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The profession of teaching demands that teachers document numerous things. Child behavior, parent contact, and accidents are just a few of the things on which teachers take notes and document. You can store these notes in Galileo. Galileo will catalog notes and give you the opportunity to print them. Additionally you may “publish” any child notes you create, which will post these notes to the Pre-K Parent Center. The Pre-K Parent Center is the parent interface of Galileo to which programs have access.
Please note, these notes are different notes available on the Observation pages. Child notes, unlike the Anecdotal Notes on the Observation pages, are used to document events not related to learning.
1. Click Assessment>Enter Observations>Notes.
Page is also accessible from the Observations by Class page.
Page is also accessible from the Class Notes page Options box.
2. If you are an Agency- or Center-level user, use the down arrow on the Center drop-down menu to select the center.
3. Use the down arrow on the Class drop-down menu to select the class.
4. Use the down arrow on the Child drop-down menu to select the child on whom you wish to write, edit, delete, and/or print a note.
a. Please note, selecting the [All Children] option will add this note for all children in the class.
b. [All Children] will also allow you to display all the notes for all children.
1. Access the Child Notes page.
2. Click the Add a new note link.
3. Confirm that this is the child or children for whom you would like to create a note. You may choose to have this note display for any children in the class.
4. Type the name of this category of notes in the textbox next to the Subject label.
5. Determine if you would like to publish the note or not.
a. Publishing the note will make it immediately available to children and parents in the Pre-K Parent Center.
b. Please note, only Class-level users may publish a Class Note.
6. Determine if you would like to attach an optional image.
7. (optional) Click the insert today’s date icon.
8. Type in your note.
9. Click the Save button.
The note content and selected child(ren) may be edited, including whether the note is published or not.
1. Access the Child Notes page.
2. Determine if you would like to view the notes by clicking the appropriate radio button:
a. Published to Parent Center Notes,
b. Not Published to Parent Center Notes,
c. All.
3. Click the pencil icon or the note’s subject link.
4. Make any changes you see fit. You may edit which children see a note, by checking and unchecking children.
5. Click the Save button.
1. Access the Child Notes page.
2. Determine if you would like to print the note by clicking the appropriate radio button:
a. Published to Parent Center Notes,
b. Not Published to Parent Center Notes,
c. All.
3. Click the trashcan by the note you wish to delete.
1. Access the Child Notes page.
2. Determine if you would like to print the note(s) by clicking the appropriate radio button:
a. Published to Parent Center Notes,
b. Not Published to Parent Center Notes,
c. All.
3. Click the Print child notes for class link.
1. Access the Child Notes page.
2. Determine if you would like to print the note(s) by clicking the appropriate radio button:
a. Published to Parent Center Notes,
b. Not Published to Parent Center Notes,
c. All.
3. Determine if you print by clicking the appropriate printer icon:
a. in the Display Note column to print only the single subject.
b. in the Display All Notes for Child column to print notes on all subjects.
1. Access the Child Notes page.
2. Determine if you would like to print the note(s) by clicking the appropriate radio button:
a. Published to Parent Center Notes,
b. Not Published to Parent Center Notes,
c. All.
3. Click the Print child notes for class link.
Last Updated: 11.13.17