PowerSchool Admin :: Create New Sections + Delete a Section

Sections

A section is an occurrence of a course. Each course can have several sections that meet in different rooms at different times and are taught by different teachers. View, add, edit, and delete course sections from the School Setup page.

For example, a school has a chemistry course; however, because there are too many students for one class, there are several sections of chemistry. Two different teachers instruct it for four different periods each. Thus, the school has eight sections of chemistry. Each section has a different number, usually preceded by the same course number to indicate that it is part of the same chemistry course.

How to Access the Edit Section Page from School Setup

1. On the start page, choose School under Setup in the main menu. The School Setup
   page appears.
2. Under Scheduling, click Sections. The Sections page appears.
3. Choose the course name from the courses menu. The [course name] page appears.
4. To create a new section, click New.

Course Name and Number

• The course names and numbers will default to the corresponding course. There is no need to add anything here.
• For schedule, select the checkbox for the combination of days and periods in which this section meets. At KIPP New Jersey, we usually choose "P1".

Term

• Change the term from the pop-up menu if needed. The Start Date and End Date displays for the selected term. For most courses, the term will be set to 2017-2018 unless it is a semester or quarter-long course.

Lead and Co-Teacher

• To add a teacher, Click Add next to Teacher – Section Lead and select the lead teacher from the drop-down menu.
• To add a co-teacher, Click Add next to Teachers/staff-Additional and select a co-teacher(s) from the drop-down menu.

Section Number and Grade Level

• Set the section number to the travel group
• Make sure you enter a grade level
• Leave everything else blank
• Finally, scroll down and hit Submit

To delete a section

• Scroll to the bottom of the section settings page
• Click Delete
• Password to delete a section = sched@dm!n