Special Education Software Logging in and navigating the homepage - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Special Education Software

• Logging in and navigating the homepage
• Search capabilities
• Documents
• Printing
• Logging out
• Support

• Use Mozilla Firefox for your browser
• ADDRESS = tienet.jcisdhosted.org
• School/District ID = HOWELLMI
• User ID = firstnamelastname

ex: joansmith

• Password = Whatpassword?1 (case sensitive)
• Change password to something you will remember
• Do not set up email or reminders at this time

• Home Page features
• My Home Page
• Quick Search
• Messages/Communication
• My Students
• Reports
• Full screen
• Show Full Screen - F11
• Remove Full Screen – F11
• Change password- Initial Circle in upper right

corner (do not set up email or hints at this time)

• Less information widens the search
• Use Look Up links for field fill in
• Search areas you will use:
• Students
• Curriculum – not required to use
• Communication – use gmail instead
• Reporting
• ? Help Guides/Support

Less gives you more…

Lookup links may be loaded…

1 2 3

• For student’s documents
• Select recent student,
• Search and student, or
• Home Page through My Students
• Click the Documents icon
• Select a Document
• Print tab or Print drop down arrow
• This Section
• Selected Sections
• All Sections

• INVITATION
• REED
• MET/ELIGIBILITY RECOMMENDATION
• IEP
• Demographic information in the student’s profile is

brought over from PowerSchool nightly.

• Check to make sure it is accurate--PowerSchool is the

authority in PowerSchool Special Education for demographic information.

• You may need to click update if new demographic

information has arrived and a document has been started.

• Moving from section to section
• Use fly-away (page turner)
• SAVE CONSTANTLY…every two minutes…it will

return you to the same screen.

• Save, continue editing OR
• Save, done editing (allows you to go to a new

section of the document)

Document Toolbar

Check marks indicate completed sections

Hover here to access different sections of a multi-section document

• Label the document at document creation
• Make sure all sections needed are chosen in Set

Document

• Do PLAAFP before goals
• Fill in Required fields – some are not required

but are necessary

• Use Look Up Links
• Edit and View Mode
• Save Continue
• Save Done runs validation
• Cancel

• Toolbar-Set Document to:
• Status from Draft to Review
• Used when staff have work completed for review
• Status from Review to Final
• Once IEP is complete – accurate and verified*
• Based on security access
• Label comment – can be done through Set Document if

not done at document creation or it needs to be changed

• Initial
• Annual
• Reevaluation (ongoing, change, declassification)
• Amendment

*verified by staff - also choosing save, done editing will indicate required information still missing.

• If you did not save often, you may have been logged
• ut without your knowledge (timed-out).
• Check that information entered is saved.
• Log out of the system – upper right corner – click

initial circle to exit program.

• Document content support –
• Building Teacher Consultants
• Malissa Patrick & Sara Leggett
• PSSE System Administrator
• Janet Weber –

weberj@howellschools.com – 517-548-6358 or 80358

• Caseload changes
• Security changes – Login issues
• Medicaid billing
• Program functions
• Help Guides
• Special Education Users Guide
• Reporting Guide

HPS PSSE Team: