Parent/Guardian Demographic Data
This category represents information about parents and their relationships to students as published within the Parent category.
Automatic Creation of Student Contact Records
The Ed-Fi process automatically creates contact records for students that do not already have at least one contact record defined within PowerSchool. This functionality is invoked each time a school or district uses the Ed-Fi dashboard to publish student contacts.
If a student does not already have at least one student contact and relationship, the Ed-Fi process leverages the existing mother and father fields defined in the Students table, parses the fields to create separate contact records for each, and populates the PowerSchool student contacts table with the new records. If the mother and father fields cannot be successfully parsed, no contact record is created. Instead, the district/school must manually create the needed contact records.
Only first and last names are parsed. The relationship is assumed to be 'mother' if data is derived from the mother column, or 'father' when derived from the father column. Once the new student contact records are created, the district/school can then update any field on the contact record to adjust the relationship or name information, or to add other related data as appropriate.
The mother/father field parsing routine uses the following business logic:
- A valid name may contain alphabetic characters, a comma, apostrophes, and hyphens. Any other characters or punctuation will cause the field to be unusable (skipped).
- If a comma is found, everything before the comma is assumed to be the last name (and possible generation suffix). Everything after the comma is considered the first name.
- If a comma is not found, then the field is not parsed.
- If the mother and father fields both contain the same information, the father field is bypassed in order to prevent the creation of two identical contact records.
- It is not an error if parsing fails on both the mother and father fields. This is only an indication that the software cannot automate the creation of contacts for a student, and the district/school must manually create the student contact record.
When a new Student Contact record is created, the following fields are populated:
- Contacts table: S_CONTACTS_S
- Last Name
- First Name
- Gender
- Relationships table: S_CONTACT_RELATIONSHIP_C
- Relationship
- Primary Contact (flag is populated for mother if mother exists; if not, then father)
Student Contacts
This view captures the demographic record for each student contact as published in the Parent resource within the Parent category. It includes each contact associated with a student in PowerSchool who was included for publishing in the Student resource. The layout includes School Name, Contact ID, Contact Name, Unique Person ID, Email, Last Publish Date, and the Publishing ID.
Each contact must first have an assigned Unique Person Identifier (Unique ID) in order for the contact record to be published. The Ed-Fi publishing process automatically requests a Unique ID when needed. In turn, the publishing of the related StudentParentAssociation resource is dependent on the successful publishing of the contact record; as needed, use the Publishing Errors data view to identify and resolve any issues.
Parent
This resource represents a parent or guardian of a student, such as mother, father, or caretaker.
Primary PowerSchool Source Data
[S_Contacts_S]
Selection Criteria
Records are published if the following criteria are met:
- The contact is associated with a student who qualifies for publishing (based on having a valid school enrollment in the year for the Term selected in the PowerSchool UI).
- Contact Unique ID must be populated.
- The contact must not be excluded from state reporting.
- Contact FirstName and LastName must be populated.
Resource Output
- A separate record is published for each parent or guardian associated with a student who qualifies for publishing.
- The Parent 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 |
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ParentUniqueId | A unique alphanumeric code assigned to a parent. | Integer | [CST_PubUniqueIdParent]UniqueId | M |
Name | R | |||
/PersonalTitlePrefix | A prefix used to denote the title, degree, position, or seniority of the person. | Varchar(75) | [S_Contacts_S]Prefix | O |
/FirstName | A name given to an individual at birth, baptism, during another naming ceremony, or through legal change. | Varchar(75) | [S_Contacts_S]First_Name | R |
/MiddleName | A secondary name given to an individual at birth, baptism, or during another naming ceremony. | Varchar(75) | [S_Contacts_S]Middle_Name | O |
/LastSurname | The name borne in common by members of a family. | Varchar(75) | [S_Contacts_S]Last_Name | R |
/GenerationCodeSuffix | An appendage, if any, used to denote an individual's generation in his family, for example, Jr., Sr., III; required if applicable. Valid Values: Sr, Jr, I, II, III, IV | Varchar(75) | [S_Contacts_S]Suffix | C |
Sex | A person's gender: Female or Male. | Enumerated List | [S_Contacts_S]Gender | R |
Telephone (1-many) | R | |||
/TelephoneNumber | The 10-digit telephone number, including the area code, for the person. | Varchar(24) | [S_Contacts_S]Home_Phone | R |
/TelephoneNumberType | The type of communication number listed for an individual. | Enumerated List | 'Home', 'Work', or 'Mobile' based on source field | M |
Student Associations
This view captures the associations of contacts to students as published in the StudentParentAssociation resource within the Parent category. The layout includes School Name, Contact ID, Contact Name, Relationship, Student Number, Student Name, Ed-Fi Unique ID, Last Publish Date, and the Publishing ID.
StudentParentAssociation
This association relates students to their parents, guardians, or caretakers.
Primary PowerSchool Source Data
- [S_Contact_Relationship_C]
Selection Criteria
Records are published if the following criteria are met:
- Both the Student and Student Contact were previously published in the Student and Parent resources.
Resource Output
- A separate StudentParentAssociation record is published for each unique Student/Student Contact combination included in the Student and Parent resources.
- The StudentParentAssociation resource is dependent on the prior publishing of the following resources: Student and Parent.
- 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 |
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StudentReference/StudentIdentity | StudentUniqueId - The student associated with the parent. | Varchar(30) | StudentUniqueId downloaded from State | M |
ParentReference/ParentIdentity | ParentUniqueId - The parent associated with the student. | Varchar(30) | [CST_PubUniqueIdParent]UniqueId | M |
Relation | The nature of an individual's relationship to a student, for example, Father, Mother, Step Father, Step Mother, Foster Father, Foster Mother, Guardian, etc. | Enumerated List | [S_Contact_Relationship_C]Relationship | M |
PrimaryContactStatus | Indicator of whether the person is a primary parental contact for the student. | Boolean | [S_Contact_Relationship_C]Primary_Contact | O |
LivesWith | Indicator of whether the student lives with the associated parent. | Boolean | [S_Contact_Relationship_C]Lives_With | O |
EmergencyContactStatus | Indicator of whether the person is a designated emergency contact for the student. | Boolean | [S_Contact_Relationship_C]Emergency_Contact | O |
ContactPriority | The numeric order of the preferred sequence or priority of contact. | Integer | [S_Contact_Relationship_C]Contact_Order | O |
ContactRestrictions | Restrictions for student and/or teacher contact with the individual, for example, the student may not be picked up by the individual. | Varchar(250) | [S_Contact_Relationship_C]Notes | O |