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)
Maryland Certification
- Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) – Certification
- Applying for Certification through TEACH
- Guide for Applicants and Certification Holders
General
Mentoring
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
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 –
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.