 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

 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

It is web based – It can be accessed it from any computer with internet connection

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

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

Overview

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

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

 Enter old and new password  Click Submit

 Use “Bread Crumbs”

 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

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

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

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

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

 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]

 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]

 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.

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 wildcard

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

Search for a student with the Student id number of HS MS – AGI – PLE Student_Number=____

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

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

Mother’s last name includes Smith mother contains smith

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

Search for a student whose first or second last name is Ayllon last_name =

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

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

 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

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

 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.

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

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

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

 Enter a title and date for your selection

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

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

Main Menu Side Bar

 From the Start Page Attendance Enrollment Summary Teacher Schedules

Select a single student

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

Attendance Academic Record

Guardian (parent) Alert Discipline Alert Medical Alert Other Alert

Absentee

 From the Start Page  Click on Absentee Report

 Click Submit

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

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

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

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

 Gather a list of your needs What do you need to know how to do?  list to: