Professional Resources

Catechetical Certification

• Catechetical Certification Policy – Updated June 2022
• Faculty Documentation Template
• Catechetical PD-Retreat Pre-Approval Form

 

Licensing and Certification

Delaware Licensing/Certification

• DEEDS 3.0 Access
• Requirements for Delaware Initial License
• Applying for Delaware Licensure and Certification
• Renewing a Delaware Continuing License
• Criteria for Approved Professional Development Hours
• Alternative Routes to Certification (ARTC)
  • Delaware State-Approved ARTC Programs
  • ARTC Programs by DE Certification Area

Maryland Certification

• Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) – Certification
• Applying for Certification through TEACH
• Guide for Applicants and Certification Holders

General

• Request for Diocesan Waiver
• Diocesan Waiver PD Hours Record

 

Mentoring

• Mentoring Overview
• Professional Mentoring Program

Professional Readings

• Letter to New Teachers ASCD
• The Real Deal on Classroom Management for New Teachers
• What Teens Need from Schools
• Start with Higher Order Thinking
• Pursuing the Depths of Knowledge
• Discipline Your Emotions
• ASCD Hey Instructional Coach, What Do You Do
• What Schools Need Now – Relational Discipline
• Should Coaches Be Experts
• 6 Intrinsic Motivators

Professional Videos

• Webb’s Depth of Knowledge and Bloom’s Taxonomy

 

Nurse

Nurse Resources

• Guidelines for Pediculosis Control
• Nurse Voucher
• Nurse Voucher Instructions
• Regulation 815 – Health and Safety

 

Health Forms

• Delaware Student: K-6, English
• Delaware Student: K-6, Spanish
• Delaware Student Adolescent: English
• Delaware Student Adolescent: Spanish

 

PowerSchool Instructions

• PowerSchool Health Accounting Instructions
• PowerSchool – How to Create a Stored Selection
• Health Office Visit by Outcome: sqlReport Screencast
• “How to Run” Medication Dispensed Report in PowerSchool
• “How to Run” Office Visit Type Total Report in PowerSchool
• “How to Run” Health Reports for Selected Students
• Office Visit Count Report by Student – Non-Duplicate
• End of School Year PowerSchool Procedure & Instructions

 

PowerSchool Administrators

Help Desk Ticket

• Help Desk Ticket – email pshelp@cdowschools.org   This will go directly into the PSISJS Help Desk.  Make sure to include CDOW in your subject so it can be identified by the support solutions specialists.

 

eCollect –

• New Student Application Documentation

 

PowerSchool Support Files

• Start of Year Checklist – To be completed before the first day of School
• End of Term Documentation
• Digital Report Card & Parent Portal Distribution through SchoolMessenger

Custom Parent Portal – Because all new and current student forms are now in  eCollect and accessed via the parent portal, this portal will never close.  ALL families should have a parent portal account.  A new customization was added to assist schools with “disabling/enabling” specific parts of PowerSchool.  The Custom Parent Portal document will detail more information about this customization and how to use it to enable/disable information during the school year, yet keep the portal open.

PowerSchool Ultimate Student Contacts

• PowerPoint Presentation with Notes
• Student Contacts Consolidation Instructional Google Document
• Student Contact Reports

PSISJS On-line Professional Development Courses

• On-line PD Courses – Principals can submit a registration for any new PowerSchool administrators.  The courses are free.