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Pinellas County School District TECHNICAL TIP SHEET SERIES: WHAT EDUCATORS NEED TO KNOW page 2 of 17 Step 4 In the upper right corner of your Focus screen, depending on your access level (school vs district), you may have the ability to select a school name. You will see the school year and Marking Period boxes. Make choices by clicking the small downarrow in the right side of each box. See Illustration 2. Illustration 2: Three selection boxes for school name, school year and marking period. Note: A period of time known as a Marking Period represents a grading period that is six weeks in length. Each of three Marking Periods during a school year corresponds to the 1st report card, the 2nd report card, the 3rd report card, etc. Elementary schools have three makring periods while middle and high schools have six. Choose the current marking period. Step 5 In the horizontal menu bar at the top of the Focus screen, click Students. See Illustration 3. Step 6 In the Students drop-down menu, click Advanced Report. See Illustration 3. Illustration 3: Above, the drop-down menu for “Students” showing the “Advanced Report” choice. Step 7 In a few moments, the Advanced Report window will appear. See Illustration 4. Step 8 In the upper left corner of the Advanced Report window and inside the Student Search tab, locate then click the following phrase: More Search Options See Illustration 5. Illustration 4: Above, the “Advanced Report” choice page, background, showing a detail view, foreground, of the “More Search Options” selection located in the upper left corner. When you click More Search Options, new choices will appear. See Illustration 6, next. page. Illustration 5: Above, the “More Search Options” selection.
Pinellas County School District TECHNICAL TIP SHEET SERIES: WHAT EDUCATORS NEED TO KNOW page 3 of 17 Step 9 Parts A - D A. The topical area labeled General will be automatically expanded. See Illustration 6, part A. A Note: To expand or collapse a topic, click the arrow located immediately to the left of the topic label. B. Locate the ESE topic. See Illustration 6, part B. C. Click the arrow located immediately to the left of the ESE label to expand this topic. See Illustration 6, part C. B In this way, you will be able to see specific options. D. Look for the Instructional Setting options box and note the small down-arrow located inside the box to the far right. Click the down-arrow in this box and select the following choice from the dropdown menu: Special Ed [SE] See Illustration 6, part D. Now, click the arrow immediately to the left of the ESE topic to collapse this area. This will conserve screen space on your computer monitor so you can easily do the next step. If you like, you may also collapse the General topic to conserve even more screen space. C D Illustration 6: Details of the “General”, background, and “ESE”, foreground options. Then, within ESE, the “Instructional Setting” choice area showing the “Special Ed [SE]” selection.
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