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And you will need to rename the file to Students.csv, PS exports it as Students.export.text

Staff.csv

This file is a listing of staff from PowerSchool and it needs to be exported from PowerSchool directly. First navigate to DDE (Direct Database Export. Data and Reporting > Export > Direct Database Export (DDE) and this time select the Teachers (5) table. Do a search for all active teachers, StaffStatus = 1 will return all active staff.

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Then export these fields:

ID
TeacherNumber
Last_Name
First_Name
Email_Addr

Make sure you select “Comma”, and hit the “Submit” button.

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You will then need to rename the file “Staff.csv”

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StudentEnrollments.csv

This file is a listing of student enrollments from PowerSchool and it needs to be exported from PowerSchool directly. First navigate to DDE (Direct Database Export. Data and Reporting > Export > Direct Database Export (DDE) and this time select the CC (4) table. Do a search for all records for the 23-24 school year. TermID >= 3300

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Once you have that selection, do an export and use the following fields:

ID
StudentID
SectionID

Remember to select “Comma”

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Export the file and remember to rename it to StudentEnrollments.csv

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StaffEnrollments.csv

This file is a listing of staff enrollments from PowerSchool and it needs to be exported from PowerSchool directly. First navigate to DDE (Direct Database Export. Data and Reporting > Export > Direct Database Export (DDE) and this time select the CC (4) table. Do a search for all records for the 23-24 school year. TermID >= 3300

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Then go to export the following fields:

ID
TeacherID

Don’t forget to select “Comma”

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Export the file and rename it to StaffEnrollments.csv

You will also need to add one more column to this file manually.

Open the file in Excel and add a “Role” column and populate it with “teacher” and save it.

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Prep the ZIP File

You should now have seven files, in this example I placed them into a folder named ALO-District, you will want to name them with your own district name in place of “District”

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Navigate one folder level up and right click on the folder “ALO-District” and select “Compress to ZIP File”

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That file can then be sent out and uploaded via SFTP to ALO.