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Course Template - RE

Introduction

This template is used to store the attributes of each course at each school. Use the Course Instructor Template to associate the Teacher of Record with each course. Written in the Reporting Engine (RE) Platform.

Selection Criteria

Selection criteria determine which database records is used in the report. Refer to selection criteria for analysis when the report does not return the correct records.

  • Course cannot be excluded from PIMS state reporting.

  • School cannot be excluded from state reporting.

  • The course must have at least one section with students enrolled into the section in order to be extracted.

  • For course/instructor information there must be student course enrollments between the provided start date and end date.

Report Input

For help with report generation and navigation, refer to How to Find and Generate a Report.

Field

Description

Use

If run at the district level, choose one of the following from the pop-up menu:

  • Default – District Wide. Includes all records on the PowerSchool server that meet selection criteria.

  • Current School Only – Includes all records associated with the current school that meet the selection criteria.

  • District Wide – Includes all records on the PowerSchool server that meet the selection criteria.

If sub-district is enabled, the following options appear:

  • Select Sub-district - Select the sub-district.

  • Select Multiple Schools - Select the schools to include in the selected sub-district

  • All Schools in selected sub-district - All schools in the selected sub-district are included.

If run at the school level, the report includes all records associated with the current school that meet the selection criteria. To change the current school, click School at the top of the page and choose the appropriate school from the list.

Processing Options

Choose a time to run the report from the pop-up menu:

  • In Background Now (Recommended) – Execute the report immediately in the background.

  • ASAP – Execute the report in the order it is received in the Report Queue.

  • At Night – Execute the report during the next evening.

  • On Weekend – Execute the report during the next weekend.

  • On Specific Time – Execute the report on the date and time specified.

Specific Date/Time

Enter a date using the format mm/dd/yyyy or mm-dd-yyyy in order to run the report on a specific day. The incorrect format displays an alert and the date field is submitted as a blank entry. Use the pop-up menus to schedule the report to be run at a specific hour and minute. Example: 7/29/2008 @ 10 AM: 05.

Report Start Date

Enter the start date for the reporting period. The report includes course sections assigned to a term that occurs during the reporting period. To include all course sections for the school year, enter the first day of school for the report start date.

If a term is selected at the School or District level, the start date and end date for the report are automatically populated based on the start and end date of the term. When running from the district level, the earliest start date of all the school populates as the start date.


Report End Date

Enter the end date for the reporting period. The report includes course sections assigned to a term that occurs during the reporting period. To include all course sections for the school year, enter the last day of school for the report start date.

Field Delimiter

Select the field delimiter for the extract file.

Show Column Field Headings

Choose Yes or No to indicate whether to include column headings in the extract file. Including column headers provides a heading for each type of data extracted in the report.

Report Output

Each of the fields displayed in the output of the report are described below. Refer to Understanding the Report Output Table for a definition of each column in the table.

Item #

Data Element

Description

[Table]FieldName

Field Type

Length

1

District Code

The unique 9-digit Administrative Unit Number assigned by the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE). This field is extracted from Start Page > District Setup > District Information.

If sub-district is enabled, the selected sub-district appears in this field.


[Prefs]Value where [Prefs]Name=PA_districtAUN

If sub-districts are enabled:

[CST_SubDistricts]Subdistrict_Number

Alpha-numeric

9

2

Location Code

The 4-digit code identifying the school assigned by the PDE.

If PIMS_Location_Code is not populated then the School ID will reference Alternate School Number or School Number.

Note: "0000" is a valid location code.


[S_PA_SCH_X]PIMS_Location_Code

[Course]SchoolID

[School_Number

If sub-districts are enabled:

[CST_SchoolSubDistricts]SchoolID

Alpha-numeric

4

3

School Year Date

This field is calculated based on the last day of the school year for the term selected at the top of the page when running the report.

[Terms]LastDay

Alpha-numeric

10

4

Not Collected

Placeholder-not currently extracted

N/A

N/A

N/A

5

Course Name

The name of the course. This field is extracted from Start Page > District Setup > Edit Course District Information.

[Courses]Course_Name

Alpha-numeric

50

6

Not Collected

Placeholder-not currently extracted

N/A

N/A

N/A

7

Not Collected

Placeholder-not currently extracted

N/A

N/A

N/A

8

Not Collected

Placeholder-not currently extracted

N/A

N/A

N/A

9

Number of Credits

The number of college credit hours associated with a course.

[S_CRS_X]College_Credit_Hrs

AlphaNumeric

2

10

Not Collected

Placeholder-not currently extracted

N/A

N/A

N/A

11

Not Collected

Placeholder-not currently extracted

N/A

N/A

N/A

12

Not Collected

Placeholder-not currently extracted.

N/A

N/A

N/A

13

Not Collected

Placeholder-not currently extracted

N/A

N/A

N/A

14

Not Collected

Placeholder-not currently extracted

N/A

N/A

N/A

15

Not Collected

Placeholder-not currently extracted

N/A

N/A

N/A

16

Not Collected

Placeholder-not currently extracted

N/A

N/A

N/A

17

Not Collected

Placeholder-not currently extracted

N/A

N/A

N/A

18

Not Collected

Placeholder-not currently extracted

N/A

N/A

N/A

19

Not Collected

Placeholder-not currently extracted

N/A

N/A

N/A

20

Not Collected

Placeholder-not currently extracted

N/A

N/A

N/A

21

Not Collected

Placeholder-not currently extracted

N/A

N/A

N/A

22

Not Collected

Placeholder-not currently extracted

N/A

N/A

N/A

23

Not Collected

Placeholder-not currently extracted

N/A

N/A

N/A

24

Not Collected

Placeholder-not currently extracted

N/A

N/A

N/A

25

Not Collected

Placeholder-not currently extracted

N/A

N/A

N/A

26

Supplementary Course Differentiator

The general span of time in which the course and its sections are offered. This value is used as a unique indicator when the same Course Code is offered in for more than one-time period during the school year.
This field is extracted from Start Page > District Setup > Courses > Edit Course District Information.

[S_PA_CRS_X]Semester_Code

Alpha-numeric

2

27

Course Code Long

The course number, extracted from Start Page > District Setup > Courses > Edit Course District Information.

[Courses]Course_Number

Alpha-numeric

12

28

Not Collected

Placeholder-not currently extracted

N/A

N/A

N/A

29

Not Collected

Placeholder-not currently extracted. Informs the Rigorous Courses of Study Indicator in the Future Ready PA Index.

N/A

N/A

N/A

30

Alternate Course Code

The state-assigned course code, extracted from Start Page > District Setup > Edit Course District Information.

[S_PA_CRS_X]Alternate_Course_Code

Alpha-numeric

1

31

Requirements Indicator Code

Indicates (Y/N) if this course is required to graduate, extracted from Start Page > District Setup > Edit Course District Information.

[S_PA_CRS_X]Requirements_Code_TF

Alpha-numeric

1

32

Not Collected

Placeholder-not currently extracted. Informs the Rigorous Courses of Study Indicator in the Future Ready PA Index.

N/A

N/A

N/A

33

Dual Credit

Indicates (Y/N) if this is a dual credit course, extracted from Start Page > District Setup > Courses > Edit Course District Information.

Informs the Rigorous Courses of Study Indicator in the Future Ready PA Index.

[S_PA_CRS_X]Dual_Credit_TF

Alpha-numeric

1

34

Not Collected

35

Not Collected

36

Not Collected

37

Not Collected

38

Not Collected

39

Not Collected

40

International Baccalaureate Indicator

Indicates (Y/N) if this course qualifies as an International Baccalaureate course, extracted from Start Page > District Setup > Courses > Edit Course District Information.

Informs the Rigorous Courses of Study Indicator in the Future Ready PA Index.

[S_PA_CRS_X]International_Baccalaureate_TF

Alpha-numeric

1

41-62

Not Collected

63

End of Course Exam

Indicates that the reported course supports a keystone exam.

Valid values:

  • KLIT

  • KBIO

  • KALG

[S_PA_SEC_C]KeySubTestIdentifier

Alpha-numeric

6

64

Not Collected

Placeholder-not currently extracted

N/A

N/A

N/A

65

Not Collected

Placeholder-not currently extracted

N/A

N/A

N/A

66

Organization Defining Course

The AUN of entity with Dual Enrollment Agreement

[S_PA_CRS_S]Defining_Org_AUN

Integer

9

67

Not Collected

68

Not Collected

69

Not Collected

70

Not Collected

71

Not Collected

72

Not Collected

73

Not Collected

74

Not Collected

75

Not Collected

76

Not Collected

77

Not Collected

78

Not Collected

79

Cambridge Advanced Course Indicator

Indicates whether the course is a Cambridge Advanced course.

[S_PA_CRS_X]CAMBRIDGE_ADV_YN


1


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