Getting started
A practical walk-through for admins and teachers launching Growing Standard. Expect ~90 minutes of setup over the first two weeks.
Provision accounts (5 min)
After your contract is signed, we create your district record and send your admin invite. From the admin dashboard you'll:
- Connect Clever or ClassLink (or upload a CSV roster)
- Choose your state framework (11 options)
- Invite building admins and department leads
Roster sync pulls teachers, students, classes, and grade levels. You can force a resync anytime from the class settings.
Onboarding webinar (60 min, included)
Every new School and District license includes a one-time 60-minute onboarding Zoom for your team. We schedule it at your convenience (typically after 4pm ET or during school breaks). The session covers:
- Student experience: assessment, practice, and rewards
- Teacher dashboard: class progress, per-question analysis, mastery checklist
- Creating standards-aligned assignments
- Running Class Games and weekly challenges
- Reading assessment windows and MTSS workflow
Teachers who join later can work through this written guide at their own pace.
Take the Grow (30 min / class)
Each student takes the Grow at the start of the year — one for math, one for reading. Students pick their grade, then the adaptive engine places them at their instructional level within that grade band.
- Runs in ~20–25 minutes
- Can be paused and resumed mid-test
- Results populate dashboards immediately
- Re-opens automatically in Winter and Spring windows
Assign standards (10 min / week)
Open Class → Assign from the teacher dashboard. Search by state standard code, domain, or keyword; select skills, set a due date, and push to the class or to specific students.
- Assignment progress updates in real time
- Students see a red dot on the notebook tab when new work is assigned
- Auto-differentiate: one click to challenge strong students with advanced skills or remediate struggling students with foundational ones
Review data (weekly, ~15 min)
The Math Data and Reading buttons open teacher dashboards:
- Practice tab: class progress, alerts when students ace practice but struggle on tests, focus groupings
- Test Results: per-question analysis, discrimination flags
- Mastery: see exactly which standards each student has mastered
- Growth: longitudinal trendlines, subject toggle
- Assign: auto-suggest assignments for struggling groups
All dashboards export to CSV; student reports export to PDF.
MTSS workflow (as needed)
Class → MTSS Tracking lets you group students by support level (Tier 1/2/3), log interventions (start, progress, discontinue), and apply decision rules (fade / intensify / continue). Data is Firestore-backed at the classroom level — counselors and admins with classroom access see it automatically.
Teacher tips for first month
- Do the Grow in class, not as homework, so students take it seriously
- Run one Class Game in week 2 — it builds engagement fast
- Check the Recommendations chip in Class Progress weekly for focus groupings
- Send home a parent note — students usually want to show parents their potato
- Don't assign more than 3 skills per week early on; let voluntary practice happen
Support channels
- Email: support@potatoclass.com (response within 2 business days)
- On-request webinars: Zoom walkthroughs for your team scheduled on demand (typically after 4pm ET or during school breaks)
- On-request tech support calls: 1:1 screen-share for roster issues, dashboard questions, or data reviews
- District partnerships: partnerships@growingstandard.com