Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Laptop Procedures for a Staff Member Transferring to a Teaching Position

Staff Member Transfers from a District Department Position to a Teaching Position 
  • Staff who transfer from a District Department Position to a Teaching Position must turn in their computer equipment to their department before beginning their new position.
  • Transitioning staff member will receive a Teacher Laptop at their new campus.
Please email the Help Desk at 251Tech@springbranchisd.com or call 713-251-TECH (8324) with any questions concerning these procedures.



Laptop Procedures for a Teacher Transferring to a New Campus

Teacher Transfers to a New Campus: 
  • Teachers who transfer to a new campus will take the following equipment to their new campus:
    1. Laptop
    2. Laptop Case (bag)
    3. Power Adapter
  • Teachers will leave the following equipment in place inside the classroom of their former campus:
    1. Monitor
    2. Monitor Stand
    3. Laptop dock
    4. Keyboard
    5. Mouse
    6. Docking Station Power Adapter
    7. Classroom Based Technology 
     
Please email the Help Desk at 251Tech@springbranchisd.com or call 713-251-TECH (8324) with any questions concerning these procedures.



Laptop Procedures for Retiring/Resigning Teachers

Teacher Resigns/Retires:
  • Teachers who resign or retire must turn in their Laptop, before leaving campus at the End of the School Year.
  • Returned equipment must include:
    1. Laptop
    2. Laptop Case (bag)
    3. Power Adapter
  • Teachers will leave the following equipment in place inside the classroom of their former campus:
    1. Monitor
    2. Monitor Stand
    3. Laptop dock
    4. Keyboard
    5. Mouse
    6. Docking Station Power Adapter
    7. Classroom Based Technology 
  • Teachers must turn in their laptop to the Campus Librarian and receive the Librarian’s signoff on the Principal’s check in form. 
  • Principals must check Classroom Based Technology
    1. Lost – turn in a Help Desk Ticket to determine replacement
    2. Stolen – Get a SBISD Police Case Number and create a Help Desk Ticket
    3. Broken Devices – Create a Help Desk Ticket for repair.














  • Teachers who resign/retire after the Librarian leaves campus for the summer in June must return their laptop to the Call Center located in ITV, next to the Guthrie Center. 713-251-8324.
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    Please email the Help Desk at 251Tech@springbranchisd.com or call 713-251-TECH (8324) with any questions concerning these procedures.




    Laptop Procedures for Teacher Transferring to District Department Position

    Teacher Transfers to a District Department Position 
    • Teachers who transfer to a District Department must turn in their Laptop, before beginning their new position.
    • Returned equipment must include:
      1. Laptop
      2. Laptop Case (bag)
      3. Power Adapter
    • Teachers will leave the following equipment in place inside the classroom of their former campus:
      1. Monitor
      2. Monitor Stand
      3. Laptop dock
      4. Keyboard
      5. Mouse
      6. Docking Station Power Adapter
      7. Classroom Based Technology 
    • Teachers must turn in their laptop to the Campus Librarian and receive the Librarian’s signoff on the Principal’s check in form. 
    • Principals must check Classroom Based Technology
      1. Lost – turn in a Help Desk Ticket to determine replacement
      2. Stolen – Get a SBISD Police Case Number and create a Help Desk Ticket
      3. Broken Devices – Create a Help Desk Ticket for repair.
    • Teachers who transfer to a District Department after the Librarian leaves campus for the summer in June must return their laptop to the Call Center located in ITV, next to the Guthrie Center. 713- 251-8324
    Please email the Call Center @ 251Tech@springbranchisd.com or call 713-251-TECH (8324) with any questions concerning these procedures.



    Friday, May 23, 2014

    Skyward Summer Training Sessions

    Skyward Summer Training Sessions are available for campus administrators, support staff, campus gradebook trainers and new teachers. Training sessions include both initial training and refresher sessions. New teachers will receive gradebook training information during their contract signing. The courses are offered throughout the summer. The Skyward Summer Training Schedule is now available by clicking the appropriate link(s) below.

    Spring Branch ISD Skyward Summer Training Sessions
    Demographics Data Mining
    Attendance General Overview
    PEIMS Fee Management
    Current Year Scheduling Activity Training
    Discipline Report Card/Progress Report
    Gradebook Administrator Overview
    Family Access

    Demographics Refresher (1 Day)
    The Demographics refresher session will review how to add a new student which includes searching for the student, adding required information as well as adding enrollment, family and emergency information. This session will also cover important processes such as withdrawing a student, transferring a student, changing a student's grade level and changing family information. The user will be taught how to run several reports such as Student Information Reports, Race/Code Distribution Reports, Entry/Withdrawal Reports, and Student Withdrawal Forms. 
    Target Audience: Returning
    High School Registrars, Middle School Registrars, Middle School Attendance Clerks who process registration and withdrawals, Elementary Attendance Clerks, and any assistants for the groups listed.
    Course Name
    Class Size
    Date
    Time
    Room
    Skyward Demographics Refresher
    15
     7/22/2014
    8:30 – 3:30
    150
    Skyward Demographics Refresher
    15
     7/24/2014
    8:30 – 3:30
    150

    Demographics (1 Day)
    The Demographics training session will cover how to add a new student which includes searching for the student, adding required information as well as adding enrollment, family and emergency information. This session will also cover important processes such as withdrawing a student, transferring a student, changing a student's grade level and changing family information. The user will be taught how to run several reports such as Student Information Reports, Race/Code Distribution Reports, Entry/Withdrawal Reports, and Student Withdrawal Forms.
    Target Audience: NEW
    High School Registrars, Middle School Registrars, Middle School Attendance Clerks who process registration and withdrawals, Elementary Attendance Clerks, and any assistants for the groups listed.
    Course Name
    Class Size
    Date
    Time
    Room
    Skyward Demographics
    15
    7/17/2014
    8:30 – 3:30
    150

    Attendance (1/2 Day)
    The Attendance training session will cover how to add, change and delete absences for individual students by using different processes such as Attendance by Date, Attendance by Student and Attendance by Class. The Attendance Mass Change process used for posting Field Trip and Extracurricular absences will be reviewed in detail. The user will be taught how to run several reports such as Day Summary Reports, Period Detail Reports, and Unrecorded Class Attendance. Many Texas State reports will be covered, such as ADA Reports, Daily Funding Absence Reports and Six-Week Attendance reports.
    Target Audience: New
    High School Attendance Clerks, Middle School Attendance Clerks, Elementary Attendance clerks, and any assistants for the groups listed.
    Course Name
    Class Size
    Date
    Time
    Room
    Skyward Attendance
    15
    7/28/2014
    8:30 – 11:30
    150

      
    Attendance Refresher (1/2 Day)
    The Attendance refresher session will review how to add, change and delete absences for individual students by using different processes such as Attendance by Date, Attendance by Student, and Attendance by Class. The Attendance Mass Change process used for posting Field Trip and Extracurricular absences will be reviewed in detail. The user will be taught how to run several reports such as Day Summary Reports, Period Detail Reports and Unrecorded Class Attendance. Many Texas State reports will be covered, such as ADA Reports, Daily Funding Absence Reports and Six-Week Attendance Reports.
    Target Audience: Returning
    High School Attendance Clerks, Middle School Attendance Clerks, Elementary Attendance clerks, and any assistants for the groups listed.
    Course Name
    Class Size
    Date
    Time
    Room
    Skyward Attendance Refresher
    15
    7/28/2014
    1:30 – 4:30
    150

    PEIMS Start of School (2 Hours)
    PEIMS activities and procedures for the start of the new school year will be discussed. Topics include an overview of campus PEIMS responsibilities, PEIMS coding changes, PEIMS Funding Issues, Student Attending Accounting Handbook issues, TREx issues, Day 1 Procedures, PEIMS 6-Week Cycle Verification Procedures, Attendance, Leavers, and Compliance Audits.
    Target Audience: New and Returning
    All campus attendance clerks and registrars
    Course Name
    Class Size
    Date
    Time
    Room
    PEIMS Procedures Overview
    30
    7/16/2014
    9:30 – 11:30
    275
    PEIMS Procedures Overview
    30
    7/16/2014
    1:00 – 3:00
    275
    PEIMS Procedures Overview
    30
    7/17/2014
    9:30 – 11:30
    275
    PEIMS Procedures Overview
    30
    7/17/2014
    1:00 – 3:00
    275
    Current Year Scheduling- Secondary Refresher (1/2 Day)
    The Current Year Scheduling session for Secondary campuses will review how to add/drop student classes during the school year (how to make student schedule changes). Courses and Sections will be reviewed as well as how to add sections to the master schedule during the school year. The user will also be taught how to add new staff members and make those staff changes on the master schedule. The Walk-In Scheduler process used for scheduling students that enroll after school starts will be reviewed. Many scheduling reports will be covered such as Printing Student Schedules and Printing Class Rosters.
    Target Audience: Returning
    High School Counselors, Middle School Counselors, and any assistants for the groups listed.
    Course Name
    Class Size
    Date
    Time
    Room
    Skyward Secondary Scheduling Refresher
    15
    7/30/2014
    8:30 – 11:30
    150

    Current Year Scheduling- Secondary (1 Day)
    The Current Year Scheduling session for Secondary campuses will cover how to add/drop student classes during the school year (how to make student schedule changes). Courses and Sections will be reviewed as well as how to add sections to the master schedule during the school year. The user will also be taught how to add new staff members and make those staff changes on the master schedule. The Walk-In Scheduler process used for scheduling students that enroll after school starts will be reviewed. Many scheduling reports will be covered such as Printing Student Schedules and Printing Class Rosters.
    Target Audience: NEW
    High School Counselors, Middle School Counselors, and any assistants for the groups listed.
    Course Name
    Class Size
    Date
    Time
    Room
    Skyward Secondary Scheduling
    15
    7/31/2014
    8:30 – 3:30
    150

    Current Year Scheduling- Elementary Refresher (2 Hours)
    The Current Year Scheduling session for Elementary campuses will review how to add/drop student classes during the school year (how to make student schedule changes). Courses and Sections will be reviewed as well as how to add sections to the master schedule during the school year. The user will also be taught how to add new staff members and make those staff changes on the master schedule. The process of Adding Requests by Course Group will be covered in detail. Many scheduling reports will be covered such as Printing Student Schedules and Printing Class Rosters.
    Target Audience: Returning
    Elementary Attendance clerks and any assistants for the groups listed.
    Course Name
    Class Size
    Date
    Time
    Room
    Skyward Elementary Scheduling Refresher
    15
    7/30/2014
    1:30 – 3:30
    150

      
    Current Year Scheduling- Elementary (2 Hours)
    The Current Year Scheduling session for Elementary campuses will review how to add/drop student classes during the school year (how to make student schedule changes). Courses and Sections will be reviewed as well as how to add sections to the master schedule during the school year. The user will also be taught how to add new staff members and make those staff changes on the master schedule. The process of Adding Requests by Course Group will be covered in detail. Many scheduling reports will be covered such as Printing Student Schedules and Printing Class Rosters.
    Target Audience: New
    Elementary Attendance clerks and any assistants for the groups listed.
    Course Name
    Class Size
    Date
    Time
    Room
    Skyward Elementary Scheduling
    15
    7/21/2014
    1:30 - 3:30
    150

    Discipline Refresher (1/2 Day)
    The Discipline session begins with a review all of the offense, action and location codes used by Spring Branch ISD. The user will learn how to enter discipline incidents by Student or by Discipline Officer and how to enter office visits. The process of Merging Discipline incidents will also be reviewed. Many Discipline reports will be covered such as Discipline Detail, Discipline Summary and Number of Occurrences.
    Target Audience: Returning
    High School Assistant Principals, Middle School Assistant Principals, Elementary Assistant Principals, and any assistants for the groups listed.
    Course Name
    Class Size
    Date
    Time
    Room
    Skyward Discipline Refresher
    15
    8/4/2014
    8:30 - 10:30
    150
    Skyward Discipline Refresher
    15
    8/5/2014
    1:30 - 3:30
    150

      
    Discipline (1/2 Day)
    The Discipline session begins with a review all of the offense, action and location codes used by Spring Branch ISD. The user will learn how to enter discipline incidents by Student or by Discipline Officer and how to enter office visits. The process of Merging Discipline incidents will also be reviewed. Many Discipline reports will be covered such as Discipline Detail, Discipline Summary and Number of Occurrences.
    Target Audience: NEW
    High School Assistant Principals, Middle School Assistant Principals, Elementary Assistant Principals, and any assistants for the groups listed.
    Course Name
    Class Size
    Date
    Time
    Room
    Skyward Discipline
    15
    8/4/2014
    1:30 - 4:30
    150
    Skyward Discipline
    15
    8/5/2014
    8:30 - 11:30
    150

       
    Gradebook Refresher (2 Hours)
    This class is a refresher of Educator Access Plus and the Skyward Gradebook. Educator Access Plus is a web based program that allows teachers to view and maintain data on students. Participants will learn how to enter daily attendance, discipline referrals and how to create and grade assignments. Many features of the gradebook will be covered including how to create on-line assignments and how to run grading reports from the classroom.
    Target Audience: Returning
    Campus Gradebook trainers and at least one campus administrator.
    Course Name
    Class Size
    Date
    Time
    Room
    Elementary Gradebook Refresher
    15
    7/10/2014
    2:00 – 4:00
    150
     Secondary Gradebook Refresher
    15
    7/16/2014
    9:00 – 11:00
    150

    Gradebook New Teachers (2 Hours)
    This class is a presentation of Educator Access Plus and the Skyward Gradebook. Educator Access Plus is a web based program that allows teachers to view and maintain data on students. Participants will learn how to enter daily attendance, discipline referrals and how to create and grade assignments. Many features of the gradebook will be covered including how to create on-line assignments and how to run grading reports from the classroom.
    Target Audience:
    New Teachers
    Course Name
    Class Size
    Date
    Time
    Room
    Elementary Gradebook – New Teacher
    15
    6/11/2014
    1:00 – 3:00
    150
    Secondary Gradebook – New Teacher
    15
    6/18/2014
    1:00 – 3:00
    150
    Elementary Gradebook – New Teacher
    15
    6/25/2014
    1:00 – 3:00
    150
    Secondary Gradebook – New Teacher
    15
    7/9/2014
    1:00 – 3:00
    150
    Elementary Gradebook – New Teacher
    15
    7/15/2014
    1:00 – 3:00
    150
    Secondary Gradebook – New Teacher
    15
    7/23/2014
    1:00 – 3:00
    150

      
    Data Mining (2 Hours)
    This class will cover the basic procedures for pulling data in Skyward.
    Target Audience:
    Anyone who needs to pull custom data from Skyward.
    Course Name
    Class Size
    Date
    Time
    Room
    Data Mining
    15
    06/18/2014
    8:30 – 10:30
    150
    Data Mining
    15
    07/29/2014
    1:00 – 3:00
    150
    Data Mining
    15
    08/12/2014
    1:00 – 3:00
    150

      
    Advanced Data Mining (2 Hours)
    This class will cover more advanced procedures for pulling data in Skyward.
    Target Audience:
    Anyone who has attended the Data Mining Course and wants to create more advance reports in Skyward.
    Course Name
    Class Size
    Date
    Time
    Room
    Advanced Data Mining
    15
    06/25/2014
    8:30 – 10:30
    150
    Advanced Data Mining
    15
    08/13/2014
    1:00 – 3:00
    150

    General Overview (2 Hours)
    This class is an overview focused on system navigation and functionality.
    Target Audience:
    Any users new to Skyward.
    Course Name
    Class Size
    Date
    Time
    Room
    Skyward General Overview
    15
    07/29/2014
    8:30 – 10:30
    150

      
    Fee Management (1/2 Day)
    This class will cover how to manage and collect student fees.
    Target Audience:
    Campus personnel in change of fee collection.
    Course Name
    Class Size
    Date
    Time
    Room
    Fee Management
    15
    As Needed
    TBD
    150

    Activity Training (2 Hours)
    This class focuses on the creation and assignment of student activities.
    Target Audience:
    Activity Coordinators
    Course Name
    Class Size
    Date
    Time
    Room
    Activity Training
    15
    As Needed
    TBD
    150

    Report Card/Progress Report (1/2 Day)
    This class covers the procedures on how to print the progress reports and report cards.
    Target Audience:
    Report Card Coordinators
    Course Name
    Class Size
    Date
    Time
    Room
    Report Card – Sec
    15
    As Needed
    TBD
    150
    Report Card – Elem
    15
    09/10/2014
    8:30 – 10:00
    150
    Report Card – Elem
    15
    09/11/2014
    1:00 – 2:30
    150
    Report Card – Elem
    15
    09/15/2014
    8:30 – 10:00
    150

    Administrator Overview (1/2 Day)
    This class is an overview focused on system navigation and functionality. It will also cover how to process lockers.
    Target Audience:
    Principals and Assistant Principals
    Course Name
    Class Size
    Date
    Time
    Room
    Administrator Overview
    15
    As Needed
    TBD
    150

    Family Access
    This class will cover how to print the Family Access letter for parents. It will also cover how to look up and reset parents' passwords.
    Target Audience:
    Family Access site coordinators
    Course Name
    Class Size
    Date
    Time
    Room
    Skyward Family Access
    15
    As Needed
    TBD
    150




    Message From Venu

    Tuesday, April 15, 2014

    A New Look for Skyward Family Access

    Skyward is rolling out a new look and additional features for Family Access.  The new look will become permanent beginning in July 2014.  Until then users of Family Access will have the option to switch to the new look starting April 22, 2014 or to continue using the current look of the application.  Some of the new features include:

    ·         Ability to view one or all of your children on one screen
    ·         More Language selections through Google Translator in Family Access
    ·         Improvements on the navigation bar
    ·         Easier access to attendance information
    ·         An updated calendar with the ability to color code items (attendance, assignments, test, etc.)
    ·         The ability to show only the current term
    ·         Additional Course information

    As before parents can change their login and password for easy access.


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