SoCal Meeting33 Oct 20, 2023
Join us at the Southern California PowerSchool User Group Meeting
Date and Time
Friday, October 20, 2023
- Continental Breakfast - 8:30AM
- Meeting 9:00AM to 2:00PM PT
- Continental Breakfast and Lunch provided by PowerSchool
- Optional: In addition to the breakfast and lunch provided, there is an on-site cafe run by our Nutrition Department that offers coffee, espresso drinks, smoothies, and lunch options.
Location
Escondido Union School District
www.eusd.org
Carilyn Gilbert Education Center
2310 Aldergrove Ave
Escondido, CA 92029
- Room Number: Board Room
- Checking in Requirements: Visitors must enter through the main lobby, sign in at the front desk, show photo ID and receive a Visitor Badge
While in-person attendance provides the best experience, if you can only attend virtually, that option is still available.
RSVP
- by Wednesday, October 18, 2023 for in-person attendance (to be included in the food count)
- by Wednesday, October 19, 2023 for virtual attendance
- If you have multiple staff members attending, please submit one form per attendee
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Agenda
- Customization in the Enhanced User Interface
- Student Header
- Links
- EUI Links and Student Header Handout
- Turn On/Off EUI per School (Dinuba Unified School District) Handout
- School-Level Page Name and Location Changes (Dinuba Unified School District) Handout
- admin_student_header_details.psugcal.student.information.txt Example Student Header Fragment shared at meeting - upload to the wildcards folder
- Link to Enhanced UI Crosswalk on PowerSchool Community - Helps compare where pages are in the new UI compared to the classic UI
- Webinar by Jason Springel on the EUI broken down into two separate videos for admins and non admins
- Student Password Management Round Table
- SSO
- Custom Fields
- TK Grade Level Review
- Continued discussion on TK
- To export the translated grade level text, use ^(grade_level;text)
- In "List Students" just use grade_level;text
- CALPADS
- SSID Tool
- YouTube Demo video on using the tool
- Escondido reports success. Better results now than earlier. More upgrades coming soon.
- An upcoming ElastiSearch enhancement will do "fuzzy" matches, like picking up Bob when you have Robert
- Fullerton recommends LevelData to help keep up with new students and validate State data
- YouTube video from CSIS on using Excel VLookup to compare Calpads data to PowerSchool
- Issues and Fixes
- To test or preview new features, you can use the test server in PowerSource. Visit support.powerschool.com and visit the Labs tab.
- ODS Comparison SSID, SELA
- Comparing Extracts in PowerSchool to CALPADS ODS Option - From PowerSchool help documentation
- Q&A
- PowerSchool Cybersecurity
- PowerSchool Security, Privacy, & Infrastructure Information - From PowerSchool Pages: PowerSchool CEO Hardeep Gulati was part of the White House panel for the K12 Education Technology Secure by Designed Pledge. New and free resources are available for all districts.
- K-12 Data Security and Privacy Resource Kit Information - From PowerSchool Pages
- Your Comprehensive Guide to School Cybersecurity Resources - From PowerSchool Pages
- SSID Tool
Driving and Parking Instructions
Parking and Additional Notes
- Once on Aldergrove Ave drive to the end of the cul-de-sac and take the driveway on the right.
- Parking Location: Visitor Parking is available in the main parking lot and is clearly marked with signage. If the Visitor lot is full, additional parking is available in the adjoining employee parking lot.
- Room Number: Board Room
- Checking in Requirements: Visitors must enter through the main lobby, sign in at the front desk, show photo ID and receive a Visitor Badge
- Cafe: In addition to the provided continental breakfast and lunch, we do have an on-site cafe run by our Nutrition Department that offers coffee, espresso drinks, smoothies, and lunch options.
