Class
A Class Profile typically represents a central record of instructional settings for groups of students.
It connects Locations, Students, Staff, and Schedules, allowing the system to properly track service delivery and compliance with IEP requirements.
Benefits
Makes the class identifiable to staff without needing to interpret numeric course codes.
Useful for search and reporting across the Special Programs and PowerSchool SIS.
Helps distinguish between classes that might have similar names or codes but different purposes
While capturing a class profile, the following fields are collected.
Field name | Description | Data flow | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
Course ID | Unique identifier for the class in the records. | Out | NA |
Course Name | Name of the instructional group. | Out | NA |
School Year | The academic year for which classes for the Course mentioned above have been scheduled. | Out | Choose from the given drop-down. |
Room | The specific physical or virtual location where the class takes place. This links to the Location Profile. | Out | NA |
Session | The part of the school day or the schedule cycle in which the class occurs. This helps in organizing classes into AM/PM, Semester 1/Semester 2 schedules. | Out | NA |
Period | The specific time slot in the daily schedule for the class. | Out | NA |
Description | A short, human-readable statement describing the purpose, subject, or focus of the class. It is a free-text label or narrative that explains what the class is about, beyond just the technical codes and IDs. | Out | Free-text description to be filled in. |