Eduphoria Training for Teachers

Scott Barrett – Asst. Superinendent for Technology
Mr. Barrett’s role is to oversee implemenation of technology through out the district and district technology budget.

Ray Krause – Network Technician / Campus Technology
Mr. Krause’s role is to install new hardware and software on classroom/teacher computers, librarys, and administrator offices, along with repairing or ordering hardware/software and monitoring the gradebook system. Ray also in charge of training teachers to use new software and hardware.

Debbie Brantner – Campus Technology Support
Mrs. Brantner’s role is website updating, Eduphoria support, ViewIt training and backup to Ray for hardware and softwar problems.

Christy Hames – WOW Cart Trainer / Science Teacher
Mrs. Hames’ role in technology is to train teachers in proper use and care of WOW carts.

Curtis Null – Campus Prinicpal
Mr. Null’s role is to make decisions about technoloy in-services and implementations. Mr. Null, as principal, performs walk throughs and observes teaching style and management, he also checks on the usage to any purchased hardware.



My district has recently purchased and began using the software system, Eduphoria. Eduphoria enables teachers and administrators to track assessment scores, such as TAKS, Universal Screenings, and Chapter/Unit tests, as a whole or by objective for all subjects. Teachers can upload lesson plans and create a calendar for help manage their time. There is an application called “formspace” where evaluations and other various forms can be created and reviewed. There are also applications that allow teachers to register for professional development and in-services. This particular application also keeps track of your hours that the teacher has accumulated when attending professional development. Finally, Eduphoria also keeps track of the teacher’s evaluation and PDAS self reports. The software obviously does many things and can be very helpful for teachers and administrators, however, many teachers do not know how to use all of the applications to help with making data driven decisions. The following is a plan to develop and organize an in-service to help the teachers of my campus to better understand and use Eduphoria.
This plan will start with finding a good date to hold the in-service. With Christmas break around the corner our first day back afterwards is an in-service day. This would be an ideal opportunity for a detailed professional development session.
I would start by talking to Scott Barrett, Asst. Superintendent to Technology. I will discuss with him the possibility of getting a representative from Eduphoria to lead the in-service. I believe an Eduphoria representative/trainer would be the best person to lead this in-service because he/she would be able to answer any questions that may arise along the way. If this is not possible, then I would ask Debbie Brantner – campus Technology and Eduphoria Support to conduct the training.
This training will take place in one of the main computer labs on campus. This will allow each teacher to be on their own computer. The training will be centered around Eduphoria’s ability to disaggregate and track assessment data. The teachers will be taught how to create scantrons for unit/chapter tests. At the beginning to the training each teacher will be given a packet detailing each step along the way so they can take notes as needed. I will ask the teachers to bring copies of upcoming tests and answer keys to use in this training. This will allow the teachers to use relevant information while learning to use this software. This will keep their attention and make the training more meaningful. Along with answer keys, the teachers will need to bring a list of their subject’s TEKS. When creating scantrons with Eduphoria teachers enter the correct answer choice along with the TEK that is being covered for that question. After the teachers have learned how to create a scantron for their test, with TEKS entered, then they would be trained on how to sign onto Eduphoria Scanreader and run the scantrons through the reader. When the scantrons are scored and uploaded the teacher can see which questions and TEKs are weaknesses and which ones are strengths. The part of the training would also address any problems that may occur along the way and how to correct the problems if they occur. After the scans have been created and run the next step of the in-service would be devoted to teaching the teachers how to find and read the data in the Eduphoria system. To help this to flow better I will have example scantrons filled in and scanned so the teachers can see how the data looks and how it is disaggregated by the system.
At the end of this training the teachers will be asked to log into the Formspace Application and then directed to a file where they fill out an evaluation over regarding the training. The evaluation will cover areas of likes, dislikes, pacing and be able to write any questions they still may have.