District Setup

Setting Up District Attendance Preferences

Attendance > Global Attendance Preferences

Suppress attendance display on Quick Lookup…

…for parent users?

Select to hide attendance from parents on Quick Lookup.

…for student users?

Select to hide attendance from students on Quick Lookup.

…for teacher users?

Select to hide attendance from teachers on Quick Lookup.

…for admin users?

Select to hide attendance from school admin users on Quick Lookup.

Recording options

Process teacher/sub attendance in the background?

Select to process teacher or substitute teacher attendance in the background.

Creating Calendar Membership Types

Calendar Membership Types > [Edit/New] > Calendar Membership Type

Code

Enter the calendar membership type code.

[Gen]Value

[Gen]Cat=dailymembtypes

Meaning

Enter the calendar membership type meaning.

[Gen]Name

[Gen]Cat=dailymembtypes

Years & Terms

Years & Terms

Define term names and abbreviations with term beginning and ending dates.

[Terms]

Required Setup

Defining District Courses

Courses > [select course] > Edit Course District Information > District tab

Courses > View Master Course List > New

Course Number

The course number.

[Courses]Course_Name

SK Current Classes

SK Student Class Registrations

Student Class Mark

Course Name

Enter the course name.

[Courses]Course_Number

SK Current Classes

SK Student Class Registrations

Student Class Mark

Alternate Course Number

Enter the alternate course number.

[Courses]Alt_Course_Number

SK Current Classes

Department

Click the link and select the course department.

[Courses]Sched_department

Entering Provincial Course Information

Saskatchewan Provincial Information

Exclude From SK Student Attendance Report

Select the checkbox to indicate this course is to be excluded from attendance reporting.

[S_SK_CRS_X]ExcludeFromAttReport

SK Student Attendance Report

Subject Code

For valid values, see the Appendix.

[S_SK_CRS_X]SubjectCode

SK Electronic Educator Profile (EEP) Report

Entering District Info

District Info

Name of District

Enter the district name.

[Prefs]Value

[Prefs]Name=districtname

Required Setup

District Number

Enter the district number.

[Prefs]Value

[Prefs]Name=districtnumber

Required Setup

Entering Provincial District Information

Saskatchewan Provincial Information

School Division Name Abbreviation

Enter the SDS Abbreviation used for the SK Attendance Report for this School Division

[Prefs]Value

[Prefs]Name=SK_SDNameAbbr

SK Student Attendance Report

Defining Districts of Residence

Districts of Residence > [New/Edit] District of Residence

District ID

Enter the district ID.

[Gen]Value

[Gen]Cat=districts

Required Setup

District Name

Enter the district name.

[Gen]Name

[Gen]Cat=districts

Required Setup

Defining District Schools

Schools/School Info > Edit School

School Name

Enter the school name.

[Schools]School_Name

Required Setup

School Number

Enter the school number.

[Schools]School_Number

All Reports

Grades

Enter the school grades (lowest - highest).

Note: Grade levels fall within the range -10 to 20.

[Schools]Low_Grade

[Schools]High_Grade

Required Setup

Exclude From Provincial Reporting?

Set this indicator to exclude the school from the report

[Schools]State_ExcludeFromReporting

SK Student Attendance Report

Creating Entry Codes

 Code Sets > EntryCode

Code

Enter the entry code.

See the Appendix for valid values.

[CODESET]Code

SK School Enrollments

Description

Enter the entry code description.

See the Appendix for valid values.

[CODESET]Description

Creating Exit Codes

 Code Sets > ExitCode

Code

Enter the exit code.

See the Appendix for valid values.

[CODESET]Code

SK School Enrollments

Description

Enter the exit code meaning.

See the Appendix for valid values.

[CODESET]Description

Required Setup

Defining Provincial Assessments

Grading > Provincial Assessments

Identify the provincial assessments administered by your division; assessments selected here will be available on the Provincial Assessments data entry page in the PowerTeacher portal, where teachers can select the applicable assessment for each student.

All assessments that are currently active (available for teachers to select from the PowerTeacher Portal), appear in the right-hand list. Use the up and down arrows to change the order in which the reading assessments appear in the list. Click the “-“ button to remove a previously-selected assessment from the list. On the Provincial Assessments > Edit Assessment data entry page in the PowerTeacher portal, assessments appear in the same order as they appear here.

01 - Reading Recovery

Click to make the Reading Recovery assessment tool available for teachers to select.

[prefs]SK_LevelledReading_01_Selection

SK Provincial Assessment Report

02 - Northern Lights

Click to make the Northern Lights assessment tool available for teachers to select.

[prefs]SK_LevelledReading_02_Selection

SK Provincial Assessment Report

03 - Regina Public Assessments

Click to make the Regina Public Assessment assessment tool available for teachers to select,

[prefs]SK_LevelledReading_03_Selection

SK Provincial Assessment Report

04 - Fountas & Pinnell

Click to make the Fountas & Pinnell assessment tool available for teachers to select.

[prefs]SK_LevelledReading_04_Selection

SK Provincial Assessment Report

05 - DRA (Development Reading Assessment)

Click to make the DRA (Developmental Reading Assessment) assessment tool available for teachers to select.

[prefs]SK_LevelledReading_05_Selection

SK Provincial Assessment Report

06 - PM Benchmark

Click to make the PM Benchmark assessment tool available for teachers to select.

[prefs]SK_LevelledReading_06_Selection

SK Provincial Assessment Report

08 - GB +

Click to make the GB+ assessment tool available for teachers to select.

[prefs]SK_LevelledReading_08_Selection

SK Provincial Assessment Report

09 - Alpha-jeunes

Click to make the Alpha-jeunes assessment tool available for teachers to select.

[prefs]SK_LevelledReading_09_Selection

SK Provincial Assessment Report

99 - Not Assessed

Click to make the Not Assessed option available for teachers to select.

[prefs]SK_LevelledReading_99_Selection

SK Provincial Assessment Report

First Assessment Date

Enter the date for assessments administered prior to January 1 of the current school year.

Note: The date must fall within the current school year (as displayed in term).

[prefs]SK_LevelledReading_Fall_Date

SK Provincial Assessment Report

Second Assessment Date

Enter the date for assessments administered on or after January 1 of the current school year.

Note: The date must fall within the current school year (as displayed in term).

[prefs]SK_LevelledReading_Spring_Date

SK Provincial Assessment Report

Enter the column name to populate the first assessment column name under Levelled Reading on the Provincial Assessments page in PowerTeacher portal.

Default value: Fall Assessment

Enter the column name to populate the second assessment column name under Levelled Reading on the Provincial Assessments page in PowerTeacher portal.

Default value: Spring Assessment