Spring 2010 Training Conference

This session will introduce the user to Administrator's Plus and will cover the main screens and features of the Data Base module.

During this hands-on session, attendees will learn how to:

• Navigate in Administrator's Plus
• Add new students and staff
• Customize database fields
• Set up field validations and field types
• Enter and edit field data
• Inactivate students
• Organize page security in the Address screen
• Customize field layouts in the Address screen
• Search for and sort specific students on reports
• Produce columnar lists and other types of reports

This session provides excellent preparation for newer users and those individuals who would like a strong foundation with the Data Base Module in Administrator's Plus. The slower pace will allow for hands-on activities, as well as time to answer individual questions.

This session is an intermediate-paced course for the intermediate to advanced user who already understands how to navigate within the program.

This session will show participants how to get more out of Administrator's Plus by introducing the "newest features" in the current version, as well as not-so-new features that may be "new to you". During this hands-on session, the primary focus will be discovering the newest feature set available in the latest version of Administrator's Plus and learning a variety of tips and tricks from the trainer as well as from other users in the class. There will be time to answer individual questions.

This session will first briefly review the basics of generating reports throughout Administrator's Plus.

Participants will then learn how to search, sort, create and save queries & groups, and learn report generating skills that can be used in all modules throughout the program. This session will focus on the modification of existing reports, specifically labels and letters, and how to customize them to the school's needs. Participants will be introduced to many of the basic report writing codes in the Data Base, Attendance, and, if time permits, Discipline Modules. The slower pace will allow for hands-on activities, as well as time to answer individual questions.

Report Writing Track Day 1 of 3: This workshop is NOT for a beginner Administrator's Plus user. It is for the user who has intermediate-level Administrator's Plus skills, but beginner-level Report Writing skills.

This session is for the user who has intermediate to advanced-level Administrator's Plus skills, and intermediate to advanced-level Report Writing skills.

This session is more of an interactive, hands-on class than a lecture. Attendee's projects and questions will be the main focus of this session.

This session will cover advanced features and techniques involved in creating and editing various types of reports in the report writers. Attention will be paid to codes used in report cards, transcripts, skills reports, etc.

Note: Attendees should bring to the session report writing projects that they are interested in working on during the session. Anything created or modified can be taken back to the school on a participant's USB drive/disk/etc. with instructions on how to install them to the school's server.

This session covers our new accounting program FINACS (Financial Accounting for Schools). The focus will be on student billing, accounts payable, and general ledger activities.

Student billing topics include:

• Invoice creation
• Applying scholarships
• Creating bills
• Applying payments
• Deposits
• Bank reconciliation
• Reviewing associated reports

Accounts payable topics include:

• Vendor and item setup
• Creating purchase orders
• Vouchers
• Paying vendors
• The impact on general ledger and review of associated reports.

General ledger activities include:

• exploring the general ledger
• Exporting to excel
• Year-end closing

This is a slower-paced session for the newer user with time to answer individual questions.

This session is for the beginner user. It will cover the main screens and features of the Attendance Module. Primary focus will be on daily attendance (not period attendance).

During this hands-on session, attendees will learn how to:

• Set up attendance codes
• Produce attendance collection forms for teachers (for schools who don't use GradeQuick)
• Enter the daily attendance from a homeroom or 1st period class
• Use the Daily Attendance Bulletin
• Enter tardies and produce late slips
• Make corrections to student attendance
• "Batch Enter" attendance codes for field trips, sport trips, etc.
• View and edit the school's attendance calendar
• Produce various types of attendance reports
• Learn how to create and manage "alternate calendars"

The slower pace will allow for hands-on activities, as well as time to answer individual questions.

This session is for the beginning user. It will cover the main screens and features of the Billing module.

Primary focus will be on Billing Codes, Creating/Editing Invoices, Batch Entry, Applying Payments, Printing and Statistical Reports. During this hands-on session, attendees will learn how to: Create invoices for students according to the payment plan they have chosen; Add/Edit invoices for individual students; Apply payments as money is received; Print receipts; Print periodic invoices/statements; Print aging reports/summaries; Run statistical reports.

The slower pace will allow for hands-on activities, as well as time to answer individual questions.

This session is for beginner users new to schedule building in Administrator's Plus.

This session will introduce the new user to building the school’s master schedule, and prepare them for schedule building sessions offered later in the week.

Topics will include:

• Creating a new year
• Defining the rotation
• Entering and editing courses and sections
• Understanding student course requests
• Recognizing and dealing with constraints
• The basics of building a schedule

This session will prepare the participant for Wednesday's Master Schedule Building Workshop, or Thursday's Middle School Schedule Building Session. The slower pace will allow for hands-on activities and sufficient time to answer individual questions.

Report Writing Track Day 2 of 3: This session is for the user who has intermediate-level Administrator's Plus skills, and beginner to intermediate-level report writing skills. This session will build on the skills learned in the Level I class.

This session will briefly review the basic codes learned in the Level I class, and then cover more intermediate report writing codes. These codes include: general box, photo, image, family labels, family directories, drawing lines, and header/footer codes (that are found in most standard list reports). The slower pace will allow for hands-on activities, as well as time to answer individual questions.

Note: Attendees should bring to the session report writing projects (or ideas of report writing needs) that they are interested in working on during the session. Anything created or modified can be taken back to the school on a participant's USB drive/disk/etc. with instructions on how to install them to the school's server.

Note: This workshop session is NOT for the beginner Administrator's Plus user. It is for the user who has intermediate-level Administrator's Plus skills, and intermediate to advanced-level report writing skills.

This session is for intermediate to advanced users, particularly technical personnel such as tech coordinators and network administrators who install and maintain GradeQuick, Site Manager, and the GradeQuick interface with Administrator's Plus.

This hands-on technical workshop will concentrate on how to install and maintain GradeQuick. Topics will include: learning how data is passed back and forth between Administrator's Plus, GradeQuick and Edline, as well as time-saving technical tricks and tips and the Site Manager's new features.

The slower pace will allow for hands-on activities as well as time to answer individual questions.

This session is for the beginner to intermediate user. This session will introduce the user to the Report Card Module for educators at elementary and middle schools. Middle and lower school grade management and reporting using the Report Cards Module will be covered.

Topics will include: setting up the grade table, understanding how to set up and run various Honor Rolls, and how to use the powerful grade search function within the Report Card module.

Special emphasis will be placed on using "skills" with courses for report card purposes. This session will also cover various methods for scheduling students into classes, as well as entering your already-built section list. It is designed for users who desire a more intensive, hands-on approach to understanding the basics. The slower pace will allow for hands-on activities, as well as time to answer individual questions.

This session is for the beginner to intermediate user. This session will introduce the user to the Report Card Module for educators at high schools.

This session will cover the basics of setting up Administrator's Plus to store and report grades, each of the module's menu items, and the new features.

Other topics will include: manual entry of data into the master course and section lists, and into student schedules in preparation for grade reporting; how to produce report cards; class ranks and eligibility lists; updating career GPAs; and producing various Honor Rolls. Learn how and when to update GPAs and credits, learn how to use the logs to double-check updates, run multiple honor rolls, and learn how to use the new Advanced Honor Roll generator.

Designed for users who desire a more intensive, hands-on approach to understanding the basics.

This session is for the user who has intermediate-level Administrator's Plus skills, and intermediate to advanced-level manual schedule building skills.

This hands-on session will cover how to use the Super Deluxe Schedule Builder to assist in building your high school's schedule of classes. The primary focus will be on understanding the "process" of building a school's schedule considering all the politics, restrictions, and variables involved, and how the software can incorporate many of these variables when building a schedule of classes. Dealing with conflicts, (part-time teachers, room restrictions, labs, etc.) and other common tasks are a part of the day's instruction. This session will be a mix of lecture and hands-on. This class is designed for Administrator's Plus users who are responsible for building a high school/upper school class schedule. Attendees should have some knowledge of their own school's scheduling needs and/or some general knowledge about high school scheduling.

Note: This session is intended for High Schools which need to build a class schedule from year to year. If you are an elementary school, or your class schedule rarely changes from year to year, please refer to the other classes on scheduling offered during the week.

Report Writing Track Day 3 of 3: This session is for the user who has intermediate-level Administrator's Plus skills, and intermediate to advanced-level report writing skills. It build upon the skills learned in the Level I and Level II classes.

Basic codes learned in the Level I class will be briefly reviewed, followed by a brief review of the intermediate codes learned in the Level II class, and then it will cover more advanced report writing codes, including: the family directory, course table box code, GPA codes, honor roll box code and department credit code as time permits.

The slower pace will allow for hands-on activities, as well as time to answer individual questions.

Note: Attendees should bring to the session report writing projects (or ideas of report writing needs) that they are interested in working on during the session. Anything created or modified can be taken back to the school on a participant's USB drive/disk/etc. with instructions on how to install them to the school's server.

Note: This workshop session is NOT for the beginner Administrator's Plus user. It is for the user who has intermediate-level Administrator's Plus skills, and intermediate to advanced-level report writing skills.

This session is for the beginning user. It will cover the main screens and features of GradeQuick as teachers would use the program.

This session is delivered as a "Train the Trainer" class with the goal of giving the attendees the skills to go back to their schools and train other GradeQuick users. Primary focus will be placed on:

• Creating grade books
• Adding test columns
• Entering scores
• Viewing score and student data and "hiding" terms
• Using grade weighting
• Sorting the class roster
• Taking and sending attendance
• Entering notes for students and reports
• Creating and using score footnotes
• Setting up and using various grade scales
• Setting up and using grading symbols
• Producing student test and class reports
• and other features of both GradeQuick Network and GradeQuick Web

The slower pace will allow for hands-on activities, as well as time to answer individual questions.

This session is for the intermediate user. It will first cover the Report Writers in Administrator's Plus. It is designed for the user who wants to gain a better understanding of generating built-in reports throughout Administrator's Plus. Learn how to use the specifications screens and user-defined tasks to produce reports, letters, lists, etc.

This session will include tips and tricks for the Data Base, Daily Attendance, Discipline, and the Report Card Module's report writers.

Note: This session does not cover report writing or code manipulation. For report writing classes, see Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday sessions. (Advanced Report Writing, Report Writing Level I, Level II and Level III)

This session is for the beginner to intermediate user. This session will be continued on Friday.

Attendees will learn the steps necessary to set up and configure our new admissions software program, Admissions Plus Pro. Emphasis will be placed on entering prospects and communicating with families. This class on Admissions will be a 2-day session: Thursday and Friday.

Note: This session applies to our NEW admissions program, Admissions Plus Pro. If you have questions about what will be covered or whether this workshop is appropriate for your training needs, please call us at 1-800-213-9860.

This session is an intermediate-paced course for the intermediate to advanced user who already understands how to navigate within the program.

This session will show participants how to get more out of Administrator's Plus by introducing the "newest features" in the current version, as well as not-so-new features that may be "new to you". During this hands-on session, the primary focus will be discovering the newest feature set available in the latest version of Administrator's Plus and learning a variety of tips and tricks from the trainer as well as from other users in the class.

There will be time to answer individual questions.

This half-day session is for advanced users who need to manage Administrator's Plus with the all powerful Supervisor login account.

This session will outline the role of the Supervisor account in setting up, managing and using Administrator's Plus. It will cover managing users, schools, module customizations, codes, fields, processes, as well as creating Assistant Supervisor accounts to help share the load of the Supervisor.

This session is a mix of lecture and hands-on. Audience members will also be encouraged to share their experiences with how this account is used at their schools.

This morning half-day session is for the beginner to intermediate user.

This session will focus on printing and/or e-mailing the daily bulletin, batch entering attendance codes for things like field trips, making quick attendance corrections, time-saving tricks, and other helpful tips to make using this module easier than ever.

This session is for the beginner to intermediate user.

This overview of the Data Base Plus module will give a brief introduction to enhanced security, new features, tricks & tips, Customize, New Files and Print programs, the Family feature, the Field Validation feature, and more.

Our open labs are for any user who would like to practice what he or she has learned. Our technical support specialists will be available if you have questions about how the software can meet your school's specific needs.

This session will cover how to set up, use and manage the parental web portal, Edline.

Focus will be on creating Edline accounts, using the Edline Quicksync and Edline Reporter utilities within Administrator's Plus, and sending progress reports from GradeQuick grade books up to Edline. See real-time examples of great Edline websites, and get tips and tricks from current customers already using Edline.

This half-day session is for intermediate to advanced users.

Middle schools have very different requirements when it comes to scheduling. This session will address many of the issues that middle schools face, including: team teaching, inclusion classes for special education students, and unified arts classes. It will look at the "process" of scheduling from a middle school perspective and will show how to use the Super Deluxe Schedule Builder to best address these issues. This session will be a mixture of both hands-on and lecture.

This session is designed for Administrator's Plus users who are responsible for building a middle school class schedule. Attendees should have some knowledge of their own school's scheduling needs and/or some general knowledge about middle school scheduling.

Note: This session is intended for middle schools which need to build a class schedule from year to year. If you are an elementary school or your class schedule rarely changes from year to year, please refer to the other classes on scheduling offered during the week.

This session is for the intermediate user.

This session will overview the main screens and features of the Period Attendance module- setting up the codes, entering period attendance using GradeQuick, manually editing student period attendance, and producing various default reports (including official attendance registers) using period attendance.

Note: This session is designed for schools that have or are considering the Period Attendance module.

This half-day session is for beginner to intermediate users.

This session will cover the main screens and features of the Discipline Module. Focus will be placed on proper set up of codes, entry of incidents, producing various useful reports, and running school-wide statistics.

This half-day session is for the beginner to intermediate user. It is specifically for school leaders (principals, assistant principals, headmasters, guidance directors, deans, etc.).

This hands-on session will focus on how to find, retrieve and report on data that will assist in making decisions about student and staff performance.

The session will also cover how to identify grading trends among teachers, how to pick up on student failures and how they are affected by both discipline and attendance, how to create class enrollment reports that tell how many students your teachers are handling, etc.

These and many other types of reporting tools can be at the fingertips of your school's leadership.

Our open labs are for any user who would like to practice what he or she has learned. Our technical support specialists will be available if you have questions about how the software can meet your school's specific needs.

This session is for the user who has intermediate Administrator's Plus skills, and Intermediate Report Writing skills.

In this hands-on session, attendees will first learn about basic codes found in skills-based report cards. These codes include: inserting images, general boxes, attendance boxes, and skills box codes. This session will focus on how to "start from scratch" and create a template for a skills-based report card that meets the school's requirements.

Note: Attendees should bring to the session examples of what their skills-based report cards currently look like and/or what they want them to look like. Anything created can be taken back to the school on a participant's USB drive/disk/etc. with instructions on how to install them to the school's server.

This session is for the beginner to intermediate user. This session is continued from Thursday.

This session will start by finishing up any topics left over from Thursday's class. Attendees will then learn the steps necessary to set up and generate customized letters and reports using Admissions Plus Pro data.

Note: This session applies to our NEW admissions program, Admissions Plus Pro. If you have questions about what will be covered or whether this workshop is appropriate for your training needs, please call us at 1-800-213-9860.

This session is for the general user. It will first cover the main screens, configuration and use of the Administrator's Plus E-Mail module.

Focus will be placed on proper setup and configuration, creating and using groups, using "Quick Mail", and e-mail enabling reports. This session will then cover the Administrator's Plus Portfolio module, where any digital file can be stored in a centrally located "portfolio" for any student.

Learn how to keep track of student projects, papers, progress reports, and transcripts while automatically linking any individual student reports in Administrator's Plus directly to the Portfolio Module.

This session will cover the main screens and features of the picture and ID module, Pictures Plus. It will also cover our PDA module.

Focus will be placed on hardware requirements, creating/editing ID card templates, attaching various cameras, choosing to use .bmp files versus .jpg files, printing ID cards using various printers, etc.

The session will cover the main screens, configuration and uses of APWeb Teacher, APWeb Access, and APWeb Direct.

These are browser-based programs which allow users to view and/or enter data into Administrator's Plus simply by logging into a web browser. Built for Windows and Mac browsers, APWeb Teacher allows entry of grades, skills, narratives, comments, attendance, discipline and lunch counts. High schools can also give teachers the ability to approve course requests and enter comments so that schedulers are better informed about student course sign-ups. APWeb Direct allows parents to update database information from home and view their child's student information. APWeb Access allows office staff to print reports and work on Administrator's Plus from home.

This session is for the general user. It will overview the main screens and features of the Report Cards module.

Primary focus will be on:

• setting up the grade table
• Customizing the grade columns
• Establishing academic departments
• Linking courses to departments
• Understanding how to award credits
• Calculating career GPA's
• Entering/editing grades
• Narratives
• Comment codes
• Class absences
• Manually entering or importing grades from GradeQuick
• Calculating semester or final averages
• Setting up various honor rolls
• Running class rank/eligibility lists
• Producing various grade reports, including report cards
• Transcripts
• Search lists
• Grade distribution reports

This session will cover the Import and Excel Wizards. Attendees will learn how to streamline and speed up data entry by taking external data and importing it into Administrator’s Plus, and learn how to use the Excel Wizard to get data out of Administrator's Plus into Excel.

This session for general users will cover the main screens and features of GradeQuick Network as teachers would use the program.

Primary focus will be placed on:

• creating gradebooks
• Adding test columns
• Entering scores
• Viewing score and student data and "hiding" terms
• Using grade weighting
• Sorting the class roster
• Taking class attendance and sending the attendance to the office
• Setting up and using various grading scales
• Setting up and using grading symbols
• Sending the grades to the office.

Attention will also be placed on using Site Manager to help in your administration of all teacher gradebooks. Managing GradeQuick user accounts, restricting options, transferring program updates, etc. will be discussed during the latter half of the session.

This session is for the intermediate user.

This session will first cover how to set up user-defined tables in the Super Data Base to extend the power of the Data Base module to store test scores, notes, college applications, etc. The session will then cover how to create and use SDB table views within reports in the various report writers throughout the program, as well as single student reports and lists.

Our open labs are for any user who would like to practice what he or she has learned. Our technical support specialists will be available if you have questions about how the software can meet your school's specific needs.

This session will introduce users to the Teacher Evaluator.

The Teacher Evaluator enables administrators to create evaluation forms and evaluate teachers, using those forms, directly from the classroom.

During this hands-on session, participants will learn:

• What the Teacher Evaluator is
• How to create an evaluation form
• How to complete an evaluation form
• How to use the data from completed evaluations

This session is an intermediate-paced course for the intermediate to advanced user who already understands how to navigate within the program.

This session will show participants how to get more out of Administrator's Plus by introducing the "newest feature" in the current version- The Contact Data Base. Participants will learn about the new Contact Data Base, and learn the benefits of setting up your school to use the Contact Data Base.

This afternoon half-day session is for the intermediate user.

This session will cover calculating GPA's and Credits and running Honor Rolls in Administrator's Plus. Learn how and when to update GPA's and credits, learn how to use the logs to double-check updates, and learn how to run multiple honor rolls.

This afternoon half-day session is for the general user.

The Backup and Restore Utility greatly reduces the risk of your losing precious data - especially when performing certain global tasks. Learn how to use the utility: set up templates, differentiate between types of backups, restore some or all of the data you've backed up, etc. Also, get a leg up on how to properly close out the school year in Administrator's Plus. Additionally, see how to enter final grades, update GPAs and credits, transfer data to the new school year, etc.

This session is for the general user.

This session will overview the Scheduling module, including:

• New features
• Tips and tricks
• Printing course sign-up lists
• Entering student course requests
• Printing schedules (student, staff, master and room), and other forms
• Editing course and section lists
• Quick ways to schedule students into courses
• Performing add/drops.

Note: This course does NOT include using the Super Deluxe Schedule Builder. Please see thursday's schedule for sessions which include the Super Deluxe Schedule Builder.

Our open labs are for any user who would like to practice what he or she has learned. Our technical support specialists will be available if you have questions about how the software can meet your school's specific needs.