The first quarter ends Friday, October 6. Q1 report cards will be distributed to students, as well as, parents will be able to view the report cards in the portal after 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 25. The Q1 Report Card Checklist for School Administrators and Teachers is available on SharePoint. This document outlines the teacher, principal/principal designee and district office (SIM) responsibilities for finalizing Q1 grades and report cards. 

NOTE: PowerSchool has a process for adding the extra points electronically to the quarter grades for Advanced Courses (i.e. honors, dual credit, dual enrollment, capstone industry certification aligned, Advanced Placement, and International Baccalaureate) such that teachers do not have to do this manually. The Q1 Report Card Checklist explains this process.

Greetings Principals,

Each month, the Student Information Management (SIM) team will need to have dedicated time with your staff who are responsible for PowerSchool data. These sessions are mandatory given the need to ensure the district is receiving proper funding under TISA and that data related to accountability (e.g. assessment provisioning) are accurate. On most occasions, it will be the clerical person assigned to PowerSchool tasks at your school who will be involved. At times, we may need someone else to attend, like the person who handles student schedules.

Soon, SIM will begin sending invitations to your staff and will CC you. You do not need attend if you are listed in the CC/Optional line, but this will allow you to be notified such that you can prepare for the absence of the person who will be spending the day in these data clean up sessions. The sessions will be in person at the Coe building.

Thank you for your support of this important work!

New Releases:

• Student Attendance Overview KPIs have been updated to include Chronic Absenteeism - High Risk! This metric allows schools to go ahead and identify students with attendance rates less than or equal to 90% regardless of how long they have been enrolled. You can also see this within the on-page Report Builder filters under Select a Metric.
  • See the user guide for more information about Attendance Overview and this guide for more context about the Chronic Absenteeism business rule changes!
     
• Student Enrollment: Enrollment Details Report now includes a new data table visuals with the ability to break down enrollment by student demographic, intervention, and priority groups!
  • See the user guide for more information!
     
• Student Enrollment: Projected Enrollment Report is now available! This report highlights comparisons between projected enrollments and current enrollment YTD.
  • See the user guide for more information!
     
• Digital Citizenship has been updated and is now available!
  • See the user guide for more information!

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Coming Soon:

• Ready Graduates - updated AP IB exam results from the 22-23 school year
• Characteristics of Dyslexia business rule updates – aligned with DIG and state compliance.
• Instructional Practices will be available October 9th.
• Student Reports in both Student Enrollment and Student Assessments
• Tutoring Dashboard

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Training and Support Resources:  

Virtual Office Hours sessions are canceled this week (10/10 and 10/12) for Fall Break.

Next week (10/17 and 10/19), we will be back with Open Forum Q&A sessions. So, please bring any questions you have and we will there to help. 

If you missed our session on the Mastery Connect Participation Report, you can watch the video here.

Sign up today! For more information on Virtual Office Hours, check out this flyer! 

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Check out our new page of all updated features and recent releases on our DAIM Support Page!
You can reach out to us at DAIMSUPPORT@scsk12.org if you need support.  

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Power BI Access:

Principals can give school staff members access through the PowerBI Access App. For more information about how to use the app, see this user guide! 
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Be a Power BI Power User!

Be on the lookout for our new campaign highlighting MSCS staff members who use Power BI the most.

 

Our Power Users will win the chance to be featured in a short video and on our Hall of Fame site.

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