2.  To obtain a basic understanding of Power School: Power School vs Power Teacher Searching Log Entries Alerts Student Screens Support  Next Step Gather a list of your needs What do you need to know how to do? Have specialized training

3.  At the end of this session, you will be able to: Know the difference between Power School & Power Teacher Log on to Power school Search for a student and groups of students Use Stored Searches and Stored Selections View Log Entries View Alerts Have a general understanding of other student screens and Alerts Know at least 2 places to go to for Help

5. http://powerschool.avongrove.org/admin/pw.html It is web based – It can be accessed it from any computer with internet connection

6. 1. Open powerschool website 2. Right click on the site 3. Select Create Shortcut 4. select Yes

7.  username;username Example = tparkinson;tparkinson  Username = current computer login name

8. Overview

9. Navigation Bar Report Queue Logout Online Help Main Menu Side Bar Student Searches

10. Use current network/computer password 1. Click on Personalize 2. Click on Change password

11.  Enter old and new password  Click Submit

12.  Use “Bread Crumbs”

14.  Using the Browse Option – Click on one of the links to execute specific, single-criteria searches.  You can search by First letter of Last Name Grade level Gender Current Enrollment Current Selection

15. 1. …all student in the __ grade 2. …all the male students 3. … all the student whose last name begins with the letter ____ 4. Re-select the current selection 5. …all enrolled

16.  Use this if you want to select more than one student on the list

17. 1. Click 3. Click Click 1 Click 2. Hold while clicking on the others 2. Hold

18.  Suppose you would like to find all of the students in your school whose first name is Timothy.

19.  Every search command line is broken into three parts: 1. field name - such as first_name or grade_level or DOB 2. comparator - such as = 3. search argument - in the example, Timothy is the search argument – what I want to find  The general format is: [field name] [comparator] [search argument]

20.  Suppose you would like to find all of the students in your school whose first name is Tim.  Type the following into the search box: first_name=tim [field name] [comparator] [search argument]

21.  Using the Search option (field/value)  PowerSchool stores student information in fields. For example: "first_name" field stores the students' first names. The "DOB" filed stores the students' date-of- birth.

22. ComparatorMeaning = equals < is less than > is greater than <= is less than or equal to >= is greater than or equal to # does not equal in is [field] present in the search argument? contains is the search argument contained in the [field]? !contain is the search argument not contained in the [field]? @ wildcard

23. Search for all students with the last name of Smith Last_Name=Smith

24. Search for a student with the Student id number of HS - 14516 MS – 14179 AGI – 14874 PLE - 19683 Student_Number=____

25. Create a single list of students who are in:  HS – 9 th, 10 th, and 11 th grade  MS – 7 th,8 th Grade  AGI – 3 rd, 4 th 6 th Grade  PlE – K, 2 nd Grade HS - grade_level in 9,10,11 MS - grade_level in 7,8 AGI - grade_level in 3,4,6 PLE - grade_level in 0,2

26. …all of the students in your school who live on State Road mailing_street contains State Or Street contains state

27. Mother’s last name includes Smith mother contains smith

28. Search for a student whose first name starts with Jen first_name = jen@ Note: For SASI users the “@” replaces the SASI”*”

29. Search for a student whose first or second last name is Ayllon last_name = @ayllon@

30. Search for all the students whose last names begins with “h” or “j” or “k” 1st wave – Last_name = h@ search 2 nd wave - Last_name = j@ search 3 rd wave - Last_name = k@ search

31. HS – search for all the boys in the 11 th grade MS - Search for all the girls in the 8 th grade AGI - Search for all the girls in the 6 th grade PLE - Search for all the boys in the 2 nd grade grade_level = 11;gender = m grade_level = 8;gender = f grade_level = 6;gender = f grade_level = 2;gender = m

32.  To find a student or students that have a birthday on a specified date, use the *birthday search code. This code is always preceded with an asterisk. Birthdays (today) *birthday=today Finds all students whose birthday is today, matching only month and day. Birthdays (date) *birthday=5/1 Find all students whose birthday is May 1 Birthdays (range) *birthday>=5/1/99;*birthday<=5/31/99 Find all birthdays in May of 1999

33.  Include non-active students.  Use this “/” prefix to search across ALL students (ie, active and inactive). Example /Last_Name=Smith

35.  You can store frequently-used searches instead of entering the same search command every time that you need to work with a particular group of students. After a search is stored, all other users on the same PowerSchool server can use all the stored searches listed on the stored search page.

36.  From the Start Page, click on Stored Searches  Click New.

37. 1. Enter a Name for the stored search 2. Enter the search command - just as you would in the Search Student's field on the PowerSchool start page. 3. Click submit. #1 #2 #3

39. 1. Create your selection 2. Return to the Start page 3. Check to see if you have your selections 4. Click on the sorted selection link 248 students selected

40.  Enter a title and date for your selection

42.  On the student’s screen  Select Log Entries under the Administration section of the side bar

43.  To create a new log entry Click on New  To view a current Log Click the date

44. Main Menu Side Bar

45.  From the Start Page Attendance Enrollment Summary Teacher Schedules

46. Select a single student

47. Quick Lookup Next on List Address Custom Screens Demographics Medical Parent- Info

48. Attendance Academic Record

53. Guardian (parent) Alert Discipline Alert Medical Alert Other Alert

54. Absentee

55.  From the Start Page  Click on Absentee Report

56.  Click Submit

57. Click Refresh to view report or use the Report Queue to return later

60.  Located on the Power Source WebsitePower Source  Click on the Training tab

61.  Under the Online Training (bottom right)  In the MiM Section Click on Tutorials

62.  To view the tutorial videos Click on a Category of training tutorials

67.  Gather a list of your needs What do you need to know how to do?  Email list to: knorris@avongrove.org