First Student User’s Guide Creating an Incident Report October 2013

This guide focuses on this step 2 First ACTS: High-Level Process Parent notification: Letter Parent notification: Letter Informational sent to District/ School staff notification sent back to FS User 1.Easy-to-use, intuitive tool for FS & schools 2.Flexibility to support a variety of local processes from diverse schools/districts, large and small Design based on two key principles: First ACTS System First ACTS System FS Writer Creates Incident Report (IR) If required, IR viewed at FS, approved Notification to School Reviewer Reviewer reads IR, takes action

First ACTS: Incident Report Creation First Student users who can create Incident Reports in First ACTS are called Writers. There are two types of First ACTS Writers. Locations can utilize one or both of the following types of Writers: Incident Reports are released directly to the schools Incident Reports require FS review before they are released to the schools FS Writer creates Report Report sent to School for review FS Writer creates Report Report reviewed at FS Report sent to School for review

First ACTS: Logging into First ACTS 1.Each First ACTS user should receive a “New Account Created” message with their login credentials (system username & initial password) and link for their system 2.The link for the their system will open this Welcome page. In the Login box, enter the provided Username & Password to log into the system 3.New users will be prompted to set a new password

First ACTS: Creating an Incident Report 1.Student can be entered by Student ID or Name. If the student is found in the database, Grade & School will auto-fill. If student is not in the database, it will be added. 2.If student has any past incidents in the database, they will be displayed here and can be viewed by clicking incident number. 3.Incident information includes Date & Time, Route info. Infraction Type is from a pull-down list. Additional Infraction Types can be added by clicking the green “+” sign. Internal notes are visible to FS and School Reviewers, but not included on parent communications. 4.Files, such as photos or videos can be attached to the Incident Report 5.Once Incident Report is completed, click “Create Incident” to submit