Code Setup Area and Review All Codes

Revised 7/23/2018

 

After completing the Prepare to Open School Process, it is recommended to review the following. 

 

View Student Demographics Codes Fields

•     View existing coded fields and modify/add codes through Administrative Utilities |Master Code Field Definition if necessary.

•     Any fields that are coded will have a drop down list of all codes entered for that field.

•     View dropdowns through Data Entry and Changes |Student Information.  Select the Entry Options you would like to check the coded fields (i.e. Street Direction {East ~ E, North ~N}).

 

Review All Codes

•     Attendance Codes (Daily or Period): Data Entry and Changes | Master File and Code Entry and Changes.

•     Select application Attendance Accounting and choose appropriate entry options.

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o  Daily Attendance (Office and TeacherWeb) – Automatic calculation of Total_Minutes (absent) and assignment of Absence_Code.

§ Complete the Attendance_Daily_Defaults table (See below). 

§ Use Grade_Year=XX to setup for the whole location or specify the Grade_Year.

§ Note that the Enrollment process will automatically add A and T records for each location/grade year.

§ Duration_Total = Minimum # minutes absent to receive this code.

§ Minutes_In_Day =Total minutes in day used for calculation for determining Absence_Code.

§ If no Time in/out is specified, a student will receive this value in Total_Minutes in their Attendance record.

§ Total minutes present is calculated by subtracting minutes absent (time in/out) from total minutes in the day.

o  Only codes A, H, and X are “auto assigned”.

§ In TeacherWeb, if the teacher enters time in/out and the code changes to an H or X then the teacher will “lose control” of that entry since the program will think the office has changed the absence code.

§ If X isn’t defined in Attendance_Daily_Defaults, H will be assumed.

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•     Discipline Codes: Data Entry and Changes | Master File and Code Entry and Changes.

o  Discipline Infraction/Penalty Codes

•     Teacher Codes: Data Entry and Changes | Master File and Code Entry and Changes

o  General Information| Entry Option = Teachers

•     Grade Codes - have weights changed?: Data Entry and Changes | Master File and Code Entry and Changes.

o  Grade Reporting |Entry Option = Marking Period Grade Codes.

•     Grading Comment Codes: Data Entry and Changes | Master File and Code Entry and Changes

o  Grade Reporting |Entry Option = Marking Period Grade Comments.

•     Grade Area: Data Entry and Changes | Master File and Code Entry and Changes.

o  Grade Reporting |Entry Option = Grade Area Setup.

•     Honor Roll: Data Entry and Changes | Master File and Code Entry and Changes.

o  Grade Reporting |Entry Option = Honor Roll Definition Setup.

 

Policy and Letter Production (optional)

•     Review these school policy reports, if applicable:  Reports |Student Reports |School_Policy.

o  Attendance Policies and Letters

o  Discipline Policies and Letters

 

Reset Parent Connect Login Count (optional) 

•     Log into Parent Connect with you Web School Office user id and password.

•     Click the Reset Parent Login Counts button located near the letter "Z" at the top of the page.

Now you are ready for your students to arrive.