• Synergy Training Updates

    Teacher Training Timeline

    Building Synergy Leads - received training April 14 - 17

    August 13th and 20th - Refresher for Building Synergy Leads

    August 25th or 26th - 4 hour training on LID day (Gradebook Setup, Adding Assignments & Canvas Grade passback,  Attendance and Seating Charts, Reporting Minor and Major Discipline Incidents, seeing StudentVUE, communication with parents)

    August 25 - September 5th - Open Virtual Office Hours support - zoom in to get quick questions answered or help walking through a process

    Training throughout the year:

    • October - Secondary Report Card
    • January - Middle School & Elementary Report Card
    • January 20 - 23 - Report Card virtual office hours
    • February - Possible New Feature training
    • February & May - Course Requests and Master Schedule Building (primarily for Admin, Registrars and some Counslors)

     

    March 26, 2025

    Dates to be aware of:

    April 14th - All SIS users (excluding teachers) will receive an email on April 14th with the following:

    • Directions for viewing their Learning Pathway and earning the Certification Badge for their role
    • Schedule of In-Person training options with links to sign up for sessions in Frontline
    • Access to the Synergy Training Orientation and Basic Navigation Modules that they can begin completing right away.

    May 27 - June 18

    • All SIS users will be asked to complete all of their training (online, in-person or any combination) before the end of the school year
    • In-person locations will be offered at both the CRC and Heatherwood MS/Jackson HS
    • The Canvas course will be available over the summer as a resource or for review

    Summer Training

    • Refresher Training will be offered during Kick Off meetings based on job roles 
    • Summer refreshers will be focused on more hands-on, immediate job tasks. 

    Teacher Training

    • Teachers will receive training from their Building Synergy Leads on one of the LID days in August.

     

    March 14 2025

    SIS users were asked to verify the role category they fall into to make sure we place them in the correct training group. Roles can be seen in this document. 

     

    January 27, 2025

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    The LMS department is using a tool called Scribe.com to create dynamic how to guides for our upcoming Synergy Training in May/June.

     On February 14th we will be pushing out the Scribe Extension to all staff.

     You will be able to access basic How To Scribes without using the extension.

     However, if you create an account to sign into the Scribe extension you’ll have the added benefit of using the Sidekick/Guide Me feature. This allows you to have the Scribe open next to the Synergy window you are working in and as you click on the correct Synergy buttons it will move you through the Scribe automatically.

     This extension and Sidekick/Guide Me will be especially helpful if you’ll be learning on a laptop or only have access to one screen.

     More information about signing onto the extension will be coming closer to February 14th and will not immediately needed until training begins at the end of May.

     If you’d like to add the Scribe extension yourself you can check out this Scribe (How to Install Scribe Extension for Chrome).

     

    November 7, 2024

    Our Student Information Systems (SIS) staff is currently being trained and are working on the configuration and setup tasks needed to make Synergy work for Everett Public Schools. As we learn more, we are developing the training that will be provided for staff beginning this spring. 

    Training goals:

    • Offer choice: Offer both in-person and asynchronous learning options as well as multiple dates and times to give staff the flexibility to learn in ways that are best for them
    • Create opportunities for repetition: The first round of training will occur in the Spring and then a 2nd round of refresher training in August and into the Fall.
    • Provide support in multiple modes: All staff will have access to the resources in the asynchronous course as well as on-demand how-to videos and visual/text directions. Open office hours will be available after we go live with Synergy for drop-in assistance.

    Training Groups: all of these groups currently interact with our SIS systems. Each group will receive role-specific training. If you use one of tools Synergy will replace, but don't feel you are represented in one of these groups, please put in a help desk ticket and let us know.

    • Elementary Office Staff
    • Secondary Counselors
    • Building Admin
    • Secondary Attendance Secretaries
    • Secondary Schedulers, Registrars & Data Specialists
    • Elementary Counselors, Other Secondary OPs, Athletics, and other Cert Staff
    • Central Office Administrators, Directors, and Exec staff
    • CRC Office Staff and Professional Technical Staff
    • Nurses and HRAs
    • OTG Success Coordinators
    • Drug /Alcohol & Student Support Advocates
    • Other SIS Users (Field Techs, School Psychs, SLPs, OT/PT, Special Ed limited users, Security, Admin paras, Food Service)
    • Special Ed Staff
    • Teachers

    Calendar: Below are the dates we have firmly scheduled and the majority of them are in April and May. Check back frequently as more will be added soon.