News/Relevant Memos and Postings

Memos:

• As referenced in the January 4, 2022, February 1, 2022, and March 29, 2022 memos, certain Accountability surveys will be administered through Ecollect in PowerSchool. School Climate surveys will be released directly to respondents to complete and submit. Please see the Climate Surveys and ECollect page for information related to operating Ecollect and issuing the student, teacher, and parent School Climate surveys: /data/information-systems/accountability-resources/climate-surveys-ecollect/ 
• Seals of Distinction Contacts: Per this memo from February 15, please ensure that your district has  designated a staff member (or multiple staff members) and added that person to the Seals of Distinction Contact role in the District Entity Management System (DEIM).

ORDA Office Hour Webinar

April 20, 2022
This month's Office Hour is a workshop on the "Top Five Errors" that you are likely to encounter in Ed-Fi data-publishing. Let’s diagnose and resolve some errors together!
Register for this workshop now if you haven’t yet had a chance to do so.

This workshop is intended to help districts meet a goal of publishing to their district ODS with minimal or zero errors by June 1.
 

PowerSchool

Link of the Week:
Remember to bookmark our link of the week! In our last post, we linked to the Ecollect Portal Access document. This week, we have an exciting web page and announcement to feature on PowerSchool University: /data/information-systems/power-school/sc-powerschool-training/psu/
 

Ecollet

School Climate Surveys
Again, please see the Climate Surveys and Ecollect page for information related to operating Ecollect and issuing the student, teacher, and parent School Climate surveys:
/data/information-systems/accountability-resources/climate-surveys-ecollect/ 

Directory and Military Information Opt-Out Survey
Remember that the Ecollect form titled "Privacy and Security - Directory and Military Information Opt-Out Survey" is now provided to districts in the Ecollect form library. The form is accessible for districts to sync from the Form Synchronization page (Start Page > System Administrator > Form Synchronization). The form can then be selected and synced if the district chooses. 

PowerSchool's "In-App help" (see link below) may be referenced for information about how to sync a form:
https://docs.powerschool.com/
 

SUNS

*Updated Document* SUNS Installation Guide - PS Integration Plugin 03/20/2022
 

Athena Plugin

Reminder: 
Reach out to Wyatt if you would like to help us pilot attendance data collection via PowerSchool API.
 

District Data Governance Group (DDGG)

District PowerSchool Change Request
This link is to be used by District Data Governance Group (DDGG) members to ask for changes to the state implemented SIS. Those changes should be beneficial and impactful for all Districts.