Category: Scheduling

Recommendations for Next Year

Each year teachers will provide their recommendations for the courses that students should take the following year. The Data Specialist will coordinate retrieving course recommendations from each department and importing them into PowerSchool for...

Merge ii Students Into Non-ii Sections

Each September, Data Specialists must merge the ii students into non-ii sections. From the navigation menu on the left, click School under Setup Click on Sections under Scheduling Find an ii class.  “ii” will...

Less Than Six Classes

A full-time student is defined by enrollment in at least six classes. The Less than six classes report will identify students that do not meet the full-time student definition. If students appear on this...

Overlapping Enrollments

Overlapping Enrollments report identifies students that have been enrolled into the same sections for overlapping periods of a single term.Every month, the Data Specialists will receive a Web Help Desk ticket to run the...

PowerScheduler Constraints

Constraints define many different relationships between courses, students, rooms, and teachers. Scheduling Constraints are copied from the previous year by district and must be reviewed by each building’s Data Specialist and adjusted if necessary....

A Summary of PowerScheduler Resources

Resources are the objects that can be placed into a master schedule such as courses, students, rooms, and teachers. Resources are copied from the prior year but must be reviewed by each building’s Data...

Load Errors and Warnings

Load Errors and Warnings

The following errors and warnings could appear during the validation of a load. The resolution steps come directly from Pearson. All errors must be resolved. Warnings should be corrected if possible. Error The file...

An Overview of Scheduling

An Overview of Scheduling

District office technology will copy scheduling parameters, resources, and constraints from the prior year. Scheduling Parameters must be reviewed by each building’s Data Specialist and adjusted if necessary.  These dictate the boundaries of the...

PowerScheduler Processing & The Load Process

Glenbard uses the Processing section for loading students to the master schedule.The Processing section of PowerScheduler is used to automate parts of the scheduling process, perform quality assurance of the master schedule, and commit...