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Discipline Management System

Discipline Management System WOW Administrator Training Guide

Step 1 – Reaching the Discipline Management System in WOW

Login to WOW with your User ID and Password

Click the + to open SMS, then SMS500, then DIS.301

Step 2 – The Dashboard

The Dashboard contains navigation tools, an action required area, and sorting tools.

If you scroll down on the dashboard page, you will find charts and

tables related to discipline recorded in your school.

You can hover your mouse over data in the

chart to display more information about

the data. Clicking on any of this data to will

display a corresponding details page.

Clicking any of the sorting tools will update

the graphs to reflect more specific data.

Step 3 – Adding a New Incident

Click New Incident in the navigation pane to begin a new discipline incident.

Use dropdown menus

to complete page

one. Then click “Save

The Incident.”

On page two, use dropdown

menus and comment boxes

to complete the record.

List the most severe

behavior code first.

Secondary and additional

behavior codes are optional

but are limited to codes that

are of equal or lesser

severity than the primary

code.

Student name and primary

behavior code are the only

required items on this page.

Click “Save the Record”

Use dropdown menus

and comment boxes to

complete page three.

As with behavior codes,

list the most severe

action first.

Primary Action is the

only required item on

this page. However,

some actions, such as

out of school

suspension, also require

a start and end date

(See Step 6, “Action

Code Map” for details).

Click “Save the Record”

Page four displays an Incident Summary. This can be generated as a PDF with or without

comments. A customized Disciplinary Action Letter is also available.

Step 4 – Using the Search Tool

The Search Tool allows users to search for incidents with a wide

range of parameters. These include date range, grade level, location,

behavior, and many others.

Step 5 – Using Reports

The Reports Tool contains several customizable reports. For example, the

Student Summary Report below displays all discipline referrals for the selected

student in the given date range. The report is customized to display data in

descending order by date and to include notes.

Step 6 – Behavior Code Map, Action Code Map, and Updates

The Behavior

Code Map

translates old

behavior codes to

new behavior

codes.

The Action Code Map provides

administrators with new action codes. This

map also indicates which action codes

require days within the application (also

noted in Step Three).

The Updates Page displays information

about updates that are applied to the

Discipline Management System.