make sure to give the winners their recognition as simple as hearing their names announced 2 Scie Ready Partcp Recogn _ Bill Withers Boz Scaggs Huether Tyrone Stevie Nicks Amira Stephens Bruce Springsteen Bob Seager absent Figure 4 2 Scie Ready Partcp Recogn Bill Withers Boz Scaggs Huether Tyrone Stevie Nicks Amira Stephens Bruce Springsteen Bob Seager absent Figure 5 On task Or task C Rules 95 90 70 97 80 90 90 filldown C Rules filldown Some schools use a Green Ticket system to recognize good student behavior When a certain number is reached the students plan a homeroom event Effort Awards could be utilized in a similar way Effort Achievers Another avenue to
12. fort Tracker All students will Start with a 95 You will keep this score if you utilize your time efficiently and appropriately From the On task category Mr Cooper e presses the new button to create a new Titled event C Lab 9 20 He sets the score multiplier at 2x e touches the settings button and selects C Lab 9 20 e sets the order as alphabetical by first name to make it easier to locate student names on the screen of his mobile device e uses the fill down button to give all students a 9 5 he scores the first student and then presses the filldown button He changes the 9 5 to absent for absent students and later lowers the scores of students who did not meet his expectations Example 3 Notebook Check Ms Lewis uses Effort Tracker On task to keep notebook scoring up to date e She begins by touching the settings button and then selects the Title Notes 9 17 from her menu choices see Figure 10 above e To make scoring more efficient she sets the order at Seat so that she will be able to move efficiently from student to student to set seat locations go to Setup Settings student seat locations She then checks and scores the quality of student 5 17 notebook entries 13 1 4 Ready Effort Tracker Pro This category may be renamed if you prefer to track a different area see section 3 below or go to Setup Settings Change category Titles One time to use Ready Figure 12 is at the start of class Use Ready to score
13. hands down approach to student participation State the question either with or without visual aids such as pictures graphs diagrams PowerPoint slides or handouts Ask if anyone needs the question repeated or further clarification Allow students some time to process the question before calling on the student whose name is highlighted by the Effort Tracker app Depending on a student s past performance you may want to offer a hint or some direction If a student is unable to answer the question but can repeat the question give him or her a high score of 9 9 5 When another student does respond to the question correctly go back to the student or students who could not answer and ask them to repeat the correct answer If they comply raise their score Teach Like a Champion technique 1 No Opt Out See example dialogue in BOX 2 BOX 2 Example dialogue this example assumes the teacher s highest scoring option is 9 5 Teacher No hands This is a review question if your name comes up give me one of the three raw materials needed for photosynthesis Wait Josh Josh One of the three raw materials needed for photosynthesis is water score as 9 5 Teacher Correct Katy give another Katy Sunlight score as 9 5 Teacher Correct Bruce Bruce I don t recall the 3 raw material needed for photosynthesis score 9 9 5 Teacher Stephanie Stephanie I don t know
14. image shows the Demo class which is included with each Effort Tracker account r 2 rion ows tra ogar araa vunene Puce Parom cu onan 2 rents susen aroe ot unen you aes ae ep 07 er ee sheng ranar nunon operaciones e perone reena mno pouroa ve eren resero E The scorepad showing your scoring options The score value that is chosen will appear on the right side see 10 Scoring options can be changed see section 3 1 Selecting filldown will give the previous score to the remaining unscored students Use to keep track of how often students are absent when their turn occurs 10 Pending or saved scores are shown here To change a score before saving touch the student s name and the highlighter will relocate to that student 11 The Participation category has three separate randomly ordered student lists or pools L1 L2 and L3 see section 1 1 Getting Started After you sign in you will see the welcome page Select Effort Tracker Main Menu Welcome My account Sign out My Classes Effort Tracker P2 Science P3 Math P4 Science P5 Advisory P6 Science P7 Math Demo Class My account Sign out Figure 1 The second screen lists your classes along with My account Sign out Choose a class to get started or the Demo class to practice Section 1 EFFORT TRACKER CATEGORIES To get stated using Effort Tracker you will need to a name your first Time Period b enter your classes or subjects a
15. ker Pro Under the Recognition program students receive bonus points for having strong academic effort and following class rules and procedures Students may obtain bonus points in two ways by earning Effort Awards and by being an Effort Achiever Effort Awards are based on the student s previous three scores whereas Effort Achiever averages all of the student s scores it s an honor roll for effort Bonus points are automatically calculated and displayed in several locations in Data Reports and on individual Student Report pages at https app e4effort com access Effort Awards Effort Awards are normally given out at the end of each class to 2 to 4 students depending on class size Student names are randomly listed along with a percentage The percentage shows the average of the student s last three effort scores see Figure 4 You or you and the class may decide that to be eligible for an Effort Award the effort must be greater than some minimum value perhaps 87 AND the student must have complied with all class rules and procedures during the most recent class period The cut off percentage may be as firm or as soft as you like You may choose to lower it for certain students who struggle to reach 87 or follow all of the rules for an entire class period Compare Figure 4 with Figure 5 For this class the teacher decided to give four Effort Awards to Bill Boz Stevie and Bruce When the save button is pressed y
16. l of behavior compliance Ready Partcp Recogn On task DanB 11 Lizzie D 31 Allanis M 21 And you can use the list first C Rules feature to select certain students to alway appear at the top of the C Rules list see Setup Class Rules and Section 3 1 below Bill W 41 Mr Christiansen example reset absent filldown Mr C has four students that he has selected to be listed 9 5 8 5 6 0 first in his 2nd period science class See Figure 13 notice that after the fourth student Lizzie the list is 9 19 4 X arranged alphabetically by first name His goal is to score these four students and occasionally communicate their Class Rules score to three of them near the end of Amira S 53 Figure 13 Class Rules 14 class The fourth student normally does very well she is part of the list first group because her parents have asked for frequent communication from the school Here is how Mr C plans to use the C Rules category e Set Choose order to first name this is how the students will be listed AFTER the list first students e Score all list first students near the end of each class period For list first students the multiplier is set at 1x After scoring the list first students press the reset button so that the list first students will appear at the top of the class list again e On the last day of the week after scoring the list first students Mr C changes the multiplier to 5x and scores the remaining students o
17. loud Approved adults C Requires Access Code Effort Tracker Section 1 of Teacher User Manual This is just Section 1 of the User Manual The subtopics for Sections 2 and 3 are provided here as a reference Section 1 EFFORT TRACKER CATEGORIES Pages 4 14 Effort Tracker has one category for scoring student effort and one category for recognizing student effort Effort Tracker Pro has four categories for scoring student effort and one category for recognizing student effort The five categories are explained in the following sections 1 1 Participation Basic and Pro versions 4 1 2 Recognition Basic and Pro versions 9 1 3 On task Pro version 11 1 4 Ready Pro version 14 1 5 Class Rules Pro version 14 Section 2 DATA REPORTS 2 1 The Overview Tab and entering Effort Tracker data into your electronic grade book 2 2 Titled Events 2 3 Effort Awards 2 4 Effort Achievers 2 5 Scores By Date 2 6 Print Student Reports 2 7 Viewing or changing individual student data Section 3 SETUP 3 1 Setup menu items 3 2 Checking changing individual student data Quick Reference 1 Demo L1 L3 11 Ready Partcp Recogn On task C Rules Margaret Thatcher 63 9 5 Q Robert DeNiro 44 Boz Scaggs 63 Norah Jones 24 Steve Nash 81 Stevie Wonder 82 Hillary Clinton 62 reset absent filldown So Eoi 6 0 9 TET 4 X Lists current class subject Touch this button to get back to your list of classes or subjects The
18. mode Figure 10 shows your choices after pressing the settings button and then choose order The choices are By Assigned Seat Location One of the Settings in Setup allows you to code each student s seat location These are the numbers that appear after the students names in Figure 11 Students have a two digit seat number The number 21 is read as group 2 seat 1 Some teachers find it enough just to give each student a single digit to represent their group number Ordering the students by Seat location makes sense if you plan to score all students and don t want to zigzag around the room from one random listing to the next Alphabetical by Last or First name The alphabetical mode may be helpful when students are not in assigned seats e g at the computer lab see Box 4 example 2 below Random You may wish to use the random mode when you only have time to score a portion of the class Letting Effort Tracker select which students you will visit New Title Enter Title Name Scale 1x z P2 Science a P3 Science P7 Science P5 Advisory P6 Science a BikBest Figure 9 New button Course Setti Choose title General Choose multiplier 2x Choose Order Y Seat Last Name First Name Random Figure 10 Choose order 2 Scie general 2x new Ready Partcp Recogn On task C Rules Allanis M 21 AmiraS 53 BillW 41 BobS 22 Carlene H 61 ClintonL 42 DanB 11 Save
19. n their rule compliance for the entire week Many teachers will score all student every day or every other day e Since hopefully most of the students who are not listed first will receive a 9 5 Mr C gives the first student a 9 5 and then uses the fill down button He then goes back through the list to make any necessary adjustments Ifa student s parent or approved adult is monitoring the student s effort scores through https app e4effort com access C Rules is an easy way to communicate individual student behavior 15
20. nd c enter your students and assign them to one or more classes or subjects Just follow the directions at the top of each screen when you first sign up for Effort Tracker After signing in to your Effort Tracker account click on Effort Tracker and your list of classes or subjects will appear Figure 1 Select a class or subject and a screen similar to Figure 2 will appear Effort Tracker Pro has four categories for scoring student effort or class work and one for recognizing student performance We will begin with the opportunity equalizing category Participation 1 1 Participation Effort Tracker and Effort Tracker Pro This category is used to equalize student participation opportunities It allows you to randomly call on students and score their effort Use Participation to call on students to answer questions make predictions offer opinions read aloud etc Figures 2 and 3 are examples of the screens that are used for scoring student effort in the Participation category You will know that you are in this category because the second button at the top Partcp is depressed lighter than the others To exit this category and view your list of classes touch the class button 4 Scie in Figures 2 and 3 For the Participation category Effort Tracker randomly orders your students This random order will hold until all students have had a turn regardless of whether you exit to another category or class When the student whose name is
21. nt s turn without benefit or penalty It s much more common to use the X while in Question Level 2 or 3 to allow other students an opportunity at higher level questioning If you decide not to score or use X on a student whose name is highlighted their name will rise to the top of the selection list after scores are saved BOX 3 Tips for using the Participation Category to select Readers Refer to chapter ten of the book Teach Like a Champion for more detailed tips The goal when reading aloud in class is to have one student as the primary reader and the remaining students as secondary readers The primary reader should be changed often and unpredictably Effort Tracker helps in this goal because students cannot predict when they will be asked to read and therefore should be more engaged as secondary readers Effort scoring for reading should be based on a how quickly the reader begins after called on b if the new reader begins where the previous reader left off and c the reader s delivery keep the focus on the content The transition from one primary reader to the next should be done with a minimum of words Thank you next is Jordan Even though Effort Tracker selects the student order for you you may wish to sometimes pass over to another student if you feel the reading level for a particular section is too demanding for the highlighted student Return to the passed over student later when the reading is less difficult
22. or questions at this level the student shows an understanding of the content material beyond recalling facts Level 3 questions are also higher level questions involving application analysis synthesis or evaluation For example where did the energy that is contained in a hamburger come from What can you infer or predict from the trend shown in this graph See Types of Questions based on Bloom s Taxonomy Suggested Scoring for Participation L1 Questions 9 5 10 The student answers the question correctly some users prefer to use 10 as their 9 9 5 highest score option The student s answer is very close to the correct answer or the student states the question correctly and later answers correctly when given a second opportunity See BOX 1 6 8 5 7 5 The student s response effort attentiveness is judged to be in the B C range 6 BOX 1 The student s response is unrelated to the question or the student cannot answer or repeat the question in a timely manner The student does not know question and attention is focused elsewhere without disrupting other students e g drawing reading etc The student has been inattentive and disruptive to the class or to nearby students Use when you want to record a skipped turn Tips for using the Participation Cateqo or Questions 1 All hands are down see the book Teach Like a Champion technique 22 Cold Call for the author s recommendations on using a
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