1. BOCES and District Partnerships
#SchoolToolRocks
Distance Learning, Data Viewing and Grade Sharing
Albany: Deirdre Pangle
North Country: Tammy Travis
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2. Student Census information and primary attendance
Types of student information that may be viewed on an ongoing basis between districts (BOCES, between districts) 
Student Census information and primary attendance
Student Marking Period Grades
Transcripts
Retrieval grades for import from one SchoolTool district to another (Example:  DL grades and BOCES grades)
IEP Viewer (BOCES) to view Frontline and ClearTrack IEP's 
Lead in: How many of you are involved in Elementary Scheduling?
Draw them in – do you team? Why/why not?
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3. Steps to establish a district connection?
Host - Create a district connection - Maintenance > Application > District Connections
Establish information to view and share
Create a token
Share the token with the receiving district
Create Home District and enable District Connection (Maintenance > Census > Home District)
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4. District Demographic and Attendance Shared View
Demographic information that can be viewed
Student Picture
Student Contacts
Residence and Mailing Address
Phone Numbers 
Call Order
Notification when demographic information is not the same at the Host District and the receiving district
Daily Attendance viewing – in student folder titled “ View BOCES/DL student data”
Show examples of Demographic and Attendance
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5. Report Card and Transcripts Viewing
A district can't view grades at the other Schooltool district until their Report Card Publish Date  
Enable Report Cards and Transcript for viewing in District Connection
How to set up the viewing date for marking period grades: Maintenance > School Year > Configuration
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6. Summary of Steps for Connections (Ex: BOCES, DL, etc.)
Create District Connection 
Attendance, Marking Period Report Cards, Accept returned home district information
Optional Information
User Define Screen created that you would like to receive about the student such as his/her grade level
Allow Course Selections  
Allow district to retrieve course grades
Try to get 2-3 positives and 2-3 negatives
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7. Summary of Steps for Connections (Ex: BOCES, DL, etc.)
Student Enrollment Information to be completed:
- Distance Learning:
Host District must provide the DL Teacher Name and TEACH ID so that the Receiving District can enter it into their Faculty Module and Master Schedule for the DL Course
District of residence (DoR) is where the DW obtains the DL District information
DL Grade levels can be created at the Host Schools (i.e., DL 9, DL 10, etc.)
- BOCES and DL Enrollment:
The schooltool ID# and home district name must be populated in the student’s Home District schooltool record and the BOCES/DL schooltool record for sharing. To view home district information go to Census > Student > Home District from the drop-down menu.
Enrollment Type of BOCES/Distance Learning  for the District Hosting the course with Host District's BEDS Provider (make sure the enrollment type is Active and set to Export)
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8. Retrieving Grades for DL and BOCES Students
Determine the Publish Date for Retrieving Grades – Maintenance > School Year > Configuration
Enable "Allow district to retrieve grades" in District Connection(s) associated with DL Students or BOCES
Confirm the Host and Retrieving districts have student's Home District and Schooltool ID number populated in the student Census > Student tab > drop-down menu-Home District.
Related questions:
When do you lock?
Any concerns with functionality?
What would you change and why?
Group vote: What would be the single-most important thing you would change if you could?
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9. Steps for Sharing Course Grades
1. Determines the Shared Course Codes for courses that allow grade retrieval
Shared Course Codes – unique unduplicated code for each course in Course Catalog that grades will be shared
Location of Shared Course Code is in the Course Details of the course in the Course Catalog. 
Shared Course Codes must be entered at Host District and the Retrieving Districts course catalog
2. Important information about Shared Course Codes
The name must be unique and can't be repeated, even for like courses
The name shouldn't have any characters not recognized for as file characters in Microsoft products (please do not use /, %, *, spaces, etc.)
Keep the shared course codes simple and easy to recognize if you share grades for more than one building, DL course, etc.  (Example: BOCES Building Abbreviation plus 101= ABC101, etc.)
Group vote: What would be the single-most thing you would change?
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10. Sharing Course Codes with Participating Districts
How can I manage my Shared Course Codes:
Custom Export of all Courses with Shared Course Codes by Building Level that is not school year specific so no duplications occur
Excel Workbook or Access Database 
Update receiving districts with Shared Course Codes yearly 
Sharing Student ID numbers from one district to another if students weren't electronically transferred
Home District search for NONE
Custom Export for Home District with No Home District ID#
Creating more than one District Connection per district because of sharing and viewing constraints
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11. The Process of Sharing Grades
1. Enable Security Permissions for Retrieving student grades
SMS_Security Group appropriate to allow retrieve grades  - Click on +Guidance > check the box Retrieve Student Grades.
2. Publish Date and Lock Date in Maintenance > School Year > Configuration is current or has passed
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12. Process of Grade Sharing (continued)
3. Retrieve Student Grades in Counseling > Retrieve Student Grades
Types of Grades to Retrieved:
Marking Period Grades – must be the same number of marking periods at the host and retrieving district
Assessment(s) - State, Local or User Defined, includes scores and assessment flags, and date administered if populated in host district
Final Grades – includes grades or grade notes
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13. Process of Grade Sharing (continued)
4. Select the District from which to receive grades, school year, and destination of grades to be imported into your Schooltool database.
5. Indicate grades to be Previewed: Marking Period and which Marking Period, Final Grades or Assessments. 
When data already exists for the selected marking period, finals and/or assessments, the existing data will not be overwritten 
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14. Process of Grade Sharing (continued)
6. Click Preview Grades button for a list of students at the Host District and their associated grade data will be displayed showing what will transfer.
7. Use the checkboxes to select the students/rows to import and click Import Grades. 
 8. Import Results and any “Messages” will help determine whether you were successful and/or why not.
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15. Further Assistance and Questions
Schooltool Help Desk
option #2
Or 
Twitter Feed: #SchoolToolRocks
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16. Thank you for your participation!
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Thank you for your participation!
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