Steps for a Successful Relaunch – Schoolrunner

The new academic year is here and you’re ready to start tracking student data. Use this Relaunch Hub as a checklist to ensure your team is ready for the upcoming year!

⚠️ Clever Sync Users ⚠️

Remember to ask Clever to unpause your sync once you are ready to start bringing new data into Schoolrunner.

Note: These steps should be completed after your most recent school year has been archived in Schoolrunner and are dependent on your sync type.

	School Set Up	Clever	PowerSchool	Importance
Adding a Term	✅	✅	❌	No matter what your sync type is, setting up your “Term” is what initiates the creation of a new academic year in Schoolrunner. Partners using PowerSchool sync do NOT need to add a new term, as it will sync over automatically with your rollover of new data.
Grading Methodologies	✅	✅	✅	Grading Methodologies control how courses are graded and they do not roll over from year to year. You’ll need to configure these before your team can input grades.
Homerooms/Advisories	✅	✅	❌	Homerooms in Schoolrunner represent an official grouping separate from dynamic groups. Homeroom groups directly impact the visibility of the “Student Dashboard.”
Calendar Days	✅	✅	❌	Calendar Days allow you to configure In-School and Out-of-School events like pep rallies or school breaks. To ensure accurate attendance data, it's important to configure the calendar days that should not be counted.
Term Bins	✅	✅	❌	Term bins reflect grading periods and need to be configured before your team is able to enter grades or run report cards.
Student updates	✅	❌	❌	The Schoolrunner team will promote or retain your students based on the “Override for Next School Year” attribute. Read more about that process here. To add new students or update student information, please access the "School Setup: Students" page.
User Update	✅	❌	❌	The “School Setup: Users” page is where you’ll update staff information and permissions.
Courses	✅	✅	✅	Update Course names and grade levels through the “School Setup: Courses” page. PowerSchool or Clever sync: use the “Manage Courses” option on the Config page.
Sections	✅	❌	❌	The “School Setup: Sections” page allows you to control course enrollments for your students and assign a teacher.
New Year Data	❌	✅	❌	Ask Clever to unpause your sync once you are ready to start bringing new data into Schoolrunner.
AutoComm	❌	❌	✅	You will need to update your AutoComm each year. Reach out to Technical Support to get your new path name.

For other common configuration needs, see here.

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