Entering Programs

• Input program fields for all programs after students are entered but before you plan to enroll students and take attendance.

• 'Type' and 'Category' must be selected. These can be changed anytime and all records will update after clicking the update button

• Enter days the program meets if using rosters

• Note: to enter the lead staff person, you must FIRST enter staff people in the staff section as the drop down list is populated from that data

• 'Location' shows up in rosters and reports

• 'Area' shows up in the area report-This is optional

The lead staff field shows up in rosters

What the fields do

• The max/current/and available numbers are used to manage enrollments and class capacity

• program description and grade range shows up in the 'program report"

• default time is used in attendance records to calculate hours (this is optional but interesting)

• The program days are used to create rosters

• The 'Attend" checkbox if checked, attendance lists when generated will assume all students are present (unchecking can occur)

• The lead staff person shows up in rosters and reports

• The optional line can be exported but is not used in any database reports.

• The area is used in the program area report.

• The cost is used in the program cost report.