PALS Referral Letter

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Last updated: Jul 21, 2021 by Brandi Meyers
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The  PALS (Positive Alternative Learning for Students) letter is an official notice that a parent conference was held regarding a student's behavior and that he/she is to report to the PALS location specified during the dates specified in lieu of an out-of-school suspension.

This form should be filled out by the building administrator.

Accessing the form

PATH:  Index > Student Information > General > Forms

  • Search for the student
  • Open the Forms tab
  • Click the New button at the bottom left corner of the screen

For those who only have 'read' access to the PALS Referral Form for printing purposes; you will not see anything on this screen until the form has been created by the administrator.



  • Click PALS Referral Letter


Pre-Populate the form


  • Before the form opens, prompts will appear to populate contact and flag information

                    

  • Contacts
    • Click in the box to select contacts to appear on the form
    • Note that ALL contacts related to the student will appear in the list, including the student
    • Choose the best two contacts (at least one should be a guardian) for the student
      • The first contact listed will appear on the form as "Parent/Guardian"
      • The second contact listed will appear on the form as "Alternate Contact Name"
      • See example below (this is an animated GIF, not a video, so there is no sound)

                


  • Contacts First Name / Last Name
    • Click in this box to select the contact names
    • (warning) IMPORTANT - these should be in the same order as the two contact records previously added
    • See example below (this is an animated GIF, not a video, so there is no sound)

                

  • Sp Program
    • This box will appear if the student has any flags
    • This is an optional field ... if you wish the form to reflect any flags the student has (IEP, ESL, Transportation, etc.) then you can add them here.
    • (warning) NOTE:  Be mindful of the start/end dates on the flags listed; only choose current flags
    • You can select up to three flags to appear on the form
    • See example below (this is an animated GIF, not a video, so there is no sound)

                


Create Form

  • After pre-populating records as shown above, click the Create Form button in the bottom left corner

               


Fill out Form

  • The form will appear with some information already entered, including:
    • School Name
    • Current date
    • Student #
    • Student Name
    • Student Grade Level
    • Household Address
    • Contact information (as provided above)
    • Plans/Flags (as provided above)


  • Verify that the contact information is accurate
  • Fill out the remainder of the fields as follows:
StepActionNotes
1Select the offense from the drop listLevel III offenses require prior approval
2Enter the date the assignment starts
3Enter the date the assignment ends
4Calculate the duration in days and enterMust be a whole number
5Enter the name of the person completing this form
6Enter the title of the person completing this form
7Select the PALS location
8Populate the Asthma/Allergy fields if applicable


  • Once completed, click the Save button at the bottom of the screen
  • To print the completed form, click the Print button at the bottom of the screen



Department of Accountability & Other Support Services
Division of Information Management