PowerSchool 101
TES Room 1 8:30am-10:00am Mon. Jun 22nd
This session is designed for those who are recently new to PowerSchool. Users are strongly encouraged to bring a laptop if they want some hands on experience and to follow along. This will cover the overall structure of PowerSchool, using the interface, understanding how powerful the searches are and beginning to look at student information.
I'm a Counselor - Where's my training?
TES Room 1 8:30am-10:00am Tues. Jun. 23rd
This session will provide training on screens that counselors use on a daily or occasional basis. Included will be exports of data (rank, GPA, cumulative credtis), stored searches, walk-in scheduling, transcript entry, PDF creation of transcripts, class counts, and more.
Data Access Tags & Codes - Common and Not So Common
TES Room 1 10:30am-12:00pm Mon. Jun. 22nd
Ever wanted to know some of those undocumented PowerSchool data access tags and codes or where you can use codes you may already know? Join us for this session to dive into PS DATs and codes and learn how you can extract and format data in a way you might not have even know possible.
GPAs, Honor Roll and Class Rank
TES Room 1 10:30am-12:00pm Tues. Jun. 23rd
Learn how to set up GPA calculation methods and use them for reports, honor rolls and class ranks. Note: if you intend to log in to your own PowerSchool system to make changes, you'll need District administrative access in addition to School administrative access.
Working with Student Contacts - Part 1
TES Room 1 1:00pm-2:30pm Mon. Jun. 22nd
Learn how to navigate through Student Contacts. We will discuss how to navigate through the Student Contacts interface as well as how Export, Modify, Delete and Import both new and existing data. Attendees should have access to both Quick Import/Export as well as Data Import/Export Manager.
Importing & Exporting
TES Room 1 1:00pm-2:30pm Tues. Jun. 23rd
Are you new to PowerSchool? Has your duties in PowerSchool changed? Are you now responsible for basic exporting and importing information with PowerSchool. Then this session is for you. We will be covering the basics of exporting information from PowerSchool--where to find this process, how to do a successful export and other useful tips . Importing information is a time saver when working with large amounts of data, so we will be learning how to use this feature to speed up that process.
Working with Student Contacts - Part 2
TES Room 1 3:00pm-4:30pm Mon. Jun. 22nd
Learn how to navigate through Student Contacts. We will discuss how to navigate through the Student Contacts interface as well as how Export, Modify, Delete and Import both new and existing data. Attendees should have access to both Quick Import/Export as well as Data Import/Export Manager.
End of Term Process
TES Room 2 3:30pm-4:30pm Tues. Jun. 23rd
Learn the steps necessary to close out the end of the marking period, and begin the next. Go over the process of Permanently Storing Grades and troubleshoot report card issues.
PowerTeacher PRO - In-Depth Gradebook Training - Part 1
TES Room 1 8:30am-10:00am Wed. Jun. 24th
In this double session you will learn in more detail the new PowerTeacher Pro (PTP) gradebook. This class is taught from the teachers perspective. It will be a great class to take if you need to go back and train your teachers on the use of the new gradebook.
PowerTeacher PRO - In-Depth Gradebook Training - Part 2
TES Room 1 10:30am-12:00pm Wed. Jun. 24th
n this double session you will learn in more detail the new PowerTeacher Pro (PTP) gradebook. This class is taught from the teachers perspective. It will be a great class to take if you need to go back and train your teachers on the use of the new gradebook.
Student Searches
TES Room 1 10:00am-10:30am Mon. Jun. 22nd (Mini)
Do you want to know more about searching student records?
TES Room 2 8:30am-10:00am Tues. Jun. 23nd
Scheduling - Elementary and Small School
Elementary and small school scheduling.
TES Room 1 10:00am-10:30am Tues. Jun. 23nd (Mini)
Course Management
Understand how courses are created and managed in PowerSchool.
TES Room 1 2:30pm-3:00pm Tues. Jun. 23nd (Mini)
Courses Sections and Enrollments
Understand how courses are created and managed in PowerSchool.
Attendance and Attendance Reports
TES Room 1 1:00pm-2:30pm Wed. Jun. 24th
Taking attendance, correcting attendance, future attendance, and making sure attendance is set up correctly for, will be just some of the items covered. This will be a basic class that will not go into the administrative or teacher part of attendance in any depth. We will discuss different attendance reports and what they can be used for. Reports to check if teachers are taking attendance and then some basic tips to make things easier and quicker for attendance. Will also have discussion on best practices for attendance and functions that help with it.
Functions - What do they do?
TES Room 1 3:00pm-4:30pm Wed. Jun. 24th
In this session we will review in detail the various items in the Functions Menu. We will discuss Absentee Report, Daily Bulletin, Enrollment Summary, etc. We will also review the Special Functions menu including Group Functions such as Exporting; Mass Enroll; Re-Enroll in School; Searching by GPA, Grades and Attendance; Student Field Value, etc.