Assign resource services

A resource service is specialized assistance or instruction, such as Remedial Reading, Remedial Math, Speech Therapy, Gifted and Talented Enrichment, provided to a single student or a small group. Typically, a specialist teacher delivers such services, often moving from school to school to do so. The specialist teacher delivers the service through an existing class (an "inclusion", typically in a related subject) or in an existing class's time slot but as a separate "pull-out" session.

The School Administrator assigns resources services to students. Drawing on a list of such services set up for use at the school [>>], the administrator can assign a service to one or more students at a time. Note: The administrator can assign a resource service only in the Active Calendar [>>].

To assign a resource service to a student

[You can do this if your role is School Administrator.SA]:

In the Active Calendar, In the Admin menu, click Scheduling. The Scheduling page appears.

Or, the administrator can assign a service to a student using that student's Student Schedule [].

Click Resource Roster. The Resource Roster page appears. PowerSchool SMS displays a list of students to whom one or more resources services are assigned.

Use View to filter the list by a specific service or assignment.

To display students who received a service in the past, from the Edit menu select Show Past Students (to remove these students from the list select Hide Past Students).

To display students who are scheduled to receive a service in the future, from the Edit menu select Show Incoming Students (to remove these students from the list select Hide Incoming Students).

From the Actions menu, select Add Resource Assignment. The Add Resource Assignment page appears.

To adjust an assignment, under Resource Service, click the service name.

To delete an assignment, select it and from the Edit menu select Delete Resource Assignment.

To duplicate the assignment, select it and from the Edit menu select Copy Resource Assignment.

Adjust the assignment information as necessary, which includes:

Student name: Enter a student by clicking Select student... and searching for him or her.

Resource service: The service to be assigned. You can select from those services available to the school [>>]. Note: After you save this record, this field is view-only.

Related subject: Any related subjects defined for this service [>>].

Comment: Notes of up to 500 total characters.

Start and End: The dates between which the service is to be delivered.

If during the year, a student's resource schedule changes, an easy way to make the change is to duplicate the assignment and change the Start and End dates.

Instructional model: How the service is to be delivered. Options are Inclusion in regular classroom or Pulled out to room (specify a room).

Teacher: The default teacher for this service.

Other teacher: An optional team teacher.

Minutes per week: The number of minutes (between 1 and 9999) this student receives this service each week.

Meeting times: The time at which the student and teacher meet.

Click OK. The Student Schedule page appears on which PowerSchool SMS identifies the assignment [Figure 155].

To remove a resource service assigned to a student You can do this if your role is School Administrator.[SA]:

On the Student Schedule page [], select the resource service to remove.

Or open the Resource Roster: in the Admin menu, select Scheduling, then click Resource Roster.

For Changes Effective, set the date on which any changes should take effect.

From the Actions menu, select Delete Resource Assignment.... PowerSchool SMS displays the student's revised schedule and deletes any record of the resource assignment.

Click OK.

Resource service setup

To set up a resource service:

You can do this if your role is School Administrator.[SA]

In the Admin menu, click Scheduling. The Scheduling page appears.

Click Resource Services. The Resource Services page appears.

To add a new resource services, from the Actions menu, select Add Resource Service. The Add Resource Service page opens.

To adjust a service, under Resource Service Name, click its name. The Edit Resource Service page appears.

To delete a service, select it and from the Actions menu select Delete Selected Resource Service.

Adjust the service's information as necessary, which includes:

Resource service name: A name for the service, such as Reading Recovery.

Short name: An abbreviated name, which PowerSchool SMS displays elsewhere in the system.

Service number: A number for the service.

Related subject/Related course: One of the school's subjects/courses or subject/course elements that pertains to this service. The teacher of the related subject information about his or her student's resource assignments [see My Classes home page >>].

Default Teacher: (Optional) The default teacher for this service.

Click OK.