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New Staff Information

The McKenzie County Public School District #1 welcomes all new employees to the school district. We are constantly trying to find ways to improve the process for new teachers transitioning to our school district; this webpage is an effort to put information in one location and to make this process more effective and efficient for our new and recently hired teachers. Welcome to our school district and the Wolves family!

- Superintendent Dr. Holen

Administrator Powerschool:

Adobe Creative Cloud

  • This platform has a dual purpose.
    • Aspects of this platform are taught at the High School
    • Teachers may use this platform to generate materials that enhance the classroom or educational experience for students. For a teacher to gain access, please submit a request in FMX

AESOP (Frontline Absence Management)

  • Used to put in teacher absences if you are sick, requesting time off and so on - AESOP platform

AIMSWeb Plus

  • This is a platform for nationally-normed, skills-based benchmark assessments and progress monitoring across reading and math domains

Amira

  • This platform supports students learning to read. Primarily used K-6 but can be used at other grade levels as needed

Amplify CKLA and Amplify ELA

  • Grades K-8 English Language Arts blended learning environment
  • Available to students via Clever

Autodesk Inventor Professional

  • Environment used at the High School Engineering level

Big Ideas Math

Blue Cross Blue Shield

BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr.

  • BrainPOP is a group of educational websites with over 1,000 short animated movies for teachers and students, together with quizzes and related materials, covering the subjects of science, social studies, English, math, engineering and technology, health, and arts and music.
  • K-5 students and staff can access both of these platforms through Clever.
  • Middle School students and staff can access BrainPOP through Clever.

Breakout EDU

  • Breakout EDU allows learner-centered experiences that allow students to work together, think conceptually, and utilize prior knowledge for deeper comprehension.
  • Middle School has a site license. Teachers should check with the Building Principal about using this product.
  • The elementary school Libraries each have a one user license for this product.

Canvas (Instructure)

  • This platform is a Learning Management System(LMS)
  • Teachers and students access Canvas through Clever
  • Special instructions for embedding Discovery Education content in Canvas
  • Special instructions for embedding McGraw Hill content in Canvas
  • Special instructions for embedding NEWSELA content in Canvas

CENGAGE Learning / National Geogr Learning

  • This platform supports Middle School Social Studies

Clever

Collaborative Classroom

  • The Director of Teaching and Learning will inform teachers of how to use this platform

Curriculum That Matters

  • Platform used at the High School for Consumer Math

Discovery Education

Edgenuity

  • Multi-curriculum environment used at the High School and Middle School levels

Edpuzzle

Eduverse

  • This environment supports Virtual Reality goggles at Badlands Elementary and Fox Hills Elementary

ESGI

  • Used by Kindergarten and First Grade Teachers and Specialists as well as K-5 SPED Teachers to assess student reading levels
  • MCPSD1 Details for Teachers

Engage New York

Eureka Math (Great Minds)

  • This is a K-5 learning platform for Math
  • Available to students via Clever

Express

Follett Destiny Quest

  • Environment used by all the school district's libraries for inventory, check-out, check-in, and fees management

FlowForms

  • This is a company name as well as a product
  • This environment is used to build, maintain, and operate online forms

FMX

  • Used for maintenance and technology service requests. Also used for submitting bus requests and building rentals - Login for MCPSD1 FMX

Frontline Central

Frontline - Recruiting and Hiring

Frontline Time & Attendance

Gizmos / Science4Us from ExploreLearning

  • Products specific to Math and Science
  • MCPSD1 Details for Teachers
  • Used at the High School and Middle School
  • Available to students via Clever

GoGuardian

Google Classroom

Google Workspace for Education - Plus

  • The district subscribes to GWE to have the expanded features available to teachers
  • The various Google Apps are included such as Chat, Email, Docs, Sheets and Slides
  • A couple expanded features are the GWE Originality Checker for English Language Arts, Practice Sets, and expanded storage space

HMH Education Company

Read 180

  • Online reading environment used at the Middle School

NWEA MAP Science

  • Online environment for testing in Science. Used in grades 6-11.

Infinite Campus

ND DPI has an initiative titled BRIDGE to implement a new statewide Student Information System (SIS) in July 2026. This work is part of a broader effort to modernize how education data is collected, connected, and used to support student success. Infinite Campus has been selected as the core component of the SIS. Implementation and transition activities are slated for the following schedule:

  • Fall 2025: Implementation activities begin.
  • Winter 2025: Analysis and discovery phase.
  • Spring 2026: Implementation and training sessions.
  • Summer 2026: Go live with Infinite Campus.
  • Fall 2026: New school year, new SIS!

IXL

  • Used for Personalized Learning, Standards Mastery, and Continuous Diagnostic - IXL MCPSD1 Signin screen
  • Available to students via Clever

Kesler Science

Learning A-Z

  • Raz-Plus, ELL Edition, Science A-Z, and Vocabulary A-Z are licensed for use with early readers. All K-5 teachers and their students should have Raz-Plus available through Clever. Please speak with the Director of Teaching and Learning to request access to any of the other platforms. License numbers are limited
  • Available to students via Clever

Learning Without Tears

  • Handwriting Without Tears is a curriculum system for learning handwriting at the K-5 level
  • Keyboarding Without Tears is a curriculum system for learning keyboarding at the K-6 level

McGraw-Hill

  • A number of curriculum have support from McGraw-Hill LLC online textbooks
  • Gives K-5 teachers access to online Math textbooks/teacher editions. If you would like to request access, please contact your school principal - https://connected.mcgraw-hill.com/connected/login.do
  • Number Worlds is a specialty Math curriculum used throughout the district
  • Health curriculum is accessed by Middle School and High School teachers
  • High School Biology and Physical Science use this platform
  • Social Studies curriculum is accessed by High School and K-5 teachers

MetLife

Microsoft Office 365

  • MCPSD1 licenses Microsoft Office 365 through ND Information Technology (NDIT)
  • All staff and all students receive a license.
  • Login to Microsoft Office 365
  • NDIT has a service to quarantine suspicious emails - Quarantine Information
    • Staff should periodically check the quarantine for their email account and perform actions such as to delete unwanted items or release items that are needed.
  • Staff can set their trusted senders by accessing https://outlook.office365.com/mail/options/mail/junkEmail
    • This may require an additional sign on to the K12 email account.
    • A Junk Email popup is displayed.
      • Scroll down to the Senders section.
      • Use the Safe Senders and Domains tab
      • Use the button labelled + Add safe sender.
      • Add the email address of the trusted sender.

      • Click OK to save it.

Mystery Science

MusicPlay Online

  • Platform used for Music courses at Fox Hills Elementary, Badlands Elementary, and the Middle School

ND A+ Assessment (Pearson ADAM Platform)

  • Online Portal for Math, ELA, and Science State Assessments
  • The ND A+ is a connected system of assessments that includes state-provided interim assessments (started Fall 2023) and a statewide summative assessment that will replace the NDSA (starting Spring 2025) - More Information

ND Alternate Assessment (NDAA, KITE)

  • NDAA testlets are administered throughout the school year for some students and are embedded into the student’s instruction - More information

NDPHIT BSwift Portal

  • Medical and Supplemental Insurance Election Platform - BSwift Portal

NDSA Portal (State Assessment)

NEWSELA

  • Platform for putting knowledge and relevant, real-world content at the center of skills practice to make literacy outcomes a reality for every learner
  • Platform used at the High School and the Middle School

Novel Effect

  • App used by the elementary libraries to enhance time reading aloud

Panorama

  • Platform used by District Administration to aggregate learning data

Pass

  • Environment for authorizing hall passes and providing accountability for student whereabouts
  • Used at the High School and Middle School
  • MCPSD1 Details for Teachers
  • Students can access Pass via Clever

Pear Deck

  • Environment used at the Middle School for student collaboration

Perfection Learning (Perfection Next, Writable)

  • Platform that supports English Language Arts at the High School and Middle School levels

Platform Athletics PLT4M

  • App used by High School Physical Education in an independent fitness course

PowerSchool

PrimeroEdge

ProEd Edmark

Project 11

  • Supporting K-5 students and teachers in bringing mental health awareness along with positive coping skills into their lives
  • Check with the Director of Teaching and Learning if this environment is of interest to you for teaching

Project Lead The Way (PLTW)

  • STEM education platform available to all grade levels
  • Check with the Director of Teaching and Learning if this environment is of interest to you for teaching

PTCFast Conferencing System

Raptor

  • A Visitor Management component allows the district to track visitors whether parents, delivery persons, or visitors from other school districts
  • An Emergency Management component provides resources to the School Resource Officers in tracking the outcomes of planned drills and in accounting for students and staff in emergency situations

Rosetta Stone

  • Supplementary platform for English Learners
  • EL Teachers submit an FMX request to district Information Technology staff to enroll / unenroll students on this learning platform

School Café

SchoolNow

  • This is the vendor that hosts the district's website

SchoolTron

  • Elementary school student dismissal and pick up App
  • Login with the app on your teacher Ipad. Check with your Building Office staff if you do not know your account

Second Steps

ShowMe

  • ShowMe is an app that allows educators to break content down into easily digestible micro-lessons, customizable down to the student, when necessary. The ShowMe suite of tools acts like a teacher’s right hand, letting you create and upload demonstrations through slides, drawings, animations, and audio to deliver comprehensive instruction to help your students develop deep understanding.
  • Check with the Director of Teaching and Learning if this environment is of interest to you for teaching.

Socrative Pro

  • Socrative Pro is an online platform designed to enhance student and teacher digital communications. It does this by offering a questions-and-answers learning system that can be created by teachers for a given tool.
  • MCPSD1 Details for Teachers

SpringMath

STARFall

  • K-5 learning platform with untimed, multisensory interactive games that allow children to see, hear, and touch as they learn
  • Available to students via Clever
  • MCPSD1 Details for Teachers

STARS (State Automated Reporting System)

STOPitSolutions

  • Platform with resources to enhance safety and wellness in the district's schools

Teacher Powerschool

TI-84 Calculator App

  • Installed for HS Math and Science teachers.
  • Check with the Director of Teaching and Learning if this App is of interest to you for teaching.

Touchmath

Tumblebooks

  • Online reading environment used at Badlands Elementary and Fox Hills Elementary schools
  • Available to students via Clever

TurnItIn

  • Platform that supports English Language Arts at the High School and Middle School levels
  • Checks student work for originality, plagiarism, and AI-generated content

Vernier

  • HS Science and Engineering software and specialized equipment

Visual PST

  • App that enables maintenance of report card templates in conjunction with grades in PowerTeacher

Voyager Sopris Learning

  • Acadience Pre-Kindergarten (PELI)
  • Everyday English Plus MTSS ELA - https://vport.voyagersopris.com/vip/logon.do
  • LANGUAGE! 4th Edition MTSS ELA - https://vport.voyagersopris.com/vip/logon.do
  • REWARDS PLUS Science 2E
  • REWARDS Plus: Social Studies, 3rd Ed.
  • REWARDS Writing Student Books
  • Step Up to Writing (Grades 9-12)
  • Step Up to Writing (Grades 6-8)
  • TransMath 3E  MTSS Math - https://vport.voyagersopris.com/vip/logon.do
  • VMathLive MTSS ELA - https://vport.voyagersopris.com/vip/logon.do
  • VMath Summer MTSS ELA - https://vport.voyagersopris.com/vip/logon.do

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Zoom

  • The district has a limited number of Zoom accounts for use when Google Chat is not an option
  • The District Office / School Board have a webinar account for use with School Board meetings
  • The district has a "translate" license which can be associated with an account to enable content translation during a meeting

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