PowerTeacher - Credentials

Viewing Credentials in PowerTeacher

A credential, such as a high school diploma, consists of a set of requirements that must be met before the student can be awarded the credential. In PowerTeacher, you can view the student credentials that are in PASI. You can also run credential reports that display a student's credential information, including a checklist that indicates which requirements have been met.

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Field	Description
PowerTeacher Portal > Current Classes > backpack icon >select student > Credentials tab or PowerTeacher Portal > Current Classes > backpack icon >select student > Select screens > Credentials
Credential Requirement Set	The name of the set of requirements that must be met for the student to be awarded the credential.
Achievement Status	The status of the student's credential achievement.
Percentage Complete	The percentage of credential requirements that the student has met so far.
Met?	Indicates whether the student has achieved the requirement for the credential.
Requirement	Indicates the requirement, within the credential requirement set, that the student must achieve to be awarded the credential. For further details about a requirement, move the pointer over the requirement.
Requirement Status	Indicates whether the student has achieved the credential requirement.
Exemption Status	Indicates the status of a requirement exemption.
Achievement Message	Provides details about the student's progress toward the requirement.

Viewing a Student's CTS Credentialed Pathway

A Career and Technology Studies (CTS) credential pathway is a series of specific courses selected to provide opportunities for students to achieve a credential or credit awarded by a recognized community or industry organization or post-secondary institution.

Field	Description
Pathway Name	The name of the CTS credentialed pathway.
School Year Completed	The school year in which the student completed the pathway.
Completion Date	The date the student completed the pathway.
Contributing Courses	The courses in the pathway.

Running Credential Reports in PowerTeacher

There are two credential reports that can be run from PowerTeacher: The Detailed Academic Report and the Credential Requirement Checklist. Both reports can be run for a single student or an entire class. Credential report results are available for seven days; to review the results after seven days, you must re-run the report.

Detailed Academic Report

This report contains detailed information about student marks and credits, and credential requirement exemptions.

To run the report in PowerTeacher for a single student:

On the Current Classes page, click the backpack icon. The Student Information page appears.
Click the student's name.
- If Quick Lookup is your default page, click the Reports tab.
- If Quick Lookup is not your default page, choose Reports from Select screens on the top right of the page.
Under Detailed Academic Report, click Run Now. A PDF dialog appears from which you can choose to open or save the PDF file.

To run the report in PowerTeacher for an entire class

On the Current Classes page for a class, click the report icon on the far left of the page. The Student Reports [class name] page appears.
Under the Detailed Academic Report, click Run Now. The report runs for all students in the current class and a results page appears.
- Notes: There is a 30 second delay before the report results are displayed.

To view the report for a single student, under Download, click the Credential Requirements Report link for the student.
To download the reports for all students into a .zip file, click Download All
Clicking the Back button returns you to the Student Reports page where a Results button is available that returns you to the results. However, if you leave the Student Reports page, the Results button is no longer available and you will need to re-run the report.

Credential Requirement Checklist

This report is a checklist that shows which credential requirements the student has met and not met.

To run the report in PowerTeacher for a single student:

On the Current Classes page, click the backpack icon. The Student Information page appears.
Click the student's name.
- If Quick Lookup is your default page, click the Reports tab.
- If Quick Lookup is not your default page, choose Reports from Select screens on the top right of the page.
Under Credential Requirement Checklist, choose the Credential Type, the Requirement Set, and in which Language the report results should display.
Click Run Now. A dialog appears with the student number and student name.
Click Credential Requirements Checklist. A PDF dialog appears from which you can choose to open or save the PDF file.

To run the report in PowerTeacher for an entire class:

On the Current Classes page for a class, click the report icon on the far left of the page. The Student Reports [class name] page appears.
Under Credential Requirement Checklist, choose the Credential Type, the Requirement Set, and in which Language the report results should display.
Click Run Now. The report runs for all students in the current class and a results page appears.
- Note: There is a 30 second delay before the report results are displayed.

To view the report for a single student, under Download, click the Credential Requirements Report link for the student.
To download the reports for all students into a .zip file, click Download All
Clicking the Back button returns you to the Student Reports page where a Results button is available that returns you to the results. However, if you leave the Student Reports page, the Results button is no longer available and you will need to re-run the report.