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Introduction to Power School
Goals 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
Objectives 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
Power School vs Power Teacher
The Power School Website
http://powerschool.avongrove.org/admin/pw.html
It is web based – It can be accessed it from any computer with internet connection
Create a Desktop shortcut
1. Open powerschool website2. Right click on the site3. Select Create Shortcut4. select Yes
Login Procedure - If this is your first time
username;username Example = tparkinson;tparkinson
Username = current computer login name
Welcome to PowerSchool
Overview
Navigation Bar
Report Queue
LogoutOnline Help
Main MenuSide Bar
Student Searches
Changing PasswordNote: only if you have not done so
Use current network/computer password
1. Click on Personalize
2. Click on Change password
Changing Password Enter old and new password
Click Submit
Returning to Start page Use “Bread Crumbs”
Overview of Student Searches
How to search/browse students
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
Search for…
1. …all student in the __ grade2. …all the male students3. … all the student whose last name begins with
the letter ____4. Re-select the current selection5. …all enrolled
Selecting Students by Hand Use this if you want to select more than one
student on the list
Selecting Students by Hand1. Click
3. Click
Click
Click
1 Click2. Hold while clicking on the others
2. Hold
Field/Value Searching Suppose you would like to find all of the
students in your school whose first name is Timothy.
Field/Value Searching Every search command line is broken into
three parts: 1. field name - such as first_name or grade_level or
DOB2. 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]
Field/Value Searching 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]
Field/Value Searching
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.
Comparator Meaning
= 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
Searching Using “=“ Search for all students with the last name of
Smith
Last_Name=Smith
Searching Using “=“ Search for a student with the Student id
number ofHS - 14516MS – 14179AGI – 14874PLE - 19683
Student_Number=____
Searching Using “in“ Create a single list of students who are in:
HS – 9th , 10th , and 11th grade MS – 7th,8th Grade AGI – 3rd, 4th 6th Grade PlE – K, 2nd Grade
HS - grade_level in 9,10,11MS - grade_level in 7,8AGI - grade_level in 3,4,6PLE - grade_level in 0,2
Search Using “Contains”
…all of the students in your school who live on State Road
mailing_street contains StateOr
Street contains state
Search Using “Contains”
Mother’s last name includes Smith
mother contains smith
Wild Card Searching “@”
Search for a student whose first name starts with Jen
first_name = jen@
Note: For SASI users the “@” replaces the SASI”*”
Wild Card Searching “@”
Search for a student whose first or second last name is Ayllon
last_name = @ayllon@
Searching Using OR (in waves)
Search for all the students whose last names begins with “h” or “j” or “k”
1st wave – Last_name = h@ search 2nd wave - Last_name = j@ search 3rd wave - Last_name = k@ search
Searching Using AND “;” HS – search for all the boys in the 11th gradeMS - Search for all the girls in the 8th gradeAGI - Search for all the girls in the 6th gradePLE - Search for all the boys in the 2nd grade
grade_level = 11;gender = mgrade_level = 8;gender = fgrade_level = 6;gender = f
grade_level = 2;gender = m
How to Search by Birthday
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=todayFinds all students whose birthday is today, matching only month and day.
Birthdays (date)*birthday=5/1Find all students whose birthday is May 1
Birthdays (range)*birthday>=5/1/99;*birthday<=5/31/99Find all birthdays in May of 1999
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Displaying Inactive students – “/”
Include non-active students. Use this “/” prefix to search across ALL
students (ie, active and inactive). Example
/Last_Name=Smith
Stored Searches
How to Store Frequently Used Search Commands
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.
Stored Searches From the Start Page, click on Stored Searches
Click New.
Stored Searches1. 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
Stored Selections
Stored Selections1. Create your selection 2. Return to the Start page3. Check to see if you have your selections4. Click on the sorted selection link
248 students selected
Stored Selections Enter a title and date for your selection
Log Entries
Log Entries On the student’s screen Select Log Entries under the Administration
section of the side bar
Log Entries To create a new log entry
Click on New To view a current Log Click the date
Other Screens on the Start Page
Main Menu Side Bar
Functions
From the Start Page Attendance
Enrollment Summary
Teacher Schedules
Working with Individual Students
Select a single student
Student Section
Quick Lookup
Next on List
AddressCustom Screens
Demographics
Medical
Parent- Info
Student Section
Attendance
Academic Record
Special Education Occupation Plan
Other Views of Student Information
Student Alerts
Alerts
Alerts
Guardian (parent) Alert
Discipline Alert
Medical Alert
Other Alert
Run a Report
Absentee
Absentee Report From the Start Page Click on Absentee Report
Absentee Report
Click Submit
Absentee Report
Click Refresh to view report or use the Report Queue to return later
Resources
Mastery in MinutesVideo Tutorials
Mastery in Minutes (MiM) Located on the Power Source Website Click on the Training tab
Mastery in Minutes (MiM) Under the Online Training (bottom right)
In the MiM Section Click on Tutorials
Mastery in Minutes (MiM) To view the tutorial videos
Click on a Category of training tutorials
Help Desk
Power School Wiki Site Training Schedules & Resources
Questions
Next Step
Next Step Gather a list of your needs
What do you need to know how to do? Email list to:
Thank You