Post on 22-Feb-2016
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Intro to PowerSchoolRussell Hoorn IIKelloggsville Public SchoolsCathy KulhawikKent Intermediate School District
Presentation
in
the Round
Welcome to Cathy’s World!
Play…
Work…
Welcome to My World!
Two kidsTwo dogsOne horseOne husband !
Home
A little about Russ
Tech Geek Just graduated with Bachelors
from Davenport UniversityMarried for 7 years4 kids
Hi-Jack from another Session
PSUG-MI Wikispaces http://psug-mi.wikispaces.com
Sessions
On to the Schedule
Purpose of this session
To familiarize you with PowerSchoolReview/ Introduce some key components of
IPTExpand upon areas that IPT did not cover
AGENDA
What is PowerSchoolLooking At PowerSchool Admin [PowerPoint]
Lessons Learned Basic Look at Student Screens
What is PowerSchool?
Dumb Question? Obviously it’s a Student Information System (SIS) Or it’s a Student Management System (SMS)
Web-Based Almost entirely now
Focus is to be Student-Centric Highly Customizable
and breakable… Not always the best product for specific tasks
SPED, Lunch, Transportation, etc.
What IPT tells you PowerSchool consists of
School Administration
Substitutes
Teachers
Parents and Students
Server
What IPT tells you PowerSchool consists of
School Administration
Substitutes
Teachers
Parents and Students
Server
School AdministrationStudentsFacultyState ReportsReportsPowerSchedulerTransportationPowerLunch … And more!!
Substitutes
TeachersGradeBookPowerTeacher
PublicParents Students
What IPT DOESN’T tell you PowerSchool consists
of
New to PowerSchool?Determine Priority functions for your school/positionDon’t try to implement the full set of features
immediatelyFocus your learning on top priority items first to
ensure strong knowledge of functionality You will still be learning new things 3, 4, 5 years into
using the productTake notes, but don’t think the way you did it last
year is the only way of performing a task.
Let’s get to it
What do you need to use PowerSchool?Web Browser (Internet Exploder, Firefox,
Safari, Chrome, Camino, Opera, etc…)Server address
(Today ours is http://10.1.1.X/admin)User Name and Password
PowerSchool AdminLogin pageEntering your User Name and PasswordUser Name: rhoornPassword: 1ab23c
rhoorn;1ab23c
The secret is the ;
Login Page
Custom Logo Custom Logo“Hidden” text
Version: 5.2.1.6.0101PowerTeacher Gradebook: 1.5.1.1
Machine Uptime: 8 days, 21 hours, 28 minutes, 19 secondsPS Server Uptime: 5 days, 18 hours, 28 minutes, 34 seconds
LDAP Disabled
Home or Start page
NavigationMenuContent Area (Search Students)
Navigation
PowerSchool Logo. “Your Best Friend”Current SchoolCurrent TermReport QueueLogoutHelp?
Main Menu
Rarely Changes from release to release… But, 6.0 is changing some of
the wording for absentee report to attendance.
The three “S’s” Special Functions School System
Content area
SearchBrowseOther
Finding Students
Basic SearchCompound SearchesStored SearchesStored SelectionsComing Soon Smart Search…
This is another Session
Student Screens
Quick LookupPrint a Report Information
Demographics Family
Academics Attendance Historical Grades
Administration Log Entries NetAccess
Enrollment All Enrollments Functions Transfer Info
Scheduling Bell Schedule View Matrix View Scheduling Setup
Quick Lookup
Print a Report
Information Screens
Academic Screens
Administration Screens
Enrollment Screens
Scheduling
Custom Screens
Built-in simple custom screensCustom Student HTML pages (official)System level “Unsupported” customizations
Now Let’s look at it.