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AI Making Your Job Easier90 MinutesAI tools are showing up everywhere, but figuring out which ones actually help with your daily work is another matter. This session previews specific tools that can take on time-consuming tasks reliably, along with a practical look at how prompts work so you get useful results. We'll also cover the security questions worth asking before you put any tool to work, and the common problems people run into early on.
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Enterprise Report Introduction90 MinutesThis session helps you move beyond just opening reports and hoping for the best. Learn how to take control of Enterprise Reports — filter, sort, group, highlight, and export like a pro. You’ll gain the confidence to make reports truly useful for your role, whether you’re in the main office or managing student services. Best of all? It’s all click-based, no coding required.
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Beyond the Day-to-Day: Advanced Search, Setup & Security90 MinutesThis workshop is designed for seasoned school staff users ready to expand their scope from job-specific screens to the full PowerSchool ecosystem. Discover how data imports can eliminate manual steps, while custom reports keep leadership in the loop. You’ll also learn to lock down and share sensitive reports in line with FERPA requirements, and adjust course/section setups so future terms roll out without a hitch. Walk away confident in both your daily tasks and your strategic impact on school-wide processes.
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Create Useful Mailing Labels and Form Letters90 MinutesWhether you're labeling envelopes or sending a letter home to every family, PowerSchool can generate mailing labels and form letters from the data in the system. You'll learn to design label layouts and letters, merge in student and contact fields, import and work with templates, and select the right recipients. You will use the time to develop a product that you can put to immediate use.
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DATs: What's That: Using and Understanding DATs (Data Access Tags)90 Minutes​Whether you’re a beginner or an advanced user, this session will equip you with the knowledge and skills to leverage DATs effectively in your work. This session is designed to explain the wide range of data retrieval and output needs DATs can address and how to use them in different PowerSchool contexts and tasks. Participants will gain an understanding of how parameters affect DAT data retrieval and output and the requirements for formatting for successful use, with hands-on practice in using DATs in core print reports, custom student lists, exports, and PowerSchool pages.
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Exports Part 1: Custom Student List, Quick Export, Export Templates90 MinutesThis session is for PowerSchool export beginners who want to gain knowledge and experience using core exporting tools. You'll work through real-world exercises using Custom Student List, Quick Export, and Export Templates to their full potential. You'll also gain experience using DATs and the Data Dictionary.
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Exports Part 2: DDE & DEM & AutoSend90 MinutesThis session is for users who know the basics of exporting and want to use PowerSchool's most complex tools to export data - Data Export Manager, Direct Database Export, and AutoSend. Bring your real-world export challenges and leave with an understanding of how to use each tool and when they are best for the job.
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Incident Management - New UI90 MinutesMBA is building this course and will go over the new UI for Incident Management
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Leveraging the Power of Notifications and Tasks90 MinutesNotifications and Tasks can help your team stay on top of critical updates - but only if they're set up right. This session shows you how to how to enable and configure notifications triggered by specific changes or events in PowerSchool and how to associate these with actionable tasks. Security and management strategies will also be discussed.
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Attendance Management: Entry and Adjustments90 MinutesMaster the fundamentals of attendance entry using PowerSchool's built-in suite of tools. This training covers entering, updating, and generating reports for daily and meeting attendance. You'll learn how to leverage smart searches and dashboard tiles, monitor teacher attendance status, and understand clock-in/clock-out scenarios . Explore how to make mass changes to update student attendance more efficiently. Leave with the knowledge to reduce errors and keep your attendance records state-report-ready.
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Managing the Mobile App, Mobile Pages and the Public Portal90 MinutesThis session is a practical guide to running the family-facing side of PowerSchool. We'll cover configuring the Public Portal, managing how pages render on mobile devices, and handling the settings that govern the mobile app, along with the access and security considerations that come with opening your data to parents and students. The goal is confident control over what families see and do.
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Merge and Pivot: Xlookup & PivotTables in Excel90 MinutesConquer the essential data analysis tools modern Excel users rely on daily. This hands-on session will dig deep into XLookup—the intelligent successor to VLOOKUP that handles complex lookups with precision—and PivotTables, the powerful tool that transforms raw data into actionable insights. Participants will learn syntax, troubleshooting, and practical application through real-world scenarios. NOTE: This session is for Excel users who are comfortable writing basic formulas.
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PowerScheduler: Creating a Strong Foundation for a Successful Master Schedule90 MinutesNEW - for those that cannot attend the two day, in depth, PowerScheduler training with MBA
Now is the time to think about starting your schedule for next year. Yes, before the first semester has even ended. Let’s examine some of the planning, processes, tips & tricks that will help your scheduling season go smoother.
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Quick Import & Templates90 MinutesCalling all import newbies! This session will walk learners through the Quick Import function step-by-step. Working on our conference server, you'll have a safe space to practice adding or editing student and staff records without fear. Through the process, you'll learn the requirements for import tables, how to create and edit import templates, and how to address errors.
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Report Creator: Unlocking the Full Potential of Your MBA Plugin90 Minutes* For Existing Report Creator Users* - In this session, you will learn how to effectively use the Report Creator to generate reports. We will cover the creation of Report Cards and Transcripts, including configuring credit summaries. Additionally, we will explore using box reports.
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Spreadsheet Fundamentals: Formulas and Functions90 MinutesThis session will help Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets users who know the basics to improve their formula-writing skills. You’ll write, practice, and troubleshoot foundational formulas—SUM, AutoSum, ROUND, COUNT, MIN/MAX, and TEXTJOIN—using real-world scenarios.
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Student Searches Beyond The Basics: From 'Where's Waldo' To 'Whoomp There She Is!'90 MinutesThis training is for PowerSchool users who want to learn more complex - and more efficient - tools for student searches. You'll learn to craft compound searches with confidence, wield wildcards and comparators with wisdom, and save both searches and selections with savviness. This session will also explore field codes, Advanced Search features, and make magic with Multi Select.
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Techniques for Managing Student Enrollment90 MinutesThis session will explore the essential processes and practices for handling student enrollment guiding you through enrolling new students, transferring students between schools, and withdrawing students who are transferring out. We will also discuss preregistration for advance enrollment and how to manage student schedule settings effectively. Additionally, we will explore various enrollment reports, including enrollment summaries by date, and provide tips on conducting auditing and accuracy checks to ensure your enrollment records are precise and up-to-date.
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The Art of Contact Entry and Maintenance90 MinutesUnderstand how Student Contacts captures Parent and Guardian information as well as their connections to other adults. Learn multiple ways to search for as well as add and edit Contacts and their data. Understand the processes involved in identifying which records may be duplicates; what to review in evaluating them for clean-up; and how to carry out the consolidation process, ensuring accurate and up-to-date records.
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Through a Teacher's Eyes: PowerTeacher and PowerTeacher Pro for Admin Users90 Minutes​Gain a first-hand look at PowerTeacher and PowerTeacher Pro gradebook workflows through the eyes of your teaching staff. You’ll navigate PowerTeacher attendance screens, student profiles, and teacher entry of behavior observations and recommendations. Learn how PowerTeacher Pro’s assignment structure, grading formulas, scoring methods and grade override flags combine to produce students' traditional term grades, and become familiar with the tools available to administrators to ensure the integrity of student performance information.
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Tips, Tricks, & Shortcuts: Little Clicks with a Big Difference90 MinutesAs we zoom through the ever-changing world of technology sometimes we miss some of the basics that can glue all of this technology stuff together. This is a "How Do You Do That?" Q&A or we can talk about some of my experiences with missing the basics 
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Tools for Data Auditing90 MinutesMaintaining clean and accurate data is essential for schools and districts to operate efficiently and make informed decisions. Robust auditing tools are available to help you identify, analyze, and rectify data inconsistencies. In this workshop you'll explore these powerful resources, learn how they function, and understand their benefits. By the end of the session, you'll be equipped to detect and address data issues effectively, ensuring the information remains accurate and reliable.​ 
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FREE MBA Plugins: Unlocking the Full Potential of Every Free Feature90 MinutesIn this session, you will explore the various free plugins offered by Marcia Brenner Associates (MBA) to enhance your PowerSchool experience. We will provide an overview of the available free plugins, including their functionalities and benefits, highlighting new plugins like the SOY Validation Report and popular free MBA plugins, such as the Enrollment Summary plugin, which allows you to quickly and easily compare enrollment data based on ethnicity, school, gender, age, city, and district of residence.
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Using Contact DAT Builder90 MinutesDig into the features of the free Contact DAT Builder plugin and master use of its "wizards" to build the codes for retrieving Student Contact information. You’ll learn to define the simple queries most often used in Custom Student Lists and Quick Export as well as complex DAT structures for use throughout PowerSchool’s core reporting and exporting tools. Filter Contact results by status, relationship codes and student association flags, and target exactly the contact fields you need for output. Discover how to format your DATs for use in multiple contexts, from administrator-facing Object Reports to counselor-ready student lists. Walk away confident in your ability to deliver precise, on-demand contact data.
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Prepare to Build: The Art of PowerScheduler2 Full DaysThis two-day course provides the foundation and framework for working with PowerScheduler. You'll gain hands-on experience with key elements needed for both load-only and build-and-load scenarious. The instructor will help you work through your concerns and challenges as you gain understanding of how these pieces fit together. Topics and activities will include:
Defining scheduling parameters: years, terms, days, and periods
Entering student requests
Managing constraints, course catalogs, and room assignments
Running and interpreting Master Schedule Reports
Using Visual Scheduler for drag-and-drop adjustments
Automating scheduling elements
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VDOE State Reporting Department180 minutesAll things state reporting and time for Q&A.
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PSCB Reports90 minutesReviewing how the PSCB report details. Raffle for free one year subscription for new subscribers
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SimplDiscipline45 minutesVendor Session
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Final Forms45 minutesVendor Session
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Advanced Reporting90 minutesJason Springel will walk through the specifics of Advanced Reporting
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What's New with SIS90 minutesKeynote during lunch: Jason Springel will review all of the new areas of PowerSchool. Sort of a LIVE version of PowerSchool Insider.
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Security Groups/User Roles90 minutesJason Springle will review best practices for setting up security
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Graduation Planner90 MInutesStephanie Gallegos; Review the steps to setup the Graduation Planner; this session may include lab time to work on your own setup with Stephanie's assistance.
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Graduation Planner Open Lab90 MinutesWork on building your own planner with the assistance of the trainer.
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Elementary Scheduling & Creating Sections90 Minutes
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PS Enrollment Best Practices/Tips & Tricks90 Minutes
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Custom Student and Staff Screens (with a peak at CPM)90 MinutesHow to use Custom Student Screens, Custom Staff Screens, and an overview of the Manage Custom Pages interface.
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Using CPM to Your Advantage90 MinutesHow to use Manage Custom Pages to create a basic web page, page fragment, etc...
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Tracking Chronic Absenteeism Using DAT Codes and Google Sheets90 Minutes
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