You should begin by setting up the general options for each module that you will use. In the school module, you should enter the Report Period End Dates for this year. In the Attendance module go to Set Attendance Options, in the Grading module go to Set Report Card Options, then to Enter School Grading Info, in the Tuition module go to Enter School Tuition Info and in the Lunch module go to Begin Year Lunch Duties.

The next step is to enter information about your teachers. This action can be found under the Enter Teacher & Class Info link in the School module. You should enter information about each of your grade level teachers. If you don't have a teacher for a grade, enter a generic teacher for that grade, such as 1st Grade Teacher. Later, you can go back and change that name with the specific information for the teacher hired. As you set up the Teachers, you can also add Program Accounts for them so they can access the School Administrator Program from computers in their classroom, if you school is networked. You can also set up Program Accounts at a later time from the Enter Program Account link, which can be found under the Enter School Info link. (For information on how to access the School Administrator program from other computers, go to Program Access).

After entering the information about your teachers, you should enter information for your grade level classes, which can also be found under the Enter Teacher & Class Info link. If you have more than one class at a grade level, give each class a unique name, such as 1A and 1B for two first grade classes. As you set up the class, you will assign the Teacher for that class. The grade level classes will be used to collect Attendance information for the students.

The next step is to Add New Families & Students, which can be found under the Enter Family & Student Information link. As you add students for each family, you will assign the students to a grade and a grade level class. If you do not assign students to a grade level class, their Active status will be set to False and they will not be included in the data for this year. ( For more information on the meaning of the Active status for Families and Students, go to School Info).

After adding your families & students, you can set up additional classes for your school. These would include specialized classes, such as music or art, and departmentalized classes for your upper grades, such as Science or Math. You must set up classes for all of the subjects at each grade level in order to enter grades and print report cards. After setting up these classes, you should add students to these classes. This action can be found under the Enter Teacher & Class Info link

To find out more details about the specifics of each module, use the table of contents on the left.