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1.1. PowerSchool SIS: Counselor

This learning path includes recommended courses for school counselors who use PowerSchool SIS. Taking additional courses that aren't included in this learning path is also recommended.

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Module Description
Basics for Admin Users Part 1 This course is intended for new PowerSchool SIS admin users or experienced users who would like to brush up on the basics. In Part 1 of this three-part course, you will learn about the different groups who use PowerSchool SIS, how someone from each of the user groups signs in to PowerSchool SIS, and how to navigate the PowerSchool SIS Start Page. You will also explore common PowerSchool SIS tasks, run basic reports, and use group actions. Although some of the tasks demonstrated in this course may not pertain to your role, you can use the course to learn how to navigate PowerSchool SIS and perform basic functions.
Basics for Admin Users Part 2 This course is intended for new PowerSchool SIS admin users or experienced users who would like to brush up on the basics. In Part 2 of this three-part course, you will learn how to search for students and how to use student pages. You will explore individual student information, such as alerts and demographics, and look at student reports that you can print.
Basics for Admin Users Part 3 This course is intended for new PowerSchool SIS admin users and experienced users who would like to brush up on the basics. In Part 3 of this three-part course, you will learn how to perform basic field-level searches in PowerSchool SIS, print reports, use group actions, perform compound searches, and use other methods to obtain the appropriate selection of students.
Counselor and Administrative Skills This course is intended for both counselors and administrators. Participants will learn how to manage contact records, conduct and save student searches, enroll and review students in student programs, and record student information.
High School Counselor and Administrative Skills This course is intended for counselors and administrators in high schools. Participants will learn how to review and update GPA calculations, track students’ progress toward graduation using graduation plans, and how to modify transcripts.
Assigning a Counselor to Students Learn how to mass assign a counselor to a group of students, as well as how to assign a counselor to an individual student.
Working with Student Contacts This course is intended for PowerSchool SIS admin users at the school and district level. Administrators will learn how to manage student contacts by adding new contacts, importing contacts, modifying contact information, consolidating duplicate contacts, and by using the contacts data access tags to generate quick reports.
During the School Year Scheduling - Elementary School administrative staff responsible for managing elementary schedules during the school year will learn how to perform several scheduling-related tasks, including how to review and modify the master course schedule, add courses, create dependent sections, manually schedule students, mass register students in a class, and enroll students in student programs.
During the School Year Scheduling - Secondary In this course, you will learn how to use the master course schedule to manage course offerings and schedules for the current school year. Learn how to change the display preferences, add a new course, create a new section of a course, delete a section, mass enroll students into a section, and enroll a student in a course at another school.
Enrolling and Transferring Students This course is intended for administrators who enroll and transfer students in your district and schools. You will learn how to enroll new students and their siblings, transfer students in and out of schools, and pre-enroll students for the next school year.
Setting Up Graduation Planner Use Graduation Planner at the District Office in PowerSchool SIS to create graduation plans so that you can monitor students’ progress toward completing the defined graduation requirements. Each district and/or school may have distinct requirements that students must achieve to meet this goal. Fortunately, you can use PowerSchool SIS to create as many plans as necessary and assign multiple plans to individual students for varied purposes.
Setting Up Graduation Plan Waivers Learn how to set up graduation plan waivers at the district level and how to apply a waiver to a student’s record.
Managing Grades and Academic Data Part 1 This is part one of a two-part course intended for administrative and office staff who are responsible for entering and editing student academic data. Administrators and office staff will learn how to create tests and their score categories in PowerSchool SIS, as well as how to enter single test scores and import groups of scores. In addition, learn how to add information to transcripts manually for students who transfer into your school or district, how to add historical information for a single course, and how to edit historical course grades.
Managing Grades and Academic Data Part 2 This second part of a two-part course is intended for administrative and office staff who are responsible for retrieving student academic data. Administrators and office staff will learn how to review a student’s overall academic status and progress towards graduation, how to search for students based on their grades or GPA, and how to run the At Risk report to discover which students are in danger of not graduating.
Communication Tools Part 1 When it comes to communication, use a variety of tools in PowerSchool SIS to share information effectively with students, parents or guardians, and staff members. In part one of this course, explore these tools and learn how to create your own form letters, customize mailing labels, and print reports for students.
Communication Tools Part 2 PowerSchool SIS provides a variety of communication tools that school administrative staff can use to share information effectively with students, parents or guardians, and staff members. In this final part of the course, learn how to create your own report cards, progress reports, PDFs of student schedules, and attendance letters. Then learn how to import and export report templates, set up class roster reports, and enter and edit items in the daily bulletin.
Enterprise Reports for Report Users Part 1 (Not Recommended) Explore Enterprise Reports, a set of interactive reports in PowerSchool SIS built using Application Express (APEX), Oracle's rapid application development tool. Learn how to grant access to Enterprise Reports, then explore the published reports and the reporting features available.
Enterprise Reports for Report Users Part 2 (Not Recommended) Learn how to customize Enterprise Reports by adding aggregate calculations and conditional formatting, creating pivot tables and charts, and adding calculated columns. Then learn about the Flashback and Set Current Selection features, and how to manage Enterprise Reports.

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