PowerSchool Unified Classroom 2021 has set a new bar when it comes to providing educators, students, and parents with the flexible digital tools they need to address unfinished learning by delivering data-driven, whole-child instruction.

This new evolution in flexible digital tools meets the needs of schools and districts working to strengthen their teaching and learning systems based on the lessons learned during COVID. Specifically, it’s critical to have fewer systems to support while providing teachers with the data they need to deliver personalized instruction to minimize future disruptions.

With that in mind, here are four key ways that Unified Classroom 2021 supports more effective teaching and learning initiatives:

1. Connect All Your Student Information as You Identify Unfinished Learning and Build Data-Driven Lessons

With the ability to view all student data, including local and third-party assessments, CASEL-aligned social and emotional learning (SEL) surveys, student alerts from PowerSchool SIS, and even special program documentation and accommodations, educators are more effectively able to plan instruction that addresses unfinished learning and students’ ongoing instructional needs.

Staff gets the support they need from your entire team thanks to shared resources, which they can view by standards, as well as professional learning communities (PLCs). They can share best practices, access centrally created reports, and post questions when building personalized instruction plans.

2. Deliver Whole-Child Instruction That’s Interactive, Centralized, and Reflective of Students’ Unique Needs

Technology use has been on the rise for students, teachers, and even parents during COVID-related disruptions when schools and districts shifted to distance and hybrid learning models. Unified Classroom 2021 ensures you can continue to leverage these skills during live instruction. Students participate in differentiated instruction in live classrooms, flipped classrooms, hybrid learning, and even fully remote settings.

With Unified Classroom 2021, you can personalize everything about a student’s educational experience. This includes everything from the standards that activities focus on to accommodations provided to the student—such as an audio recording of an activity’s instructions—to the sequential order in which students complete multiple activities.

3. Get Clearer Visibility Into Student Progress as You Monitor Performance by Student, Class, Subgroup, RTI Group, and More

Identifying unfinished learning is not a new concept nor a one-time event. With pre-built items, short formative assessments, and comprehensive benchmarks—all aligned to your state standards—teachers can quickly gauge the effectiveness of short-cycle instruction and RTI strategies.

Intuitive reports and dashboards also provide clear visibility to the standards that students still need help with. Best of all, schools and districts using PowerSchool SIS can have these standards-based grades sync with their PowerTeacher Pro gradebook, which provides more time to focus on required adjustments to instruction.

4. Make Timely Adjustments To Instructional Strategies To Ensure Learning Gains Continue To Accelerate

Thanks to the reclaimed time that Unified Classroom 2021 gives back to educators, they can more quickly pivot and assign activities, assessments, discussions, and intervention plans to individual students. This helps ensure that student progress is maximized thanks to a more reliable approach to personalized instruction and remediation.

Over the past 12+ months, many parents have played a much more significant role in their student’s teaching and learning, and there’s no reason this trend should stop abruptly. Thanks to integrated communication tools, teachers and parents can more effectively collaborate and align on the personalized instruction and remediation activities that students will require for years to come.

Looking to the future

With PowerSchool Unified Classroom 2021 as the framework for your organization’s teaching and learning, students can get the whole-child instruction they need to address unfinished learning and start accelerating learning gains. With built-in tools to increase communication and collaboration—and save teachers time when used in conjunction with PowerSchool SIS and the rest of the PowerSchool ecosystem—you can minimize future disruptions and continue to drive positive student outcomes.

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