To set up a homeroom
[You can do this if your role is School Administrator.SA]:
[You can do this if your role is School Administrator.SA]:
| 1 | In the Admin menu, click School Setup. The School Setup page appears. |
| = | Or, click Scheduling. |
| 2 | Click Homerooms. The Homerooms page appears. |
| 3 | In the Actions menu click Add Homeroom.... The Add Homeroom page appears. |
| = | To change the properties of an existing homeroom, click that room's name (in the HR column) or select it and in the Actions menu click Edit Homeroom.... |
| = | To delete a homeroom, select it and from the Actions menu click Delete Homeroom. Caution: Only delete a homeroom to which no students or teachers are assigned. |
| 4 | On the Add Homeroom page, enter or change Information, which includes: |
| = | Homeroom name: PowerSchool SMS uses this name for the homeroom in lists across the system. Typically a number, such as "6A" or "8C". |
| = | Room: The room to which this homeroom is assigned. You can choose from any one of the rooms set up for this school [Room setup >>]. |
| = | Capacity: The maximum number of students allowed in this homeroom. |
| = | Teacher: The teacher(s) assigned to this homeroom. You can choose between one and three staff members set up for this school [Adding staff >>]. |
| = | Grade: The grade level(s) of this homeroom. You can choose two or more grades to create a split class, for example, Grades 2 and 3 for a Grade 2/3 split class. |
| = | Default attendance code: Indicates the attendance codes that PowerSchool SMS uses by default when it runs the attendance code calculations for the day [Setting up school attendance codes >>] for present and absent students. |
| = | Attendance: Indicates when attendance for this class is taken (which affects how attendance is calculated). Note: Not available if attendance is set to By Class on the School Setup > General Settings page. |
| = | Scheduling group: The scheduling group [>>], which enables an administrator to track instructional minutes for this homeroom. Note: PowerSchool SMS displays this field only when twice daily attendance and scheduling are set up. |
| = | Meeting pattern: The meeting pattern [>>], which enables an administrator to track instructional minutes for this homeroom. Note: PowerSchool SMS displays this field only when twice daily attendance and scheduling are set up. |
| 5 | Under Constraints, adjust student enrollment constraints [>>] as necessary. |
| = | You cannot remove Mandatory constraints. |
| 6 | Click Save. |
| = | Or, to immediately create another homeroom, click Save & Add. |
