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Assigning an academic plan

School or district staff can assign one of the academic plans available on the system [>>] to one or more students. Where a system's setup does not permit a choice of plans, a School Administrator can assign only the default academic plan, as designated by the District Administrator [>>]. A school or district staff member can assign an academic plan to one student or to several students at once. When working with a varied list of students, the staff member can have PowerSchool SMS automatically assign each student the appropriate plan according to the year the student entered 9th grade.

To assign an academic plan to a student:You can do this if your role is District Administrator, School Administrator, or Counselor.[DA, SA, C]

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Locate and view the student's record [Searching for students >>].

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In the control bar, click Academic Plan. The Student Academic Plan page appears.

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Click the update icon [Figure 67]. PowerSchool SMS displays a list of academic plans appropriate to this student. Select a plan from the list.

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In the list of academic plans, a plan name preceded by an asterisk (*) indicates a plan that is suitable for this student.

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Where a system's setup does not permit a choice of plans, PowerSchool SMS assigns the district's default academic plan to the student [>>].

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If no plan is assigned to this student, the list of plans is set to "None" or, if no list is displayed, the icon is labeled Update student plan with the district default [>>].

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Click Apply.

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Click OK.

Figure 67: Assigning an academic plan

To assign an academic plan to several students: You can do this if your role is District Administrator, School Administrator, or Counselor.[DA, SA, C]

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Generate a list of students [Searching for students >>].

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Select the students.

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In the Actions menu, click Assign > Academic Plan. A web page dialog appears.

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Select a version and choose one of the available academic plans.

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The Select a version option might not be available on some systems.

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Or, select System will assign plan version based on student's year of entry into grade 9 to have PowerSchool SMS automatically assign the appropriate plan.

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Click OK.

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