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Monday November 9th 3:15 - 4:45**
 * SESSION 4

__**a DAY in the Life ... (part 2)**__
Second half of 2 part session
 * Facilitator**: Annelise & Margie
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__**Advanced Object Reports Tips & Tricks**__
This session will present idea, tips and tricks I've learned over the past few years. Ideas to assist you in creating rosters, standards-based report cards, transcripts, and other reports more quickly. What's the secret to perfectly aligned columns and rows? Would you like to build a complex standards-based report card in less than a day? Are there "secret" Data Access Tags you don't know about? Come to this session and I'll share all I've learned. A good portion of this presentation will be based on the use of [|VisualPST] from Park Bench Software. Free demo versions are available on their web site. =__**Backups & Test Servers**__= Backups - Using flashback, backup scripts and a test server for a bulletproof backup/test system. NOTE: This course is intended for PowerSchool System Administrators who have access to their servers for file import and editing.
 * Facilitator**: Jason Springel
 * Affiliation**: Pearson School Systems
 * Category**: Int/Adv
 * Type**: Lecture
 * Session**: 4
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 * Facilitator**: Ted Belej
 * Affiliation**: REMC 1
 * Category**: Sys Admin
 * Type**: Lecture
 * Session**:2, 4
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__**Built-in Reports**__
This session will focus on the Built-in PowerSchool Reports. We will cover Attendance, Discipline, Grades, Membership, and Student Listing reports. We will discuss the information provided on the report and how to run it.
 * Facilitator**: Vicki Glowacki
 * Affiliation**: Dexter Community Schools
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 * Type**: Lecture
 * Session**: 4
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__**Database Schema Interactive Tool**__
This session will be based entirely on an Excel workbook tool that will be provided. The tool delivers PowerView like maps for DDE exports, suggested uses for the type of map used, and a lookup feature to view related tables. This session is a good complement to DDE or ODBC sessions. The audience for this session is the PowerSchool Administrator who has a need to interact with DDE to either present data or troubleshoot data.
 * Facilitator**: Phil Bettendorf
 * Affiliation**: Level Data
 * Category**:Data
 * Type**:Hands on
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__**Intro to Object Reports**__
In this session we'll cover the basics of creating object reports. Users are strongly encouraged to bring a laptop if they want some hands on experience; however, the topic is relatively fast paced (in order to cover the topic as completely as possible) with the goal of having time at the end for Q&A and demonstrations.
 * Facilitator**: Debbie Fox
 * Affiliation**: Oxford
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 * Type**: :Lecture
 * Session**: 3, 4, 6 & 7
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__**Linking Documents to PowerSchool**__ In this session you will learn how to successfully link documents to PowerSchool, PowerTeacher and Parent/Student access. Using PowerSchool as a launching pad, your staff, teachers and students will have real time up to data information.
 * Facilitator**: Ed Dedic
 * Affiliation**: Pearson School Systems
 * Category**: Intermediate Admin
 * Type**: 2+Years
 * Session**: 4
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__**Microsoft Excel for the PowerSchool User**__
This session will provide instruction, tips and tricks, and guidance when PowerSchool users need to export to Microsoft Excel. Valid for new or existing customers that are new to Excel. Topics included are: sorting, filtering, number formatting, copy/paste, lookup tables, column-width adjustments, and print preview (margins and pagination). Also included is import of current SRSD files and opening fixed-length files. Handouts will be provided of areas covered.
 * Facilitator**:Al Momrik
 * Affiliation**: Waverly Community Schools
 * Category**: Beg/Int
 * Type**: Lecture
 * Session**: 4
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__**Managing Student Data and Reporting Features for Academic Interventions**__

 * Facilitator**:Ryan McLeod, Suzanne Maniaci, Carl Hoffman
 * Affiliation**: Monroe Schools
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 * Type**: Lecture
 * Session**: 4, 7
 * Description**: In this session you will l earn how to use PowerSchool's Counselor's page to identify a student's class rank, completion of graduation requirements, GPA, and more. In addition, learn how to examine students' historical grades and discipline records, how to check the progress of groups of students, how to run reports on grades and attendance. Additionally, we will demonstrate our customized school wide gradebook reports that were programmed especially for us by interventionreports.com.

__**Round Table - PT Gradebook**__

 * Facilitator**: Analisa Fejedelem
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 * Category**: Teachers, Trainers & Gradebook
 * Type**: Open Discussion
 * Session**: 4, 7
 * Description**: This round table discussion is for Teachers, Trainers or anyone who is called upon to support staff using Web Gradebook. After giving a brief overview of the Web Gradebook, the facilitator will lead an open discussion.

__**Top 10 Requests from teachers and administrators**__
SORRY!!! This sessions was cancelled!!!

** Using ReportWorks **
**Description**: ReportWorks is the brand new What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) reporting tool that was added to PowerSchool this summer! This session will give you an opportunity to see how it works and prepare you to start designing new reports. It will introduce you to creating labels, cross tab reports and form letters.
 * Facilitator **: Dori Baldwin
 * Affiliation **: Kent ISD
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 * Type**: Lecture
 * Session**: 4

__**Weidenhammer Add-on solutions for PowerSchool (VENDOR SESSION)**__
Weidenhammer delivers high performance solutions to help districts get the most out of their student management software. Offerings include attendance letters, health tracking, web-based elementary report cards, student fees, and more.
 * Facilitator**: John Roth
 * Affiliation**: Weidenhammer
 * Category**: Vendor Session
 * Type**: Lecture
 * Session**: 4, 6
 * Description**: