In the Admin menu, click Scheduling. The Scheduling page appears. PowerSchool SMS displays statistics relevant to each step.
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To ensure that the statistics are up to date, from the Actions menu select Update Statistics. Note: Updating statistics consumes processing power and PowerSchool SMS generally does it automatically. |
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The "Steps" displayed are only as a guide to initial schedule setup in the Planning Calendar. Once a school's schedule is set up, the administrator can make adjustments in any order. |
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Some steps, such as "7: Set up resource services", appear only in the Active Calendar. |
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Statistics include the following (for elementary schools, the summary page setup is slightly different): |
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Room Setup: The number of rooms set up. |
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Staff Setup: The number of teachers. |
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Course Setup: The number of courses assigned to the school. |
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The total number of students used in Course Request Tally and Load Students statistics. |
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Scheduling Groups: The number of groups set up. |
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Scheduling Term Sets: The number of terms sets set up. |
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Day Patterns: The number of regular days and Special Days in patterns set up. |
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Bell Schedules: The number of bell schedules set up. |
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Meeting Patterns: The number of meeting patterns set up. |
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Class Loading Rules: The number of class rules defined. |
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Team Loading Rules: The number of teams. |
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Course Offerings and Meeting Patterns: The number of course offerings with meeting patterns configured. |
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Class Scheduling Options: The percentage of classes over-allocated |
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Course Request Tally: The number of students with course requests fulfilled versus the number of students without. |
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Teacher Allocations: The number of teachers allocated versus the number of teachers not allocated. |
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Master Schedule: The number of classes scheduled versus the number of classes not scheduled. |
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Student Loader Options: The percentage of classes that are overfull and the maximum number of unscheduled requests allowed. |
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Load Students: The number of students with full schedules versus the number of students without. |
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Resource Services: The number of resource services created. |
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Resource Roster: The number of resource services assigned to students and the number of students with assigned resource services. |
You can do this if your role is School Administrator.[SA]
