Launching Hero at your school - Reporting

Prepare Hero so parents and caregivers can view and respond to content

1. Define your vision for reporting and set up the app for sharing learning content.
   • Decide what content you want to share with parents. More...
   • Decide if you want to share achievement levels with parents and caregivers. If so, - Do you want the levels generated by manually moving sliders or automatically generated by progress through goals? - Do you want to show the level the student is expected to be working at? - Do you want to show whether the student is working below/at/above the expected level? - Do you want to show the milestone the student is working towards? - Do you want to show a progress graph? - Do you want to show the key for the progress graph?
   • Decide if you want teachers to set goals for students. If so, in what subjects? - How many goals should a teacher set? - How often should goals be updated? - Do you want posts linked to goals as evidence towards achieving the goal? - Do you want completed goals shared with parents and if so, how many?
   • Decide if you want teachers to post learning updates and what the guidelines are for these posts. - How often should posts be shared? - What should the content include? - What media should support written content? - Do you want parents and caregivers to interact with posts by liking or commenting? - Do you want posts visible on the current year report page?
   • Add ‘About this Page’ information for parents explaining the content of pages. More...
   • When content has been entered by teachers, turn on the relevant settings in the ‘What Can Parents See?’ page.

Introduce your internal team to the steps for adding reporting content onto Hero.

1. Share your reporting plan and best practice guidelines with staff.
   • Inform your staff of the school’s plan for reporting via Hero and who to seek assistance from.
   • Write and share clear guidelines, expectations and timeframes for reporting content. More...
   • Ensure staff are given adequate training on how to use the Hero software. Consider different training opportunities e.g. Staff meetings, team meetings, techie brekkies, drop in sessions, self-led. Suggested areas to focus on: -- Making groups -- Reusing a post -- Quick posts -- Setting current expectations -- Goal setting -- Bulk goal setting -- Checking data -- Proof reading posts -- Bulk publishing posts More...
   • Discuss the personalised features of the software, e.g. the Milestones/Expectations and pages open to parents (green open lock icon)
   • Consider bringing students onto Hero and having them contribute to their learning journey. More...

Encourage families to interact with learning on a regular basis and build a shared language around learning and what success looks like.

1. Encourage and support engagement
   • Ensure your parents and caregivers have successfully logged onto Hero and are using the communication tools. For ideas on how to achieve this. More...
   • Post content regularly through the one channel (e.g. class updates, sports notices, school newsletters) to keep parents engaged. Consider the audience, frequency and timing of posts.
   • Plan the timing of sharing learning with parents. Friday afternoon may not be the most appropriate time if a parent is in need of clarification or support. We suggest turning learning content on early in the week.
   • Ready to share learning content with families? You may like to book a professional development session with a consultant to review your settings. This can be requested via the help desk.
2. Build a shared understanding of learning.
   • Request a copy of the Hero Parent slideshow content to personalise for your school (Share, with editing rights, a blank Google Slideshow with [email protected]) More...
   • Encourage parents to engage with the ‘About This Page’ information.
   • Many schools choose to align their first sharing of learning content with parent-teacher or student led conferences. This gives teachers the opportunity to introduce and explain the content.
   • Hero can be used as the scaffold for learning conversations. Teachers can show the caregiver view of the software by going to the student’s profile> Current year report page> View as Caregiver. This means conferences can either be in person or online.
   • A printed or .pdf copy of the online report can be generated by clicking on the print icon at the top of the current year report page. The content can be changed to reflect a specific date using the timewarp feature.
   • Plan how parents of newly enrolled students will be informed about reporting through Hero.

Regular review, reflect and update:

1. Undertake a review of parent and caregiver engagement with learning content.
   • Analyse parent and caregiver engagement by clicking on any post> three dots menu> Analyse engagement
   • Survey your parents and caregivers to gather feedback on their understanding of content. This may inform changes to your settings or communication about progress and achievement.
   • Feel welcome to send feedback on your software to the help desk for review.