Requirement:
“Aligning to Board Rule R277-700-4(6), a Local Education Agency (LEA) shall assess students for proficiency in keyboarding by grade 5 and report school-level results to the superintendent.
Each LEA will complete the Keyboarding Proficiency Report by June 1 each year.”
Action Items:
- Coordinate with grade 5 teachers to ensure there is a planned time to administer the assessment.
- Ensure grade 5 teachers have a plan to access keyboards for this assessment.
- Confirm all grade 5 teachers have had the keyboard assessment training and understand the scoring procedure and how to submit their information.
- Watch for an email from Sallie Warnecke by May 5 with the log-in information to submit your scores to the USBE.
Resources:
- For the 2024-2025 school year, the district has purchased a premium license for all students in grades 2-6 from Typing.com. To access the premium license, students and teachers log in through Clever.
- A Proper Technique Checklist (https://slcsd-my.sharepoint.com/personal/sallie_warnecke_slcschools_org/_layouts/15/onedrive.aspx?id=%2Fpersonal%2Fsallie_warnecke_slcschools_org%2FDocuments%2FKeyboarding%2FKeyboarding%20Technique%20Poster%2Epdf&parent=%2Fpersonal%2Fsallie_warnecke_slcschools_org%2FDocuments%2FKeyboarding&ga=1 ) has been created to post in schools.
- Please note: There is only one required report per school, not teacher, to be submitted to the state on or before June 1, 2025. The window to submit opens on May 1, 2025.
- Sallie Warnecke will provide professional learning opportunities throughout the spring via Teams and, upon request, will be available to provide in-person learning opportunities.
- The first online PD will be held Monday, January 27 from 3:00-3:30 via Teams. Each fifth grade teacher will receive a Teams invitation to attend.
Questions? Sallie Warnecke, Digital Learning Supervisor Keywords: Keyboarding, grade 5, assessment
