Recording a student behavior incident

Recording an incident involves setting up a basic incident record, which you can do for one student, for several students, or none at all. Once the incident is recorded, you have the option of adding or adjusting its information at any time [Viewing a student behavior incident >>], such as the other people involved, additional events and concerns, and actions to be taken.

To record a student behavior incident for a student:

You can do this if your role is Teacher, School Administrator, or District Administrator.[T, SA, DA]

On a student's record, in the control bar, click Student Behavior. The Student Behavior page appears.

Or, on a student's Demographics page [>>].

Click Display All Records. PowerSchool SMS displays a list of incidents.

In the Actions menu click Add Behavior Incident. The Add Behavior Incident popup page appears.

Or, you on the Edit Student Demographics page [>>], in the Actions menu click Add Behavior Incident.

Enter or change information, which includes the information on an incident record [see Viewing a student behavior incident >>] as well as the following:

Show Only Events/Concerns That Relate to the Selected Incident Category: May be pre-set by a District Administrator, in which case, this option does not appear.

Show All: Displays all Available Event/Concerns, not just those related to the Incident Category. May be pre-set by a District Administrator, in which case, this option does not appear.

Available Events/Concerns: Available events/concerns that apply to the chosen Incident Category. Move selected events/concerns to the Selected list. An incident must have at least one event/concern selected.

Available Actions: The action that apply to the chosen Incident Category. Move selected actions to the Selected list. (Appears only when you record an incident start from a student record.)

Action Start Date: The start date for the selected actions. (Appears only when you record an incident start from a student record.)

Action End Date: The end date for the selected actions. (Appears only when you record an incident start from a student record.)

Click Continue. PowerSchool SMS creates an incident record and the Edit Behavior Incident page appears.

To record a student behavior incident for several students at once:

You can do this if your role is Teacher, School Administrator, District Administrator.[T, SA, DA]

Perform a search to locate the relevant students' record(s) [>>]. The Student Search results page appears.

Select the student(s) whom you want to record as the Primary person(s).

From the Actions menu, click Add Behavior Incident. The Add Behavior Incident popup page appears.

Set options.

Click Continue. PowerSchool SMS creates an incident record and the Edit Behavior Incident page appears.

To record a student behavior incident for no particular students:

You can do this if your role is Teacher, School Administrator, or District Administrator.[T, SA, DA]

In the School menu, click Student Behavior. The Student Behavior page appears.

In the Actions menu click Add Behavior Incident. The Add Behavior Incident popup page appears.

Set options.

Click Continue. PowerSchool SMS creates an incident record and the Edit Behavior Incident page appears.

Click OK to close the record.