Special Education Software Logging in and navigating the homepage - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Special Education Software

 Logging in and navigating the homepage  Search capabilities  Documents  Printing  Logging out  Support

 Use Mozilla Firefox for your browser  ADDRESS = tienet.jcisdhosted.org School/District ID = HOWELLMI   User ID = firstnamelastname ex: joansmith  Password = Whatpassword?1 (case sensitive)  Change password to something you will remember  Do not set up email or reminders at this time

 Home Page features  My Home Page  Quick Search  Messages/Communication  My Students  Reports  Full screen  Show Full Screen - F11  Remove Full Screen – F11  Change password- Initial Circle in upper right corner (do not set up email or hints at this time)

 Less information widens the search  Use Look Up links for field fill in  Search areas you will use:  Students  Curriculum – not required to use  Communication – use gmail instead  Reporting  ? Help Guides/Support

Lookup Less gives you links may more… be loaded…

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 For student’s documents  Select recent student,  Search and student, or  Home Page through My Students  Click the Documents icon  Select a Document  Print tab or Print drop down arrow  This Section  Selected Sections  All Sections

 INVITATION  REED  MET/ELIGIBILITY RECOMMENDATION  IEP  Demographic information in the student’s profile is brought over from PowerSchool nightly.  Check to make sure it is accurate--PowerSchool is the authority in PowerSchool Special Education for demographic information.  You may need to click update if new demographic information has arrived and a document has been started.

 Moving from section to section  Use fly-away (page turner)  SAVE CONSTANTLY…every two minutes…it will return you to the same screen.  Save, continue editing OR  Save, done editing (allows you to go to a new section of the document)

Document Toolbar

Hover here to access different sections of a multi-section document Check marks indicate completed sections

 Label the document at document creation  Make sure all sections needed are chosen in Set Document  Do PLAAFP before goals  Fill in Required fields – some are not required but are necessary  Use Look Up Links  Edit and View Mode  Save Continue  Save Done runs validation  Cancel

 Toolbar-Set Document to:  Status from Draft to Review  Used when staff have work completed for review  Status from Review to Final  Once IEP is complete – accurate and verified*  Based on security access  Label comment – can be done through Set Document if not done at document creation or it needs to be changed  Initial  Annual  Reevaluation (ongoing, change, declassification)  Amendment *verified by staff - also choosing save, done editing will indicate required information still missing.

 If you did not save often, you may have been logged out without your knowledge (timed-out).  Check that information entered is saved.  Log out of the system – upper right corner – click initial circle to exit program.

HPS PSSE Team:  Document content support –  Building Teacher Consultants  Malissa Patrick & Sara Leggett  PSSE System Administrator  Janet Weber – weberj@howellschools.com – 517-548-6358 or 80358  Caseload changes  Security changes – Login issues  Medicaid billing  Program functions  Help Guides  Special Education Users Guide  Reporting Guide