Use the following links
for GWN PowerSchool:
Teachers https://westernndctc.ps.state.nd.us/teachers/pw.html
Parent/Students: https://westernndctc.ps.state.nd.us/public/
PLEASE
SEE BOTTOM OF PAGE FOR EXPORT INSTRUCTIONS:
Click Here -à Information Link for “Checking Grades”
Principals,
site facilitators and teachers,
The
Great Western Network has joined the MRACTC, GNWACTC and the RACTC in merging
PowerSchool accounts into one PowerSchool account called the Westernndctc. westernndctc.ps.state.nd.us
There
will obviously be growing pains as some procedures
will be done differently. The first change will be how students are enrolled into Westernndctc
PowerSchool. Alissa Thiele from the MRACTC will be importing all student
data into PowerSchool. School administrative assistants and principals
will need to send an export to Alissa as soon as possible.
Glen
Weinmann will continue to enroll students in GWN
classes, therefore continue to send your class lists to Glen. Alissa will
enroll students in classes for the REA’s. Don’t
confuse enrolling students into PowerSchool and enrolling students in
classes. For example: in Bismarck, it doesn’t matter what school
the students attend, they go to the Central Office to register for school and
then the local school administration will enroll them in classes. In our
case, the students are taking a class from either the GWN, MRACTC, GNWACTC or
the RACTC, they will register with Alissa (Central
Office). And then if they are taking a class from an
REA Alissa (local admin) will enroll them in a class. If you are taking a
GWN class, Glen (local admin) will enroll them in a class.
Therefore,
it is very important for Alissa to receive the export she is requesting.
Without it, there are no students in the school to enroll in a class.
Principals
and site facilitators are encouraged to be patient, as some teachers will wait
a week or more to send Glen class lists. Teachers are waiting for
enrollments to stabilize in their classes
Class
lists should be in Excel and include:
Class
name, period of the day, teacher
Last
name, first name, home school
EXAMPLE
Spanish I |
Period 2 |
Neumiller |
Cash |
John |
Linton |
Walker |
Clay |
Underwood |
Straight |
George |
Washburn |
Alissa’s
message is below (see attached templates)
Good
Afternoon,
I
hope everyone is enjoying their summer. We are starting
the process of getting students enrolled in PowerSchool for the upcoming year. We’re doing it a little differently this year since I will
be entering all students for MRACTC, GNWCTC, GWN, and RACTC into PowerSchool.
We have a new link for everyone to use when they log
into PowerSchool that will encompass the students in all three CTC’s. It will
also house the students enrolled in ITV through Great Western Network. Please
use https://westernndctc.ps.state.nd.us/admin/home.html once
school begins to look up grades and for student use.
I’ve attached two
documents to this email. The first is the step by step
instructions that you will need to follow to give me the information I need for
each student. The second attachment is an excel sheet that shows a few samples
of what it will look like.
I
know I usually send out the information export sheet once school gets under
way, but I am doing it differently moving forward. I’ve
attached directions on how to complete the export. I know everyone is extremely
busy getting ready for school, but I would greatly appreciate it everyone can
return this form to me as soon as possible.
If
anyone has any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me via my
email, Alissa.thiele@k12.nd.us or phone
701.751.4041 Ext. 101. I know many are still out on for summer vacation, but I
thought there’s no time like the present and I’ll at
least get some of you.
Alissa Thiele
MREC/MRACTC
3001 Memorial Hwy Suite B
Mandan, ND 58554
701.751.4041 ext 101
Directions for
Exporting (All Schools need to do this)
Select the students who
will be enrolling in a class from any of the schools in the Western ND CTC
(GWN, MRACTC, RACVTC, GNWACTC).
Once you have the
group of students selected:
Select Special
Functions.
Select Importing and
Exporting.
Select Exporting Using
Template.
Set Type of
Export drop down to Students.
Set Export
Template drop down to CTC Export.
Set the radio
button For Which Records to The selected XX students.
Submit. This will
export the records for the student in a text (.txt) file format. Depending on
browser and operating system, you will need to locate the exported file.
Right-click on the
file and Open With Excel.
In the SchoolID column, enter the CTC school
the student will be taking classes from (GWN, MRACTC, RACVTC, GNWACTC). You may
enter more than one school.
Do a File; Save As
using your district name in the file name and leaving the file format as a .txt
file.
Send the file to
Alissa. Alissa.Thiele@k12.nd.us