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Organization Schedules

This category captures organization course offerings, section information, and bell schedules for the school year. The Organization Schedules category includes the following data views and resources:

Course Offerings

This view captures the detailed list of Course Offerings as published in the courseOfferings resource within the Organization Schedules category. The layout includes the School Name, Course Name, Course Number, Term, Last Publish Date, Publishing ID, and Resource ID.

courseOfferings

This resource represents an entry in the course catalog of available courses offered by the school during a session. 

Primary PowerSchool Source Data

  • Courses

Selection Criteria

Records are published if the following criteria are met:

  • The school where the course is offered must not be excluded from state reporting.
  • The course is offered during the year for the Term selected in the PowerSchool UI.

Resource Output

  • A separate course offering record is published for each unique combination of course, section, and term scheduled at each school based on the year for the Term selected in the PowerSchool UI.
  • The courseOfferring resource is dependent on the prior publishing of the following resources: sessions and courses.
  • LEAs and Schools may upload (publish) data to the Ed-Fi ODS in real time or on-demand (“Run Now” button).

Note: Click Export to export the data collection results to an Excel spreadsheet.

Data Element

Description

Data Type

Stored in Table.Field

Req’d

courseReference

A reference to the related courses resource.

R

/educationOrganizationID

The Education Organization that defines the curriculum and courses offered. This organization identifier matches the educationOrganizationID in the courses resource.

Integer

Derived from:
Prefs.Name=DistrictNumber 
Prefs.Value

If subdistricts are configured (Prefs.Value = '1' where name = 'PSSR_SubDistrict'), then: CST_SubDistricts.Subdistrict_Number

R

/code

The course being offered by the school.

String

Courses.Course_Number

R

schoolReference

A reference to the related schools resource.

/schoolID

The school that offers the course.Integer

Derived from: 

Courses.SchoolID

R

sessionReference

A reference to the related sessions resource.

/schoolID

The school for the session resource.Integer

Derived from: 

Terms.SchoolID

R

/schoolYear

The identifier for the school year.IntegerTerms.YearIDR

/termDescriptor

The term type of the session.Descriptor

Derived from:

Terms.Portion

Terms.Abbreviation

 

localCourseCode

The local code assigned by the LEA that identifies the organization of subject matter and related learning experiences provided for the instruction of students.

String

Courses.Course_Number

R

localCourseTitle

The descriptive name given to a course of study offered in the school, if different from the CourseTitle.

String

Courses.Course_Name

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Sections

This view captures the course sections offered at each school as published in the sections resource of the Organization Schedules category. The layout includes School Name, Course Name, Course Number, Section Number, Term, Period Number, Last Publish Date, Publishing ID, and Resource ID.

sections

This resource represents a setting in which organized instruction of course content is provided, in-person or otherwise, to one or more students for a given period of time. In Ed-Fi, a course offering may be scheduled for more than one section, but for PowerSchool there is currently a one-to-one correspondence between each course offering and its corresponding section.

Primary PowerSchool Source Data

  • Sections
  • Courses
  • S_SEC_EdFI_X

Selection Criteria

Records are published if the following criteria are met:

  • The school where the section is taught must not be excluded from state reporting.
  • The section must not be excluded from state reporting.
  • The section is taught during the year for the Term selected in the PowerSchool UI.

Resource Output

  • A separate sections record is published for each unique combination of school, course, and section based on the year for the Term selected in the PowerSchool UI.
  • The sections resource is dependent on the prior publishing of the following resources: courseOffering, location, and classPeriods.
  • LEAs and Schools may upload (publish) data to the Ed-Fi ODS in real time or on-demand (“Run Now” button).

Note: Click Export to export the data collection results to an Excel spreadsheet.

Data Element

Description

Data Type

Stored in Table.Field

Req’d

classPeriodReference

A reference to the related classPeriod resource.

R

/schoolID

The school for the class period.

Integer

Derived from: 

Sections.SchoolID 

R

/name

An indication of the portion of a typical daily session in which students receive instruction in a specified subject, for example, morning, sixth period, block period, or AB schedules.

String

Derived from:

Period.Abbreviation

Period.Period_Name

R

courseOfferingReference

A reference to the related courseOffering resource.

R

/schoolID

The school offering the course.

Integer

Derived from: 

Courses.SchoolID

R

/termDescriptor

The name of the term in which the section is offered, for example, Fall Semester, Spring Semester; must match Term in corresponding CourseOffering.

Descriptor

Derived from

Terms.Portion

Terms.Abbreviation

R

/schoolYear

The identifier for the school year, for example, 2010-2011; must match SchoolYear in corresponding CourseOffering.

Type

Terms.YearID

R

/localCourseCode

The local code assigned by the LEA or Campus that identifies the organization of subject matter and related learning experiences provided for the instruction of students; must match LocalCourseCode in corresponding CourseOffering.

String

Courses.Course_Number

R

locationReference

A reference to the related locations resource.

R

/schoolID

The school for the section's classroom.

Integer

Derived from: 

Sections.SchoolID 

R

/classroomIdentificationCode

A unique number or alphanumeric code assigned to a room by a school, school system, state, or other agency or entity.

String

Sections.Room

R

schoolReference

A reference to the related schools resource.

R

/schoolId

The school associated with the session.Integer

Schools.Alternate_School_Number, if greater than 0

Otherwise: Schools.School_Number

R

uniqueSectionCode

A unique identifier for the section that is defined by the classroom, the subjects taught, and the instructors that are assigned.

String

 

Derived from:

Sections.DCID

R

sequenceOfCourse

When a section is part of a sequence of parts for a course, the number in the sequence. If the course has only one part, the value should be 1.

Integer

Published Value = '1'

R

availableCreditsCredits or units of value awarded for the completion of a course.StringCourses.Credit_HoursO
educationalEnvironmentTypeThe setting in which a child receives education and related services; for example:  Center-based instruction, Home-based instruction, Hospital class, Mainstream          Residential care and treatment facility         String 

S_SEC_EDFI_X.EducationalEnvironment if populated, 

Otherwise: Published Value = 'Classroom'

O

Bell Schedules

This view captures the detailed list of Bell Schedules as published in the bellSchedules resource within the Organization Schedules category. The layout includes the School Name, Bell Schedule, Grade Level, Calendar Date, Last Publish Date, Publishing ID, and Resource ID.

bellSchedules

This resource represents the schedule of class period meeting times.

Primary PowerSchool Source Data

  • BellSchedule

Selection Criteria

Records are published if the following criteria are met:

  • The section must not be excluded from state reporting.
  • The bell schedule exists within the year for the Term selected in the PowerSchool UI.

Resource Output 

  • A separate bell schedule record is published for each unique Bell Schedule defined at each school, for each grade level, and for each date that the Bell Schedule is in use.
  • The bellSchedule resource is dependent on the prior publishing of the following resources: calendarDates
  • LEAs and Schools may upload (publish) data to the Ed-Fi ODS in real time or on-demand (“Run Now” button).

Note: Click Export to export the data collection results to an Excel spreadsheet.

Data Element

Description

Data Type

Stored in Table.Field

Req’d

calendarDateReference

A reference to the related calendarDates resource.

R

/schoolID

The school for the bell schedule.

Integer

Derived from:

BellSchedule.SchoolID

R

/date

The month, day, and year of the CalendarDate.

DateTime

Calendar_Day.Date_Value

Format: 'YYYY-MM-DD'

R

name

Name or title of the BellSchedule.

String

BellSchedule.Name

R

gradeLevelDescriptor

The grade levels the particular BellSchedule applies to.

String

Subjects or Bell Schedules with a valid grade level will be published.

R

meetingTimes 

An unordered collection of bellScheduleMeetingTimes.             

R

    /bellScheduleMeetingTime

    The times at which this BellSchedule is intended to meet         

R

/classPeriodReference

 

 

 

R

         //schoolID

The school associated with this period.Integer

Derived from: 

Period.SchoolID

R

         //name

A unique number or alphanumeric code assigned to a classroom period.String

Derived from:

Period.Abbreviation
Period.Period_Number

R

/startTime

An indication of the time of day the class begins.

String

Bell_Schedule_Items.Start_Time

Format: 'hh24:mi:ss'

R

/endTime

An indication of the time of day the class ends.

String

Bell_Schedule_Items.End_Time

Format: 'hh24:mi:ss'

R
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