• Note that a new user must request a new account by filling out the on-line Account Request form.
  
• Log into PowerTeacher at https://powerschoolapp.wcs.k12.va.us/teachers.
  
• Enter your Username and password, and then click on Sign In.
  

The PowerTeacher Start Page serves as the central point form which you begin your PowerTeacher session. It consists of the following areas:

• Navigation bar
• ID bar
• Main menu
• Current classes

1. Navigate to Start Page > Personalize
2. Click Change Password
3. Enter the old password
4. Enter the new password
5. Verify the new password
6. Click Submit

• Navigate to Start Page > Personalize
• Click Default Student Screen
• Select the screen from the Default Student Screen menu
• Click Submit

• Navigate to Start Page > Personalize
• Click Display Section Numbers
• Select “yes” or “no” from the Display Section Number on PowerTeacher Home Page menu
• Click Submit

It’s easy to take attendance in PowerTeacher. As soon as teachers take attendance, student attendance information becomes available to school administrators, parents, and students.

1. Navigate to Start Page > Chair icon (next to the class for which you want to take attendance)
2. Select the Date
3. Select the Current attendance code
4. Click the cell next to a student’s name to assign that code
5. Click Submit

*Note: Even if all students are present, teachers should click the Chair icon to open the attendance screen, and then click Submit. This tells PowerSchool that the teacher has taken attendance.

Access the Student Information Screens by clicking the Backpack for a class, then clicking a student’s name. More than a dozen student screens are available through the Select Screens menu. The following table provides a brief explanation of the student information screens available in PowerTeacher.

1. Navigate to Start Page > Backpack icon (next to the class you wish to view)
2. Click a student’s name
3. Select a screen