East Lansing

Public Schools
2019-2020

PowerSchool
Online
Enrollment
 PARENT – Submit new enrollment form
1) Go to www.elps.us > Our District > Prospective Families > New Enrollment
2) Select Create Account
3) Complete Forms (Student, New Student, Family, Emergency, Medical,
Agreements, Documents Upload, Signature)
4) Review & Submit

STAFF – How to Access the PowerSchool Enrollment Portal

1) Go www.elps.us > STAFF > Enrollment Portal
2) Login with login information sent via email
a. subject: “Your New PowerSchool Enrollment Account”

3) Account Setup
a. New Password
b. Phone Number
c. Security Questions
 Working within the PowerSchool Enrollment Portal

How does online enrollment work?

New Students - Submission Workspace

 Collect – Hold – Review/Approve – Deliver

1) Post new student link on district website

2) Family – create account, complete form, submit
3) District – review – approve or set aside for review – deliver
4) Creates new student record

Existing Students - Roster Workspace

 House prepopulated data

 Sends notification that registration is open

1) Fill roster with data from SIS

2) Sends email to returning families (includes snap code)
a. Instructs how to access form
3) Sign in and complete enrollment
4) Approve or set aside for follow-up
5) Updates student record

One member per family can complete this form for all students in home
One snap code per student (3 students = 3 snap codes = 3 emails)
 Working within the submission workspace

 Learn how to Review, Approve and Deliver new student records

 Understand how to use Family Accounts
o Family Support: 866-434-6276

Every academic year has its own set of Forms.

Every Form has Workspaces.

Forms > New Student Registration

 VIEWS

Tasks by VIEWS
Tasks are actions we take with a student record and are dependent upon the view
you are in.
 REVIEW
The Edit Detail Screen allows you to manipulate a record (both hidden and visible
fields). Tags may be added, records may be polished, may be validated for
notifications, documents uploaded, or notes added.

TAGS
You may assign or remove tags for review or follow-up of each student record.

POLISH RULES
Polish rules are performed on incoming data submitted by the family and are
applied on a field-by-field basis. Districts can customize the standard polish rules to
fit their data scheme. Example: Some districts may prefer Addresses be formatted
in a particular way to coincide with their transportation department. Therefore,
they can use chose how they want the parents’ submitted address to look.

Parent submits: 11 Jones Pl

District A Polish Rules: 11 Jones Place
District B Polish Rule: 11 Jones Pl.
 APPROVE

Approval Criteria and Process

Approval criteria determine what conditions must be met for a record to be approved
and delivered to the SIS. At a minimum, the Administrative follow-up tag must be
unchecked to approve a record.

Common Approval Criteria:

 Residency/enrollment docs received
 Student record not tagged follow-up
 Record modified for consistent formatting
 DELIVER

1. Switch your View to Pending Delivery

2. Within Tasks, select Deliver Data
3. Choose Selected Only or All Found
4. Select Create Delivery Batch
5. Select Review
6. Select Close
7. Select Deliver Record
8. Select Close Delivery Batch
9. Select Close Delivery Batch

This will deliver the student record into PowerSchool. As of now, the student is
delivered as a pre-registered student and can be search as an inactive record using
the /lastname search function.
 Download forms

1. Select View: Delivered

2. Select Tasks
3. Select Download Forms
4. Check box next to Registration and Include Uploaded Documents
5. Select Selected Only and wait form forms to download
6. Select Download Forms
7. Save File
8. Go to Downloads
9. Open Submissions
 Work with Family Accounts
1. On the main menu, select Family Accounts.
2. To search for family accounts:
1. Enter the search criteria.
2. Click Find Accounts.
3. To view account details:
1. Click the name of the account in the Accounts Found section.
2. On the account page, you can view:
 Details about the account.
 In-Progress Forms in the account.
 Submitted Forms in the account.
 Students associated with the account.
4. To view in-progress form details:
1. Select an In-Progress form.
2. On the in-progress form page, you can view:
 Student associated with the form.
 Status of the form.
 Started date of the form.
 Latest Activity date of the form.
 Snapcode of the form, if appropriate.
 Required form fields that have not yet been satisfied, and are preventing the
parent from submitting.
 Form fields that contain invalid values, and are preventing the parent from
submitting.
 Validators that have not yet been satisfied, and are preventing the parent
from submitting.
5. To view submitted form details:
1. Select a Submitted form.
2. On the submitted form page, you can view:
 Student associated with the form.
 Started date of the form.
 Submitted date of the form.
 Snapcode of the form, if appropriate.
6. To reset a password, in the Manage Password section:
1. Click Reset Password.
2. Click OK.
7. To change a password, in the Manage Password section:
1. Click Change Password.
2. Enter your new password.
3. Click Save.
8. To download the Password Change Log, click Password Change Log in the Options section.
A comma-separated value (CSV) file is downloaded through your browser.