Tailored Training ensures your district staff have the guidance, resources, and hands-on support they need to stay ahead in SIS operations. Our training is designed to provide clear, step-by-step instructions for all district staff. Our team is constantly checking in to see what support issues are occurring so we can provide the right resources at the right time, often before issues arise.
- Bi-Weekly MIS Webinars: Live sessions that help MIS staff stay proactive with upcoming tasks and reporting requirements.
- Quarterly Administrator Webinars: Strategic sessions for district and school leaders, highlighting data insights to support informed decision-making, compliance, funding, and accountability.
- Quarterly Data Entry Webinars: Targeted reminders and best practices to ensure school-level data entry remains accurate and consistent.
- Annual Six-Part Scheduling Series: Step-by-step guidance for administrators and scheduling staff on building master schedules and fully scheduling students.
- Two Days of Personalized On-Site Training: Customized, in-district support focused on your priorities—whether structured training or one-on-one work sessions on specific projects.
Staff Help Center
Our Help Center is a complete resource hub designed as a one-stop shop for districts, packed with training videos, helpful links, and over 300 instructional articles.
Available directly through the FOCUS portal page, these resources provide district staff with on-demand access to support whenever they need it. This accessible platform ensures that staff can find the guidance they need at any time, making it easier to navigate and utilize all the features of the Focus system effectively.
New Data Entry Operator Training Course
District MIS staff have many responsibilities and limited time to train new employees. To support them, we’ve developed a comprehensive training course for new data entry staff, covering everything from foundational skills to specialized programs. The New Data Entry Operator training course includes instructional documents, training videos, and end-of-section assessments, allowing district MIS teams to track staff progress and confirm successful completion of each module.
Florida Reporting Expertise
Florida FTE reporting is complex and critical for the funding of K12 schools. Many school districts do not get all of the funding they deserve because they are unable to correct certain errors, or do not know of all the reporting options that would benefit them. Our team of Florida reporting experts help districts with complete and accurate funding to maximize FTE for our participating districts. Our extensive experience allows your MIS team to get answers right away instead of waiting weeks or months to get answers from state level contacts. We provide checklists, guidelines, and step-by-step instructions for Survey reporting that have been refined for years to ensure accurate and clean data reporting for the funding and accountability of K12 schools.
New Features & FLDOE Updates
Do you ever struggle to keep up with all the new features and functionality that FOCUS releases every week? PAEC SDS makes this easier. We hold quarterly “What’s New in FOCUS” webinars. For each of these webinars we go through all of the FOCUS release notes and QA test every item to make sure we have a full understanding of the new functionality. We then provide high level training to MIS staff on what features we recommend they implement. If there is anything we can do to help implement improvements to the system, we take that burden off your hands, allowing you to concentrate on your district specific needs.
Do you find it hard to digest all of the FLDOE legislative and student database updates? We make this so much easier by analyzing every state level change, making sure FOCUS implements all of the updates on their end, and then handling any changes the district needs to implement for you like renaming select options or fields. We then provide one concise webinar each year that highlights the important changes for MIS staff and provide you with step-by-step instructions on the specific things you need to complete for your district like field permissions.
