PowerSchool Icons
This icon (red circle with “18” centered) represents a student who is 18 years old and legally able to claim ownership of their educational rights. Teachers should maintain communication with parents; however, these students...
Category: Admin
Evacuation Checkin
In the case of a school-wide evacuation, the evacuation check-in function in PowerSchool will help to scan students in. This function helps the school quickly see how who is at the evacuation site. Additional...
PowerSchool Enhanced UI Pages
The new PowerSchool Enhanced UI aims to streamline PowerSchool navigation. The new quick search box at the top of the screen makes it easier to move from student to student and screen to screen....
Collaboration Attendance
As part of collaboration hour, attendance needs to be processed after all students have been self-scanned in or hand scanned in. This process can be done multiple times but must be completed on the...
Collaboration Hour Attendance
Collaboration Hour is on block days in place of a student’s lunch period. In order to manage the attendance during Collaboration Hour, three different scanning options have been created: student QR scanning, admin scanning,...
Collaboration Scanning VS Check In/Out
PowerSchool has two scanning customizations available, Collaboration Scanning and Check In/Out scanning. These two scanning options are designed to solve two different issues, and they solve them in two different ways. These two options...
ISBE Secondary Course Catalog
The Illinois State Course System was developed to collect and store Illinois State course information. Only two types of users are able to access the system, ISBE Administrators and Employment for Education (EFE) directors....
Illinois State Seal of Biliteracy
A school district may establish a program to recognize high school graduates who have attained a high level of proficiency in one or more languages in addition to English, by designating on a student’s...
Student Transfers-Technology Center of Dupage
Due to the ISBE requirements for student enrollment, course assignments, and attendance reporting students enrolled in Technology Center of DuPage Programs must have their PowerSchool enrollment/FTE/serving school/courses reflect where they are attending. The home...
Concurrent Enrollments
Due to the ISBE requirements for student enrollment, course assignments, and attendance reporting. A student’s record must have their PowerSchool enrollment/FTE/serving school/and courses reflect where they are attending. TCD Concurrent Enrollments TCD students (includes...