PowerSchool SIS Mississippi

Staff Setup

Introduction

The following data elements are required for state reporting.

Note: Change History tracking is now available for Mississippi state‑specific fields on Staff pages, allowing districts to audit historical changes. The existing change history behavior for non‑Mississippi fields remains unchanged.

To navigate to the Staff Member page:

  • To add a new staff member: On the Start Page in the left panel, click New Staff Entry. The New Staff Member page appears.

OR

  • To edit an existing staff member record: On the Start Page, click the Staff tab and search for the staff member. If the Select A Staff Member page appears, choose a staff member from the list. The Staff page appears.

Note: The following information describes the setup required for State Reporting. For information about general staff setup, see Help > System Help.

Data Element

Additional Information

[Table]FieldName

Used in these Reports

Editing Staff Information

Edit Information

Name (Last, First MI)

Enter the staff member's name.

Format: LastName, FirstName MiddleName

[Users]LastFirst

[Users]Last_Name

[Users]First_Name

[Users]Middle_Name

Monthly Student Historical
District Personnel Data

Gender

Enter the staff member's gender.

[UsersCoreFields]Gender

District Personnel Data

Reporting Ethnicity

Enter the staff member's ethnicity

[Users]Ethnicity

District Personnel Data

Home Phone #

Enter the staff member's home phone number

[Users]Home_Phone

District Personnel Data

Street

Enter the staff member's home address.

[Users]Street

District Personnel Data

City, State, Zip

Enter a City, State, and Zip

[Users]City

[Users]State

[Users]Zip

District Personnel Data

SSN

Enter the staff member's SSN

[Users]SSN

District Personnel Data

DOB

Enter the staff member's date of birth

[UsersCoreFields]DOB

District Personnel Data

Exclude from District Personnel Data report

To exclude all of this teacher's sections from the District Personnel Data report, select this checkbox.

[S_MS_SSF_X]ExcludeTeacher

District Personnel Data