Periods and Locations
This category provides information about the rooms/classrooms and class meeting periods. The Periods and Locations category includes the following data views and resources:
Class Periods
This view captures the available class period meeting times reflected in the scheduling configurations for each school. The layout provides the School Name, Period Name, Period Number, Last Publish Date, and the Publishing ID.
classPeriod
This resource represents the designation of a regularly scheduled series of class meetings at designated times and days of the week.
Primary PowerSchool Source Data
- [Period]
Selection Criteria
Records are published if the following criteria are met:
- The school must not be excluded from state reporting.
Resource Output
- A single record is published for each unique class period at each school based on the year for the Term selected in the PowerSchool UI.
- The classPeriod resouce is not dependent on the prior publishing of other Ed-Fi resources.
- LEAs and Schools may upload (publish) data to the 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
schoolReference A reference to the related school resource. | R | |||
/schoolID | The school associated with this period. | Integer | SchoolID downloaded from State Derived from: [Period]SchoolID | R |
classPeriodName | A unique number or alphanumeric code assigned to a classroom period. | String | [Period]Abbreviation If blank: [Period]Period_Number | R |
Locations (Rooms)
This view captures the physical space where students gather for a particular class/section. The layout provides the School Name, Room Number, Last Publish Date, and the Publishing ID.
location
This resource represents the physical space where students gather for a particular class/section. The location may be an indoor or outdoor area designated for meeting the educational needs of students.
Primary PowerSchool Source Data
- [Sections]
- [Room]
Selection Criteria
Records are published if the following criteria are met:
- The school must not be excluded from state reporting.
- The room is assigned to at least one course section based on [Sections]Room.
Resource Output
- A single record is published for each room or classroom at each school if the room has been assigned to at least one course section.
- A default value of "OPEN" is published as the classroomIdentificationCode for any course sections where [Sections]Room is blank.
- The location resource is not dependent on the prior publishing of other Ed-Fi resources.
- LEAs and Schools may upload (publish) data to the 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
schoolReference A reference to the related school resource. | R | |||
/schoolID | The school associated with this location. | Integer | SchoolID downloaded from State Derived from: [Sections]SchoolID Note: [Sections]WhereTaught is not currently implemented in Ed-Fi; [Sections]SchoolID is currently used in all cases | 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 Default: 'OPEN' | M |
maximumNumberOfSeats | The maximum number of seats the class can maintain. | Integer | [Room]Occupancy_Maximum If blank, the greatest [Sections]MaxEnrollment value from sections using that room is output. | O |