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FNS User Manual - PSTTT
Contents
GLOSSARY .............................................................................................................................................................. 5
INFORMATION ICONS: “I” ...................................................................................................................................... 5
1
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................ 6
1.1 ACCESSIBILITY ......................................................................................................................................................6
1.1.1
Keyboard Navigation .............................................................................................................................6
1.2 OVERVIEW ..........................................................................................................................................................8
1.2.1
Key Information .....................................................................................................................................8
1.2.2
Site Header.............................................................................................................................................8
1.2.3
Site Footer ..............................................................................................................................................8
1.3 USER CATEGORIES AND ROLES ................................................................................................................................8
1.4 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES OR ASSISTANCE ..................................................................................................................9
2
LOGGING IN AND CREATING A USER PROFILE ............................................................................................... 9
2.1 PSTTT PAGE (THE “ABOUT” PAGE) .........................................................................................................................9
2.2 PSTTT PAGE ELEMENTS ......................................................................................................................................11
2.3 LOGIN TO PSTTT - EAUTHENTICATION ...................................................................................................................11
2.3.1
Create a New eAuthentication Account ...............................................................................................12
2.4 CREATE YOUR PROFILE – FIRST TIME ENTRY ONLY ....................................................................................................13
2.4.1
Available User Categories, Roles, and Job Titles ..................................................................................13
2.4.2
Step 1: Create User Profile ...................................................................................................................15
2.4.3
Step 2a: Create User Profile – School User Category ...........................................................................16
2.4.4
Step 2b: Create User Profile – State User Category .............................................................................18
2.4.5
Step 2c: Create User Profile – USDA User Category .............................................................................18
2.5 ADDING A NEW SCHOOL DISTRICT (SCHOOL USER CATEGORY ONLY) ...........................................................................19
2.6 ADDING A NEW SCHOOL (SCHOOL USER CATEGORY ONLY) ........................................................................................20
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PSTTT HOME PAGE (DASHBOARD) .............................................................................................................. 21
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
3.6
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PSTTT INTRODUCTION TEXT ................................................................................................................................22
CALENDAR COUNTDOWN .....................................................................................................................................22
TRAINING CERTIFICATE ........................................................................................................................................22
TRAINING BADGES EARNED ..................................................................................................................................24
RECENT TRAININGS .............................................................................................................................................24
EMAIL REMINDERS .............................................................................................................................................24
TOP NAVIGATION MENUS .......................................................................................................................... 25
4.1 HOME MENU ....................................................................................................................................................26
4.2 TRAINING MENU ................................................................................................................................................26
4.2.1
Log Training .........................................................................................................................................27
4.2.1.1
4.2.1.2
4.2.1.3
4.2.1.4
4.2.2
Training Title List ..................................................................................................................................34
4.2.2.1
4.2.2.2
4.2.2.3
4.2.2.4
4.2.3
Training Details .......................................................................................................................................... 30
Edit Training ............................................................................................................................................... 31
Upload Training Documents ...................................................................................................................... 32
Delete Training ........................................................................................................................................... 33
Training Title Details .................................................................................................................................. 35
Add New Training Title ............................................................................................................................... 36
Edit Training Title ....................................................................................................................................... 38
Delete Training Title ................................................................................................................................... 39
View Logged Certifications ..................................................................................................................39
4.2.3.1
4.2.3.2
Add New Certification ................................................................................................................................ 40
View Certification....................................................................................................................................... 41
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4.2.3.3
4.2.3.4
Edit Certification ........................................................................................................................................ 42
Delete a Certification ................................................................................................................................. 43
4.3 REPORTS MENU .................................................................................................................................................43
4.3.1
Selecting the Report Type ....................................................................................................................44
4.3.1.1
4.3.1.2
4.3.1.3
Detailed Report .......................................................................................................................................... 44
Summary Report ........................................................................................................................................ 45
Summary Reports by a Criterion ................................................................................................................ 45
4.3.2
Viewing Report Output ........................................................................................................................46
4.4 HELP MENU ......................................................................................................................................................47
4.4.1
Online Resources ..................................................................................................................................47
4.4.2
User Guide............................................................................................................................................48
4.4.3
Training Video ......................................................................................................................................48
4.4.3.1
4.4.3.2
The Current Video Catalogue ..................................................................................................................... 49
Training Video Controls.............................................................................................................................. 50
4.4.4
Contact Us ............................................................................................................................................51
4.5 WELCOME USER ................................................................................................................................................52
4.5.1
My Training History .............................................................................................................................52
4.5.2
My Certifications ..................................................................................................................................53
4.5.3
Print My Certificates ............................................................................................................................53
4.5.4
User Profile...........................................................................................................................................54
4.5.5
Edit User Profile ...................................................................................................................................55
4.5.6
Log Out.................................................................................................................................................56
4.5.6.1
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Session Time-Out ....................................................................................................................................... 56
MANAGER AND DIRECTOR-SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS ........................................................................................ 57
5.1 CHANGES TO THE STANDARD FUNCTIONS – EMAIL REMINDERS ...................................................................................57
5.2 CHANGES TO THE STANDARD FUNCTIONS – TRAININGS ..............................................................................................57
5.2.1
View Logged Trainings .........................................................................................................................58
5.2.2
Log Training .........................................................................................................................................59
5.2.3
Training Details ....................................................................................................................................60
5.2.3.1
5.2.3.2
5.2.3.3
5.2.4
Training Details Page – Back to List Button ................................................................................................ 61
Delete an Existing Training Record ............................................................................................................ 61
Log Certification ......................................................................................................................................... 61
Edit Training .........................................................................................................................................62
5.2.4.1
5.2.4.2
Add Employees to an Existing Training Record .......................................................................................... 62
Remove Employees from an Existing Training Record ............................................................................... 62
5.2.5
Bulk Import of Trainings .......................................................................................................................63
5.2.6
Training Title List - Managing Training Titles ......................................................................................68
5.2.7
Training Title List - Generate Training Titles List ..................................................................................68
5.2.8
Training Title List – Bulk Import of Training Titles ...............................................................................68
5.2.9
Generate Training Titles List ................................................................................................................73
5.2.10 View Logged Certifications ..................................................................................................................73
5.3 CHANGES TO THE STANDARD FUNCTIONS – REPORTS ................................................................................................74
5.3.1
Selecting Employees.............................................................................................................................74
5.3.1.1
5.3.1.2
5.3.1.3
Selecting Employees – School User Category ............................................................................................ 74
Selecting Employees – State User Category ............................................................................................... 75
Selecting Employees – USDA User Category .............................................................................................. 76
5.3.2
Summary Report - Include Employees Without Trainings ....................................................................76
5.4 CHANGES TO THE STANDARD FUNCTIONS – WELCOME MENU ....................................................................................77
5.5 EMPLOYEES MENU .............................................................................................................................................77
5.5.1
When Is an Employee “Active” And Visible To Me ...............................................................................78
5.5.2
View Employee List ..............................................................................................................................78
5.5.3
Print Certificates ..................................................................................................................................80
5.5.4
Create User Profile ...............................................................................................................................81
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5.5.5
5.5.6
5.5.7
5.5.8
5.5.9
5.5.10
5.5.11
5.5.12
Upload Bulk Employee Profiles ............................................................................................................82
Search Employees ................................................................................................................................88
View Employee User Profile .................................................................................................................89
View User History .................................................................................................................................90
Edit Historical User Profile ...................................................................................................................90
Deactivate Employees ..........................................................................................................................91
Reactivate Employees ..........................................................................................................................93
Manage Schools (School User Category Only) .....................................................................................93
5.5.12.1
5.5.12.2
5.5.13
5.5.14
Generate School List ............................................................................................................................96
Manage School Districts (School User Category Only) .........................................................................96
5.5.14.1
5.6
Create New School ..................................................................................................................................... 94
Edit School ................................................................................................................................................. 95
Edit School District ..................................................................................................................................... 96
HELP MENU ......................................................................................................................................................97
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Glossary
Acronym
PSTTT
FNS
USDA
* (Use of the asterisk)
Description
Professional Standards Training Tracker Tool
Food and Nutrition Service
United States Department of Agriculture
On form pages within PSTTT, the asterisk character is used to
note that the field is required for the form shown on the page.
Information Icons: “i”
Some fields on some pages within the application have a small, blue circle icons labeled “i”
(in white italic text). These are information icons that, when clicked, provide information
relevant to the field to which they are associated.
Below is an example of the information that will pop up when clicking the “i” icon. This
page shows the Manager role’s Edit Training, pop-up text window:
This manual has sections dedicated to each page. We will be showing the specific wording
for each information icon with the page on which it appears.
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1
Introduction
The Web-based Professional Standards Training Tracker Tool (PSTTT) has been created by
the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), an agency of the United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA), to provide an easy and accessible way for school nutrition
professionals to keep track of their annually required training hours.
The web-based Professional Standards Training Tracker Tool (PSTTT) provides users with
many improved features, including:
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Database of training titles which allow users to select the course information and
have additional elements such as length of the course (i.e. training hours) and
training provider to auto-populate.
User controls that allow them to add, edit, upload training documents, or delete
training records for themselves.
Manager controls that allow managers to inherit employees/staff based upon the
manager’s user profile settings, to maintain training records for their
employees/staff, including logging a training record for multiple people at the same
time.
Provide all users with information regarding:
o How many training courses they have logged,
o What types/categories of training were provided in the training course (i.e.
Key Area, Training Topic, and Learning Objectives),
o Length of the training for each course, and
o How many hours remain to be completed to fulfill the annual training
requirement.
Additional databases of schools built from the Department of Education
information, which will allow users to quickly select their school. If needed, schoolrelated users can also Add New Schools into this database.
There are other time-saving features, such as: reports, and the auto-population of
school contact information, and making this tool more user-friendly and easier to
navigate.
Accessibility
Please report website accessibility problems to [email protected] via email or using the
Contact Us feature of the application (as described in Section 4.4.4). In your message,
include the page address or URL and the specific problems you have encountered.
1.1.1
Keyboard Navigation
The PSTTT application can be navigated without a mouse using the keyboard only. Use the
following shortcuts to navigate PSTTT screens:
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Menus:
o Tab and Shift + Tab to move between items in the main menu
o Down Arrow to open a menu
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o Tab and Shift + Tab to move between sub-menus
o Enter to open a sub-menu
Accordions:
o Up and Down Arrows to move between accordions
o Enter to open an accordion
o Enter to collapse an accordion
o Tab to move down within accordion body
o Shift + Tab to move up within accordion body
o Shift + Tab to move up from accordion body to the accordion header
Text Fields:
o Tab into a text field, type in a value, then Tab to the next control
Drop-downs:
o Tab into a drop-down and use Up and Down Arrows to select a value, then Tab
to the next control
Radio Buttons:
o Tab into a radio button group and use Left and Right Arrows to select a value,
then Tab to the next control
Buttons:
o Tab onto a button, then press Enter to activate it
Links:
o Tab onto a link, then press Enter to activate it
Tooltips:
o Tab onto a tooltip anchor (“i” in a circle) to bring up the tooltip bubble with text
o Tab off a tooltip anchor to close the tooltip bubble with text
Pagination Controls:
o Tab between page number buttons
o Enter on page number button to display the corresponding page
o Enter on First, Last, Next, and Previous buttons to display the corresponding page
Training Video Page and Video Player:
o Tab between the Chapter headings, and use Enter to expand a Chapter. Tab
between the sub-chapters. Use Shift+Tab to go back. Use Enter on a sub-chapter
heading to load it into the video player.
o Tab onto the video player, then
o Tab onto the main Play button that overlays the video, then
o Tab to video player controls
o Tab to move between video player controls
o Shift + Tab to move backwards between video player controls
o Enter to press the Play buttons
o Tab onto the Progress Bar and use Left and Right Arrows to scroll, Tab off
o Tab onto the Caption Control and use Up and Down Arrows to choose None or a
Language, Tab off
o Tab onto the Full Screen Control and use Enter to activate full screen mode,
Escape to exit
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1.2
Overview
1.2.1
Key Information
Site URL: https://pstrainingtracker.fns.usda.gov/
1.2.2
Site Header
The site header is a collection of images showing the following:
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USDA Logo Image
USDA Department Name: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Site Title: Professional Standards Training Tracker Tool
Image of 5 smiling people representing the Nutrition Professionals who might be
logging their required training in PSTTT
Site Footer
The site footer contains 12 hyperlinks arranged at the bottom of the page. The links found
in the footer remain consistent throughout the application. There are no other objects in
the footer, except these links. Here are the links available:
• FNS (https://www.fns.usda.gov/)
• CNPP (https://www.fns.usda.gov/cnpp)
• USDA (https://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome)
• FOIA (https://www.dm.usda.gov/foia/)
• USDA Policies and Links (https://www.usda.gov/policies-and-links)
• Accessibility Statement (https://www.fns.usda.gov/web-accessibility-statement)
• Privacy Policy (https://www.usda.gov/privacy-policy)
• Information Quality (https://www.fns.usda.gov/information-quality)
• No Fear Act (http://www.usda.gov/nofear/fns/indexfns.html)
• Nondiscrimination Statement (https://www.fns.usda.gov/usda-nondiscriminationstatement)
• USA.gov (https://www.usa.gov/)
• Whitehouse.gov (https://www.whitehouse.gov/)
1.3
User Categories and Roles
PSTTT has three User Categories:
1. SCHOOL: Any user belonging to school type organization. Refer to School Types
Guidance Chart for more information.
2. STATE: State Agency Personnel
3. USDA: USDA Staff.
Within each User Category, users are assigned a Role:
1. Director: responsible for tracking and recording training hours for all staff in the
district/organization
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2. Manager: responsible for tracking and recording training hours for only staff you
supervise (ex. Supervisor for one or more schools, but not the entire district)
3. Employee or Staff: responsible for tracking and recording training hours only for
yourself
4. Training Director (Multiple Districts): responsible for tracking and recording training
hours for all staff in multiple school districts.
1.4
Additional Resources or Assistance
This manual has been put together to walk users through the general usage steps. If there
are additional questions or concerns, please send an email to: [email protected].
2
Logging In and Creating a User Profile
In order to log into PSTTT, the users must have an USDA eAuthentication account for
PSTTT. The USDA eAuthentication account allows the user to enter USDA Website portals
and applications using a login and password.
USDA eAuthentication accounts are created and managed outside of the Professional
Standards Training Tracker Tool (PSTTT). The chapter sections will walk you through the
user account creation and login steps.
2.1
PSTTT Page (the “About” page)
This is the page that will display each time you come back to the main site URL (see graphic
of the page below).
It provides the user with:
• the site’s OMB Number and Expiration Date
• a site summary text area, including a hyperlink for the Professional Standards site
• an USDA eAuthentication information text area (i.e. this section has a blue outline,
and starts with “PLEASE NOTE”)
o Includes a hyperlink to direct the user to create a new USDA eAuthentication
account
• a contact email for users needing login assistance
• the OMB Burden statement
• the “Login with eAuth Account” button
• and the bottom navigation bar linking to other USDA, FNS, and government sites
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2.2
PSTTT Page Elements
The tracking tool’s “About” page contains all the elements needed to access the tool.
All users who currently hold an eAuthentication account, can continue to enter the site by
clicking on “Login with eAuth Account” button at the bottom of the page. Please see Section
2.3 “Login to PSTTT – eAuthentication” of this manual for more information.
To create a new eAuthentication account the user would click the “Create Account” link.
Please see Section 2.3.12.3.1, “Create a New eAuthentication Account” of this manual for
more information.
The eAuthentication section, also contains two training video links. These videos will walk
users through creating an eAuthentication account and setting up their profile inside
PSTTT (required at when logging in for the very first time).
2.3
Login to PSTTT - eAuthentication
The user clicks the “Login with eAuth Account” button, on the “About” page. The user will
be sent to the eAuthentication Login page. This page provides User ID and Password fields,
links that will allow you to recover a forgotten ID or Password or to Change your Password,
and a “Register” and “Login” buttons. It also provides a lot of information regarding the
eAuthentication system.
To login the user should enter in their eAuthentication account User ID and Password and
click the “Login” button.
The “Register” button may also be used to create an account. Please see Section 2.3.1
“Create a New eAuthentication Account” of this manual. The eAuthentication section of the
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“About” page, contains a link to the “Create a new eAuth Account” video. This video will
show how to create an eAuth Account.
Please see the image of the eAuthentication Login page below. This manual does not cover
the function of the eAuthentication system, as it is separate from PSTTT.
2.3.1
Create a New eAuthentication Account
After the user clicks the “Create Account” hyperlink in the eAuthentication section of the
“About” page, or the “Register” button on the eAuthentication site, they will be brought to
the eAuthentication Account Registration page. The user will be asked to select type of user
(Customer or USDA Employee), enter in the email address, and submit.
A confirmation page will be displayed with a message stating that an email was sent to the
email address entered. Clicking the “Confirm email address” button provided in the email
message will redirect the user to the eAuth registration page to complete the registration
process to enter in the name and create a password. The email address will become the
eAuthentication ID.
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2.4
Create Your Profile – First Time Entry Only
Once you have created your eAuthentication account, you can return to PSTTT and use
your User ID and Password to login to the tool. For your initial account login, the tool will
prompt you to create a user account in PSTTT.
NOTE: If a non-eAuthenticated user account has been already created for you by your
manager with the email address, first name, and last name matching your
eAuthentication account, the two accounts will automatically be combined in the
Training Tool. In this case, you will not be asked to create a new profile when logging
in for the first time, and you will see training records if any were logged for you
previously.
2.4.1
Available User Categories, Roles, and Job Titles
It is important that you select the correct User Category, Role, and Job Title while creating
your account.
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User Category will determine the organizational structure your account will be
associated with. For example, School users will need to select a school district and
one or more schools to be associated with.
Role will determine the functionality available to you, and the set of data you will be
able to view.
Job Title will determine your number of required training hours.
PSTTT has three User Categories:
1. SCHOOL: Any user belonging to school type organization. Refer to School Types
Guidance Chart for more information.
2. STATE: State Agency Personnel
3. USDA: USDA Staff.
Within each User Category, users are assigned a Role:
1. Director: responsible for tracking and recording training hours for all staff in the
district/organization
2. Training Director (Multiple Districts): responsible for tracking and recording
training hours for all staff in multiple districts
3. Manager: responsible for tracking and recording training hours for only staff you
supervise (ex. Supervisor for one or more schools, but not the entire district)
4. Employee or Staff Role: responsible for tracking and recording training hours only
for yourself
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Each User Category and Role combination gives user access to one or more Job Titles. See
the table below for the available User Category, Role, and Job Title combinations:
User Category
Role
Job Title
TRAINING DIRECTOR
(Multiple Districts)
School Food Authority - District Director
School Food Authority - Assistant Director
School Food Authority - Staff Manager
School Food Authority - Staff Full Time
School Food Authority - Staff Part Time
School Food Authority - Non-Food Service
Employee
School Food Authority – Volunteer
School Food Authority - Staff Manager
School Food Authority - Staff Full Time
School Food Authority - Staff Part Time
School Food Authority - Non-Food Service
Employee
School Food Authority – Volunteer
State Agency – Director
State Agency - Assistant Director
State Agency – Staff
State Agency – Staff
DIRECTOR
SCHOOL
MANAGER
EMPLOYEE
DIRECTOR
STATE
MANAGER
USDA
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School Food Authority - Training Director
STAFF
MANAGER
MANAGER with Admin
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State Agency – Staff
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2.4.2
Step 1: Create User Profile
The “Create User Profile” page will automatically open when user logs in to PSTTT for the
first time.
The first seven fields on the “Create User Profile” page will display for any user role.
Required fields are denoted by the asterisk (*).
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First Name – required, read-only; pre-populated from the eAuthentication system.
Last Name – required, read-only; pre-populated from the eAuthentication system.
Employee Number – optional; employee ID or number in your system.
Hiring Date – required; enter your date of hire for your current position.
Business or Work Email – required, read-only; pre-populated from the
eAuthentication system.
Category – required; select the most appropriate value from the list: SCHOOL,
STATE, or USDA.
Role – required; select the most appropriate value from the list of values based on
the Category you selected.
Job Title – required; select the most appropriate value from the list of values based
on the Category and Role you selected.
The set of fields displayed further on the “Create User Profile” page will depend on your
User Category, Role and Job Title selections. Please see Sections 2.4.3 – 2.4.5 for more
information.
The following actions are available:
• Create – save the data entered to create your user profile.
• Cancel – cancel all the changes and log out.
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When finished with all required fields, click “Create” button to create your user profile. A
confirmation dialog will be displayed.
You will be able to edit your profile settings later using the “Edit User Profile” page as
described in Section 4.5.5.
2.4.3
Step 2a: Create User Profile – School User Category
The following fields are available for a user in the SCHOOL User Category. Required fields
are denoted by the asterisk (*).
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State – required; select the most appropriate value from the list.
School District – required; select the most appropriate value from the list of values
based on the State you selected. Type the first letter of the school district name into
this field to have it jump to the closest match, then continue selection from the dropdown.
NOTE: If your School District is not in the list, Director users can add a new school
district (Refer to Section 2.5 for instructions). Manager and Employee-users can send
requests to add a new district to [email protected].
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School – required for Manager (multiple selection) and Employee (single selection)
roles; select the most appropriate value from the list of values based on the School
District you selected. School name is followed by its zip code in parenthesis. Type
the first letter of the school district name into this field to have it jump to the closest
match, then continue selection from the drop-down.
“Add New District” button – available only for Director Role; click this button to
add a new district. For more information see Section 2.5.
“Add New School” button – not available for Director Role; click this button to add
a new school. For more information see Section 2.6.
Manager – not available for Director Role; select the most appropriate value from
the list of values based on the School District you selected.
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School Director view:
NOTE: To manage multiple school districts, create a Director account and then contact
FNS staff at [email protected] with the request to grant the Training Director
(Multiple Districts) role.
School Manager view:
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School Employee view:
Press the “Create” button to save your selections. See Sections 4.5.4 and 4.5.5 for
information on how to view and edit your profile.
2.4.4
Step 2b: Create User Profile – State User Category
The following fields are available for a user in the STATE User Category:
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State – required; select the value for your State Agency from the list.
Manager – not available for Director role; select the most appropriate value from
the list of values based on the State you selected.
Step 2c: Create User Profile – USDA User Category
The following fields are available for a user in the USDA User Category. Required fields are
denoted by the asterisk (*).
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FNS Office – required; select the value for your USDA FNS Offices’ registered
location from the list.
Manager – select the most appropriate value from the list of values based on the
USDA FNS Office you selected.
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2.5
Adding a New School District (School User Category
Only)
Clicking the “Add New District” button opens Add New District pop-up. You will need to
select your State and School District on the “Create User Profile” page before clicking the
“Add New School” button because users are only allowed to add schools to their school
district, and the corresponding fields are not editable on the pop-up dialog.
The following fields are available on Add New District pop-up. Required fields are denoted
by the asterisk (*).
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State/Territory – required.
County – required, populated based on the State selected.
District Name – required; enter your district name.
Zip – required; enter mailing address zip code.
NOTE: The combination of the District Name and County is required to be unique.
The following actions are available:
• Save – save the data entered to create a new school district record.
• Cancel – cancel all the changes and close the Add New District dialog.
Fill out the required fields and then click Save. You will return to the previous “Create User
Profile” page where you will be able to make the selection in the School District field.
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2.6
Adding a New School (School User Category Only)
Clicking the “Add New School” button opens Add New School pop-up. You will need to
select your State and School District on the “Create User Profile” page before clicking the
“Add New School” button because users are only allowed to add schools to their school
district, and the corresponding fields are not editable on the pop-up dialog.
The following fields are available on Add New School pop-up. Required fields are denoted
by the asterisk (*).
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State/Territory – required; populated with your State.
School District – required; populated with your District.
School Type – required. Please select your school type.
School Name – required. Please enter the full, official school name.
Address – Please enter the street address.
City – required. Please enter the City from the School’s mailing address.
Zip – required. Please enter the Zip Code from the School’s mailing address.
NOTE: The combination of the School Name and Zip is required to be unique.
The following actions are available:
• Save – save the data entered to create a new school record.
• Cancel – cancel all the changes and close the Add New School dialog.
Fill out the required fields and then click Save. You will return to the previous “Create User
Profile” page where you will be able to make the selection in the School(s) field.
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PSTTT Home Page (Dashboard)
After logging into PSTTT, the user will see the “Home” page displayed. This page can also be
accessed from the Top Navigation Menu by using the “Home” button.
The “Home” page displays:
1. the site header, top navigation menus, and a small introduction paragraph on the
purpose of PSTTT
2. the training calendar countdown – how many hours are required and how many
days are left,
3. training badges earned (if any),
4. the list of up to 5 most recent trainings sorted first by the school year, and the by
Date Completed.
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3.1
PSTTT Introduction Text
3.2
Calendar Countdown
This section of text provides the user with a welcome statement, and a recap of the changes
that users can expect in the current version.
Each nutrition professional is required to meet a minimum training standard each year.
The actual value needed is determined by the job title of the user.
This function provides the user with the current date, the number of hours left to meet the
training requirement, and how many days are left in the school year - in order to meet their
goal. (The school year starts/ends on July 1st of a given year.)
Once a user has met the minimum training requirements, this message will change to a
Congratulations message, and will allow the user to print out a certificate for use in their
annual/periodic review by pressing the “Print/Save Certificate” button.
3.3
Training Certificate
After you click the “Print/Save Certificate” button, a PDF certificate will display with the
following information listed:
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Your Full Name
Employee Number
Job Title
Required Training Hours
Completed Training Hours
Today’s Date
School Year
Training Badges Earned
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The Download and Print options appear as a floating bar towards the bottom of the page
containing the Save a Copy, Print (Ctrl + P), Page Up (grayed out), Page Down (grayed out),
1 (Go to a specific page) / 1 (Total number of pages), Zoom Out, Zoom In, Show Adobe
Acrobat Reader Toolbar symbol controls.
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3.4
Training Badges Earned
Make the completion of annual training requirement exciting by rewarding and motivating
staff with badges.
Each of the trainings covers topics in one or more Key Areas:
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Nutrition
Operations
Administration
Communications and Marketing
To earn a badge for a particular Key Area for a school year, the user needs to complete two
trainings covering topics from that key area:
At the same time, a user earns a cumulative achievement badge, which reflects the number
of Key Area badges earned: a Bronze badge for one Key Area badge earned, Silver for two,
Gold for three, and Platinum for four:
3.5
Recent Trainings
Recent Trainings are also displayed on the “Home” page. This data area displays the
Training Title, School Year, Date Completed, and Hours Completed for the last 5 trainings
logged - according to the Date Completed.
This data is displayed in a table format on the page.
3.6
Email Reminders
PSTTT sends out automatic email reminders for users to complete their required training
hours twice a year, on April 1st and October 1st. Individual emails are sent to users who
have not completed their required training hours. Users who have no required training
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hours assigned based on their Job Title or have completed their required training hours do
not get an individual email.
The emails are titled “Reminder to Complete the Required Professional Standards Training
Hours for the School Year” and have the following format:
The email will be sent from the [email protected] email address. Please do not reply to
this email.
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Top Navigation Menus
PSTTT main menus are located at the top of the page. The menu items remain consistent
throughout the site.
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Home - Returns the user to the site Dashboard, showing recent trainings and a
Calendar Countdown message.
Training - Provides access to view the Training Title list and to Log Training
(record a completed training).
Reports - Opens the reports area where a user may print reports.
Help - The user will find the User Guide, Training Videos, and Contact Us in this
menu.
Welcome ‘User Name’ - Provides navigation to the user’s Profile, Training History,
Certificates, and site Logout. The username field is customized for each user, in the
menu header.
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A user signed on will have the ability to track their own required training hours, print a
certificate once required hours are met, and run detailed or summary reports.
The Manager User has expanded options available to them. For their own records, they
have access to everything that a school or state agency employee user would be able to
access. In addition, the Manager role has access to the “Employees” menu, which provides
an Employee Search feature, and a virtual roster. Managers may add, edit or delete training
records for any employee on their roster. Please see the Functions/Features of Manager
Users for more details on the additional privileges granted to Manager Users.
All pages accessible from the top navigation menu, will display the site header and footer
sections. As we go through the following pages, we will focus on the main content for each
page.
4.1
Home Menu
This top navigation bar and the buttons/menus on it are accessible from anywhere on the
site.
The “Home” top navigation button will take the user back to the “Home” page.
4.2
Training Menu
The “Training” dropdown menu has the following options:
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Log Training – enter new trainings
Training Title List – view training titles available
View Logged Certifications – view logged certifications.
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4.2.1
Log Training
The “Log Training” option under the “Training” menu opens the “Log Training” page which
allows users to enter in all the relevant information related to their training that they are in
the process of completing or have completed.
The “Log Training” page has two groups: the training information and the Employee
selection.
The following training information will display for any user role: Training Title, Training
Categories, Training Provider, Training Format, Training Length (Hours and Minutes),
Completion Date, School Year, and Comments. Required fields are denoted by the asterisk
(*).
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Training Title – required; a dynamic search field.
○ Enter a few letters or a word, and a drop-down populated with the training titles
matching the string entered will be displayed.
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○ Training title information is displayed in the following format: Training Title
(Training Provider, Training Format)
○ Search is performed on Training Title and Training Provider values.
○ Enter more words to narrow down the selection until the best possible match is
found.
○ Click on the training title to select it.
○ If the training title you are searching for is not listed, click the “Add New
Training Title” button to create it (see Section 4.2.2.2).
Training Categories – required; a combination checkbox field that is populated
once a Training Title is selected.
○ Select all combinations that apply by clicking on checkboxes.
○ Use the “Select all Training Categories in the table below” checkbox to select all
rows.
○ The training categories available for a training are set when a training title is
created in the database. If there is a category needed for a training that is not
available, please contact the PSTTT help at [email protected].
Training Provider – a non-editable field that displays the provider of the selected
Training Title.
Training Format – a non-editable field that displays the format of the selected
Training Title.
Training Length (Hours and Minutes) – non-editable fields that display the
duration of the selected Training Title.
Completion Date – required; completion date of the training. Use the calendar
option to select a date. The date cannot be in the future.
School Year - required; the school year for the training. Use the drop-down to select
a value.
Comments – enter comments, if any.
The Employee selection field allows the user to select their name for the training to be
documented.
○ Employee Name, Employee Number, and Role are listed for the employee, and
for School User Category employee their schools are listed as well.
○ This is a required field, so the checkbox must be selected.
The Search field narrows down the selection of employees when you type in one or more
keywords, but you will not need to use it since you will only see your own name in the
table.
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NOTE: If your Hiring Date is after the School Year selected for this training, or your PSTTT
account was inactive during the School Year selected, the Employee selection field will be
empty.
The following actions are available:
• Log Training – save the data entered to save a new training record.
• Cancel – return to Dashboard.
After entering all the required information, press the “Log Training” button to save a new
training record.
NOTE: Data entered will be checked for the employee selected to make sure no
duplicate training records are being created. Uniqueness of a training record is
determined by checking the combination of Employee, Training Title, Completion
Date, and School Year.
If duplicate trainings are found, user is notified by an error message:
NOTE: Data entered will be checked for the employee selected to make sure that
training’s Completion Date is during a period when employee’s PSTTT account was
active.
If the Completion Date does not fall into a period when the employee’s PSTTT account was
active, user is notified by an error message:
Press the “Close” button on the dialog, and then correct the data and press the “Log
Training” button again.
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Once the training is successfully saved, user is notified by a confirmation dialog:
Press the “Close” button on the confirmation dialog to go to the “Training Details” page (see
Section 4.2.1.1). Training information can be later edited if necessary – see Section 4.2.1.2.
4.2.1.1 Training Details
The “Training Details” page provides a view of all the details for the training.
The following information is shown for the training:
• Training Title
• Training Categories – combinations of Key Area, Training Topic, and Learning
Objective selected
• Training Provider
• Completion Date
• School Year
• Length of Training
• Comments
• Employees – a list of employees who participated in this training.
NOTE: Inactive employees who participated in the training, if any, will be listed in the
“Invalid Employees” section below the “Employee” section.
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Training Documents – documents uploaded
Certifications Logged – associated certifications logged by user or Manager (see
Section 4.2.3)
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The following actions are available:
• Back to List – returns the user to the User’s “Training History” page or “View
Logged Trainings” page.
• Edit Training – opens the “Edit Training” page.
• Upload Training Documents – opens the “Upload Training Documents” page.
• Delete – allows the user to completely delete the training record and any
documents uploaded.
NOTE: A user may edit, upload documents for, or delete training records for
which the user has proper authority over all the training attendees.
If even one attendee is not under the user’s authority, then the “Training Details” page will
display the message below, and “Back to List” will be the only button available:
NOTE: This training record cannot be modified or deleted. Please contact
[email protected] for assistance.
4.2.1.2 Edit Training
To edit a specific training record, press the “Edit Training” button on the “Training Details”
page as described in the previous section. The “Update Training” page displays the same set
of fields as the “Log Training” page (see Section 4.2.1), however, the Training Title field is
not editable.
The user can change the following information:
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Training Categories – required; a combination checkbox field that is populated
once.
Completion Date – required; completion date of the training. Use the calendar
option to select a date. The date cannot be in the future.
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School Year - required; the school year for the training. Use the drop-down to select
a value.
Comments – enter comments, if any.
Employee selected.
The following actions are available:
• Save Training – save the data entered to update training records.
• Cancel – cancel all the changes and return to the “Training Details” page.
NOTE: Data entered will be confirmed for the employee selected to make sure no
duplicate training records are being created. Uniqueness of a training record is
determined by checking the combination of Employee, Training Title, Completion
Date, and School Year.
If duplicate trainings are found, user is notified by an error message listing all employees.
Press the “Close” button on the dialog, and then correct the data and press the “Save
Training” button again.
Once the training is successfully saved, user is notified by a confirmation dialog.
Press the “Close” button on the confirmation dialog to go to the “Training Details” page (see
Section 4.2.1.1).
4.2.1.3 Upload Training Documents
Training classes often have informative handouts, and other elements that some people
would like to keep with their training records. Use the Upload Training Documents
functionality to upload documents for your training.
To upload documents for your training, press the “Edit Training” button on the “Training
Details” page to access the “Upload Training Documents” page.
The user needs to enter the following information:
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Document Title – a descriptive title for the document.
Document Type – select a document type.
Choose Document – select a file in Adobe PDF, MS Word or MS Excel format, and
less than 2.5 MB in size.
The following actions are available:
• Upload – upload the document.
• Clear – clear out the document information.
All files uploaded for this training will be displayed in the “Uploaded Documents” section of
the page. Click on the document title to open and view the document.
Press the corresponding “Delete” button to delete the document. A confirmation dialog will
be displayed.
Use the “Return to Training” button to go back to the “Training Details” page.
4.2.1.4 Delete Training
The “Delete” button on the “Training Details” page allows the user to delete an incorrectly
entered training record. To prevent accidental deletion, a succession of two confirmation
dialogs is displayed.
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Step 1: Click the “Delete” button. The system will open a confirmation dialog box.
Click “Delete” to confirm or “Cancel” to cancel.
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Step 2: If “Delete” was pressed, the system will open the second confirmation dialog
box. Click Yes to confirm or No to cancel.
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Step 3: If “Yes” was pressed, the training record and all associated documents will be
deleted. If “No” was pressed, “Training Details” page is displayed.
4.2.2
Training Title List
The “Training Title List” option under the “Training” menu opens the “Training Title List”
page which allows users to search and view all training titles available in the system and
their information.
The “Training Titles List” page displays training titles in a table with the following columns:
Training Title, Training Provider, Training Format, and Training Length.
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You can re-sort the values by clicking on the table headers. You can also select the number
of entries displayed per page and use the pagination controls below the table to navigate
through all results found.
You can narrow-down the list of training titles displayed by entering one or more
keywords in the Search field. Search is performed on Training Title and Training Provider
values.
If the training title you are searching for is not listed, click the “Add New Training Title”
button to create it (see Section 4.2.2.2).
You can click on the training titles to view their full detailed information.
4.2.2.1 Training Title Details
The “Training Title Details” page provides a view of all the details for the training title.
The following information is shown for the training title:
• Training Title
• Training Length (Hours and Minutes)
• Training Format
• Training Provider
• Additional Information
• Created Date (if available)
• Training Categories – combinations of Key Area, Training Topic, and Learning
Objective selected
The following actions are available:
• Edit – opens the “Edit Training Title” page.
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Delete – allows the user to completely delete the training title record.
Log Training – opens the “Log Training” page (see Section 4.2.1) with this training
title selected.
Back to List – returns the user to the “Training Title List” page.
NOTE: A user may edit training title records that
• are not older than the previous school year AND
• for which the user has proper authority.
NOTE: A user may delete training title records that
• are not older than the previous school year AND
• do not have corresponding logged trainings AND
• for which the user has proper authority.
4.2.2.2
Add New Training Title
If the training title that you wish to enter is not present in the system, you may create a
new training title. This functionality is available via the “Add New Training Title” button
available at the following locations:
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On “Log Training” page below the Training Title field, and
On top of the “Training Titles List” page.
After pressing the button, you will be taken to the “Create Training Title” page. This page
provides fields for entering the Training Title, Training Length (Hours and Minutes),
Training Format, Training Provider, Additional Information, and Training Categories.
Required fields are denoted by the asterisk (*).
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Training Title – required; enter a descriptive training title.
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Training Length (Hours and Minutes) – required; enter a numeric value for Hours
and select a value for Minutes from a drop-down.
Training Format – required; select a value from a drop-down.
Training Provider – required; enter the name or the provider organization or
person.
Additional Information – enter additional information and/or comments, if any.
Training Categories – required; click and drill in to select one or more values that
apply:
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Click on category names to expand and view the available values
Click on checkbox(es) to select
Repeat with other categories as needed
The number of items selected for each parent category will be displayed next to
its name.
The following actions are available:
• Save Training Title – save the data entered to save a new training title record.
• Cancel – return to the “Training Title List” page.
After entering all the required information, press the “Save Training Title” button to save a
new training title record.
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NOTE: Data entered will be checked to make sure a duplicate training title record is
not being created. Uniqueness of a training title record is determined by checking
the combination of Training Title, Training Provider, and Training Format.
If an existing training title record with the same combination of the Training Title, Training
Provider, and Training Type is found, user is notified by an error message:
Press the “Close” button on the dialog to get back to the “Create Training Title” page.
Correct data if needed or cancel if you should be using the existing training title.
Once the training title is successfully saved, user is notified by a confirmation dialog:
Press the “Close” button on the confirmation dialog to go to the “Training Title Details”
page (see Section 4.2.2.1). Training Title information can be later edited if necessary – see
Section 4.2.2.3.
4.2.2.3 Edit Training Title
To edit a specific training title record, press the “Edit” button on the “Training Title Details”
page as described in the previous section. The “Update Training Title” page displays the
same set of fields as the “Create Training Title” page (see Section 4.2.2.2).
The user can change the following information:
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Training Title – required; enter a descriptive training title.
Training Length (Hours and Minutes) – required; enter a numeric value for Hours
and select a value for Minutes from a drop-down.
Training Format – required; select a value from a drop-down.
Training Provider – required; enter the name or the provider organization or
person.
Additional Information – enter additional information and/or comments, if any.
Training Categories – required; click and drill in to select one or more values that
apply:
NOTE: Training Categories can be edited only if there are no trainings logged for this
training title.
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The following actions are available:
• Save Training Title – save the data entered to save a new training title record and
return to the “Training Title Details” page.
• Cancel – return to the “Training Title Details” page.
NOTE: Data entered will be checked to make sure a duplicate training title record is
not being created. Uniqueness of a training title record is determined by checking
the combination of Training Title, Training Provider, and Training Format.
If an existing training title record with the same combination of the Training Title, Training
Provider, and Training Type is found, user is notified by an error message.
Once the training title is successfully saved, user is notified by a confirmation dialog. Press
the “Close” button on the confirmation dialog to go to the “Training Title Details” page (see
Section 4.2.2.1).
4.2.2.4 Delete Training Title
The “Delete” button on the “Training Title Details” page allows the user to delete an
incorrectly entered training title record. To prevent accidental deletion, a confirmation
dialog is displayed.
4.2.3
View Logged Certifications
The “View Logged Certifications” option under the “Training” menu opens the “View
Logged Certifications” page which allows users to search and view their certifications.
The “View Logged Certifications” page displays certifications in a table with the following
columns: Certification Name, Employee Name, Completion Date, and Expiration Date.
The certifications displayed in the table are selected using the following controls:
• Completion Date range controls:
o “From” and “To” date fields
• Expiration Date range controls:
o “From” and “To” date fields
o “Next 30 Days” radio button – populates “From” date with today’s date and
“To” date with the date 30 days from today’s date
o “Next 90 Days” radio button – populates “From” date with today’s date and
“To” date with the date 90 days from today’s date
o “Custom Range” radio button – populates “From” date with today’s date and
leaves “To” date empty
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Users can re-sort the values by clicking on the table headers. Users can also select the
number of entries displayed per page and use the pagination controls below the table to
navigate through all results found.
Click on the certification names to edit the information.
NOTE: If no certifications are logged, “No employees with Certifications found” message will
be displayed, and all controls will be hidden.
4.2.3.1
Add New Certification
A new certification can be added using the “Log Certification” button on your “User Profile”
page. After pressing the button, you will be taken to the “Log New Certification” page. This
page provides fields for entering the certification details. Required fields are denoted by
the asterisk (*).
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The following fields are available:
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Certification Name – required; enter a descriptive certification name.
Completion Date – required; enter the completion date or select from the calendar
control.
Expiration Date – required; enter the expiration date or select from the calendar
control.
The Employee selection field allows the user to select their name for the certification.
○ Employee Name and Employee Number are listed for the employee.
The following actions are available:
• Log Certification – save the data entered to save a new certification record.
• Cancel – return to the “User Profile” page.
After entering all the required information, press the “Log Certification” button to save the
new certification record.
Once the certification is successfully saved, user is notified by a confirmation dialog:
Press the “Close” button on the confirmation dialog to go to the “User Profile” page.
4.2.3.2 View Certification
To view certification details, click on its name on “View Logged Certifications” page. The
“Certification Details” page displays containing the following information:
• Certification Name
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Completion Date
Expiration Date
Employees - Employee Name and Employee Number are listed for the employee
The following actions are available:
• Edit Certification – edit certification data.
• Delete Certification – delete certification.
4.2.3.3 Edit Certification
To edit a certification record, press the “Edit Certification” button on “Certification Details”
page. The “Edit Certification” page displays the same set of fields as the “Add New
Certification” page.
The user can change the following information:
• Certification Name – required; enter a descriptive certification name.
• Completion Date– required; enter the completion date or select from the calendar
control.
• Expiration Date – required; enter the expiration date or select from the calendar
control.
• The Employee selection field – required; check the box by your name.
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The following actions are available:
• Update Certification – save the data entered to update the certification record.
• Cancel – return to the “View Certifications” page.
Once the certification is successfully saved, user is notified by a confirmation dialog. Press
the “Close” button on the confirmation dialog to go to the “View Certifications” page.
4.2.3.4 Delete a Certification
The “Delete” button on the “Certification Details” page allows the user to delete an
incorrectly entered certification record. To prevent accidental deletion, a confirmation
dialog is displayed.
Press the “Delete” button. The system will open a confirmation dialog box. Click “Ok” to
confirm or “Cancel” to cancel.
After the certification is deleted, the “View Logged Certifications” page is displayed.
4.3
Reports Menu
Selecting the “Reports” button on the top navigation bar will open the “Reports” page.
There are two types of reports currently available to the user: Detailed report and
Summary report. Both report types provide information on training logged for employees
that match the selected search criteria, with Detailed report allowing for more search
criteria to be entered and listing more data fields than the Summary report.
User needs to select the desired Report Type from the drop-down on top of the page:
• Detailed Report
• Summary Report
• Summary Report by a criterion: Summary Report by Key Area, Summary Report by
Training Topic, Summary Report by Learning Objective, and Summary Report by
Training Title
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The user may enter other search criteria and press the “Generate Report” button to
generate the report. Press the “Reset Search” button to clear the search criteria.
The report results are displayed in a separate browser tab that allows for the report to be
printed, exported as a CSV file, exported as an MS Excel file, and exported as a PDF file. See
Section 4.3.2 for more information.
4.3.1
Selecting the Report Type
The report type chosen by the user can be determined based on the search criteria the user
wants to enter an on the information the user wants to see in the report. Please see the
sections below for report descriptions.
4.3.1.1 Detailed Report
The Detailed Report provides the most robust search criteria selection and displays the
most fields for the training matches found. This report will display results for all employees
with logged trainings.
The Detailed Report allows the user to enter the following search criteria:
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School Year
Job Title
Training Title
Key Area
Training Topic
Learning Objective
Training Hours/Minutes
Document Uploaded (whether to list the document names)
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The Detailed Report returns the following information for each training record that
matches the search criteria:
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Employee Name and Employee Number (if provided)
Job Title
Hiring Date
Training Title
Key Area
Training Topic
Learning Objective
Training Hours
School Year
Document Uploaded (if this option is selected)
4.3.1.2 Summary Report
The Summary Report provides the abbreviated search criteria selection and displays fewer
fields for the training matches found. This report will display results for all employees
(with or without logged trainings).
The Summary Report allows the user to enter the following search criteria:
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School Year
Job Title
Training Hours/Minutes
The Summary Report returns the following information for each training record that
matches the search criteria:
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Employee Name and Employee Number (if provided)
Job Title
Location
Hiring Date
Required Training Hours
Completed Training Hours
School Year
4.3.1.3 Summary Reports by a Criterion
The Summary Reports by Key Area, Training Topic, Learning Objective, and Training Title
are similar to the Summary Report, but allow one additional search criteria to be entered
(that matches the report title). These four reports will display results for all employees
with logged trainings.
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Key Area, Training Topic, Learning Objective need to be selected by the user from a dropdown.
Training Title needs to be entered using the Training Title field (same as on the “Log
Training” page, see Section 4.2.1 for more information.
These Summary Reports allow the user to enter the following search criteria:
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School Year
Job Title
Key Area or Training Topic or Learning Objective or Training Title
Training Hours/Minutes
These Summary Reports return the same following information for each training record
that matches the search criteria:
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4.3.2
Employee Name and Employee Number (if provided)
Job Title
Hiring Date
Completed Training Hours
School Year
Viewing Report Output
Report output is displayed in a separate browser tab with the Report Type listed on top.
For Summary Reports by a Criterion the selected criterion value is displayed under the
report type in parenthesis.
Report results are displayed in a table initially sorted by Employee Name. The information
can be re-sorted by clicking on table column headings. The total number of records found is
displayed below the table. Employee and Staff users will only see their own trainings in the
reports output.
The following actions are available from the “Report Results” page:
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Close Report – closes report browser tab
Print Report – brings up the system Print dialog
Export CSV – generates a delimited file of report results; the file will open in MS
Excel or other software installed on user’s computer based on its local settings.
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Export Excel – generates a MS Excel spreadsheet of report results; the file will open
in MS Excel.
Export PDF – generates a PDF file of report results.
Close the browser tab to close the report results.
4.4
Help Menu
The “Help” dropdown menu has the following options:
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Online Resources - This page holds links to other sites which may be of interest.
User Guide - Provides a PDF of the current User Guide with step-by-step
instructions on how to utilize the tool,
Training Video - Provides training videos with chapters and subchapters
demonstrating how to utilize the tool, and
Contact Us - Provides the generation of an email for additional assistance.
4.4.1
Online Resources
The “Online Resources” menu item opens a page for resources on Professional Standards.
This page displays Overview links and Resources links:
Overview
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USDA Professional Standards Web site (https://www.fns.usda.gov/cn/professionalstandards)
Final Rule Summary
(https://www.fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/cn/profstandards_flyer.pdf)
Learning Objectives
(https://www.fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/cn/ps_learningobjectives.pdf)
Training Topics
(https://www.fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/cn/ps_trainingtopics.pdf)
Frequently Asked Questions (Memo SP05-2020)
(https://www.fns.usda.gov/cn/questions-answers-regarding-professionalstandards-state-and-local-school-nutrition)
Resources
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Professional Standards- Find A Training
(https://professionalstandards.fns.usda.gov/)
Guide to Professional Standards for School Nutrition Programs
(https://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/guide-professional-standards-school-nutritionprograms)
Team Nutrition (https://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/team-nutrition)
Professional Standards: Resources (https://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/professionalstandards-resources)
Professional Standards Training Reward Badges
(https://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/professional-standards-training-reward-badges)
The links on this page all have pop-up messages letting the user know they are leaving our
site. The pop-up message is as follows:
“The links on this page will connect to FNS resources that are outside of the Professional
Standards Training Tracker Tool.”
Each internet browser adds their own formatting around pop-up messages; however, the
function will be consistent. If you click the “OK” button, the destination page will open in a
new tab. If you click the “Cancel” button, you will remain on the “Online Resources” page.
4.4.2
User Guide
The “User Guide” menu item opens the PSTTT user guide for the appropriate user role in
PDF format.
4.4.3
Training Video
The training video page provides access to PSTTT training videos. These videos will play
embedded in the screen or maximized and are closed captioned. There are multiple videos
which cover broad topics for our system. All published videos appear on this page. The first
two videos are also available via links on the Tool’s “About” page.
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The cumulative transcript for the videos in PDF format is linked from the Training Video
page.
4.4.3.1 The Current Video Catalogue
• Chapter 1: Create a New eAuthentication Account
• Chapter 2: Login for the First Time
○ Chapter 2.1: Start Your Profile
○ Chapter 2.2: Create a School Employee User Profile
○ Chapter 2.3: Create a School Manager User Profile
○ Chapter 2.4: Create a School Director User Profile
○ Chapter 2.5: Create a User Profile for a State User
○ Chapter 2.6: Create a User Profile for a USDA User
○ Chapter 2.7: Once You Are Logged In
• Chapter 3: Navigation, Help, and the Dashboard page
○ Chapter 3.1: Navigation Overview
○ Chapter 3.2: Help Menu
○ Chapter 3.3: Manager and Director Menu Options
○ Chapter 3.4: PSTTT Dashboard
• Chapter 4: Adding, Editing, and Deleting Training Records and Training Titles
○ Chapter 4.1: Your Training Status
○ Chapter 4.2: Viewing Training Record Details
○ Chapter 4.3: Browsing Available Training Titles
○ Chapter 4.4: Adding a Training Record
○ Chapter 4.5: Managing a Training Record
○ Chapter 4.6: Adding a Training Title
○ Chapter 4.7: Managing a Training Title
• Chapter 5: Reports
• Chapter 6: Manager and Director - Employees Functionality
○ Chapter 6.1: View Employee List
○ Chapter 6.2: Search Employees
○ Chapter 6.3: User Profile Page for an Employee
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○ Chapter 6.4: Print Certificates
○ Chapter 6.5: Create User Profile
○ Chapter 6.6: Upload Bulk Employee Profiles
○ Chapter 6.7: Deactivate Employees
Chapter 7: Manager and Director - Additional Functionality
○ Chapter 7.1: Log Training
○ Chapter 7.2: View Logged Trainings
○ Chapter 7.3: Upload Buk Training Records
○ Chapter 7.4: Managing Training Titles
○ Chapter 7.5: Upload Bulk Training Titles
○ Chapter 7.6: Additional Reports Functionality
○ Chapter 7.7: Additional Help Menu Functionality
Chapter 8: School Manager and Director Functionality
○ Chapter 8.1: Employee Selection Options
○ Chapter 8.2: Manage Schools
○ Chapter 8.3: Generate School List
○ Chapter 8.4: Manage School Districts
○ Chapter 8.5: Training Director (Multiple School Districts) Functionality
4.4.3.2 Training Video Controls
The PSTTT “Training Video” page allows user to review all available training videos. There
are multiple videos which cover broad topics for our system. All published videos appear
on this page. The first two videos are also available via links on the Tool’s “About” page.
Each video has a chapter number and a title. The chapters that have a number that ends in
a zero (e.g. 3.0 or 4.0) are considered ‘main’ chapters. If a chapter number is displayed as a
decimal (e.g. 3.1 or 4.3), then they are considered sub-chapters.
Clicking on the main chapter link will play all sub-chapters, and any other content as a
single video. These videos might take a long time to finish. It is possible to only watch a
portion of the video by either clicking on a sub-chapter link, or by jumping to the subchapter section using the built-in video controls.
To access the video controls, use your mouse to hover over a video. The controls will
appear at the bottom of the video screen. The most helpful controls are:
• “Play/Pause” button
• Volume Control
• Video Time Display/Bar
• Closed Captioning toggle
• Settings
• Full/Reduced Screen
In the center you will see the video time bar. Your current point in the video will show up
starting from the left as a bright colored line progressing to the right (towards end of
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video). If you click and drag on the end of this, or click somewhere else in the timeline, the
video will jump to that point.
Your computer's video player software will also affect viewing videos. For video quality
issues, it is recommended to adjust the “Quality” setting to 1080p HD. If there are any
problems that are not fixed with the displayed controls, please request your computer’s
technical support team to help you.
4.4.4
Contact Us
The “Contact Us” form page displays data entry fields for the user to allow them to submit a
request for assistance. The asterisks following the field names, indicate that the field is a
required field. The “User Name” and “Email” from the logged in user are populated by
default but may be changed by the user.
This form provides the following fields. Required fields are denoted by the asterisk (*).
• Title - required; the preferred title of address for correspondence.
• Name - required; he name that should be used. By default, this value shows the
logged in user.
• Email Address - required; he email address that should be used for
correspondence. By default, this value shows the logged in user.
• Phone Number - the user may choose to provide this method of correspondence.
• Message - required; the details of the problem, observation, or suggestion. This is
the statement upon which the user would like assistance.
• Accessibility or Section 508-related Inquiry - a checkbox field. If this is an
accessibility assistance request, please check this box.
The following actions are available:
• Send Message – submit the assistance request.
• Cancel – cancel the assistance request and return the user to the “Home”
(“Dashboard”) page of the tool.
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4.5
Welcome User
The two links in the “Welcome…” dropdown menu will take the user to their “User Profile”
page or log them out of the site.
The “Welcome User” dropdown menu has the following options:
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4.5.1
My Training History – View your training history,
My Certifications – View your certifications,
Print My Certificates – Print your training certificates,
User Profile – View and edit your user profile information, and
Log out – Log out of the PSTTT web application.
My Training History
The “My Training History” option under the “Welcome User” menu opens the “My Training
History” page which provides a quick view of the user’s training by school year.
The User’s “My Training History” page provides a selectable school year option, and a
course information area showing a hyperlinked Training Title, Completion Date, and
Training Hours for each course taken for the selected program year.
You can re-sort the values by clicking on the table headers. You can also select the number
of entries displayed per page and use the pagination controls below the table to navigate
through all results found.
Use the Search field to narrow down the selection by typing in one or more keywords of the
training title. The entries in the table will be updated as you type.
Clicking the hyperlink for a course will navigate the user to the “Training Details” page for
that training.
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The following actions are available:
• View Profile – view your “User Profile” page.
• Click on each training title to view training details.
4.5.2
My Certifications
The “My Certifications” option under the “Welcome User” menu opens the “My
Certifications” page which provides a quick view of the user’s certifications.
The user’s “My Certifications” page displays certification information in a table with the
following columns: Certification Name, Completion Date, Expiration Date.
You can re-sort the values by clicking on the table headers. You can also select the number
of entries displayed per page and use the pagination controls below the table to navigate
through all results found.
Clicking the hyperlink for a certification will navigate the user to the “Certification Details”
page for that certification (see Section 4.2.3.2).
4.5.3
Print My Certificates
The “Print My Certificates” option under the “Welcome User” menu opens the “Print My
Certificates” page which provides a quick view of the user’s training by school year.
The User’s “Print My Certificates” page lists information for every school year the user was
active in a table, a row per school year. Required hours and Completed hours are listed for
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each school year, as well as the Key Area badges earned, School years for which the user
has completed their training requirements, has a checkbox in the Select column of the table.
Check one or more the checkbox and press the Print Certificates button to print the
certificates. Please see Section 3.3 “Training Certificate” of this manual for more
information.
4.5.4
User Profile
The “User Profile” page displays user profile information. Manager’s information is
displayed if available. For users with the School User Category, District information will be
displayed, and School information will be displayed if entered.
From the “User Profile” page, the following actions are available:
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Edit – edit your user profile information,
View Training History – view your logged trainings (see Section 4.5.1),
View Certifications – view your logged certifications (see Section 4.2.3),
Log Certification – log a new Certification (see Section 4.2.3.1).
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4.5.5
Edit User Profile
The “Edit” button on the “User Profile” page will open the “Edit User Profile” page and allow
the user to make selected changes to their own profile.
The functionality of the “Edit User Profile” page is the same as the “Create User Profile”
page that is described in Section 2.4. The fields displayed on Edit User Profile are the same
as the fields on the “Create User Profile” page with the following differences in field
population/content:
• First Name – required, read-only; pre-populated from the eAuthentication system.
• Last Name – required, read-only; pre-populated from the eAuthentication system.
• Employee Number – optional; employee ID or number in your system.
• Hiring Date – required; enter your date of hire for your current position.
NOTE: Hiring Date is validated to make sure it is before the Completion Date for any
trainings logged for the employee.
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Business or Work Email – required, read-only; pre-populated from the
eAuthentication system.
User Category – required, read-only; populated with your User Category.
Role – required; select the most appropriate value from the list of values based on
User Category you selected.
Job Title – required; select the most appropriate value from the list of values based
on User Category and Role you selected.
State – required, read-only; populated with your State.
School District (for SCHOOL User Category only) – required, read-only; populated
with your School District.
NOTE: If your School District is not in the list or has changed, Director users can add a
new school district or make edits to the current district (Refer to Section 2.5 for
instructions). Manager and Employee-users can send requests to add a new district to
[email protected].
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School (for SCHOOL User Category only) – required for Manager (multiple
selection) and Employee (single selection) roles; select the most appropriate value
from the list of values based on the School District you selected. School name is
followed by its zip code in parenthesis. Type the first letter of the school district
name into this field to have it jump to the closest match, then continue selection
from the drop-down.
“Selected Schools” button (for SCHOOL User Category only) – not available for
Director Role; click this button to view your school(s) that are currently saved for
the user.
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“Add New School” button (for SCHOOL User Category only) – not available for
Director Role; click this button to add a new school. For more information see
Section 2.6.
Organization Assignment Date – The “Organization Assignment Date” defaults to
today’s date and is enabled when employee’s Organization (State, District, School
combination) is changed. For example, when editing your school, you can set the
“Organization Assignment Date” to the date when your transfer from one school to
another occurred. The value of the “Organization Assignment Date” has to fall within
the employee’s last activity period and be after the last organization assignment
date.
Manager – not available for Director Role; select the most appropriate value from
the list of values.
The following actions are available:
• Update – save the changes and return to the “User Profile” page.
• Cancel – cancel all changes and return to the “User Profile” page.
4.5.6
Log Out
Selecting the Log out option will log the user out of PSTTT. For security purposes, the
eAuthentication tool will attempt to close the browser window. For IE users, the browser
window will close, but other browsers will continue to display the eAuthentication tool log
out page.
4.5.6.1 Session Time-Out
User sessions in PSTTT will time out in 20 minutes due to user inactivity. A Session
Expiration Warning dialog will be displayed with two buttons:
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OK – extend your session and continue using PSTTT.
Log Out – log out of PSTTT.
If the user does not respond to the session expiration warning, the PSTTT will
automatically log them out after 20 minutes.
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5
Manager and Director-Specific Functions
5.1
Changes to the Standard Functions – Email Reminders
There are many functions available to Employees that have been enhanced for use by
Managers and Directors. There are also functions reserved for Managers and Directors.
This section of the manual details those functions.
PSTTT sends out automatic email reminders for users to complete their required training
hours twice a year, on April 1st and October 1st. In addition to the personal emails,
Managers and Directors will receive a summary status email when one or more of their
employees has not completed their required training hours. Employees who have no
required training hours assigned based on their Job Title or have completed their required
training hours are not included in Manager/Director emails’ employee table.
The emails are titled “Status of Required Professional Standards Training Hours for the
School Year” and have the following format:
The email will be sent from the [email protected] email address. Please do not reply to
this email.
5.2
Changes to the Standard Functions – Trainings
The “Training” menu for Managers and Directors has three extra options:
• “View Logged Trainings” allows managers to view the list of training classes that
have been created for any employee
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5.2.1
“Upload Bulk Training Records” allows Managers and Directors to bulk upload
training records for their employees
“Generate Training Titles List” produces a list of all training titles in Excel file
format.
View Logged Trainings
The “View Logged Trainings” option under the “Training” menu is available to Managers
and Directors only. It opens the “View Logged Trainings” page which allows managers to
view the list of training classes that have been created for any employee.
This page lists the Training Title, Employee Name(s), Training Length, and Completion Date
for the employees visible to the user logged in (based on their permissions) that were
active during the School Year selected in the drop-down and are currently active.
NOTE: Only employees who were active during the School Year selected are listed for each
training on View Logged Trainings page.
You can re-sort the values by clicking on the table headers. You can also select the number
of entries displayed per page and use the pagination controls below the table to navigate
through all results found.
Use the Search field to narrow down the selection by typing in one or more characters
(letters or numbers) of the training title. The entries in the table will be updated as you
type.
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Clicking on the Training Title for a training record shown on the “View Logged Training”
page will take the manager to the “Training Details” page for that training record. For more
information, please see Section 4.2.1.1.
5.2.2
Log Training
The “Log Training” functionality for Managers and Directors is as described in Section 4.2.1,
and they can select multiple participants for each training session.
The Employee selection field allows the user to select one or more names (including their
own), via checkboxes, for the training to be documented.
• The field is populated with the list of employees based on the user’s access level,
with the user’s own name on top.
• Employee Name and Role are listed for each employee, and for the School User
Category employee’s schools are listed as well.
• This is a required field, so at least one checkbox must be selected.
The employees listed in the Employee selection field are selected based on the School Year
selected for the training. If you select some employees and then change the School Year
value, the list of employees will be updated, and your selections will be cleared out.
To make Employee selection process easier, School Manager and Director users can select
one or more schools using the “Filter Employees By Schools” control to filter the employees
shown in this area.
Use the “Hide Current Inactive Employees in the table below” checkbox to limit the employees
displayed to those who are currently active.
Use the “Search” field to narrow down the selection by typing in one or more keywords of
the employee name and/or employee number. The entries in the table will be updated as
you type.
Re-sort the values by clicking on the table headers.
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After entering all the required information, press the “Log Training” button to save a new
training record.
NOTE: Data entered will be validated for each employee selected to make sure no
duplicate training records are being created. Uniqueness of a training record is
determined by checking the combination of Employee, Training Title, Completion
Date, and School Year.
NOTE: Data entered will be validated for each employee selected to make sure that
training’s Completion Date is during a period when employee’s PSTTT account was
active.
5.2.3
Training Details
The “Training Details” page provides a view of all the details for the training.
NOTE: A user may edit, upload documents for, or delete training records for
which the user has proper authority over all the training attendees.
Any employees no longer valid for the training will be listed in the “Invalid Employees”
section.
If you have proper authority over all training attendees, “Edit Training” button will be
available allowing you to edit the training record. In addition to that, if all employees
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selected for the training were active during the selected School Year, the “Delete” button
will be available allowing you to delete the training record.
An employee can become invalid for an existing training if they were deactivated with a
Deactivation Date that is before the School Year selected for the training (see Section
5.5.10).
5.2.3.1 Training Details Page – Back to List Button
The behavior of the “Back to List” button on the “Training Details” page for Managers and
Directors depends on how you reached the “Training Details” page:
Coming From:
Clicking on a Training Title on YOUR “Training
History” page
Creating or Editing a training with you as the only
employee selected
Creating or Editing a training with you and other
employees selected
Creating or Editing a training with other employees
only
Clicking on a Training on the “View Logged Trainings”
page
Clicking on a Training on an employee’s “Training
History” page
Back to List Takes you to:
YOUR “Training History” page
YOUR “Training History” page
YOUR “Training History” page
“View Logged Trainings” page
(correct school year selected)
“View Logged Trainings” page
(correct school year selected)
Employee’s “Training History”
page
5.2.3.2 Delete an Existing Training Record
You can delete it and all associated information using the “Delete” button on “Training
Details” page. For more information see Section 4.2.1.4.
Use this functionality if:
• The incorrect training title was selected for a class.
• All training records should be removed for all indicated training attendees.
5.2.3.3 Log Certification
You can log a certification for one or more employees using the “Log Certification” button
on “Training Details” page. The “Log Certification” button opens the “Add New
Certification” page (see Section 4.2.3.1).
The “Certification Name” field will be editable and pre-populated with the Training Title.
NOTE: You will be able to log multiple certifications for the same Training, so make
sure that each employee is only selected once.
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5.2.4
Edit Training
To edit a specific training record, press the “Edit Training” button on the “Training Details”
page. The “Update Training” page for Managers and Directors functions the same as
described for Employees in Section 4.2.1.2.
The “Employees” control will list all employees that were active in the School Year selected.
Employees that were assigned to the training will have their checkboxes checked.
If you change the School Year value, the list of employees available for this training will
change and “Employees” control will be updated accordingly. Employees who were
assigned to the training but are invalid for the School Year selected will be listed in the
“Invalid Employees” section, preventing you from saving the training record.
5.2.4.1
Add Employees to an Existing Training Record
To add employees to an existing training record, use the “Edit” button on the “Training
Details” page to edit the training. On the “Update Training” page check the checkboxes for
any additional employees and save as described in Section 4.2.1.2.
5.2.4.2
Remove Employees from an Existing Training Record
To remove employees from an existing training record, use the “Edit” button on the
“Training Details” page to edit the training. On the “Update Training” page uncheck the
checkboxes for any additional employees and save as described in Section 4.2.1.2.
Use this functionality if:
• The training class was correctly recorded.
• The employee list logged for the training has one or more incorrect employees
listed.
• The training should only be removed for some (not all) of the training attendees.
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5.2.5
Bulk Import of Trainings
Managers and Directors have the ability to perform a bulk upload of trainings for their
employees using the “Upload Bulk Training Records” sub-menu under the Training menu.
The “Upload Bulk Training Records” sub-menu takes you to the “Upload Bulk Training
Records” page.
Click on the “template” link, shown in blue, and save the template file to your computer.
The template contains the following columns:
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Training Title ID – required; enter the training title ID(s) for the training(s) being
logged. Please refer to the Generate Training Title List (available under Training
menu) to add the requested training title information to the template.
Learning Objectives (comma-separated) – required; enter numeric values for
Learning Objectives, separated by commas.
Completion Date – required; enter the date the training was completed.
School Year – required; enter a school year (e.g. 2021-2022).
Comments – enter additional information and/or comments, if any, for the
training(s) being logged.
PSTTT Employee IDs (comma-separated)– required; enter the PSTTT employee
IDs of the employees who completed the training(s), separated by commas. Please
refer to the “View Employee List” page (available under the Employees menu) to
Generate Employee List to add the requested employee information to the template.
The file also contains a sample row. Use this row as an example, then delete it from the
spreadsheet.
Fill out and save the spreadsheet to your computer. Click “Browse” to locate the
spreadsheet you just saved, then use the “Upload File” button on “Upload Bulk Training
Records” page to upload the file.
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The “Review Uploaded Training Records” page is displayed once the file is uploaded. The
page displays a block of data entry controls for each training record imported from the MS
Excel file.
The data entry fields are:
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Training Title, Training Provider, Training Format, Training Length (Hours and
Minutes) – derived from the Training Title ID,
Completion Date,
School Year,
Comments,
Training Categories, and
Selected Employees – derived from the PSTTT Employee IDs in the file uploaded.
Required fields are denoted by the asterisk (*).
The “Show List” button in the “Selected Employees” section expands the list of employees
available for the School Year and Completion Date selected. If you change the School Year
or Completion Date value, the list of employees available for this training will change.
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Blocks for training records that were flagged by the import data validation as having
errors, will be displayed in red. Error messages will be displayed for each field that has
invalid or missing values in it.
Edit the fields to correct the errors, and as you do so, the error messages will disappear.
The “Selected Employees” control may have up to three sections, as applicable. The “Invalid
Employees” section lists employee IDs imported from your spreadsheet that are not valid
for the School Year and/or Completion Date selected. “Selected Employees” section
displays employees, whose IDs were successfully imported from your spreadsheet; you can
uncheck them if necessary. “Additional Eligible Employees” section lists additional
employees who were valid for the School Year and Completion Date selected; you can
select them if necessary.
Use the “Remove Invalid Selection(s)” buttons in the “Training Categories” and “Invalid
Employees” sections to remove invalid selections, if any. Once there are no validation
errors detected for a particular training title, the block will become blue.
You can also delete any training record block by pressing the “Remove Training Record”
button.
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A confirmation dialog will be displayed. Once removed, this action cannot be undone.
Once you are done correcting and modifying the training records data, use the “Import
Training Records” button to save the training records.
NOTE: Data entered will be checked to make sure no duplicate training records are
being created. Uniqueness of a training record is determined by checking the
combination of Employee, Training Title, Completion Date, and School Year.
If all training records are saved without errors, a confirmation dialog will be displayed, and
you will be taken to the “View Logged Trainings” page after pressing the “Close” button.
If all or some training records caused further errors while being saved, an error message
will be displayed in the dialog.
NOTE: The training records that did not have any errors will be saved at this point
and will be accessible through the PSTTT screens.
Any records with errors will be listed on “Review Uploaded Training Records” page with
the appropriate error messages.
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You can edit the data for training records with errors or use the “Remove Training Record”
button for each training record block. Once you are done correcting and modifying the data,
use the “Import Training Records” button again to save.
You can also cancel the process of importing the training records at any point by pressing
the “Cancel” button on “Review Uploaded Training Records” page. If some of the training
records were already saved, they will remain in the system, but the records still displayed
on “Review Uploaded Training Records” page will not be saved.
A confirmation dialog will be displayed since this action cannot be undone.
Press “Leave page” button to cancel, or press “Stay on page” button to stay on page and
continue editing data in the training title blocks. If you cancel, you will be taken to the
“Upload Bulk Training Records” page.
Once import process is complete, a success dialog is displayed, and the user is taken to the
“View Logged Trainings” page.
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Training Title List - Managing Training Titles
School Directors can manage all training titles created by employees in their school
district.
State Directors can manage all training titles created by employees in their state.
Managers can only manage their own training titles.
Training Title List - Generate Training Titles List
Managers and Directors have the ability to generate a list of all training titles in Excel file
format by pressing the “Generate Training Titles List” button on the “Training Title List”
page or by selecting the “Generate Training Titles List” sub-menu under the Training menu.
The following information is included for each training title: ID, Title, Provider, Type,
Length, Note, Created On date, and Number of Trainings recorded for the training title.
5.2.8
Training Title List – Bulk Import of Training Titles
Managers and Directors have the ability to perform a bulk upload of training titles using
the “Upload Bulk Training Titles” button on the “Training Title List” page.
After clicking the button, you will be taken to the “Upload Bulk Training Titles” page.
This page provides controls to select and upload an Excel file with training titles data. The
file must mirror the template spreadsheet linked from the page.
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Click on the “template” link, shown in blue, and save the template file to your computer.
The template contains the following columns:
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Training Title Name – required; enter a descriptive training title.
Training Hours – required; enter a numeric value for Hours (whole number, 0 or
greater).
Training Minutes – required; enter a numeric value for Minutes (whole number,
from 0 to 55 in increments of 5).
Training Format – required; enter one of the following values: Face-to-Face,
Webinar/Video/Online Training, Print Materials/Training Materials, Other.
Training Provider – required; enter the instructor name or the provider
organization or person.
Additional Information – enter additional information and/or comments, if any.
Training Categories – required; enter Learning Objectives separated by commas.
The file also contains a sample row. Use this row as a sample, then delete it from the
spreadsheet.
Fill out and save the spreadsheet to your computer. Click “Browse” to locate the
spreadsheet you just saved, then use the “Upload File” button on “Upload Bulk Training
Titles” page to upload the file.
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The “Review Uploaded Training Titles” page is displayed once the file is uploaded. The page
displays a block of data entry controls for each training title imported from the MS Excel
file.
The data entry fields are:
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Training Title,
Training Provider,
Training Format,
Training Length (Hours and Minutes),
Additional Information, and
Training Categories - Learning Objective numbers.
Required fields are denoted by the asterisk (*).
The Training Categories control functions the same as on “Create Training Title” page (see
Section 4.2.2.2). Click to expand each of the training categories to view sub-categories and
the selected values, if any.
You can edit information in the fields on “Review Uploaded Training Titles” page if you
want to change any values before being saved.
Blocks for training titles that were flagged by the import data validation as having errors,
will be displayed in red. Error messages will be displayed for each field that has invalid or
missing values in it.
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Edit the fields to correct the errors, and as you do so, the error messages will disappear.
Once there are no validation errors detected for a particular training title, its block will
become blue.
You can also delete any training title block by pressing the “Remove Training Title” button.
A confirmation dialog will be displayed. Once removed, this action cannot be undone.
Once you are done correcting and modifying the training titles data, use the “Import
Training Titles” button to save the trainings.
NOTE: Data entered will be checked to make sure no duplicate training title records
are being created. Uniqueness of a training title record is determined by checking
the combination of Training Title, Training Provider, and Training Format.
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If all training titles are saved without errors, a confirmation dialog will be displayed, and
you will be taken to the “Training Titles List” page after pressing the “Close” button.
If all or some training title records caused further errors while being saved, an error
message will be displayed in the dialog.
NOTE: The training title records that did not have any errors will be saved at this
point and will be accessible through the PSTTT screens.
Any records with errors will be listed on “Review Uploaded Training Titles” page with the
appropriate error messages.
You can edit the data for training titles with errors or use the “Remove Training Title”
button for each training title block. Once you are done correcting and modifying the data,
use the “Import Training Titles” button again to save.
You can also cancel the process of importing the training title records at any point by
pressing the “Cancel” button on “Review Uploaded Training Titles” page. If some of the
training title records were already saved, they will remain in the system, but the records
still displayed on “Review Uploaded Training Titles” page will not be saved.
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A confirmation dialog will be displayed since this action cannot be undone.
Press “Leave page” button to cancel, or press “Stay on page” button to stay on page and
continue editing data in the training title blocks.
Once import process is complete, a success dialog is displayed, and the user is taken to the
“Training Titles List” page.
5.2.9
Generate Training Titles List
The “Generate Training Titles List” option under the “Training” menu is available to Managers
and Directors only. It produces an Excel file containing information for all training titles listed
on PSTTT training titles database. The following information is included for each training title:
ID, Title, Provider, Type, Length, Note, Created On date, and Number of Trainings recorded for
the training title.
5.2.10
View Logged Certifications
The “View Logged Certifications” option under the “Training” menu opens the “View
Logged Certifications” page which allows Managers and Directors to search and view
certifications for their employees.
The “View Logged Certifications” page has an additional “Employees” control that allows to
select one or more employees to view the certifications for. Only active employees who had
once or more certifications logged are listed in the table.
NOTE: If no employees have any certifications logged, “No employees with Certifications
found” message will be displayed, and all controls will be hidden.
Press the “Reset Search” button to clear any employees selected and get back to the original
values of the Completion Date range (a year back from today) and Expiration Date range
(empty).
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5.3
Changes to the Standard Functions – Reports
5.3.1
Selecting Employees
All reports require the user to select the set of employees the report is generated for. The
set of employees available to be selected for a report depends on the access privileges of
the user logged in. The Employee or Staff user can only run reports on their own training
hours, so employee selection controls are hidden for them. Manager and Director users can
run reports on their employees’ training hours as well as their own training hours.
The set of employees available for selection depends on the School Year selected – all
employees active during this year are listed.
5.3.1.1 Selecting Employees – School User Category
School users select employees within their School District.
School Directors can select all, one, or several schools in their District. The Employees
field is then populated with all employees for the school(s) selected, and the user should be
able to select all, one, or several employees.
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School Managers can select all, one, or several schools they are assigned to. The
Employees field is then populated with all employees for the school(s) selected, and the
user should be able to select all, one, or several employees.
Use the “Include Deactivated Employees” checkbox to include or exclude employees who
are currently inactive in the report output.
School Employees can only generate reports for their own training records, so for them
the Employee selection controls are hidden.
5.3.1.2 Selecting Employees – State User Category
State users select employees within their State.
State Directors and Managers can generate reports on State users in their state or on
School users in their state – the selection is driven by the “Category” drop-down.
When SCHOOL is selected in the “Category” drop-down, the Employee selection controls
are as described in Section 5.3.1.1, but a school District will need to be selected to populate
the “Schools” and “Employees” controls.
When STATE is selected in the “Category” control, the “Employees” control is populated
automatically.
Use the “Include Deactivated Employees” checkbox to include or exclude employees who
are currently inactive in the report output.
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State Staff can only generate reports for their own training records, so for them the
Employee selection controls are hidden.
5.3.1.3 Selecting Employees – USDA User Category
USDA users select employees within their FNS Office.
FNS Managers can generate reports on all, one, or several Employees in their FNS Office.
Use the “Include Deactivated Employees” checkbox to include or exclude employees who
are currently inactive in the report output.
5.3.2
Summary Report - Include Employees Without Trainings
For Managers and Directors, the Summary report has one additional option – the “Include
Employees Without Trainings” checkbox. Summary report is run for employees selected in
the Employees control. When the “Include Employees Without Trainings” checkbox is not
selected, employees who do not have any trainings logged will not be included in the
Summary report output. When the “Include Employees Without Trainings” checkbox is
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selected, employees without any trainings logged will be included in the Summary report
output.
5.4
Changes to the Standard Functions – Welcome Menu
For Managers and Directors, the “User Profile” page under the “Welcome” menu has one
extra button – “View User History” – and functions like the employee “User Profile” page
described in Section 5.5.7.
The “View User History” buttons opens the “User History” page described in Section 5.5.8.
5.5
Employees Menu
The “Employees” dropdown menu has the following options:
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View Employee List – view the employees for which they may log trainings
Search Employees – search for employees
Print Certificates – print training certificates
Create User Profile – create employee profiles
Upload Bulk Employee Profiles – perform a bulk upload of employee profiles
Deactivate Employees – deactivate employee accounts
Reactivate Employees – reactivate employee accounts (Directors only)
Manage Schools – manage schools (School Managers and Directors only)
Generate School List – generate a list of schools in .XSLX format (School Managers
and Directors only)
Manage School Districts – manage school districts (School Directors only)
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5.5.1
When Is an Employee “Active” And Visible To Me
PSTTT tracks employee activity periods based on their Hire Date, and any Deactivation and
Activation dates available. Activity periods are those between the Hire Date and the
Deactivation Date (if any), and between Reactivation Date and the next Deactivation Date
(if any). If only the Hire Date is available, the employee is deemed active from that date
forward.
An employee is deemed Active for a particular Manager or Director logged in during a
particular school year if:
1. At the end of the school year selected employee’s assigned organization (state,
school district, state) falls under the organization of the manager logged in.
• If an employee was assigned to your organization at the end of a given school
year, they will be visible to you for that school year.
• If an employee has started the school year under your organization and was
moved to another organization before the end of the school year, they will not be
visible for that school year.
• If an employee was assigned to your organization at the end of a given school
year, but was moved to another organization later, they will be visible for that
school year with the status of Relocated.
2. Employee has at least one activity period during the school year selected. For the
current school year, PSTTT assumed today’s date as the year end date for this rule.
• If an employee was active under your organization for at least one day in a given
school year, they will be visible to you for that school year.
• If an employee has started the school year under your organization and was
deactivated before the end of the school year, they will be visible for that school
year with the status of Deactivated.
• If an employee was assigned to your organization at the end of a given school
year, but was deactivated later, they will be visible for that school year with the
status of Deactivated.
5.5.2
View Employee List
The “View Employee List” option under the “Employees” menu opens the “View
Employees” page which allows managers to search and view all their employees.
This page lists the Employee Name, Employee Number, Job Title, Badges (earned),
Required (training hours), and Completed (training hours) for the employees visible to the
user logged in (based on their permissions) that were active during the School Year
selected in the drop-down.
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NOTE: For School Staff Managers, this page will show the names of employees at each school
in the manager’s profile (except their own name).
NOTE: For School District Directors, this page will show the employees and managers at each
school in the school district (except their own name).
NOTE: For State Agency Managers and Directors, this page will show the staff for their
designated State (except their own name).
School Manager and Director users can select one or more schools using the “Filter
Employees By Schools” control to filter the employees shown in this area.
Use the “Hide Current Inactive Employees” checkbox to limit the employees displayed to those
who are currently active.
Use the Search field to narrow down the selection by typing in one or more characters
(letters or numbers) of the employee name and/or employee number. The entries in the
table will be updated as you type.
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You can re-sort the values by clicking on the table headers. You can also select the number
of entries displayed per page and use the pagination controls below the table to navigate
through all results found.
“Generate Employee List” button opens an Excel file listing employee information for the
School Year selected.
Clicking on an employee name on this page will take the manager to the employee’s
account profile and allow drill-down into that employee’s information and training history.
If an employee was deactivated during the selected school year or later, the employee name
will not be clickable, and the corresponding status will be listed as Deactivated.
If an employee was moved to a different office that does not fall under the jurisdiction of
the user logged in after the end of the selected school year, the employee name will not be
clickable, and the corresponding status will be listed as Relocated.
5.5.3
Print Certificates
The “Print Certificates” option under the “Employees” menu opens the “Print Employee
Certificates” page which allows managers to view and print completion certificates for any
employee who has met or exceeded their annual training hours for the school year
selected. The certificates printed for each employee are described in Section 4.5.2 for more
information.
This page lists the Employee Name, Employee Number, Job Title, Badges (earned),
Required (training hours), and Completed (training hours) for the employees visible to the
user logged in (based on their permissions) that were active during the School Year
selected in the drop-down.
NOTE: For School Staff Managers, this page will show the names of employees at each school
in the manager’s profile.
NOTE: For School District Directors, this page will show the employees and managers at each
school in the school district.
NOTE: For State Agency Managers and Directors, this page will show the staff for their
designated State.
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You can re-sort the values by clicking on the table headers. You can also select the number
of entries displayed per page and use the pagination controls below the table to navigate
through all results found.
Use the Search field to narrow down the selection by typing in one or more characters
(letters or numbers) of the employee name and/or employee number. The entries in the
table will be updated as you type.
If an employee was deactivated during the selected school year or later, the employee name
will not be clickable, and the corresponding status will be listed as Deactivated.
If an employee was moved to a different office that doesn’t fall under the jurisdiction of the
user logged in after the end of the selected school year, the employee name will not be
clickable, and the corresponding status will be listed as Relocated.
The checkboxes next to the employee names allow the manager to select one or multiple
names. Clicking the “Print Certificate” button will generate the certificates for all selected
employees in a single PDF file. Each employee’s certificate will be on a separate page in the
PDF output.
5.5.4
Create User Profile
The “Create User Profile” option under the “Employees” menu opens the “Create User
Profile” page which allows managers to create Employee profiles for employees who will
not be logging into PSTTT, so that the manager can track training hours for them.
The functionality of the “Create User Profile” page used by Managers and Directors to
create employee profiles is the same as the “Create User Profile” page that is described in
Section 2.4. The fields displayed on Create User Profile for an employee are as follows:
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First Name – required; enter employee’s first name.
Last Name – required; enter employee’s last name.
Employee Number – optional; employee ID or number in your system.
Hiring Date – required; enter your date of hire for the current position.
Business or Work Email – enter employee’s email address, if available.
User Category – required, read-only; populated with your User Category.
Role – required; select the most appropriate value from the list of values based on
User Category you selected.
Job Title – required; select the most appropriate value from the list of values based
on User Category and Role you selected.
State – required, read-only; populated with your State.
School District (for SCHOOL User Category only) – required, read-only; populated
with your School District.
NOTE: If your School District is not in the list, please contact FNS staff at
[email protected] with the request to add it.
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School (for SCHOOL User Category only) – required for Manager (multiple
selection) and Employee (single selection) roles; select the most appropriate value
from the list of values based on the School District you selected. School name is
followed by its zip code in parenthesis. Type the first letter of the school district
name into this field to have it jump to the closest match, then continue selection
from the drop-down.
“Add New School” button (for SCHOOL User Category only) – click this button to
add a new school. For more information see Section 2.6.
Manager – not available for Director Role; select the most appropriate value from
the list of values.
Press the “Create” button to save your changes or press the “Cancel” button to return to the
“Home” page without saving your changes. You will be able to edit your profile settings
later using the “Edit User Profile” page as described in Section 4.5.5.
NOTE: if a previously non-eAuthenticated user logs into the tool with
eAuthentication, and their email address, first name, and last name match, the two
will automatically be combined in the Training Tool. The user will not then be asked
to create a new profile when logging in for the first time.
5.5.5
Upload Bulk Employee Profiles
The “Upload Bulk Employee Profiles” option under the “Employees” menu allows Managers
and Directors to perform a bulk upload of employee profiles from “Upload Bulk Employee
Profiles” page.
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This page provides controls to select and upload an Excel file with employee records data.
The file must mirror the template spreadsheet linked from the page.
Please note that depending on your computer connection speed, files with more than 100
employee profiles may take a long time to upload. For faster results, it is recommended to
upload in batches of 100.
Click on the “template” link, shown in blue, and save the template file to your computer.
The template contains the following columns:
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First Name – required; enter employee’s first name.
Last Name – required; enter employee’s last name.
Hiring Date – required; enter employee’s hiring date in the MM/DD/YYYY format.
Email Address – enter employee’s email address.
Employee Number – enter employee number.
User Type ID – required; enter one of the following numeric values:
1 - School
2 - State Agency
3 - USDA FNS
User Role ID – required; enter one of the following numeric values:
1 - School District Director
2 - School Manager
3 - School Employee
4 - State Director
5 - State Manager
6 - State Staff Employee
7 - USDA FNS Manager
Job Title ID – required; enter one of the following numeric values:
7 - School Food Authority - District Director
15 - School Food Authority - Assistant Director
8 - School Food Authority - Manager
9 - School Food Authority - Staff Full Time
10 - School Food Authority - Staff Part Time
21 - School Food Authority - Non-Food Service Employee
22 - School Food Authority - Volunteer
1 - State Agency - Director
14 - State Agency - Assistant Director
2 - State Agency - Staff
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State Code – required for School and State Agency users only; enter a 2-letter state
code.
School ID/IDs – required for School Manager and School Employee users only;
enter one or more numeric school IDs separated by commas.
Please refer to the Generate Schools List (available under the Employee tab) to look
up the School ID.
District ID – required for School users only; enter a numeric district ID.
Please refer to the Generate Schools List (available under the Employee tab) to look
up the District ID.
USDA FNS Office ID – required for USDA FNS users only; enter one of the following
numeric values:
1 - NO - National Office
2 - MARO - Mid-Atlantic Office
3 - MWRO - Midwest Office
4 - MPRO - Mountain Plains Office
5 - NERO - Northeast Office
6 - SERO - Southeast Office
7 - SWRO - Southwest Office
8 - WRO - Western Office
The file also contains a sample row. Use this row as a sample, then delete it from the
spreadsheet.
Fill out and save the spreadsheet to your computer. Click “Browse” to locate the
spreadsheet you just saved, then use the “Upload File” button on “Upload Bulk Employee
Profiles” page to upload the file.
The “Review Uploaded Employee Profiles” page is displayed once the file is uploaded. The
page displays a block of data entry controls for each employee profile imported from the
MS Excel file.
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The data entry fields are:
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First Name,
Last Name,
Business or Work Email,
Employee Number,
Hiring Date,
Role,
Job Title,
State,
District, and
Schools.
Required fields are denoted by the asterisk (*):
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The State field is required for School and State Agency users.
The District field is required for School users.
The Schools field is required for School Managers and Directors.
You can edit information in the fields on “Review Uploaded Employee Profiles” page if you
want to change any values before being saved.
Blocks for employee profiles that were flagged by the import data validation as having
errors, will be displayed in red. Error messages will be displayed for each field that has
invalid or missing values in it.
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Edit the fields to correct the errors, and as you do so, the error messages will disappear.
Once there are no validation errors detected for a particular employee profile, its block will
become blue.
You can also delete any employee profile block by pressing the “Remove Employee Profile”
button.
A confirmation dialog will be displayed. Once removed, this action cannot be undone.
Once you are done correcting and modifying the employee profiles data, use the “Import
Employee Profiles” button to save the employee profiles.
NOTE: Data entered will be checked to make sure no duplicate employee records are
being created. Uniqueness of an employee record is determined by checking the
combination of First Name, Last Name, Email Address and Employee Number.
If all employee profiles are saved without errors, a confirmation dialog will be displayed,
and you will be taken to the “View Employees” page after pressing the “Close” button.
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If all or some employee profile records caused further errors while being saved, an error
message will be displayed in the dialog.
NOTE: The employee profiles that did not have any errors will be saved at this point
and will be accessible through the PSTTT screens.
Any records with errors will be listed on “Review Uploaded Employee Profiles” page with
the appropriate error messages.
You can edit the data for employee profiles with errors or use the “Remove Employee
Profile” button for each employee profile block. Once you are done correcting and
modifying the data, use the “Import Employee Profiles” button again to save.
You can also cancel the process of importing the employee profile records at any point by
pressing the “Cancel” button on “Review Uploaded Employee Profiles” page. If some of the
employee profile records were already saved, they will remain in the system, but the
records still displayed on “Review Uploaded Employee Profiles” page will not be saved.
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A confirmation dialog will be displayed since this action cannot be undone.
Press “Leave page” button to cancel, or press “Stay on page” button to stay on page and
continue editing data in the employee profile blocks.
Once import process is complete, a success dialog is displayed, and the user is taken to the
“View Employees” page.
5.5.6
Search Employees
The “Search Employees” option under the “Employees” menu opens the “Employee Search”
page which allows managers to search for their active employees.
This page lists the Employee Name, Employee Number, and School District Name for School
employees or State Agency name for State employees.
You can re-sort the values by clicking on the table headers.
Use the Search field to narrow down the selection by typing in one or more characters
(letters or numbers) of the employee name and/or employee number. The entries in the
table will be updated as you type.
School Manager/Director view – employees in the District:
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State Agency Manager/Director view – employees in the State:
Clicking on an employee name on this page will take the manager to the employee’s
account profile and allows drill-down into that employee’s information and training
history.
5.5.7
View Employee User Profile
The employee “User Profile” page is the same as the “User Profile” page described in
Section 4.5.4. For managers and directors, this page allows to perform the following actions
for the employee selected:
• Viewing the summary data.
• Editing employee’s profile information by pressing the “Edit” button (see Section
4.5.5).
• Viewing employee’s training history by pressing the “View Training History” button
(see Section 4.5.1).
• Uploading training documents for this employee’s training records from the
“Training History” page (see Section 4.2.1.3).
• Viewing employee history of roles, job titles, and organizations by pressing the
“View User History” button (see Section 5.5.8).
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5.5.8
View User History
The “View User History” button on “User Profile” page opens the “User History” page which
allows the Manager and Director users to view employee’s role, job title, assigned location,
and activity periods for every school year. It also allows Managers and Directors to change
employee’s role and job title for any given school year within their organization.
The table on “User History” page contains a row for every school year an employee was
active with the role, job title, location, and activity periods listed.
If an employee held multiple positions in multiple organizations during a given school year,
only the last organization / position combination is displayed, since the last position during
a school year is used to calculate the number of required hours.
For each school year, activity period start and end date are listed for one or more activity
period during which the employee was active.
Manager and Director users can update employee’s role and job title retroactively for each
school year by pressing the corresponding “Update” button.
5.5.9
Edit Historical User Profile
The “Update” button on “User History” page opens the “Edit Historical User History” page
that allows to update employee’s information retroactively for a particular school year.
The “Edit Historical User History” page is similar to the “Edit User Profile” page, however, it
only applies to one school year, and allows to edit only the Role and Job Title. Press the
“Update” button to save, or the “Cancel” button to cancel.
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5.5.10
Deactivate Employees
The “Deactivate Employees” option under the “Employees” menu opens the “Deactivate
Employees” page which allows the manager to select one or more active employees to
deactivate. Controls on this page allow the manager to select one or more employees.
Required fields are denoted by the asterisk (*).
The “Deactivation Date” field allows the user to enter the actual employee departure date.
This date will be validated for each employee selected to make sure it falls into a time
period when this employee was last active. If the employee was never deactivated before,
the Deactivation Date has to be after their Hire Date; otherwise, it has to be after their last
Activation Date.
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State Agency Manager/Director view:
School Manager/Director view:
Select one or more employees in the “Employees” field and press the “Deactivate Selected
Employees” button. A confirmation dialog listing the selected employees will be displayed.
Press the “Deactivate” button to deactivate the selected employees. Press the “Cancel”
button to cancel.
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Confirmation dialog displayed after the deactivations are performed lists all employees
who could not be deactivated with the corresponding reasons:
5.5.11
Reactivate Employees
The “Reactivate Employees” option under the “Employees” menu is available to Directors
only. It opens the “Reactivate Employees” page which allows Directors to view all inactive
employees in their organization.
Keywords entered into the Search control apply across all the fields represented in the
table: Employee Name, Employee Number (if provided), Deactivation Date, Role, State,
District (for School Directors only), and School names (for School Directors only). The
simplest way would be to enter the employee name, and then enter additional keywords if
necessary.
Click on the employee name to reactivate the employee from the “Edit User Profile” page.
You may need to adjust employee’s role, job title, etc. and enter the Reactivation Date if it is
different from today’s date. For these inactive employees, the “Update” button on the “Edit
User Profile” page will be replaced with the “Reactivate” button.
5.5.12
Manage Schools (School User Category Only)
The “Manage Schools” option under the “Employees” menu is available to Managers and
Directors in the School User Category only. It opens the “Manage Schools” page which
allows the manager to view and manage schools in their school district.
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Press the “Add New School” button to open the “Create New School” page.
Select a School and click on the corresponding “Edit” link to open the “Edit School” page for
the selected school.
5.5.12.1 Create New School
Use the “Create New School” page to add a new school.
The following fields will display on Create New School page. Required fields are denoted by
the asterisk (*).
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State – required, populated with your State, disabled.
County – required, populated with your District’s county, disabled.
District – required, populated with your District’s name, disabled.
School Name – required. Please enter the full, official school name.
School Type – required. Please select your school type.
Address – Please enter the street address.
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City – required. Please enter the City from the School’s mailing address.
Zip – required. Please enter the Zip Code from the School’s mailing address.
NOTE: The combination of the School Name and Zip is required to be unique.
The following actions are available:
• Create – save the data entered to create a new District.
• Back to List – cancel all the changes and go back to Manage School Districts page.
When finished with all required fields, click “Create” button to create a district.
5.5.12.2 Edit School
Use the “Edit School” page to edit school information.
The following fields will display. Required fields are denoted by the asterisk (*).
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State – required, populated with your State, disabled.
County – required, populated with your District’s county, disabled.
District – required, populated with your District’s name, disabled.
School Name – required. Please enter the full, official school name.
School Type – required. Please select your school type.
Address – Please enter the street address.
City – required. Please enter the City from the School’s mailing address.
Zip – required. Please enter the Zip Code from the School’s mailing address.
The following actions are available:
• Update – save the data entered.
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Cancel – cancel all the changes and return to “Manage Schools” page.
When finished with all the updates, click “Update” button to update District information
and return to the Manage School Districts page.
5.5.13
Generate School List
The “Generate School List” option under the “Employees” menu produces an Excel file
containing information for all schools in your district. The following information is
included for each school: School ID, School Name, District ID, District Name, State, County
Name, City, Zip, Created On date, and Number of Employees currently assigned to the
school.
5.5.14
Manage School Districts (School User Category Only)
The “Manage School Districts” option under the “Employees” menu opens the “Manage
School Districts” page which allows school directors to edit their School District
information.
Press the “Edit School District” button to open the “Edit School District” page for your
district.
5.5.14.1 Edit School District
School directors have capability to edit their School District information.
The following fields will display on Edit School District page. Required fields are denoted
by the asterisk (*).
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State/Territory – required, populated with your State, read-only.
County – required, read-only.
District Name– required; enter your district name.
Zip – required; enter mailing address zip code.
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The following actions are available:
• Update – save the data entered and go back to the “Manage School Districts” page.
• Back to List – cancel all the changes and go back to the “Manage School Districts”
page.
5.6
Help Menu
The Help dropdown menu for Managers and Directors has one additional option – “Report
an Issue” which is used to submit an issue report or a data change request.
The “Report an Issue” form page displays data entry fields for the user to allow them to
submit an issue report or a data change request.
The asterisks mark the required fields. The User Name and Email from the logged in user
are populated by default but may be changed by the user.
This form provides the following fields. Required fields are denoted by the asterisk (*).
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Summary - required; the summary of the issue or a request.
Description - the detailed description of the issue or a request.
Name - required; requestor’s name.
Email Address - required; the email address that should be used for
correspondence.
Attach File – any additional information can be attached as a file.
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Press the “Create” button to submit your issue. A confirmation dialog will be displayed with
the buttons representing the following choices:
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Return to Dashboard – press to go to the “Home” page
Report New Issue – press to return to the “Report an Issue” page and report
another issue.
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| File Type | application/pdf |
| File Title | PSTTT User Manual |
| Subject | User Manual |
| Author | Alla Sharkova |
| File Modified | 2023-05-23 |
| File Created | 2023-05-23 |