Class And Grade Groups

Overview And Elements

Class and grade groups are a specialization of standard Online PTO groups.

Class and grade groups add:
  • a grade
  • a section or period
  • a room number
  • a classroom phone number
Online PTO can be configured to determine a student's grade from either a class or a grade group. If each student is only enrolled in one class (or "home room"), you can completely dispense with grade groups. If the directory needs to reflect students enrolled in multiple classes, Online PTO should be configured to use grade groups to determine a student's grade (only the grade portion of grade groups is used, but the underlying implementation is based on class groups).

Conventional Names And Descriptions

The recommended format for a class group name is "teacher location grade Class" and the recommended format for a grade group name is "location grade Grade". The location is generally only included if there is more than one.

Conventional Roles And Positions

Conventional roles and positions for class group members are "Teacher" (position -3), "Aide" or "Assistant" (-2), "Room Parent" (-1), and "Student" (0).

Group Membership Differences

In contrast to other types of groups, administrative views and printouts of class group details include the names of the students' parents or guardians and display family group contact details instead of personal contact details.

In print or online views, only entries for students published accordingly will appear. Likewise, parent/guardian and family contact information will only appear in such entries if published accordingly.

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