By Coleen Hodges on June 13, 2019
This year we are adding a zero hour into our class scheduling. Not all students will have to sign up for a zero hour class. For instance, the kids that play JH sports will sign up for the zero hour as part of their PE credits. Some of the zero hour classes will be for HS students as well. Not sure how to set it up where the attendance data reflects that this is an extra period.
Does anyone have any experience with setting up something like this in PS?
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By Jane Campbell on December 10, 2018
We had a new teacher who was here for about a month and then took medical leave. At the time, I didn't know it was going to continue the rest of the semester and didn't add the sub in as a co-teacher. Now this teacher has resigned for medical reasons and the sub is taking over her classes. I discovered last week the sub has been logging in as the teacher since the beginning. (Yeah, my fault I didn't fix this sooner.)
What is the best way to switch the class over to the sub? I want the sub's name to show as the teacher name on report cards next week. Under Edit Section, I tried adding the sub as the lead teacher and removing the original teacher. But I got a warning about losing Gradebook data. I briefly considered editing the name of the short-term teacher, but I hate to do that.
Any suggestions? TIA.
Jane Campbell
Marian High School / Omaha
PowerSchool 11.0.5 ... soon to be 12.1
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By Jane Campbell on June 28, 2018
Our registrar is attempting to break up a few very large study halls into smaller sections. Since you can't mass unenroll students from a course section, this will be a long, tedious process for her. I found a post on PSUG from 2006 that said you can just delete a course section and everyone in that section will be dropped from the course. Then you can re-create sections and mass enroll students.
This seems too easy and like it would leave orphan files. Has anyone done this? Can you just delete the section form the Edit Section screen? (School Setup > Section > Edit Section > Delete Section).
Or do I delete the section through DDA? (DDA > CC table > SectionID=### > Modify Records > Delete section)
Is there a better way to unenroll about 160 students from course sections? Anything to avoid one-by-one modify schedule option!
TIA
Jane Campbell / Marian High School / Omaha, NE
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By Adrian Carlson on January 16, 2018
PLEASE NOTE: PowerSchool has just canceled these sessions because not enough participants signed up.Thank you. - 2/14/2018
In addition to the ESU 10 Scheduling workshops, PowerSchool
is also offering the following:
P owerScheduler: Prepare to Build (3 day),
PowerScheduler: Load Process (2 day), and PowerScheduler: Build Workshop (4
day).
These are hosted by the Diocese of Lincoln, but are offered by
PowerSchool and open to any school in the area. PowerSchool asked the
Diocese of Lincoln to host these workshops since it is in a centralized
location for many School Districts. To be clear: these sessions will be
open to ALL school districts and are NOT exclusive to the Diocese of Lincoln
schools. Since these sessions are offered by PowerSchool and the Diocese of
Lincoln is only hosting, if you would like to attend you will have to register
through PowerSource and the registration fee would be paid by the school or
the attendee.
PowerScheduler:
Prepare to Build March 19th – 21st $1,200 per attendee:
The PowerScheduler Prepare to Build 3-day session is
designed for schools that need extra assistance in working through the
preparation process. The Prepare to Build 3-day session will go over all items
that need to be completed in order to have a productive build experience. This
course is designed for people who will need more assistance with setting up the
parameters for their school.
Objectives: -Introduce PowerScheduler and Prepare to Build
process -Use demo data to discuss and evaluate setup items -Brainstorm school
specific items such as use of Teams, Buildings, or Houses -Analyze Room,
Teacher, Student, and course request screen setup -Walk through comprehensive
setup of Courses, including Course Relationships -Discuss use of Constraints
-Download engine and demonstrate Build process -Evaluate common errors in
process -Begin to work on individual school setup, focusing on specific
"tricky" topics such as Course Setup, Course Relationships, and
Constraints
PowerScheduler:
Load Process March 22nd – 23rd $800 per attendee:
The PowerScheduler Load Process 2-day
session is designed for schools that need extra assistance in working through
the preparation process. This course is designed for people who will need more
assistance with setting up the parameters for their school.
Objectives -Introduce PowerScheduler and Load process -Use demo data to discuss
and evaluate setup items -Brainstorm school specific items such as use of
Teams, Buildings, or Houses -Analyze Room, Teacher, Student, and course request
page setup -Walk through necessary setup of Courses, including valid Course
Relationships -Discuss use of Constraints -Download engine and demonstrate Load
process -Evaluate common errors in Load process -Begin to work on individual school
setup, focusing on specific "tricky" topics such as Course Requests
screen setup and Constraints
PowerScheduler:
Build Workshop April 24th – 27th $1,600 per attendee:
The PowerScheduler Build workshop is designed for schools that
need extra assistance in working through the build process.
Objectives -Walk through Build process -Evaluate and analyze
validation and build errors -Work with trainer to resolve validation and build
errors -Consult with trainer as needed to effectively build the school's master
schedule
To register for these courses,
1. Log on to PowerSource
2. Click on the Training Tab
3. Click on the Training Calendar Tile
4. Find the course you want to attend and click the Request
button on the right.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.
Adrian Carlson
adrian-carlson@cdolinc.net
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By Wayne Wiens on January 15, 2018
Upcoming Scheduling Workshops at ESU 10
Cost: $35 (lunch included)
PowerScheduler is a very powerful tool that can save a lot of time for whoever setups the schedule and enrolls students. Everyone should be using PowerScheduler to have students enter their course requests for next year. PowerScheduler can use these requests to enroll students into their courses. The workshops are broken down into three areas:
PowerScheduler: Build & Load overview - Thursday, February 8th
This workshop will cover the initial setup that is needed to get the scheduling process started, including the setup of the student request screens.
PowerScheduler: Prepare to Build - Thursday, March 15th
This workshop will cover the complex world of a Build. A Build is where you give PS all the necessary information and it creates a schedule. If you don’t like your current schedule or your schedule is going to change for next year, letting PowerScheduler Build the schedule is an option to creating the schedule manually.
PowerScheduler: Prepare to Load - Thursday, April 12th
This workshop will show how to Load the student requests into the schedule. No matter if you are going to use this current year’s schedule (even with a few tweaks) or if you had PowerScheduler Build it, the Load process will automate enrolling students into their requested courses.
To register for these courses, click HERE and search for PowerSchool.
Also, PowerSchool will be offering scheduling workshops in Lincoln, hosted by the Diocese of Lincoln Schools. More information will be posted soon.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact us.
Wayne Wiens Ellie Schroeder
wwiens@esu10.org eschroeder@esu10.org
308.698.1996 308-698-1917
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By Jane Campbell on November 6, 2017
Are there any other Nebraska schools that might be using Phoenix Learning or Richard James for scheduling help this year? I'd love to share expenses with another school, if possible. They've told me Richard might be working with other nearby schools. Thanks!
Jane Campbell
Marian High School
Omaha, NE
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By Jane Campbell on September 13, 2017
We're interested in getting a consultant to help with next year's schedule. I used Phoenix Learning about 12 years ago and will probably call them but thought I'd check with all of you. Do you have someone you would recommend for scheduling help? As administrator retired who did a lot with scheduling ... she had very specific ways to handle things ... would like to find better ways to do some things. TIA.
Jane Campbell / Marian High School / Omaha
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By Jane Campbell on June 5, 2017
A PS support rep told me last year that splitting our year-long classes to 2 semester-long classes would: 1. Make scheduling easier and 2. Prevent end-of-year report card issues with dropped courses.
So now I'm looking at splitting all our year-long courses for the 2018-19 school year. If you're at a high school, do you split all your classes into two semester-long courses for scheduling purposes? How does this affect classes like science or math -- i.e., Do your students generally get the same teacher both semesters, or do they randomly get two different teachers for these kinds of classes?
Is there anything I should consider before making this change? The teachers supposedly already teach classes at the same pace so it shouldn't affect them. Just want to make sure I've considered everything before I do this.
Thanks!
Jane Campbell
Marian High School / Omaha
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By Jane Campbell on February 20, 2017
Is there a way to pull students who have no course requests? TIA
Jane Campbell
Marian High School
Omaha
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By Jane Campbell on December 7, 2016
Do you schedule a summer term in PowerSchool? If so, when does your summer term begin and end?
We're planning to add a summer term for the 2017-18 school year. I just discovered the administrators plan to begin summer classes on June 1, which is one week (4 work days) after final exams for the 2016-17 year. It's also one day BEFORE the current 16-17 year technically ends in PowerSchool (I always pad a few days at the end). Not sure how/when I will be doing EOY processing with this tight of a schedule.
Any suggestions? Suggestions on how I can persuade the administrators to wait a couple of weeks before starting summer term? ;-) TIA.
Jane Campbell
Marian High School
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By Jane Campbell on April 8, 2014
Do most schools copy their master schedule from the previous year? We are a private high school so our enrollment numbers change and course offerings change each year. My co-workers who did the schedule in the past three years say they've never copied the schedule, but support is telling us we will need to create individual course sections if we don't copy the schedule. What do you do? Copy the schedule and make changes from there, or start new each year? TIA.
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By Wayne Wiens on April 2, 2014
PowerScheduler Workday
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
ESU 10 Kearney
9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Room: Mac/PC Lab
Presenter: Wayne Wiens
PowerScheduler Agenda:
- Initial setup
- LOAD setup
- Work time & time to ask questions
It would be very beneficial if you have your student requests completed before this workshop.
Register here=> Odie Registration
If you have any questions, please contact me, wwiens@esu10.org.
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By Joan Ibarra on May 6, 2013
Just double checking how most of you do this...do you commit before or after end of year processes are done?
Do you split your year long courses?
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By Graci Gillming on January 11, 2012
PowerSchool Workshop
February 2, 2012
9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
ESU 10 - 76 Plaza Blvd - Kearney, NE
Conference Room A (north wing)
Presenter: Wayne Wiens, ESU 9, wwiens@esu9.org
Topic: PowerScheduler
It's that time again to start the scheduling process for next year. During the workshop we will cover the scheduling process through PowerScheduler, including setting up the student registration screens.
Registration: https://odie.esu10.org/workshops
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By Dustin Favinger on July 26, 2011
Hello there everyone! I vaguely remember having this problem last year and don't remember the workaround. When I am looking at our Master Schedule on the live side, it does not show the number of students enrolled in each section. It say 0/30...but if you click on the 0 then it shows you the students enrolled. How can I fix this so that I can quickly see how many are enrolled in each section when looking at the master schedule.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Dustin Favinger
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By Peggy Medema on July 19, 2011
I think I ask this every year, but is there a way to make it start going to 2011-12 now, or do I have to wait until school starts?
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By Peggy Medema on June 20, 2011
We are going to full day Kindergarten this year. However, my rural school kids will only go M-W-F until the end of the first quarter.
I can't decide whether to put them on a track and uncheck the days they aren't scheduled to be in class, or to set up an A/B schedule and set the calendar days that way.
Do you think it makes any difference? Any input would be appreciated.
Thanks!
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By Peggy Medema on June 1, 2011
I think this happened last year, too, and it was showing 2000-2001, but I don't remember how or if it needs to be fixed. Can someone help me out here??
Thanks!!
I love June :~P
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By Graci Gillming on May 3, 2011
PowerSchool Sharing Sessions
May 11, 2011 - ESU 9 - Hastings
May 12, 2011 - ESU 10 - Kearney
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
ESU 9 Registration - http://j.mp/PSworkday5_11_ESU9
ESU 10 Registration: https://odie.esu10.org/workshops
Presenter: Wayne Wiens wwiens@esu9.org
Topics:
- The New NSSRS Student Grades report - due June 30th
- Scheduling using PowerScheduler (no presentation - worktime provided)
9:00 Introductions
9:05 Highlights from NEPSUG Conference - Tips and Tricks
9:30 NSSRS Student Grades Report
- Determining the State's course numbers for your school's courses
- Methods of inputting the State's course numbers into PowerSchool's alternate course number field
- Setting up courses and sections to correctly report
- Running the report
11:00 Work and Question time
11:45 Lunch
12:30 Work and Question time
4:00 Wrap-up
Registration: See above
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By Graci Gillming on March 16, 2011
PowerSchool Scheduler Workdays at ESU 9 and ESU 10
Friday March 25 at ESU 9 - Click here to register: https://connect.esu9.org/workshops
Wednesday March 30 at ESU 10 - Click here to register: https://odie.esu10.org/workshops
Feel free to register for both days. If you have any questions, send Wayne Wiens an email or give him a call.
wwiens@esu9.org
402.463.5611
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