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3 4 5 WELCOME AGENDA GUEST SPEAKER(S) Philip Price June Atkinson (by video) Rosalyn Galloway PRESENTER LIST COURSE LIST
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18 MASTER SCHEDULE 20 PARTICIPANTS INDIVIDUAL SCHEDULE 21 NOTES HOTEL MAPS (back cover)
The evaluation form this year will be done on-line. A Certicate of Attendance will be sent to you upon completion of the evaluation survey.
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CONTENTS
Welcome
WELCOME TO THE 2014 HOME BASE NC SYMPOSIUM! We are thrilled that you can join us to participate in an event that will offer you hands-on courses, introduce you to new tools and initiatives, and give you the opportunity to network with users from across the state. Volunteers from the NCDPI, Pearson, and the LEAs have worked hard to assemble an informative Symposium for you. This school year we continue to complete the move from the eSIS student information software to Pearsons PowerSchool suite. While at the Symposium, be sure to network with NCDPI and Pearson staff members and LEA attendees. Attend as many sessions as you can t into your day. Design your Symposium schedule with the individual schedule form located in your registration booklet to assist you in getting the most out of this milestone event.
Presenters We want to thank all the presenters who have so graciously accepted our call to present at this years Symposium. We have included their names in this program. Without their support, time in preparation, and willingness to present, we could not conduct a Symposium of this size. Presentations Available presentation materials were posted on the www.nc-sis.org site prior to the start of the Symposium. We hope that in your planning to come to the conference you found this procedure benecial.
Please note: Presentations were developed by the speakers; NCDPI assumes no responsibility for the content or validity of these presentations.
Cell Phones Cell Phone Hot Spots SHOULD NOT be used, as these will interrupt internet connections for everyone and users will not be able to access the internet.
Free Wireless internet is available throughout the hotel for conference attendees who are staying at the hotel. Non-hotel guests attending the conference may access the wireless internet for a fee of $5.00 per day. Please see hotel staff for details. As a courtesy to the presenters and to your fellow classmates, we request that you turn off any mobile devices that may disrupt class. If you need to make or take a call, please exit the classroom rst.
Survey and Certicate The evaluation survey will be online again this year. We ask that you take a few minutes to complete the survey and provide feedback on the sessions that you attended. Once you have completed your survey at the end of the Symposium, you will receive your Certicate of Attendance. The Certicate of Attendance may be used to apply for CEU credit as determined by your LEA. The link to the survey will be sent to the e-mail address you provided when you registered for the Symposium.
Thank you and enjoy the Symposium!
WELCOME
Agenda
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16
Pre-Registration Meet-and-Greet Drop-In with Pearson 3:00 PM 5:00 PM 3:00 PM 5:00 PM
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17
Registration Desk Opens Breakout Sessions General Session Lunch Break (on your own) Breakout Sessions 7:30 AM 8:30 AM 10:30 AM 10:30 AM 11:30 AM 11:30 AM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 5:00 PM
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18
Buffet Breakfast Registration Desk Opens Breakout Sessions Lunch Break (on your own) Breakout Sessions 7:00 AM 8:30 AM 8:00 AM 8:30 AM 11:30 AM 11:30 AM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 5:00 PM
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19
Buffet Breakfast Registration Desk Opens Breakout Sessions Adjourn 7:00 AM 8:30 AM 8:00 AM 8:30 AM 12:30 PM 12:30 PM
AGENDA
Guest Speakers
JUNE ST. CLAIR ATKINSON, STATE SUPERINTENDENT
June St. Clair Atkinson was elected as the North Carolina State Superintendent of Public Instruction in November 2004, re-elected in 2008, and re-elected for a third term in 2012. Dr. Atkinson is North Carolinas rst woman elected to this position. She heads the NC Department of Public Instruction, an agency which she served for nearly 34 years as a chief consultant and director in the areas of business education, career and technical education, and instructional services. As a former business education teacher, Atkinson has been involved in instruction and curriculum development throughout her career. She is past president of the National Business Education Association, Southern Regional Education Boards High Schools that Work, and the National Association of State Directors of Career and Technical Education Consortium. Atkinson is a member of Delta Kappa Gamma and Phi Delta Kappa and was inducted into East Carolina Universitys College of Education Educator Hall of Fame in 2008. She received a Bachelors degree in Business Education from Radford University in 1969, a Masters degree in Vocational and Technical Education from Virginia Tech in 1974, and a Doctorate degree in Educational Leadership and Policy from North Carolina State University in 1996.
GUEST SPEAKERS
Symposium Presenters
The success of the Symposium is due, in large part, to the willingness of a few individuals giving unselshly of their time and talents as presenters for the workshop sessions. We gratefully acknowledge the efforts of the following, who have agreed to be presenters for the 2014 Home Base Symposium. Ann O. Nichols RN, MSN, NCSN, NC Department of Health and Human Services Ashley Cooper, Person County Ashley Secor, NCDPI Ben Comer, NCDPI Beth Purdy, NCDPI Betsy Baugess, NCDPI Bob Chappell, Infosnap Bonita Chasten, NCDPI Bonita Coleman, Pearson Brandon Paterson, NCDPI Bryan Macdonald, Pearson Cande Honeycutt, NCDPI Carrie Hubbard, Pearson Chanin Rivenbark, North Carolina Virtual Public School Charles White, Lenoir County Cheri Arthur, Pearson Christie Newkirk, NCDPI Christina K. Minard, M.S., NCDPI Cynthia Crowdus, NCDPI Dan Urbanski, NCDPI Dawn Ramseur, Hoke County DeLea Payne, NCDPI Derek Graham, NCDPI Diane Dulaney, NCDPI Diane Parsons, NCDPI Donna Gillam, Pearson Doris Kitts, NCDPI Drew Maerz, Asheboro City Ed Dedic, Pearson Emily Jones, New Hanover County Emily Kline, NCDPI Evelyn Herbin, NCDPI Gayle Veach, NCDPI Ginger Huffstickler, Mooresville Graded Schools Glen Patana, NCDPI Gwen Bissette, NCDPI Jason McCormick, Pearson Jeffrey Huffman, Pearson Jennifer Northrup MLIS, MAEd, NBCT, NCDPI Jennifer Preston, NCDPI Joan Lake, Pearson John Warf, MCNC John Wyckoff, Chapel Hill-Carrboro Joy Toellen, Orange County Julian Wilson, NCDPI K.C. Elander, NCDPI Karen Rico, Pearson Karl Pond, NCDPI Kathy McKinstry, Pearson Kayla Siler, NCDPI Kelly Blas, NCDPI Ken Barbour, NCDPI Ken Gattis, NCDPI Kevin Kirschten, Pearson Ladansa Ussery, NCDPI LaKesha Williams, Pearson Laura Elliott, Iredell-Statesville Linda Frederickson, Franklin County Lisa Gurganus, Pearson Loreto Tessini, NCDPI Lori Ivey, NCDPI Lynn Bullock, Pearson Mark Fetterolf, Pearson Mark Scheible, MCNC Marty Schmidt, Pearson Maurice Jordan, NCDPI Melba Jackson, Cumberland County Melissa Conover, Pearson Michael Riles, NCDPI Michelle Gresham, NCDPI Mike Martin, NCDPI Mike Schecher, Pearson Nagendra Dattatreya, Pearson Ozella Wiggins, MPA, NCDPI Penny May, NCDPI Rhonda M. Welfare, Ed.D., NCDPI Robin Greene, CFNC Rosalyn Galloway, NCDPI Ryan Miller, Orange County Samuel Carter, Friday Institute Sandra Johnson, NCDPI Sarah McManus, Ph.D., NCDPI Sharon Allen, Hoke County Sherry Johnson, Pearson Stacey Rohwedder, Pearson Stephanie Roberts, Pearson Steve Hatch, Identity Automation Steve Lauren, Pearson Steve Thorpe, MCNC Sue Ann Stalnaker, NCDPI Tad Piner, NCDPI Terra Dominguez, NCDPI Tessa Parker, NCDPI Tiffany Strickland, Pearson Vicki Humphreys, NCDPI Vince Piscopo, Pearson Walter Raif, NCDPI Wendy Hinson, NCDPI Wendy Jones, NCDPI
PRESENTER LIST
Course List
To assist you in selecting courses, the following number scheme is used. 100 series Home Base Courses 200 series PowerSchool Courses 300 series SchoolNet Courses 400 series OpenClass Courses 500 series NCEES Courses 600 series Business Courses 700 series Data Courses 800 series Related Courses 900 series Special Courses LC series Hands-on Labs AUD 1 Auditorium 1 AUD 2 Auditorium 2 AUD 3 Auditorium 3 AUD 4 Auditorium 4 COL AB Colony A/B M Monday VIC A Victoria A VIC BC Victoria B/C GRAND Grandover GUIL D Guilford D GUIL G Guilford G W Wednesday IMP A Imperial A IMP BC Imperial B/C IMP D Imperial D IMP EF Imperial E/F IMP GH Imperial G/H
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This session will provide participants with an overview of how data ows through the various components of Home Base. The following topics will be discussed: 1. Data integration between PS, the PS ODS, and Schoolnet 2. Data integration between PS, the EdCloud and OpenClass (ECollege) 3. Data integration between LEA source systems, UID Staff, the NCDPI ODS, and the Educator Evaluation Systems M 8:30 - 10:15 VIC A Long Title: M 2:00 - 3:35 VIC A
PowerSchool Courses
Long Title: Short Title: Course Number: Presenter: Length: PowerSchool Tips & Tricks PS TIPS 201 Mike Schecher, Pearson Christie Newkirk, NCDPI 1 Hour
est Practices for Implementing B Home Base Suite of Applications Short Title: BEST Course Number: 102 Presenter: Jennifer Northrup MLIS, MAEd, NBCT, NCDPI Julian Wilson, NCDPI Length: 2 Hours Three of our states school districts will share how they have successfully rolled out Home Base suite of applications. Participants will leave this session with strategies for communication, ideas on how they might be funding the Home Base opt-in, real-life examples of how they rolled out the parent portal, training plans, and use of the instruction and assessment components that apply to a districts specic needs, and role-alike professional contacts who may be useful for future inquiries. M 8:30 - 10:15 COL AB M 3:00 - 4:45 COL AB
Want to do things faster and easier? This session will cover tips and tricks to make your life a little less stressful! In this session we will cover as many tips and tricks as we can; from search commands to little used PowerSchool features! M 2:00 - 2:45 GRAND T 1:00 - 1:45 GRAND Long Title: Short Title: Course Number: Presenter: Length: T 10:30 - 11:15 GRAND W 11:30 - 12:15 VIC BC
The 1-2-3s of Enrollment PS ENROLL 202 Diane Parsons, NCDPI Gwen Bissette, NCDPI 1 Hour
This session is looking at basic enrollment. Enrollment requirements essential to maintaining accurate and required student information will be reviewed. M 4:00 - 4:45 AUD 4 W 9:30 - 10:15 AUD 4 T 3:00 - 3:45 AUD 4
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This course is designed to show the setup involved for Daily attendance schools and Meeting only attendance schools. We will walk through the attendance setup screens for each type so that attendees may see what selections are to be made for their attendance to calculate correctly for state and local reporting. M 8:30 - 10:15 AUD 4 Long Title: Short Title: Course Number: Presenter: Length: T 1:00 - 2:45 AUD 4
Attendance Tracking and Notication can be used in combination with the basic PowerSchool attendance setup. The additional setup elements allow for tracking of truant attendance using a combination of thresholds and triggers. Each time a student meets or exceeds a specic threshold, a notication record is created in the PowerSchool database. The notication records can be used to print attendance letters for students with truant attendance. T 8:30 - 9:15 AUD 4 Long Title: Short Title: Course Number: Presenter: Length: W 8:30 - 9:15 AUD 4
Daily Attendance PS ATT DAY 204 Stephanie Roberts, Pearson Michelle Gresham, NCDPI 1 Hour
This session will provide an overview of daily attendance. How to update attendance for students going on a eld trip. How to change attendance for a student, a group of students, a grade level of students. M 2:00 - 2:45 AUD 4 W 10:30 - 11:15 AUD 4 Long Title: Short Title: Course Number: Presenter: Length: T 9:30 - 10:15 AUD 4
Managing Courses PS COURSES 207 Betsy Baugess, NCDPI Ladansa Ussery, NCDPI 2 Hours
In this session attendees will understand how courses are managed at the state level and learn the details of courses and their attributes. T 8:30 - 10:15 VIC A W 10:30 - 12:15 VIC A Long Title: Short Title: Course Number: Presenter: Length: T 3:00 - 4:45 VIC A
Meeting Attendance PS ATT MEET 205 Stephanie Roberts, Pearson Michelle Gresham, NCDPI 1 Hour
This session will provide an overview of the setup and all you need to know about meeting attendance in PowerSchool. Examples include how to update attendance for students going on a eld trip as well has how to change attendance for a student, a group of students, a grade level of students. M 1:00 - 1:45 AUD 4 W 11:30 - 12:15 AUD 4 T 10:30 - 11:15 AUD 4
PowerScheduler 101 PS SCHD OV 208 Carrie Hubbard, Pearson Gayle Veach, NCDPI 1 Hour
An overview of PowerScheduler: Many LEAs are currently signing up for PowerScheduler to plan their schedules for next year. This class will provide you with an overview of PowerScheduler vocabulary, common schedule types, the power of sections and what to consider when scheduling. What is the right schedule for your school or LEA? M 8:30 - 9:15 IMP D T 8:30 - 9:15 IMP D M 1:00 - 1:45 IMP D
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Long Title: Elementary Scheduling How to Build Dependent Sections Short Title: PS SCHD ES Course Number: 209 Presenter: Carrie Hubbard, Pearson Educator Effectiveness PowerSchool Training Team, NCDPI Length: 1 Hour This class will cover the basic understanding of how to build Dependent sections for elementary schools. Learn the benets of dependent sections, how to create and edit dependent sections. What is the benet for my elementary school to build dependent sections for my school? M 9:30 - 10:15 IMP D T 9:30 - 10:15 IMP D W 9:30 - 10:15 IMP D M 2:00 - 2:45 IMP D T 1:00 - 1:45 IMP D
DPI Overview of PowerSchool Reporting PS REP OV 212 Lori Ivey, NCDPI 1 Hour
In this session we will review reporting options available in PowerSchool. For example, we will review NCDPI created templates, and demonstrate form letters, mailing labels, and many other reporting options. M 8:30 - 9:15 GRAND M 3:00 - 3:45 GRAND T 4:00 - 4:45 GRAND Long Title: Short Title: Course Number: Presenter: Length: M 1:00 - 1:45 GRAND T 2:00 - 2:45 GRAND
Long Title: Using PowerScheduler Constraints Short Title: PS SCHD CON Course Number: 210 Presenter: Carrie Hubbard, Pearson Educator Effectiveness PowerSchool Training Team, NCDPI Length: 1 Hour In this class you will have a general overview of Build Constraints and load constraints. Illustrations of the 11 types of build constraints and the way PowerScheduler builds the master schedule. Load Constraints to determine the way the system loads students into courses that have been scheduled already. You will see illustrations of the 6 types of load constraints. T 10:30 - 11:15 IMP D W 8:30 - 9:15 IMP D T 2:00 - 2:45 IMP D
PowerSchool ReportWorks PS RPT WORKS 213 Lynn Bullock, Pearson Maurice Jordan, NCDPI 1 Hour
PowerSchool ReportWorks is an overview of how to build your own reports. Learn how easy it is to import reports into ReportWorks; how to create labels with your school logo. Learn the types of reports can be created, how can I share these with all my schools, or other LEAs. M 9:30 - 10:15 GRAND T 3:00 - 3:45 GRAND M 4:00 - 4:45 GRAND
Long Title: PowerScheduler Troubleshooting Short Title: PS SCHD TRB Course Number: 211 Presenter: Carrie Hubbard, Pearson Educator Effectiveness PowerSchool Training Team, NCDPI Length: 2 Hours In this class you will learn troubleshooting tricks for PowerScheduler. We will review checklist errors, talk about course rank, what to do if the build stops, priority and rank and using the student online course request for students in feeder schools. M 3:00 - 4:45 IMP D W 10:30 - 12:15 IMP D T 3:00 - 4:45 IMP D
Long Title: PowerSchool Caf Short Title: PS CAF Course Number: 214 Presenter: Ashley Cooper, Person County Terra Dominguez, NCDPI Length: 8 Hours ( Participants are encouraged to attend all 4 sessions) These working sessions are designed for LEA and School Data Managers to share and develop reports to be used in PowerSchool. Participants will create reports to share with the NCDPI to test and evaluate. Reports created that pass quality control from the NCDPI will be shared to users through nc-sis.org and/or the North Carolina Forum through PowerSource. Topics for participant focus could include: Attendance, Grades, Student Contact Information, Student Transportation and Student Progress Reports. Agenda: Monday Topic: S etting the Stage-Determining what Report Groups will Create Tuesday Topic: W ork Sessions-Creating the Reports (participants are encouraged to use both work sessions if possible) Wednesday Topic: P resenting/Sharing Your Groups Reports M 1:00 - 2:45 COL AB T 3:00 - 4:45 COL AB T 8:30 - 10:15 COL AB W 10:30 - 12:15 COL AB
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This session will show the user how to access PowerTools, what the various PowerTools diagnostic reports mean and how to use what is learned from the PowerTools Diagnostic reports to make corrections in their PowerSchool Database. The PowerTools utility puts the power into the customers hands, providing them with the resources to diagnose many common problems themselves, and xing them prior to experiencing issues within the application. M 8:30 - 10:15 GUIL D T 8:30 - 10:15 GUIL D T 3:00 - 4:45 GUIL D Long Title: Short Title: Course Number: Presenter: Length: M 3:00 - 4:45 GUIL D T 1:00 - 2:45 GUIL D
Now that security setup is at the local level, several LEAs have agreed to share how they are organizing their security groups and give tips theyve learned along the way. This session will also review PowerSchool Security Screens and how they work together to provide security levels for LEAs/School staff. M 2:00 - 3:45 AUD 2 Long Title: Short Title: Course Number: Presenter: Length: W 10:30 - 12:15 AUD 2
End of Term PS TERM 216 Sue Ann Stalnaker, NCDPI Doris Kitts, NCDPI 1 Hour
Parent Portal: Review for Successful Roll-Out PS PARENT 219 Joy Toellen, Orange County Ryan Miller, Orange County 1 Hour
The tasks covered in this workshop will include running grade verication, running section readiness report, and the store grades process. M 3:00 - 3:45 AUD 4 Long Title: Short Title: Course Number: Presenter: Length: T 4:00 - 4:45 AUD 4
Presenters will highlight their successful roll-out of the public portal, reviewing conguration selections, single sign on, required maintenance, and parent and student password management. They will share their setup congurations and why those choices were made. M 2:00 - 2:45 VIC BC W 10:30 - 11:15 VIC BC Long Title: Short Title: Course Number: Presenter: Length: T 8:30 - 9:15 VIC BC
Whats Up With Those Transcripts? PS GPA 217 Betsy Baugess, NCDPI Wendy Jones, NCDPI 1 Hour
This session will examine the GPA process and how it works with the Ofcial Transcript. We will also touch on proposed changes to the GPA process. T 10:30 - 11:15 GUIL G W 8:30 - 9:15 VIC A T 1:00 -1:45 GUIL G
The End-of-Year Process (EOY) PS EOY 220 Vince Piscopo, Pearson Beth Purdy, NCDPI 1 Hour
The End-of-Year Process is used to close out the current school year and transfer all students to the grade level and school that each will be attending in the upcoming school year. This course will go through how to setup, validate, and initiate the PowerSchool End-of-Year Process plus Post End-of-Year activities. M 9:30 - 10:15 VIC BC T 1:00 - 1:45 VIC BC W 9:30 - 10:15 VIC BC M 4:00 - 4:45 VIC BC T 2:00 - 2:45 VIC BC
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Summer School PS SUMMER 221 Melissa Conover, Pearson Bonita Chasten, NCDPI 1 Hour
Roles and Permissions in Schoolnet NET ROLES 302 Kayla Siler, NCDPI Mike Martin, NCDPI 1 Hour
Summer School session: In this course, youll learn how to create a summer session in PowerSchool. Youll also learn how to transfer teachers and students, how to store grades, how to move summer school grades back to the main school, and when to complete the End-of-Year process. M 1:00 - 1:45 AUD 1 T 2:00 - 2:45 AUD 1 T 9:30 - 10:15 AUD 1 W 11:30 - 12:15 AUD 1
This session will explain how to set up roles and permissions in Schoolnet to allow selected educators to do things like create shared assessments or review lessons plans. Youll be guided through a few step-by-step examples, be introduced to a matrix for understanding Schoolnet roles and will leave with tools to give your instructional staff a good sense of how roles and permissions might be used to support instructional improvement. The session will also include a chance to propose additional roles and permission challenges to be addressed in follow-up webinars later this spring. M 9:30 - 10:15 AUD 3 W 9:30 - 10:15 AUD 3 Long Title: Short Title: Course Number: Presenter: Length: T 2:00 - 2:45 AUD 3
SchoolNet Courses
Long Title: Schoolnet Support and Question and Answer Session Short Title: NET QA Course Number: 301 Presenter: Sarah McManus, Ph.D., NCDPI Ben Comer, NCDPI Lisa Gurganus, Pearson Tiffany Strickland, Pearson Emily Kline, Pearson Cheri Arthur, Pearson LaKesha Williams, Pearson Cynthia Crowdus, NCDPI Ashley Secor, NCDPI Donna Gillam, Pearson Stacey Rohwedder, Pearson Length: 1 Hour During this session, participants will learn about the various ways NCDPI staff are supporting districts in the implementation of Home Base. Participants will have an opportunity to meet members of the Home Base Support Center and will be able to ask questions of an expert panel regarding various aspects including technical issues, instructional or assessment modules, and data analysis and reporting. M 8:30 - 9:15 AUD 3 W 8:30 - 9:15 AUD 3 T 1:00 - 1:45 AUD 3
Data and Reporting in Schoolnet NET REPORTS 303 Dan Urbanski, NCDPI Joan Lake, Pearson Dawn Ramseur, Hoke County Drew Maerz, Asheboro City Jason McCormick, Pearson 2 Hours
In this session, participants will be introduced to the reporting fundamentals of Schoolnet including how to dene student sets, create custom reports & graphs, and how to publish reports to select educators. Notes: A panel of representatives from local LEAs will share best practices. Participants will leave with the knowledge of how to use Schoolnet data and reports to support data driven instruction. M 3:00 - 4:45 AUD 3 W 10:30 - 12:15 AUD 3 T 3:00 - 4:45 AUD 3
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NCEES Courses
Long Title: NCEES Overview PDP/Evaluation Plan System Review Short Title: NCEES OV Course Number: 501 Presenter: Tad Piner, NCDPI DeLea Payne, NCDPI Length: 1 Hour The North Carolina Educator Evaluation System (NCEES) process is the same; nothing has changed. The online system will allow employees to assign rights, complete self-assessments, Professional Development Plans, Observations, and Summative Evaluations. During this session we will review the steps for assigning rights, understand the workow for completing Professional Development Plans, understand the workow for completing the observation/evaluation process, and how to complete these steps using the online tool and the off-line tool which is independent of any network connection. M 8:30 - 9:15 AUD 2 W 8:30 - 9:15 AUD 1 T 8:30 - 9:15 AUD 3
Long Title: NCEES Data and Reporting How Both Impact and Assist with System Operation Short Title: NCEES REPORTS Course Number: 503 Presenter: Tad Piner, NCDPI DeLea Payne, NCDPI Length: 1 Hour This session will cover the integration of data from all sources and its impact on the system. We will also cover all aspects of reporting from system reports and their use to creation/ memorization/sharing of ad-hoc reports. There will be discussion on historical data and its visibility within and outside the system. Tips and tricks dos and donts. M 1:00 - 1:45 AUD 2 W 10:30 - 11:15 AUD 1 T 10:30 - 11:15 AUD 3
Business Courses
Long Title: Health and PowerSchool: An Open Forum Short Title: NURSE Course Number: 601 Presenter: Christina K. Minard, M.S., NCDPI Ann O. Nichols RN, MSN, NCSN, NC Department of Health & Human Services Ladansa Ussery, NCDPI Length: 1 Hour What are the expected duties of the Data Managers and Nurses in PowerSchool? Join us for an open forum designed for Data Managers and Nurses to ask questions about business policy and processes in PowerSchool. T 10:30 - 11:15 VIC A T 1:00 - 1:45 VIC A
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This session provides a basic overview of TIMS, focusing on how PowerSchool student data is used to help generate efcient school bus routes. There will also be instruction in the appropriate way to enter address data in PowerSchool, the PowerSchool Transportation Page and possibilities for back loading TIMS transportation data to PowerSchool. M 9:30 - 10:15 AUD 1 Long Title: Short Title: Course Number: Presenter: Length: M 4:00 - 4:45 AUD 1
Federal Programs Data and PowerSchool FEDS 605 Terra Dominguez, NCDPI Kelly Blas, NCDPI Loreto Tessini, NCDPI Michael Riles, NCDPI 2 Hours
Discipline Data Reporting in PowerSchool DISC 603 Ken Gattis, NCDPI 1 Hour
Join this team for a discussion on best practices for Federal Data collection in PowerSchool. Participants will learn how to enroll out of school students in the Federal Program schools created for your LEA. The Exceptional Children division will demo the data movement of student records entered into PowerSchool and transmitted to CECAS. Participants will also see how key EC data from CECAS is displayed in PowerSchool. Title III/ESL will provide an overview of program operations forthcoming in the PowerSchool application. Information will cover student level and programmatic data. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions throughout the session. T 9:30 - 11:15 AUD 2 T 1:00 - 2:45 AUD 2
The session will provide an overview of state discipline data reporting requirements, outline basic procedures for entering discipline data in PowerSchool, and discuss known problems and proposed modications to the system. T 10:30 - 11:15 COL AB T 2:00 - 2:45 COL AB T 1:00 - 1:45 COL AB
Long Title: Accountability Collections and Process Required for State Testing Related to Home Base Short Title: ACC Course Number: 604 Presenter: Ken Barbour, NCDPI Length: 1 Hour This session will cover changes that are needed to complete the transition from NC WISE to PowerSchool. In addition this session will provide a status of the transition and updates that may need to be made in the future. The session will conclude with advice on best practices to reduce work and improve efciency. M 8:30 - 9:15 AUD 1 M 3:00 - 3:45 AUD 1
Long Title: Charter School Autonomy and Accountability: Maintaining Compliance with Third-Party Vendors Short Title: CHARTER Course Number: 606 Presenter: Cande Honeycutt, NCDPI Length: 1 Hour In an age of increased accountability and increasingly more complex data systems, many schools opt to utilize services from third-party vendors. This session will highlight common compliance issues with the use of third-party vendors and methods to avoid non-compliance. T 1:00 - 1:45 AUD 1 T 3:00 - 3:45 AUD 1
Long Title: Get Your Secret Decoder Ring Here: Understanding Course Codes Short Title: COURSE PANEL Course Number: 607 Presenter: Rhonda M. Welfare, Ed.D., NCDPI NCDPI Staff Length: 2 Hours No box tops required. At this session, NCDPI staff from Curriculum and Instruction, Career and Technical Education, Home Base Support, and other areas explain the course code revision project that is part of the Powerschool transition. Presenters will provide an overview and answer user questions about the current status of course codes and what further changes will be put in place beginning July 1, 2014. Submit questions at the Home Base Information booth at least 30 minutes before the session begins to be sure your concerns are addressed. Please save your technical questions about how to implement the course codes for one of the sessions on Managing Courses. This description will self-destruct in 5 seconds. M 4:00 - 4:45 VIC A W 9:30 - 10:15 VIC A T 2:00 - 2:45 VIC A
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Long Title: Highly Qualied (HQ) Data Reporting: The Policy, Data Trail, and Lessons Learned Short Title: HQ Course Number: 705 Presenter: Brandon Paterson, NCDPI Jennifer Preston, NCDPI Chanin Rivenbark, NC Virtual Public School Length: 1 Hour The purpose of this presentation is to provide basic policy information and to clarify processes for the reporting of highly qualied (HQ) teacher data. Participants will learn general information about State and Federal regulations related to Title II, Part A, Improving Teacher Quality, become more familiar with the multiple stakeholders and systems in HQ data collection, and receive answers to popular questions collected during the School Report Card review period. W 8:30 - 9:15 GRAND Long Title: Short Title: Course Number: Presenter: Length: W 9:30 - 10:15 GRAND
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Long Title: SAR A Collection of Data and What is Needed to Meet Teacher Evaluation, VPS and Other Data Request Needs Short Title: SAR Course Number: 707 Presenter: Sandra Johnson, NCDPI Jennifer Preston, NCDPI Chanin Rivenbark, NC Virtual Public School Doris Kitts, NCDPI Length: 2 Hours The School Activity Report (SAR) is a collection of data from public schools showing details of what teaching activities are scheduled in the schools for the current school year. Staff classroom and non-classroom activities are collected along with details. This session will focus on what data is needed and how that data is used. The session will also assist you in how to populate the needed information. M 8:30 - 10:15 GUIL G T 8:30 - 10:15 GUIL G M 1:00 - 2:45 GUIL G
The Identity and Access Management (IAM) Service is one of the NCEdCloud initiatives for the K-12 community of North Carolina. This cloud-based service provides LEAs and Charter Schools a tool to manage the authentication and authorization needs for their students, employees, parents, and guests. It provides selfservice capabilities to all end users and delegation capabilities to all LEA/Charter School administrators. The actual service is being provided by Identity Automation, and the IAM infrastructure is fully hosted in Amazons AWS environment. This environment provides unlimited scaling as well as a world-class, high availability platform. Our session will provide the background and current state of the NCEdCloud IAM Service in North Carolina. More information is available at: http://iam.ncedcloud.org W 10:30 - 11:15 GRAND W 11:30 - 12:15 GRAND
Long Title: Infosnap Online Student Enrollment and Registration with SIS Integration Short Title: INFOSNAP Course Number: 803 Presenter: Ginger Huffstickler, Mooresville Graded Schools Bob Chappell, Infosnap Length: 1 Hour Want to simplify the time-consuming, expensive and error-prone student enrollment/registration process? Infosnap is the leading provider of enrollment management services for Pre K-12 schools. Mooresville Graded Schools will demonstrate how to put your schools Student Registration, Health, PTA, Emergency Contacts, School Choice Applications, and other forms online, manage the new and back to school process and integrate data to PowerSchool. All solutions are customized to match your existing business processes and policy requirements. Save money, save time and get clean data. M 8:30 - 9:15 VIC BC T 10:30 - 11:15 VIC BC
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Join Pearson and NCDPI for a roundtable discussion. Feel free to bring your questions as we talk about PowerSchool for North Carolina. W 10:30 - 12:15 GUIL D
This is a brieng for LEA Coordinators, Charter School Directors, Superintendents, Principals and other administrators. The session will provide updates on project initiatives related to PowerSchool for North Carolina. M 1:00 - 2:45 GUIL D Long Title: Tech Director Session: A Conversation with Pearson Short Title: TECH Course Number: 903 Presenter: Bryan Macdonald, Pearson Ed Dedic, Pearson Kevin Kirschten, Pearson Nagendra Dattatreya, Pearson Mark Fetterolf, Pearson Jeffrey Huffman, Pearson Length: 2 Hours Join Pearson and NCDPI for a discussion about their strategy on system capacity for simultaneous usage for SchoolNet and PowerSchool. W 8:30 - 10:15 GUIL D
This session is intended for experienced Excel users. This hands-on session will explore advanced functionality within Microsoft Excel to assist administrators in data-driven decision making. Topics will include formulas and functions, data sorting and merging, auto ltering, reports, and creating charts and pivot tables. M 1:00 - 2:45 IMP A T 3:00 - 4:45 IMP A Long Title: Short Title: Course Number: Presenter: Length: T 8:30 - 10:15 IMP A W 10:30 - 12:15 IMP A
Microsoft Access with PowerSchool Data ACCESS LC02 John Wyckoff - Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill - Carrboro 2 Hours
Join us for a short introduction to Microsoft Access in accessing data extracted from PowerSchool. In this lab you will learn how to import and link les extracted from PowerSchool so you can join tables together and treat data from multiple les as a single table. You will learn how to query this information so that you can produce precise and summarized reports for your schools personnel. M 8:30 - 10:15 IMP A T 1:00 - 2:45 IMP A M 3:00 - 4:45 IMP A W 8:30 - 10:15 IMP A
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Long Title: Google Apps Intermediate to Advanced Creating Forms and Automating the Process, Manipulating and Editing Google Spreadsheets to Your Advantage. Short Title: GOOGLE ADV Course Number: LC03 Presenter: John Warf, MCNC Length: 2 Hours Seeing Google Apps is one thing but experiencing is another. In this session we will have hands-on interactivity with Google Apps. We will collect data from Forms and Spreadsheets to build data to share with one another. We will also create formulas and pivot tables in Google Spreadsheets. Please make sure you have a Google Apps email account or personal Gmail for class. T 1:00 - 2:45 IMP GH Long Title: Short Title: Course Number: Presenter: Length: W 10:30 - 12:15 IMP GH
Importing and Exporting in PowerSchool PS IMPORT LC06 Kathy McKinstry, Pearson 2 Hours
When importing and exporting into PowerSchool you are moving data between PowerSchool and a spreadsheet. Quick Import, Import Templates, and the Import Data Manager are all means to put new or updated information into PowerSchool. Quick Export, Export Data Manager, Export Templates and DDE are ways to export data from PowerSchool. In this hands-on workshop we will share examples of each and show how we can export data, update it in a spreadsheet and import it back into PowerSchool. We will cover as much as time allows. M 1:00 - 2:45 IMP BC T 3:00 - 4:45 IMP BC Long Title: Short Title: Course Number: Presenter: Length: T 8:30 - 10:15 IMP BC W 10:30 - 12:15 IMP BC
Gradebook: Secondary Congurations GRADEBOOK LC04 Ryan Miller, Orange County Joy Toellen, Orange County 2 Hours
Object Reports and Templates PS OBJECTS LC07 Bonita Coleman, Pearson 2 Hours
This session will review the basics, but also share some of the unique setups that some of our teachers have successfully used. Also review how Gradebook entries appear in the public portal. M 8:30 - 10:15 IMP EF T 1:00 - 2:45 IMP EF Long Title: Short Title: Course Number: Presenter: Length: M 3:00 - 4:45 IMP EF W 8:30 10:15 IMP EF
An object report is a customized report which contains objects of specied length, width, and height. In PowerSchool these reports can be very powerful. With the right object report a user can extract just about any piece of information stored in PowerSchool as well as customize how that information looks when printed. In this hands-on workshop we will share several great tips and tricks to help you import, create, and manage your object reports in PowerSchool. We will cover as much as time allows. Prerequisites: basic understanding of HTML, PowerSchools Data Access Tags (DAT), and some basic knowledge of PowerSchools database tables and table relationships. M 8:30 - 10:15 IMP BC T 1:00 - 2:45 IMP BC Long Title: Short Title: Course Number: Presenter: Length: M 3:00 - 4:45 IMP BC W 8:30 - 10:15 IMP BC
Standards-Based Report Card STAN GRADING LC05 Sarah McManus, Ph.D., NCDPI Sharon Allen, Hoke County Dawn Ramseur, Hoke County Linda Frederickson, Franklin County Ashley Secor, NCDPI 2 Hours
Participants will be provided with an opportunity to interact with the standards spreadsheet and how it will load into a gradebook and populate a standards-based report card. M 1:00 - 2:45 IMP EF T 3:00 - 4:45 IMP EF T 8:30 - 10:15 IMP EF W 10:30 - 12:15 IMP EF
PowerTeacher Administrator PT ADMIN LC08 Marty Schmidt, Pearson Sherry Johnson, Pearson 2 Hours
This lab will provide assistance with problems or questions pertaining to the use of PowerTeacher Administrator (PT Administrator). Information on providing access to PT Administrator, setting up Security Groups within PT Administrator, modifying account settings, creating class content, pushing out content links to specic groups of teachers, running the Section Readiness Report, and other topics will be available. M 8:30 - 10:15 IMP GH M 3:00 - 4:45 IMP GH T 3:00 - 4:45 IMP GH M 1:00 - 2:45 IMP GH T 8:30 - 10:15 IMP GH W 8:30 - 10:15 IMP GH
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Master Schedule
PERIOD Auditorium 1 Auditorium 2 Auditorium 3 Auditorium 4 Colony AB Victoria A Victoria BC Grandover
General Session :: Guilford Ballroom ABC Monday Lunch :: On Your Own ~ 11:30 to 1:00
221 PS SUMMER
205 PS ATT MEET 204 PS ATT DAY 216 PS TERM 202 PS ENROLL
212 PS REP OV 219 PS PARENT 801 GOOGLE BASIC 220 PS EOY 201 PS TIPS 212 PS REP OV 213 PS RPT WORKS
704 CFNC
605 FEDS
603 DISC
601 NURSE
201 PS TIPS
214 PS CAF
401 OPENCLASS
218 PS SECURITY
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General Session :: Guilford Ballroom ABC Monday Lunch :: On Your Own ~ 11:30 to 1:00
902 COORD 707 SAR 208 PS SCHD OV 209 PS SCHD ES LC01 EXCEL LC06 PS IMPORT LC05 STAN GRADING LC08 PT ADMIN
215 PS TOOLS
LC02 ACCESS
LC07 OBJECTS
LC04 GRADEBOOK
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217 PS GPA
215 PS TOOLS
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LC06 PS IMPORT
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DAY TIME Mon. 8:30 - 9:30 Mon. 9:30 - 10:30 Mon. 10:30 - 11:30 Mon. 1:00 - 2:00 Mon. 2:00 - 3:00 Mon. 3:00 - 4:00 Mon. 4:00 - 5:00 Tue. 7:00 - 8:30 Tue. 8:30 - 9:30 Tue. 9:30 - 10:30 Tue. 10:30 - 11:30 Tue. 1:00 - 2:00 Tue. 2:00 - 3:00 Tue. 3:00 - 4:00 Tue. 4:00 - 5:00 Wed. 7:00 - 8:30 Wed. 8:30 - 9:30 Wed. 9:30 - 10:30 Wed. 10:30 - 11:30 Wed. 11:30 - 12:30 As a courtesy to the presenters and to your fellow classmates we request that you turn off all pagers, cell phones and any other devices that may disrupt the class. If you need to make or take a call, please exit the classroom rst. BUFFET BREAKFAST
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Thank you for attending the 2014 Home Base Symposium. Please remember to complete your online evaluation for the Symposium. Have a safe trip home. See you next year!
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