Student Setup
Introduction
The following data elements are required for provincial reporting.
To perform student-specific tasks:
To add a new student, on the Start Page, in the left panel, click Enroll New Student. The Enroll New Student page appears.
OR
To open an existing student record, on the Start Page search for the student. If the search results show multiple students, under Current Student Selection, click the student's name. The last accessed student page opens for the student selected.
Note: The following information describes the setup required for Provincial Reporting. For information about general student setup, see Help > System Help.
Data Element | Additional Information | [Table] Field Name | Report / Validations |
Entering Grade Level of AchievementState/Province - AB > Grade Level of Achievement | |||
Grade in which ELA Introduced | Select the grade level in which ELA is introduced. | [S_AB_STU_X]ELAGrade | GLA |
IPP Met - Foundational Skills | Choose the level of skill met from the pop-up menu. Valid values:
| [S_AB_STU_X]FoundSkill | GLA |
IPP Met - Academic Readiness Skills | Choose the level of skill met from the pop-up menu. Valid values:
| [S_AB_STU_X]AcademicSkill | GLA |
IPP Met - Life Skills | Choose the level of skill met from the pop-up menu. Valid values:
| [S_AB_STU_X]LifeSkill | GLA |
Registering Student for Diploma ExamsState/Province > Diploma Exam Registrations For details about Diploma Exam Registrations, see Managing Diploma Exam Sittings and Registrations | |||
Entering Historical GradesHistorical Grades > New/Edit Stored Grade Note: The information for Stored Grades is only entered for manually created entries. This occurs when the student does not have a section enrollment or if the course was taken outside the school authority and it doesn’t exist in the course catalog. An example is a course that is challenged out where the student was never enrolled in the course in PowerSchool. This information will populate on the Edit Stored Grades page. | |||
Funding Requested | Choose from the pop-up menu. Valid values:
Note: Course Completion Fund Flag defaults to blank; yes or no must be selected. | [StoredGrades]AB_Course_Cmp_Fun_Flg | PASI, SCM |
Course Evaluation Method | Choose from the pop-up menu. Valid values:
| [StoredGrades]AB_Course_Cmp_Met_Cd | PASI, SCM |
Course Evaluation Province | If OUT or PVT have been selected in Course Completion Method Code, choose the appropriate province from the pop-up menu. | [StoredGrades]AB_Course_Eva_Pro_Cd | PASI, SCM |
Diploma Exam Mark | Enter the diploma exam mark. | [StoredGrades]AB_Dipl_Exam_Mark | PASI, SCM |
Final (Blended) Mark | Enter the final mark. | [StoredGrades]AB_Final_Mark | PASI, SCM, CTS Validation |
External Stored Grades | |||
Course Number Override | Enter the course number of the course that the student took outside the school authority. | [StoredGrades]AB_CourseIDOverride | PASI, SCM |
School Number Override | Enter the school number of the school where the student took the course outside the school authority. | [StoredGrades]AB_SchoolIDOverride | PASI, SCM |
Verifying All Enrollment RecordsAll Enrollments > Edit | |||
Course | Information about the class of enrollment. Format: COURSENAME (COURSENUMBER.SECTIONNUMBER) | [Courses]Course_Name [CC]Course_Number [Sections]SectionNumber | PASI, CTS Validation |
Enroll Date | Enter the enroll date. | [CC]DateEnrolled | PASI, Required Setup |
Exit Date | Enter the exit date. Note: Effective January 31, 2019, PowerSchool submits Exist Dates to PASI immediately. | [CC]DateLeft | PASI, CTS Validation |
Leave Date | This is the last day of the student’s enrollment. If the student withdraws early then this date reflects the last day the student is in-session day at the current school. Click the link to view the Leave Date of the student. | [PS_SIF_Enrollments_AB view]LeaveDate | NA |
Funding Requested | Choose from the pop-up menu. Valid values:
Note: Course Completion Fund Flag defaults to blank; yes or no must be selected. | [CC]AB_Course_Cmp_Fun_Flg | PASI, SCM, CTS Validation |
Course Enrollment Status | Choose from the pop-up menu. Valid values:
If a student is withdrawn early, the completion status code should be set to WDR and funding flag auto set to Y automatically. | [CC]AB_Course_Cmp_Sta_Cd | PASI, SCM |
Instruction Minutes Received | Enter the number of instruction minutes the student received. | [S_AB_CC_X]InstrMinutesReceived | PASI, SCM |
Dual Enrollment | Choose from the pop-up menu. Valid values:
| [S_AB_CC_X]IsDualEnrollment | PASI, SCM |
Post Secondary Institute | Note: This field only appears if Dual Enrollment is Yes. Select the name of the post-secondary institute from the pop-up menu. | [S_AB_CC_X]ProviderNumber | |
External Credential Eligible | Choose from the pop-up menu. Valid values:
| [CC]AB_Course_Cmp_Ext_Crd | PASI, SCM |
Enrolling Students in Remote/Summer School ClassesFunctions > Enroll Student in Remote/Summer School Class | |||
Show Summer Schools Only | Select the checkbox to show only summer schools in the School Where Class is Held field. | N/A | N/A |
School Where Class is Held | Choose the school that holds the class from the pop-up menu. | [CC]SchoolID | PASI, SCM |
Course | Based on the school selection above, a pop-up menu appears containing the courses offered at that school. Choose a course in which to enroll the student. | [CC]Course_Number | PASI, SCM |
Section | Based on the course selection above, a pop-up menu appears containing the sections offered for that course. Choose a section in which to enroll the student. | [CC]SectionID | PASI, SCM |
Grade | Choose the grade level of this summer school enrollment. | [ReEnrollments]Grade_Level | PASI, SCM |
FTE | Choose the full-time equivalency hours for this course. | [ReEnrollments]FTEID | PASI, SCM |
Entry Code | Choose an entry code for this summer school enrollment. Note: Effective January 31, 2019, PowerSchool submits Entry Codes as 800: Not Provided, regardless of the code entered here. | [ReEnrollments]EntryCode | PASI, SCM |
Enrollment Date | Enter the date of the student's entry into the course or select a date from the calendar provided. | [ReEnrollments]EntryDate | PASI, SCM |
Registration Type | Choose registration type from the pop-up menu. Valid values:
| [S_AB_REN_X]RegistrationType | PASI, SCM |
Resident Board | Choose the resident board from the pop-up menu. | [S_AB_REN_X]ResidentBoard | PASI, SCM |
Grants Program (1) Grants Program (2) Grants Program (3) | Choose up to three grant programs. For information about grants programs and codes, go to https://education.alberta.ca/funding-framework-for-k-12/funding-manual/everyone/funding-manuals-by-year/. | [S_AB_REN_X]GrantsProgram1 [S_AB_REN_X]GrantsProgram2 [S_AB_REN_X]GrantsProgram3 | PASI, SCM |
School Provided Program Percentage | Note: This field only appears when Grants Program code 610, 611, or 612 is selected. Enter the percentage of the program that is provided by the school for the student's remote or summer school enrollment. | [S_AB_STU_X]SchProvidedProgPercentage | |
Special Education (1) | Choose up to two special education programs from the pop-up menu. Note: Applicable if 500 - Special Education Funding is selected from the grant program pop-up menu. | [S_AB_REN_X]SpclEduStu1 | PASI, SCM |
Special Education (2) | Choose up to two special education programs from the pop-up menu. Note: Applicable if 500 - Special Education Funding is selected from the grant program pop-up menu. | [S_AB_REN_X]SpclEduStu2 | PASI, SCM |
Enrollment Type (1) | Choose up to three enrollment types from the pop-up menu. | [S_AB_REN_X]EnrlType1 | PASI, SCM |
Enrollment Type (2) | Choose up to three enrollment types from the pop-up menu. | [S_AB_REN_X]EnrlType2 | PASI, SCM |
Enrollment Type (3) | Choose up to three enrollment types from the pop-up menu. | [S_AB_REN_X]EnrlType3 | PASI, SCM |
First Nation/Metis Inuit (FNMI) | Choose the FNMI type from the pop-up menu. | [S_AB_REN_X]FNMI | PASI, SCM |
French Instruction Hours | Enter the number of French instructional hours required to manually override the calculated French hours. | [S_AB_REN_X]FrenchHours | PASI, SCM |
Leave Date | This is the last day of the student’s summer school enrollment. If the student withdraws early then this date reflects the last day the student is in-session day at the current school. Click the link to view the Leave Date of the student. | [ReEnrollments]ExitDate | PASI, SCM |
Editing Current/Previous EnrollmentsTransfer Info > Edit Current/Previous Enrollment | |||
Entry Date | Student’s school enrollment entry date. Rule: Is required. | [Students]EntryDate [ReEnrollments]EntryDate | PASI LDV |
Entry Code | Student’s school enrollment entry code. Note: Effective January 31, 2019, PowerSchool submits Entry Codes as 800: Not Provided, regardless of the code entered here. | [Students]EntryCode [ReEnrollments]EntryCode | PASI LDV |
Exit Date | Student’s school enrollment exit date. Note: Effective January 31, 2019, PowerSchool submits Exist Dates to PASI immediately. | [Students]ExitDate [ReEnrollments]ExitDate | PASI LDV |
Exit Code | Student’s school enrollment exit date. Note: Effective January 31, 2019, PowerSchool does not submit Exit Codes to PASI; however, you can enter the codes for internal use, if desired. | [Students]ExitCode [ReEnrollments]ExitCode | PASI LDV |
Leave Date | This is the last day of the student’s enrollment. If the student withdraws early then this date reflects the last day the student is in-session day at the previous school. Click the link to view the Leave Date of the student. | [PS_SIF_Enrollments_AB view]LeaveDate | PASI |
Programming Type | Choose programming type from the pop-up menu. Valid values:
| [S_AB_STU_X]ProgrammingType [S_AB_REN_X]ProgrammingType | PASI |
Programming Timeframe | Choose programming timeframe from the pop-up menu. Valid values:
| [S_AB_STU_X]ProgrammingTimeframe [S_AB_REN_X]ProgrammingTimeframe | PASI |
Exit Date Type | Choose registration type from the pop-up menu. Valid values:
| [S_AB_STU_X]ExitDateType [S_AB_REN_X]ExitDateType | PASI |
Resident Board | Choose the resident board from the pop-up menu. | [S_AB_STU_X]ResidentBoard [S_AB_REN_X]ResidentBoard | PASI, SIS |
Grants Program (1) Grants Program (2) Grants Program (3) | Choose up to three grant programs. For information about grants programs and codes, go to https://education.alberta.ca/funding-framework-for-k-12/funding-manual/everyone/funding-manuals-by-year/. | [S_AB_STU_X]GrantsProgram1 [S_AB_STU_X]GrantsProgram2 [S_AB_STU_X]GrantsProgram3 [S_AB_REN_X] GrantsProgram1 [S_AB_REN_X]GrantsProgram2 [S_AB_REN_X]GrantsProgram3 | PASI, SIS LDV |
School Provided Program Percentage | Enter the percentage of the program that is provided by the school for the student's enrollment. | [S_AB_STU_X]SchProvidedProgPercentage | |
Special Education Student (1) Special Education Student (2) | Choose up to two special education programs from the pop-up menu. Note: Applicable if 500 - Special Education Funding is selected from the grant program pop-up menu. | [S_AB_STU_X]SpclEduStu1 [S_AB_STU_X]SpeclEduStu2 [S_AB_REN_X] SpclEduStu1 [S_AB_REN_X]SpclEduStu2 | PASI, SIS LDV |
Enrollment Type (1) Enrollment Type (2) Enrollment Type (3) | Choose up to three enrollment types from the pop-up menu. | [S_AB_STU_X]EnrlType1 [S_AB_STU_X]EnrlType2 [S_AB_STU_X]EnrlType3 [S_AB_REN_X]EnrlType1 [S_AB_REN_X]EnrlType2 [S_AB_REN_X]EnrlType3 | PASI, SIS LDV |
First Nation/Metis Inuit (FNMI) | Choose the FNMI type from the pop-up menu. Valid values:
| [S_AB_STU_X]FNMI [S_AB_REN_X]FNMI | PASI LDV |
French Instruction Hours | Enter the number of French instructional hours required to manually override the calculated French hours. Note: This field will return to the calculated French hours when the French Instruction Hours Calculation Report is run. | [S_AB_STU_X]FrenchHours [S_AB_REN_X]FrenchHours | PASI, SIS French Hours |