There are two parts to scheduling students in a section.  Here, we'll discuss part A

1. Creating a Section\
   A Section is an instance of a particular Course.  One Course can have many Sections.  For example, Math Grade 1 is a Course but Mr. A's class is one Section and Ms. B's class is a second Section.  Both will have the same course number, course details, and course state reporting information but will have different section numbers and section details, such as teacher name, room number and other information that differs by section.
2. Enrolling the [[student]](s) in the section - [click here](https://help.passaicschools.org/a/solutions/articles/16000055670)

Log in to [PowerSchool Admin](https://passaic.powerschool.com/admin/home.html)

Select the school that you'd like to schedule on the top right corner

Go to Courses and Programs  --&gt; Course Sections

On the left sidebar menu, choose the course that you'd like to create a section for. If any sections of that course already exist, you'll see them in the middle of the screen.

To find a specific course in a long list, you can type Ctrl+F, which pulls up the find feature, and start typing the name or course number you're looking for

Entering section details

Do not modify any other fields other than those mentioned below

**Course Name and Course Number** - The course names and numbers will default to the corresponding course. There is no need to edit anything here.

**Expression**- Select the checkbox that corresponds to the days and periods in which this section meets

**Term** - The term will default to the current, full year term.  If a section is a Semester or Quarter course, such as Health or a college level course, select the correct term.

**Teacher - Section Lead** - This is where we tie a teacher to a section.  

Click Add

**Staff Name** - Choose the Teacher to assign

**Start Date and End Date** - If the teacher will be assigned to the section for the whole school year, leave the dates as is.  If the teacher is going to be the Lead for a specific amount of time, edit the Start and End Dates.

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6Vacancy, Band
6Vacancy, Gr.6Math
6Vacancy, Gr.7 ELA
6Vacancy1, VacancySE
6Vacancy6, ELA GR. 8
6Vacancy6, K
Abbey, Tasha
Abraham, Natacha
Administrator, Test
Allen, Tyler A.
Amaro, Ana
Amaya, Claudia
Andrich, Roseann
Angeles, Clarita
Aquino, Alejandra
Arellano, Gerard
Arroyo, Waleska
Arroyo-Sanchez, Carmen
Athans, Silvia
Aviles, Hilda
Avoletta, Luisa
Baechle, Simone
Barahona, Yvana
Barakat, Brian
Barbosa, Nancy
Barcia, Francesca
Benitez, Carmen
Bergamasco, Rosemary
Berger, Laura
Bigirimana, Alexis
Biondo, Maria
Bizzoco, Daniel R
Blanco, Aurora A
Blanco-Rivas, Alfonso
Branch-McDowell, Glenda
Brown, John
Bunch, Lori
Caesar, Liria
Callirgos, Mary
Callis, Diane
Campos, Balbina
Caraballo, David
Casasnovas, Jessica
Cassels, Jessica
Cedeno, Connie
Chao-Rivera, Vanessa
Coleman, Paul
Constantino, Kristin
Cordero, Lenell
D'Agostino, Jenny L
DaSilva, Daniel
Dave, Nupur
Davis, Bruce
DeLallo, Marianne
DellaTerza, Nicole
Diaz, Sandra
Diaz-Castro, Eduardo
Diehl, Sonja
DiNapoli, Deanna
Edwards, Desiree
Espinoza, Carlos
Estrella, Pamela D
Federak, Lidia
Flores, Emil
Focacci, Leah
Fonnegra, Alvaro
Francess, Lillian
Fuentes, Cristal
Fumero, Michael
Garcia, Zuheidi
Gentile, Peter
Gillis, Jean
Gomez, Sharon
Goncalves, Beatriz
Gonzalez, Jerry L.
Gonzalez, Lauren
Gorman, Nancy
Griggs, Iesha M
Grullon, Liliana
Haller, Tara
Hallock, Lisa
Hancox, Christine
Harris, Kristen
Hennessy, Daniel
Hermas, Lamia
Hernandez, Brenda
Herrera, Bryan
Hertz, Ismael
Hildebrand, Christopher
Inserra, Lauren
Jackson, Monifa
Jakowenko, Paul A
Jara-Vidalon, Bethy
Karpowich, Jason B
Khan, Kakool
Korir, Geoffrey
Koterba, Francis
Kruczek, Valerie
Lapaix, Glenny E
Larkin, Jennifer
Lauritano, Cathleen
Lawson, Selina
Ledesma, Raquel
LeDuc, Denise
Lopez-Garibaldi, Darinka
Lopuzzo, Valerie
Macaluso, Jacquelyn A
Maisonet, Anthony
Marchetta, Anne
Marcus-Shaller, Arlene
Martin, TaKenya
Martinez, Cecilia
Massot, Danielle
Matos, Irene
Matthews, Robert John
McGruther, Kaitlyn
Melillo, Melissa
Mena, Rocio
Mendez, Blanca
Mezquita Perez, Juana
Mickle, Annie
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There must always be a Lead Teacher and we can indicate other Co-Teachers below.

A section cannot be left without a Lead Teacher, even for one day. If a teacher is leaving on a Friday, make sure the new Lead Teacher begins on Saturday.

If you delete a Lead Teacher, all of their grades will be deleted - use the Start Date and End Date feature - NEVER delete a Lead Teacher from a section

**Teachers/Staff - Additional** - This is where we'd add any co-teachers, push-in teachers, and support staff.  

Click Add if there are any staff members to add here

**Section Number** - Enter the section number, it's important that this be unique so you can easily identify different sections

**Grade Level** - Enter the grade level of the students that will be in this section

**Maximum Enrollment** - Enter the maximum number of students allowed in this section. Usually this is around 25-30

**Dependent Sections** - Enter the sections that are dependent on this section here.

Example : If this is a Homeroom section and ELA and Science are dependent on it, enter the ***course_number.section_number*** of ELA and Science here. When students are enrolled in Homeroom, they will be automatically enrolled in all dependent sections.

(ela_0200.301, sci_0200.501)

Note : You need to have the dependent sections created first under Teacher Schedule.

**Record Attendance Using Attendance Mode** - select Meeting

**Record Attendance** - select Once for All Meetings

**Grade Scale** - select Same as Course

**Same as Course Settings** - Based on policy, the district has many grade calculation settings indicated on a Course. These should NOT be overridden at the Section or School level since it will impact student GPAs and cause State Reporting errors.

**Make sure that the items have Same as course indicated.**

Same as Course
A Numeric Example Scale
AP High School 2020
AP PHS
College Prep
College Prep high School 2020
Default
Elementary Grade Scale 2020
Grade 3-5 Academic
Grade 6 Academic
High School 2020
Honors High School 2020
Honors PHS
HS Grade Scale
K-2 Performance Indicator
Kindergarten Grade Scale
LMS Grade Scale
Old PHS AP
Pass - Fail
Pass-Dev
PHS A
PHS Basic
PHS Honors
PreK Performance Indicator
Report card Grade 7 and 8

You will get a Section Saved confirmation on top.

[**To Enroll Students in the Section, click here.**](https://help.passaicschools.org/a/solutions/articles/16000055670)

Scheduling: Creating a New Section

Creating a New Section

To Enroll Students in the Section