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Manage Teachers

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Sadlier Connect will roster your primary teacher accounts using your PowerSchool data. 

Managing teachers is an Admin Only function.

Please check all proctor accounts for your school are in Sadlier Connect. You will need to manually add or edit missing or incorrect proctor accounts in Sadlier Connect.

  • Log into Sadlier Connect with your school administrator account.
  • Click on the settings icon.
  • Select Manage Teachers from the setting menu.

Add Individual Teacher


  • Click the Add Teacher button.
The resulting page is a simple form to fill out information for the teacher.

Edit Existing Teachers


Click the pencil icon and select Edit from the menu.

Manage Classes

Admins and Teachers can manage classes. Sadlier will roster classes using your PowerSchool data. 

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You may want to change the names of the classes or add additional teachers to some. Only Admins can change and add teachers to a class.

  • Log into Sadlier Connect.
  • Click the settings icon.
  • Select Manage Classes.
On the Manage Classes page, you can see the primary teacher for the class. Sadlier, by default, will use the teacher's email address for their usernames.
The Manage Classes actions allow you to perform several tasks.

Click the eye icon to view the class roster.  The view class roster window displays the student name, username and password along with grade level if applied.











You can also print student welcome letters for each student in the class. A separate page will be printed for each student. 

  • Click the print icon 
  • Select "Print Student Letters"




Communicate to all students in the class at one time using the email function.   Click the email icon.

Fill out the subsequent message and send.

See all sent messages on the messages screen.

Editing the Class

Click the pencil icon and select Edit Class from the menu.

Edit Class pop-up module

You can adjust the class information on the Edit Class pop-up module. 

Class Code and Add Licenses are not functions AOC will use at this time.

You can only change the primary teacher on the Edit Class pop-up if no one has assigned assessments to the class.

Only Admins can change the primary teacher.

Add Students to a Class


Click the "Save and Add Students" button on the Edit Class pop-up module.

The default view shows only students in the class. Use the Show filter to find other students to add to the class.

You will need to add students not found with the All Students filter set. To add or edit students, please see the Manage Student section.

Once you add the student account, return to Manage Classes to add the student to the class.

Add Additional Teachers to the Class

Only admins can add additional Teachers to a class.

  • Click the pencil icon.
  • Select the "Assign Teachers To Class" option from the menu.
  • Add a check next to any account to add them.

Manage Students

Admins and Teachers can manage Students.

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  • Log into Sadlier Connect.
  • Click on the settings icon.
  • Select Manage Students from the settings menu.

Add a Student

  • Click the Add Student button.
  • The resulting page is a simple form to fill out with the student's information.
  • Return to manage classes to add the new student to a class.

Edit an Existing Student Account

Click on the pencil icon and select Edit from the menu.

Assigning the Assessment

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Teachers or Administrators can assign assessments to a class.
  • Go to the My Library tab.
  • Click on the Religion icon.

All teachers and Administrators will see the assessments for all participating grades.

  • Click on the assessment grade you want to assign on the left.
  • Click the Assign icon for the assessment on the far right.
  • Click the assessment title to preview the assessment.


Assignment Settings

  • You can edit the default assignment name.

Changing the assignment name from the default is only visible to teachers and admins. Students will always see the default name.

  • Select a teacher. (Admins only)
  • Select a class or multiple classes.

You can only select multiple classes if they have the same primary teacher.

  • Enter the start and due dates and times.

No other settings are necessary for assigning these assessments.

  • Scroll down to the bottom of the Create Assignment screen to see the list of students.

You will find all students in the class(es) selected.

  • Uncheck student(s) to omit them from the assessment.
    • PreK classes may include 3 yr old students.  These students should be unchecked when assigning the PreK assessment.
  • Click the Save button.

Student Access to the Assessment

Students use the same website address as the teacher or admin. Their usernames and passwords are available when you view the roster in Manage Classes.

In Manage Classes, click the eye icon to view the class roster.


When students log in, they will see the assigned assessment on the Dashboard.

  • Click the View button to start the assessment.

Questions are displayed one at a time.
  • Use the arrows in the top-left to move through the questions.
  • If the student needs to stop and start up later, use the black Save button in the top-right corner.
    • Expect students to finish the assessment in one sitting. However, if they need to stop and finish later, make sure they save.
    • If they do not save, there is a risk Sadlier Connect will time out before they return. The time-out period is roughly 40 minutes.
  • When the student has completed the assessment, they need to click the blue Submit button.
Skipping a question and hitting the submit button results in the message confirming they want to submit. The message will not appear if they answer all the questions.
  • If they are sure they want to submit, click the blue Submit Assignment button.
  • If they want to find the question and answer, click Continue Assignment.

Finding the Missed Question
  • Use the Review button to see the list of questions answered and not answered.
  • Click the view button next to one of the questions marked "NOT ANSWERED" to return to that question.

Assessment Question Types and Features

Each grade level has different needs when assessing the students. 

If any questions containing audio, images, or animation do not load the media, have the student click the Save button and refresh the page.

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Pre-K 

Description: 12 questions includes read-aloud for instructions and question text.
Question Types:
  - Multiple Choice - Image (2 Choices)
  - Multiple Choice - Animation (2 Choices)
Suggested Assessment Duration (Not Timed): 20 minutes

Kindergarten

Description: 13 questions includes read-aloud for instructions and question text.
Question Types:
  - Multiple Choice - Image (2 Choices)
  - Multiple Choice - Animation (2 Choices)
Suggested Assessment Duration (Not Timed): 20 minutes

First Grade 

Description: 19 questions includes read-aloud for instructions and question text.
Question Types:
  - Multiple Choice - Image (2 Choices
  - Multiple Choice - Animation (2 Choices)
  - Multiple Choice - text (2 Choices)
Suggested Assessment Duration (Not Timed): 25 minutes

Second Grade

Description: 25 questions includes read-aloud for instructions and question text.
Question Types:
  - Multiple Choice - Image (2 Choices
  - Multiple Choice - Animation (2 Choices)
  - Multiple Choice - text (2 Choices)
Suggested Assessment Duration (Not Timed): 30 minutes

Third Grade

Description: 25 questions includes read-aloud for instructions and question text.
Question Types:
  - Multiple Choice - Image (2 Choices
  - Multiple Choice - Animation (2 Choices)
  - Multiple Choice - text (2 Choices)
Suggested Assessment Duration (Not Timed): 30 minutes

Fourth Grade

A Bible is required for questions 4&5.

Description: 31 questions
Question Types:
  - Multiple Choice - text (3 Choices)
  - Drag and Drop
Suggested Assessment Duration (Not Timed): 35 minutes

Fifth Grade

Description: 31 questions
Question Types:
  - Multiple Choice - text (3 Choices)
  - Drag and Drop
  - Dropdown
Suggested Assessment Duration (Not Timed): 35 minutes

Sixth Grade

Description: 37 questions includes read-aloud for instructions and question text.
Question Types:
  - Multiple Choice - text (4 Choices)
  - Drag and Drop
  - Dropdown
Suggested Assessment Duration (Not Timed): 45 minutes

Seventh Grade

Description: 37 Questions
Question Types
  - Multiple Choice - text (4 Choices)
  - Drag and Drop
  - Dropdown
Suggested Assessment Duration (Not Timed): 45 minutes

Eighth Grade

Description: 37 Questions
Question Types
  - Multiple Choice - text (4 Choices)
  - Drag and Drop
  - Dropdown
Suggested Assessment Duration (Not Timed): 45 minutes

Reports

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General Sadlier Connect Reports

Sadlier Connect includes many types of reports as part of the platform. Click here for more information.

Archdiocese of Chicago Proficiency Reports

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In addition to the Sadlier Connect standard platform reports, you will find 3 Proficiency Reports after students complete the assessment. The three reports are:

  • Class Proficiency
  • Standards Proficiency
  • Domain Proficiency

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Proficiency Bands

Range

100% - 80%
79% - 50%
49% and below

Use the filters to isolate a Class to see this report:

  • Select an Assessment
  • Select a Teacher
  • Grade is optional
  • Select a Class

Once you make the above selections, the Sample image below the filters will change to show the Class Proficiency report for the Class selected.

Accessing the Reports

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  • Click the Reports tab.
  • Select the Archdiocese of Chicago Reports.
    • You may need to scroll to see the report listed at the bottom of the menu.

Class Proficiency Report

As an Admin, you will be able to see all grades and classes. 

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You can change the report view to a bar chart using the view options above the chart area on the right.


Click on the bar for a student to see Scaled Score.
You can quickly access the Class Assessment Report using the button on the lower right. When you click the View Assessment Report button, you will see the same filters on the Class Proficiency Report. 
There are more questions than what can be displayed (see image on the right side, so you will need to use the scrollbar.
Clicking on the icons in the table exposes more information. In the image shown, all the expand ▲ and collapse ▼ controls are expanded.

Switching to Another Proficiency Report

Switch to the Standards or Domain Proficiency Reports from the filters above the chart.

Standards Proficiency Report

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The default view shows a chart for all Domains. 

Scroll down below the Domain pie charts and Proficiency Legend to see the individual student scores.

Additional filters isolate Domains and Standards above the Domain pie charts.
Click on a pie wedge to see more details.
Click on a bar segment to show the students' names in the more details part of the screen.
If Domains are selected, the Standards filter will only show the Standards in the chosen domains.

Domain Proficiency

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The Domain Proficiency report shows each Domain with a designated color and includes a color Domain Legend below the chart.

Click on any bar segment to see more details. 

Scroll down below the color Domain Legend to see the Average Domain Scores for the class.

Select one Domain, and the proficiency of that Domain appears.
Selecting Multiple Classes

You will see the classes instead of individual students in the chart when multiple classes are selected.
Below the Domain Legend, the details display all classes selected in separate gray boxes.



Support Contact Information

Phone: 800.264.8060
Email: support@sadlierconnect.com
Hours of Operation: 8:00 AM - 7:00 PM EST (Monday - Friday)

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