JMC Starting the 14-15 School Year Checklist - New Client User Manual
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benchmarks (elem) report cards. This can be a time and money saver for your
district.
Choose Standardized Test Scores to be seen “On Screen” and “On Transcripts” in
Grading
Transcripts
Test Score Selections. The “On Screen” settings are
saved for each user.
Period Attendance
Anyone who is recording daily attendance in the office should view the “Intro to
Period Attendance – Next-Gen” instructional video.
Review the reasons for student’s absences and cutoffs for full/half day attendance
in Period Attendance
Data
Edit Reasons and Cutoffs. Add or delete any
reasons as is necessary and review all checkmarks in the “Include in conversion”
column.
Standards and Benchmarks
The Standards and Benchmarks module is typically used for elementary (K-5)
report cards. Please contact Sara Freid (email: [email protected]) at JMC to get
the process started if you are interested in utilizing elementary report cards
through JMC.
Health
We recommend that all Health Professionals view the “Next-Gen Introduction to
Health Module” instructional video.
Review and add/remove Health History Categories in Health
Data
Health
History Categories. The Health History Categories settings are saved for each
user.
Lunch Module
Please view the “Nex-Gen Lunch Parts One - Four” instructional videos. Follow
the instructions given in the videos.
If you use Family Lunch Accounts, create lunch contacts for all new students
using Lunch
Data
Initialize Family Lunch Contacts. This should not be done
until all primary contacts have been entered in the Attendance module and
attached to each student.
Adjust lunch contacts for any students who have lunch contacts that are different
than their primary contact in Edit
Student Data.
Enter meal prices and (optional) the state and federal reimbursements in Lunch
Data
Edit Meal Prices.
For all parents/guardians who applied for free or reduced status, determine free
and reduced status in Lunch
Data
Determine Free or Reduced Status.
New Teachers/Office/Administrator/Staff should have a lunch account created for
them. This is done by creating each of them as a new student (in Edit
Student