The D&F Report is updated how often
What is:
every grading period (5 weeks)
This is how often students who are off-track must have an updated IGP
What is:
Once in the fall and once in the spring
This is the deliberate act of harming one's own body, such as cutting, burning, inciting physical fights with others who can cause them significant harm or intentionally wearing provocative paraphernalia to draw attention to themselves and solicit harm from others
What is: Self-Injury
What does ASCA stand for?
What is:
American School Counselor Association
The number of credits needed to graduate from high school
What is: 210 credits
You must deselect this parameter from the Mail Merge D & F report, otherwise middle schools will yield no results
What is:
The default Grad Year
All 8th Grade IGP's must be completed by this date
What is:
What is October 17, 2025
When discussing the long-term impacts of childhood trauma, ACEs is the acronym for this
What is:
Adverse Childhood Experiences
7th and 8th grade students can meet these two requirements without earning high school numerical credit
What are:
Math and LOTE
Service courses are reserved for this middle school grade level
What is: Grade 8
In order to access the most current marks data, you must select these two specific grading parameters from the Focus and MiSiS reports
What is:
Grading Period and Term
These two items must be selected in MiSiS Communication for the IGP to be considered complete
What are:
IGP and Individual Conference
This is a set of personalized interventions and strategies identified to mitigate suicide and support the well-being and saftey of the student
What is:
Safety Plan
These courses are considered for culmination eligibility.
What are:
All 8th Grade courses
These are processes that proactively build healthy relationships and a sense of community and belonging in order to prevent and effectively address conflict and wrongdoing when it occurs.
What is:
Restorative Practices (RP)
What are the three different reports for the D&F marks that school sites can pull.
What are: Counseling List in MiSiS, Mail Merge D/F report in FOCUS, Student w/ D&F Marks
IGPS for all 6th and 7th graders with 2 or more fails must be completed by this date
What is:
What is November 21, 2025
This can be an administrator/designee and/or behavioral health professionals (PSA, PSW, Counselor, School Psychologist) that is part of the Suicide/Threat Assessment Team
What is:
Suicide/Threat Prevention Liaison(s) - STPL
Students taking comprehensive ELD must be scheduled in this manner
What is:
Heterogenously with their grade level peers. (Double rostered with their grade level peers)
What is: Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS)
To create a mail merge using the D & F Focus Report, you need these two key documents
This is a new feature in the IGP
What is: credit recovery, intervention, acceleration or enrichment plan screen? (must select one)
This is a 5-step crisis response strategy designed to be used by educators
- Listen, Protect, Connect, Model, Teach
What is:
Psychological First Aid (PFA)
This is where you can find guidelines for school counseling programs (i.e. counseling services for each tier, action plan development)
This a nationally recognized, evidence-based framework that provides an integrated continuum of practices to enhance positive school culture and climate, and academic and social outcomes for all students
What is:
Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS)