PowerSchool SIS Oregon

School Setup

The following data elements are required for school setup. The first two pages of navigation are removed for brevity:

Start Page > School Setup.

  1. On the Start Page, click the School link and choose a school.

  2. In the left pane, click School under Setup

Compliance Student Details

Data Element (Field)

Description

Table[Field]

Type

Length

Exclude this student from All Consolidated Student File Collections

Excludes student from all state reports

[Students]state_excludefromreporting

Checkbox

1

Exclude current enrollment from All Consolidated Student File Collections

Excludes current enrollment from all state reports

[Students.S_OR_STU_X]State_ExcludeEnrollment

Checkbox

1

Student declines directory services

Student declines directory services

[Students.S_OR_STU_X]StuDeclDirServ

Checkbox

1

Secure Student Identifier (ChkDigitStdntID)

State Student ID with check digit

[Students]State_StudentNumber

Text

10

District/Local Student ID Number (DistStdntID)

District student ID number

[Students]Student_Number

Text

10

Resident District Institution Identifier (ResdDistInstID)

Resident district institution ID

[Students.S_OR_STU_X]ResdDistInstID

Text

10

Resident School Institution Identifier (ResdSchlInstID)

Resident school institution ID

[Students.S_OR_STU_X]ResdSchlInstID

Text

10

Resident School ADM override (ResdSclOvrride)

Resident school override for CumADM report

[Students.S_OR_STU_X]ResdSclOvrride

Text

10

Attending District Institution Identifier (AttndDistInstID)

Attending district institution ID

[Students.S_OR_STU_X]AttndDistInstID

Text

10

Attending School Institution Identifier (AttndSchlInstID)

Attending school institution ID

[Students.S_OR_STU_X]AttndSchlInstID

Text

10

Institution Filler (InstFill)

Institution filler field

[Students.S_OR_STU_X]InstFill

Text

Legal Last Name (LglLNm)

Student legal last name

[Students.STUDENTCOREFIELDS]Pscore_Legal_Last_Name

Text

50

Legal First Name (LglFNm)

Student legal first name

[Students.STUDENTCOREFIELDS]Pscore_Legal_First_Name

Text

40

Legal Middle Name (LglMNm)

Student legal middle name

[Students.STUDENTCOREFIELDS]Pscore_Legal_Middle_Name

Text

40

Generation Code (GnrtnCd)

Generation suffix code (Jr, Sr, III)

[Students.S_OR_STU_X]GenerationCd

Text

4

Preferred Last Name (PrfrdLNm)

Student preferred last name

[Students]Last_Name

Text

50

Preferred First Name (PrfrdFNm)

Student preferred first name

[Students]First_Name

Text

40

Preferred Middle Name (PrfrdMNm)

Student preferred middle name

[Students]Middle_Name

Text

40

Date of Birth (BirthDtTxt)

Student date of birth (MMDDYYYY)

[Students]DOB

Date

8

Gender (GndrCd)

Gender code

[Students]Gender

Text

1

Hispanic/Latino (HispEthnicFg)

Hispanic/Latino ethnicity flag

[Students]FedEthnicity

Radio

1

Race (AmerIndianAlsknNtvRaceFg, AsianRaceFg, BlackRaceFg, WhiteRaceFg, PacIslndrRaceFg)

Race flags (fields 18-22)

[StudentRace]RaceCd

Checkbox

1 each

Language of Origin (LangOrgnCd)

Language of origin code

[Students.STUDENTCOREFIELDS]PrimaryLanguage

Dropdown

4

Student born outside the US or Puerto Rico

Born outside US indicator

[Students.S_OR_STU_X]BornOutsideUS

Checkbox

1

Less than 3 years US schools education

Less than 3 years in US schools

[Students.S_OR_STU_X]LT_3_YearsUSSch

Checkbox

1

Social Security Number (SSN)

Student SSN

[Students]SSN

Text

9

Enrolled Grade (EnrlGrdCd)

Enrolled grade level code

[Students.S_OR_STU_X]EnrlGrdCd

Dropdown

Street Address (Addr)

Student street address

[Students]Mailing_Street

Text

45

City (City)

Student city

[Students]City

Text

20

Zip Code (ZipCd)

5-digit zip code

[Students]Mailing_Zip

Text

5

Zip Plus Four Code (Zip4Cd)

Last 4 digits of zip code

[Students]Zip

Text

4

Resident County (ResdCntyCd)

Resident county code

[Students.S_OR_STU_X]ResdCnty

Dropdown

Phone Number (Phn)

Student home phone

[Students]Home_Phone

Text

15

Teacher Filler (TchrFill)

Teacher filler field

[Students.S_OR_STU_X]TchrFill

Text

HS Entry Cohort Year (HSEntrySchlYr)

HS entry cohort year XXYY

[Students.S_OR_STU_X]HSEntrySchlYr

Text

4

Filler (Fill)

General filler field

[Students.S_OR_STU_X]Fill

Text

Economically Disadvantaged Flag (EconDsvntgFg)

Economically disadvantaged indicator

[Students.S_OR_STU_X]EconDsvntg

Checkbox

1

Title I (Ttl1Fg)

Title I participation flag

[Students.S_OR_STU_X]Title1Fg

Checkbox

1

Special Education Flag (SpEdFg)

Special education flag

[Students.S_OR_STU_X]SpEdFg

Checkbox

1

Section 504 Flag (Sect504Fg)

Section 504 flag

[Students.S_OR_STU_X]Sect504Fg

Checkbox

1

Migrant Education Flag (MigrntEdFg)

Migrant education flag

[Students.S_OR_STU_X]MigrntEdFg

Checkbox

1

Indian Education Flag (IndianEdFg)

Indian education flag

[Students.S_OR_STU_X]IndianEdFg

Checkbox

1

English Learners (ELFg)

English learner flag

[Students.S_OR_STU_X]ELFg

Checkbox

1

Distance Learning Flag (DstncLrnFg)

Distance learning flag

[Students.S_OR_STU_X]DstncLrnFg

Checkbox

1

Homeschooling Flag (HomeSchlFg)

Homeschooling flag

[Students.S_OR_STU_X]HomeSchlFg

Checkbox

1

Transition Program Flag (TrnstnProgFg)

Transition program flag

[Students.S_OR_STU_X]TrnstnProgFg

Checkbox

1

Alternative Education Program (AltEdProgFg)

Alternative education program flag

[Students.S_OR_STU_X]AltEdProgFg

Checkbox

1

Tribal Affiliation Code (TrbAfflnCd)

Tribal affiliation code

[Students.S_OR_STU_X]AmerIndianTrbMbrshpCd

Autocomplete

Talented and Gifted Flag (TAGFg)

Talented and gifted flag

[Students.S_OR_STU_X]TAGFg

Checkbox

1

Additional Language Code (AddnLangCd)

Additional language code

[Students.S_OR_STU_X]AddnLangCd

Dropdown

Filler (DemogFill)

Demographics filler field

[Students.S_OR_STU_X]DemogFill

Text

Outdoor Schooling (OtdrSchlFg)

Outdoor schooling indicator

[Students.S_OR_STU_X]OtdrSchlFg

Dropdown





Note: School-level attendance setup - correct Attendance setup is required for days of attendance, days of absence, and days of membership calculations used in the CumADM, CTE Student, and CTE Course reports. Detailed setup is not provided in the Oregon State Reporting to allow flexibility to locally determine the method of attendance desired, such as Meeting-Period to Day, Meeting-Time to Day, Daily-Code to Day, etc.

Data Element

Additional Information

[Table]FieldName

Length

Used in these Reports

Entering Attendance Codes

Attendance Codes

Code

Enter the attendance code abbreviation.

[Attendance_Code]Att_Code

Max 10

CumADM
CTE Course
CTE Student

Description

Enter the attendance code description.

[Attendance_Code]Description

Max 60

Not Required

Presence Status

Select Present or Absent as the presence status.

[Attendance_Code]Presence_Status_CD

Max 10

CumADM
CTE Course
CTE Student

Points

Enter the number of points associated with the attendance code – can be used to withhold credit when awarding grades.

[Attendance_Code]Course_Credit_Points

Max 6

Not Required

Teacher can assign

Choose Yes or No to determine whether the teacher can assign the attendance code.

[Attendance_Code]Assignment_Filter_YN

1

Not Required

Earns ADA credit

Select whether the attendance code affects attendance calculation.

[Attendance_Code]Calculate_ADA_YN

1

CumADM
CTE Course
CTE Student

Counts toward membership

Select whether the attendance code affects membership calculation.

[Attendance_Code]Calculate_ADM_YN

1

Not Required

Sort Order

Choose the sort order to determine where the code displays on the page.

[Attendance_Code]SortOrder

Max 3

Not Required

Defining Attendance Code Categories

Attendance Code Categories

Note: Attendance code categories are associated with a specific school, but not a specific school year; i.e. they are copied from year to year.

Code

Enter the attendance code category abbreviation.

[Code_Entity]CE_Code

Max 10

Not Required

Name

Enter the name of the attendance code category.

[Code_Entity]External_Name

Max 80

Not Required

Description

Enter a description for the attendance code category.

[Code_Entity]Description

Max 80

Not Required

Sort Order

Choose the sort order to determine where the attendance code category displays on the page.

[Code_Entity]SortOrder

Max 6

Not Required

Configuring Attendance Conversion Settings

Defining Attendance Conversions

Attendance Conversions > New/Edit > Attendance Conversion

Name

Enter the attendance conversion name.
Note: Oregon requires only one attendance conversion and it can be assigned to every bell schedule.

[Attendance_Conversion]Name

Max 80

CumADM

Defining Period-To-Day Attendance Conversions

Attendance Conversions > Period-To-Day Attendance Conversion

Day Attendance Value

Enter the day attendance value for the period-to-day attendance conversion for the FTE.

[Attendance_Conversion_Items]Conversion_Mode_Code=periodday

[Attendance_Conversion_Items]Attendance_Value

Max 10

CumADM
CTE Course
CTE Student

AM Attendance Value

Enter the attendance value that students receive for the AM portion of the day.

[Attendance_Conversion_Items]Attendance_Value

[Attendance_Conversion_Items]DayPartID = [DayPart]ID where [DayPart]Name = ‘AM’

N/A


PM Attendance Value

Enter the attendance value that students receive for the PM portion of the day.

[Attendance_Conversion_Items]Attendance_Value

[Attendance_Conversion_Items]DayPartID = [DayPart]ID where [DayPart]Name = ‘PM’

N/A


Defining Code-To-Day Attendance Conversions

Attendance Conversions > Code-To-Day Attendance Conversion

Code

The code for the code-to-day attendance conversion for the FTE.

[Attendance_Conversion_Items]Conversion_Mode_Code=codeday

[Attendance_Conversion_Items]Input_Value

Note: The value in the Input_Value field is the ID of an attendance code in the [Attendance_Code] table.

Max 10

CumADM
CTE Course
CTE Student

Day Attendance Value

Enter the day attendance value for the code-to-day attendance conversion for the FTE.

[Attendance_Conversion_Items]Conversion_Mode_Code=codeday

[Attendance_Conversion_Items]Attendance_Value

Max 10

CumADM
CTE Course
CTE Student

Defining Attendance Time

Attendance Conversions > Time

Minutes Present

Enter the minutes present for the time-to-day attendance conversion for the FTE.

[Attendance_Conversion_Items]Conversion_Mode_Code=timeday

[Attendance_Conversion_Items]Input_Value

Max 10

CumADM
CTE Course
CTE Student

Day Attendance Value

Enter the day attendance value for the time attendance conversion for the FTE.

[Attendance_Conversion_Items]Conversion_Mode_Code=timeday

[Attendance_Conversion_Items]Attendance_Value

Max 10

CumADM
CTE Course
CTE Student

Adding Full-Time Equivalencies

Full-Time Equivalencies (FTE)

Name

Enter the FTE name.

[FTE]Name

Max 80

CumADM

Default Attendance Mode

Choose the default attendance mode for the FTE.

[FTE]Dflt_Att_Mode_Code

Max 13

CumADM

Default Attendance Conversion

Choose the default attendance conversion for the FTE.

[FTE]Dflt_Conversion_Mode_Code

Max 11

CumADM

Setting Up Attendance Preferences

Attendance Preferences

Attendance Recording Methods

Select the Meeting checkbox to enable meeting attendance.

Select the Daily checkbox to enable daily attendance.

Note: Time and Interval methods are not supported for Oregon state reporting.

[Prefs]Value

where [Prefs]Name=ATT_RecordModeMeeting

[Prefs]Value

where [Prefs]Name=ATT_RecordModeDaily

1

CumADM

Use Default Settings in FTE

Select to use default settings in FTE.

[Prefs]Value

[Prefs]Att_Calc_Use_Defaults

1

CumADM

Count these codes for period conversion

Choose [Absences/Presents] to determine whether or not to count present or absent codes for period-to-day attendance conversions.

[Prefs]Value

where [Prefs]Name=ATT_CalcCntPresentsAbsences

N/A

Not Required

Defining Bell Schedules

Bell Schedules

Name

Enter the bell schedule name.

[Bell_Schedule]Name

Max 60

Not Required

Attendance Conversion Method

Choose the attendance conversion method for the bell schedule.

[Bell_Schedule]Attendance_Conversion_ID

N/A

Not Required

Defining Bell Schedule Items

Bell Schedule Item > [New/Edit]

Period

Select the number for the Period with which this record is associated.

[Bell_Schedule_Items]Period_ID

N/A


Start time

Enter the time of day this period starts for this Bell Schedule.

[Bell_Schedule_Items]Start_Time

N/A


End time

Enter the time of day this period ends for this Bell Schedule.

[Bell_Schedule_Items]End_Time

N/A


Counts for ADA

Select the checkbox if this bell schedule idem should count for Average Daily Attendance calculations.

[Bell_Schedule_Items]ADA_Code

N/A


Day Part

Choose AM or PM to indicate which part of the day this bell schedule item is associated with.

[Bell_Schedule_Items]DayPartID

N/A


Setting Up the School Calendar

Calendar Setup

Date

The date is view-only on this page. The days included in the calendar are determined by the start date and end date of the current school year.

[Calendar_Day]Date

N/A

Not Required

Day

Choose the appropriate cycle day.

[Calendar_Day]Cycle_Day_ID

N/A

Not Required

Schedule

Choose the appropriate bell schedule.

[Calendar_Day]Bell_Schedule_ID

N/A

Not Required

Tracks

Check the appropriate tracks.

[Calendar_Day]A, B, C, D, E, F

N/A

Not Required

In Sess

Check the checkbox to count the calendar day in attendance calculation.

[Calendar_Day]InSession

N/A

Not Required

Memb Value

Enter the membership value for the calendar day to use when calculating membership.

Note: The value is normally 1 for each day.

[Calendar_Day]MembershipValue

N/A

Not Required

Type

Choose the appropriate calendar membership type.

[Calendar_Day]Type

N/A

Not Required

Note

Enter a note to describe the calendar day.

[Calendar_Day]Note

N/A

Not Required

Defining Cycle Days

Cycle Days

Day Letter

The day letter is view-only on this page. To edit the number of days associated to this school year, navigate to School Setup > Years & Terms > Edit School Year.

[Cycle_Day]Letter

N/A

Not Required

Day Abbreviation

Enter the day abbreviation.

[Cycle_Day]Abbreviation

N/A

Not Required

Day Name

Enter the day name.

[Cycle_Day]Day_Name

N/A

Not Required

Creating/Editing Course Sections

Sections

Sections > [select course] > [select section] > Edit Section

Course Number

Enter the course number for the section.

[Sections]Course_Number

Max 17

CTE Course
Class Roster
IUID

Schedule

Select the meeting schedule for the section.

[Sections]Expression

[Section_Meeting]SectionID = [Sections]ID

N/A

Not Required

Term

Choose the term for the section.

[Sections]TermID

N/A

Class Roster
IUID

Teacher - Section Lead

Choose the lead teacher for the section.

[Sections]Teacher

N/A

Class Roster

Teachers/Staff - Additional

Add additional staff for the section.

Note: Roles Administration > Co-Teaching must be set up. Roles to be included in state reports must include a Reference Code of 'O'.

[ROLEAVAILABLEPROPERTYID]propname = 'com.pearson.powerschool.coteach.code'

ROLEAVAILABLEPROPERTY[propvalue] = 'OR'

N/A

Class Roster
Staff Asgnmt

Room

Enter the classroom identifier.

[Sections]Room

Max 10

Class Roster

Section Number

Enter the section number.

[Sections]Section_Number

Max 10

CTE Course
CTE Student
Class Roster
IUID

Grade Level

Enter the grade level for the content of the section.

[Sections]Grade_Level

Max 10

Staff Asgnmnt

Distance-Learning course that is taught by the web

Select the checkbox to indicate the course is a distance-learning course.
Valid values: (1) box is checked

[S_OR_SEC_X]WebOnlyFg

1

IUID
Staff Asgnmt (New as of 2015-2016)

Alternative Education Setting Flag

Select the checkbox to indicate the section is an alternative education section.
Valid values: (1) box is checked

[S_OR_SEC_X]AltEdSettingFg

1

IUID

Special Education Setting Flag

Select the checkbox to indicate the section is a special education settings section.
Valid values: (1) box is checked

[S_OR_SEC_X]SpEdSettingFg

1

IUID
Staff Asgnmt (New as 2015-2016)

Instructional Unit Identifier

ODE assigned Instructional Unit Identifier (IUID).

[S_OR_SEC_X]InstrctUnitID

10

Class Roster
IUID

Average Daily Minutes Scheduled

Course value: Displays the average daily minutes scheduled for the course.

Section value: If the section average daily minutes scheduled are different than the course minutes, enter the section minutes; otherwise, leave blank and the course minutes will be reported.

[S_OR_CRS_X]SchdldInstrctMinCnt


[S_OR_SEC_X]ClassInstructHours


10

Staff Asgnmnt

Yearly Course Instructional Hours

Course value: Displays the yearly course instructional hours for the course (if a value exists for the course).

Section value: If the section yearly instructional hours are different than the course instructional hours, enter the section minutes; otherwise, leave blank and the course minutes will be reported.

If both Course and Section are blank, the value will be calculated at run-time.

[S_OR_CRS_X]YearlyCourseInstructionalHours


[S_OR_SEC_X]YearlyCourseInstructionalHours

10

Staff Asgnmnt

Low Grade Responsibility Code (Obsolete as of 2017-2018)

Enter grade indicating the lowest grade level of content that is being taught in the section.

Note: This Data Element is obsolete as of 2017-2018.

[S_OR_SEC_X]LoGrdCd

2

Staff Asgnmnt
IUID

High Grade Responsibility Code

(Obsolete as of 2017-2018)

Enter grade indicating the highest grade level of content that is being taught in the section.

Note: This Data Element is obsolete as of 2017-2018

[S_OR_SEC_X]HiGrdCd

2

Staff Asgnmnt
IUID

Defining Years & Terms

Years & Terms > New

Years & Terms > Edit Terms

Name

Enter the name of the term.

[Terms]Name

30

Required Setup

Abbreviation

Enter an abbreviation for the term.

[Terms]Abbreviation

6

Required Setup

First Day of Term

Enter the first day of the term.

[Terms]FirstDay

10

Required Setup

Last Day of Term

Enter the last day of the term.

[Terms]LastDay

10

Required Setup

Creating/Editing Staff Qualification Subject Areas

Oregon State Information > Staff Qualification Subject Area > New

This area is used to define Subject Areas. Select New to add a subject area. Select an existing subject area to edit it.

Use the Edit feature to associate courses with each Subject Area.

Subject Area Description

Enter a descriptive name for the subject area being defined.

Recommendation: Use names similar to ODE Certification names, such as Advanced Math or English/LA. It will be helpful to add grade level or school level naming also, such as MS ELA.

[S_OR_CourseSubjArea_S]SubjAreaDescription

200

Staff Asgnmnt

Number of Associated Courses

Displays number of course currently associated with the Subject Area Description.

Calculated

NA

Not Required

Oregon State Information > Staff Qualification Subject Area > Edit

Use the Subject Area Description link to associate courses to the Subject Area.

Associate Another Course

Start typing a course name to invoke the search.

All course names that include the search criteria are listed, followed by the course number in parenthesis.

Select the desired course and click the green plus sign to add as a Related Course.

You can disassociate a course from the Subject Area by clicking the red minus sign on the corresponding row in the Related Courses area.

[S_OR_SubjArea_RelCrs_C]coursesDCID

10

Staff Asgnmnt