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PowerSchool Fall Upgrade 2021
Published October 7th, 2021 by Brian Trivett
Audience: All Staff System Preference: N/A PowerSchool Upgrade Fall 2021 Over Fall Break of 2021, we will be upgrading to PowerSchool version 21 (ver. 21.4.5.0). As things keep changing and adapting, this will help keep us aligned with Indiana DOE for state reporting purposes as well as help us resolved some issues with functionality that we have b
Skyward Employee Access - Approve or Deny Time Sheets
Published July 8th, 2021 by Brian Trivett
Let's walk through how to approve your employees' time sheets. You have the ability to approve individually or mass approve time sheets. First, log into Employee Access. You can access your employees unapproved time sheets by clicking the the “Time Sheets Awaiting Approval” widget on your dashboard. Or you can click on the “True Time” tab and the
Skyward Employee Access - Submitting a Time Sheet
Published July 8th, 2021 by Brian Trivett
This document will walk you through submitting a timesheet through Employee Access. Once a timesheet has been submitted, you cannot make changes. Your supervisor will need to deny your timesheet and send it back for you to make changes. A denial of a timesheet will automatically notify you via email. Submit timesheets by NOON on Monday for the prior
Skyward Mobile Install
Published July 8th, 2021 by Brian Trivett
This document will show you how to install and set up Skyward Mobile app for your phone . All screenshots are from an iPhone. Android may look slightly different. Go to your app store and search for “Skyward”. You should have a blue Skyward logo similar to the picture below. Click “install”. Once installed, go ahead and click “open”. Once the app
Skyward Employee Access - Removing Time Off Requests
Published July 8th, 2021 by Brian Trivett
This document will walk you through how to remove a time off request that you have submitted and has or has not been approved. There are two different ways to remove a request depending on if it is on/before the requested day off or after. First, while logged into Employee Access, click on the “Time Off” tab. In the menu that shows up, click on th
Skyward Mobile - Remove Time Off Request
Published July 8th, 2021 by Brian Trivett
This document will show you how to remove time off request before, on, or after the date of the request. There are two ways to do this depending on when you are trying to remove the request. Both methods need to be done in the same place. First, touch on the three lines in the upper right. On the pop-out menu, touch on Time Off On the next pop-out m
Administrative Assistants Meeting - April 2022
Published April 12th, 2022 by Brian Trivett
Recording and Agenda from March 2022 State Reporting Updates Data Exchange Uploading/Validating on the AD Tab Title One Students Alt Building Tag - T1 PowerSchool Re-Enrollment Updating student contact data Preparation for this will allow for year round data updates through Parent Portal PowerScheduler Status Needs to be done before end of year proc
Skyward Employee Access - Clocking In and Out
Published July 8th, 2021 by Brian Trivett
Your browser does not support HTML5 video. This will walk through the process of clocking in and out using Employee Access. You only need to clock in once and clock out once a day. Lunch will be added automatically for anyone working over 5 hours in a day. This guide will also show you how to add missing time information if you forgot to clock in
Skyward Mobile - Time Off Request
Published July 8th, 2021 by Brian Trivett
This document covers how to request time off in the Skyward mobile app. First, log into the Skyward Mobile app. Touch on the three lines in the upper right corner. In the slide out menu on the right, touch on “Time Off”. Now, touch on the “Time Off Info” option. On the next screen, you will see any Request that you have submitted. If you would like
Skyward Employee Access Approve/Deny Timesheets
Published June 4th, 2021 by Brian Trivett
Your browser does not support HTML5 video. This article will walk you through how to review and approve or deny time off requests from your employees. Written directions are below the video. Log into Employee Access. You have two ways of accessing your employees time off requests. You can either click on the “Time Off Awaiting My Approval” header
Skyward Mobile - Submit a Time sheet
Published July 8th, 2021 by Brian Trivett
This document will show you how to review and submit your timesheet in Skyward Mobile. Once your timesheet is submitted, you will not be able to change it. Your supervisor will need to deny it so that you will be able to make adjustments. After the denial of a timesheet, you will be informed via email notification. All screenshots are from an iPhone
Skyward Mobile - Approve or Deny Time sheets
Published July 8th, 2021 by Brian Trivett
This document will walk you through how to approve or deny time sheets in Skyward Mobile. Screenshots are from an iPhone and may look different on an android. Log into the Skyward Mobile app. Touch the three white lines in the upper right corner. In the menu that appears on the right side of the screen, touch “True Time” In that same area, touch on
PowerSchool - add a parent to a student
Published December 16th, 2021 by Brian Trivett
Audience: All Staff System Preference: N/A This will walk you through how to set up a new contact (parent or otherwise) for a student in PowerSchool. 1) Under the student you would like to add the contact, click on the "Contacts" link on the left hand side and then click on the "Add" button on the right hand side of the screen. 2) On the next screen
Skyward Mobile - Approve or Deny Time Off
Published July 8th, 2021 by Brian Trivett
This document will walk you through how to approve or deny employees time off requests with the Skyward mobile app. The screen shots were taken on an iphone and may be different on an android. Log into the Skyward mobile app. Touch the three white lines in the upper right corner of the screen. Now touch the “Time Off” option in the menu that has ap
Identifying "Lives With" Contacts for students
Published December 6th, 2021 by Brian Trivett
Audience: Staff System Preference: N/A This article explains how to identify students that may or may not have a contact with the "Lives With" box checked. This will go through how to find out all students in your school and, using Quick Export, list their corresponding lives with contacts or show if they are missing that as well. 1) First, from Po
BCSC Address Verification
Published September 16th, 2024 by Brian Trivett
The Indiana Department of Education requires that we keep accurate records for all students. To assist with this, we kindly ask you to verify your address information through the PowerSchool Parent Portal. Keeping this information up to date is essential for communication and transportation planning. Please follow the links below to log in and verif
PowerSchool State Report 22.2.2.0 Release notes
Published March 3rd, 2022 by Brian Trivett
State Reporting 22.2.2.0 Release Notes A release announcement will be posted on PowerSchool Community when the installer is available for download. Refer to 2022 State Reporting Releases for release dates. Reference Summary Release Note PSSR-286168 Installation of SR_22.2.1.1.3 Causes IN Ed-Fi to Stop Functioning The state reporting content for In
PowerSchool Quick Export Default File
Published October 20th, 2021 by Brian Trivett
Audience: All Staff System Preference: N/A PowerSchool Export - Set Default for .text files (2 Ways!) [Scroll down if Excel is not an available option.] This article will help you set the default program when you export from PowerSchool. PowerSchool exports files as .text. This usually shows up as an application other than excel. This will walk y
Administrative Assistants Meeting - December 2021
Published January 24th, 2022 by Brian Trivett
Agenda and Recording from December 2021 Meeting: PowerSchool/State Reporting Demographics Attendance Student Transfer Out Contact Clean-up Online Enrollment ParentSquare TrueTime Your browser does not support HTML5 video. Back to meeting archive
PowerSchool Registration - New Student Enrollment Approval
Published July 8th, 2021 by Brian Trivett
This Document will walk you through how to approve students in preparation for sending the registration information to PowerSchool. This gets you through the approval process and the process of actually delivering the records will be covered in another document. Log into the Registration portal at https://registration.powerschool.com/admin /. This
Skyward Employee Access - Approve or Deny Time Off
Published July 8th, 2021 by Brian Trivett
This will walk you through how to review and approve or deny time off requests from your employees. If you need information on how to approval time off for a supervisor that reports to you, see this article . Your browser does not support HTML5 video. Log into Employee Access. You have two ways of accessing your employees time off requests. You
Skyward Employee Access - Time Off Requests
Published July 8th, 2021 by Brian Trivett
This will walk you through how to request time off through employee access. You are able to submit time off requests through the mobile app as well. Your browser does not support HTML5 video. Log into Employee Access. Once there, you will be able to click on the “Time Off” tab in the upper left hand side of the screen. A menu will appear underneath
BCSC Re-enrollment
Published April 5th, 2022 by Brian Trivett
Online enrollment for the upcoming school year is now available! This process replaces the paper forms sent home at the beginning of each school year. You will use the PowerSchool Parent Portal to access the Registration. How do I get started? Visit Parent Portal and select the PowerSchool Parent Portal icon. From the Parent Portal: Select the stud
Vector Training (Formerly SafeSchools)
Published July 25th, 2021 by Brian Trivett
Audience: All Staff Operation System: N/A Accessing Vector Training (Formerly SafeSchools) All Employees will receive an email from Vector Training to complete state mandated training. An email will arrive with the subject line of "Vector Training, K-12 Edition Online Training". Trainings are automatically set to be assigned when they need to be c
Skyward Mobile - Clocking In and Out
Published July 8th, 2021 by Brian Trivett
This document will show you how to clock in and out using Skyward Mobile. All screenshots are from an iPhone and may vary slightly from an Android. Locate the Skyward mobile icon on your phone and touch it. You will be prompted to enter in your four digit passcode that you set up during install. Once it is entered you will be taken to the main scree
PowerSchool Registration - Parent FAQ
Published July 8th, 2021 by Brian Trivett
I Forgot my password/username and I haven’t been able to use the “Forgot you Password” link on the start page. Log into Registration. Click on the “Users” Icon and then on the “Family Accounts” link in the menu that shows up. You can search by using a student name (either first or last) and then press “Find Accounts”. All accounts found will show u
Skyward Employee Access - Adding Widgets
Published July 8th, 2021 by Brian Trivett
This document will walk you through how to add widgets (specifically True Time related) to your dashboard for quick reference and the ability to clock in and out right as you log into Skyward. First, log into Skyward Employee Access. You will see in the upper left of the window a “Jump to Other Dashboards” box with a “Select Widgets” link. Click o
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