Banter

A BSS publication for School Administrators and users of the Student Assessment Module in SACS.

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	28 June 2006 Timetablers Role in VKey; End of Financial Year Review of Debtors; BSS Staffing News; Update Leavers Status Button in SACS; Other School Staff Who Would Like to Receive BSS Banter; School Finance System Project; 2005/2006 School Financial Reporting; Backing up SACS; Modified Crystal Reports; Fraudulent Invoices Sent to Schools; The New Department Websites
	25 May 2006 Parents Requesting Removal of Other Parent Details in SACS; Business Services Training; School Executive Officer Familiarisation Day; SAIP Meeting Information; Using the Subject Field in Emails
	5 May 2006 Fortnightly Meetings for BSS Team; Accurate Address Data in SACS; Advanced Finance and Finance Update; Training Dates; Additional Basic and Intermediate SACS Training Sessions; BSS at the TSAA Conference; Reminders for SEOs and Clerks
	11 April 2006 School Executive Officer Mentoring Program; SAIP to Introduce Administrative Achievement Awards for School Clerical Staff; Footy Tipping Competitions in Schools; Reminder - Archiving Students on April 28th; Sheryl Roberts - Help in the North; SRP Support Comes to BSS; Emails from Independent Organisations Offering Training to School Staff; Would You Like a Visit from BSS?
	3 April 2006 Financial Units of Competence; ICT Audit; TLP Laptop software maintenance; Minutes from the SAIP meeting - 7 December 2005
	17 March 2006 SACS Reports & School List Modifications; Relief Spreadsheet Update; Tuition Fees for School Aged Children of Temporary Resident Visa Holders; Updating SARIS VKey Roles; Providing Personal Information to School Photographers; Building Evacuation Plans and Emergency Exit Ways
	10 February 2006 Relief Spreadsheet for 2006, 2006 First Term Census, Can't sight a student's birth certificate?, Incorrect payroll entries in SRP, Staffing and Relief sheets, Students' Health Care Requirements web page moved, Student Residential Addresses, Transitioning new Students into SACS from the Data Warehouse
	9 December 2005 BSS Staff Changes, SACS Training in term 1 2006, CRE Function Key setup in SACS, Receipting Credit Card transactions in SACS, School Levy Issues for 2006 & Submission of 2006 Levy Documentation, December BAS deferment, SACS End of Year Procedures, Marking Students as Deceased, Public Assembly Licenses, Computer Equipment and Support over the holidays
	October 21, 2005 Relief Spreadsheet, Is your School Association Incorporated? How do you become incorporated? School Records Review Group, SACS End of Year Instructions, Active After-school Communities Program (AASC)
	October 6, 2005 ABSTUDY (School Fees Allowance), Transfer of Student Files to the next school, Relief Spreadsheet Upgrade, Online Access Centres, Correct GST Coding, SRP Non-cash Budgets, SACS Finance Training
	September 21, 2005 New staff roll-up lists, Cluster administration update, Contract services and leasing, Personal Information Protection Act 2004, Student Permission Reminder, DoE's Risk Management Policy, Using a bank/credit card as EOI
	July 28, 2005 Mid-Year Census; Finance hints and tips; Archiving student records; Validating student data; TSAA Conference Presentations; Glass standards and replacement
	July 12, 2005 SAIP minutes, Information Privacy - Access to SACS and student data, Mid-year Census 2005, Receipting and budgeting for levies, SACS accounting principles, Quick SRP/Relief Spreadsheet/Salary Calculator Reconciliation, Accounting for the Active After-school Communities Grant, Common BAS errors
	May 26, 2005 Validation data required for years 3, 5, 7 and 9; Enrolment forms for student who intend to come to your school; Validation hints; Enrolments for 2006; Fire Evacuation Plans; Reminder to use the appropriate email distribution lists; Email and system access during term breaks; Occasional Vacancies in BSS; School address changes; How to find someone in the Department
	May 12, 2005 Change of Personal Details - Notification to Human Resources management Branch; Verifying critical data if the Validation Forms are not returned; School Financial Reports - 2004/2005; Changing Parent/Guardian details; School Associations; Suggestions to improve the Student Enrolment Application Form; List of Cluster Admin Officers
	April 22, 2005 Code of Practice for Risk Management of Agricultural Shows and Carnivals; Email to Cluster Administration Officers; Use and installation of basketball rings and backboards; Property Protection Scheme Contacts; School Resource Package Update: 2005 Staffing and Relief Reports; Web Exceptions - Recommendations; SAIP minutes; New TSAA website
	April 12, 2005 Kindergarten archives for primary and district high schools; Reminder to collect Evidence of Identity (EOI) and Date of Birth (DOB) information for students enrolled after 15 September 2004; Student Assistance Scheme (STAS) 2005; Costing of Teacher Aides and Cluster Funding; Welcome To BSS - Kimbra Watling (Web Exceptions Project); Email distribution lists; New SACS release; Changes to Infostream
	March 23, 2005 Student Validation: SACS Backup Guidance for SEOs; Finance Update Courses; Credit Cards; Playground Safety Training Course; Sports Equipment Grants to Government Schools
	March 11, 2005 Kindergarten enrolments and full-time equivalents; New Version of SACS; Service Centre functions; Retraction of Parent ID requirement - Parent identification NOT essential; Master Maintenance Program; Students without Evidence of Identity or Date of Birth; Infostream
	February 24, 2005 2005 First Term Census; BSS Training Sessions for School Office Staff; Crystal Reports Development - Training; Finalisation of 2004 SRP and 2005 SRP February Grant; Relief Spreadsheet 2005; Finance tips; 2005 TSAA Conference; Tip for emailing SEOs in each branch; SAIP Meeting minutes
	February 15, 2005 Staffing arrangements in BSS; 2005 Census; Student validation suggestion; Student Assessment and Reporting Information System (SARIS); Staffing and Establishment Services - A more strategic focus for positions and vacancies; SACS Account Codes; Salary Calculator and Higher Duties Allowances (HDA); Transitioning in students from archives, signed photo ID required from parents; Warning about phone, email and invoice scams; Risk Management website update
	December 15, 2004 December Grants; News Media and Students; SRP Salary Changes and the Salary Calculator and Budget Workbook; 2005 Relief Spreadsheet; Online Access Centres; Computer Equipment Over Holidays; Email Over the Break
	December 1, 2004 Information Validation � 030A and 030DE report; Distance Education Enrolments; Pre-Kinder and Summer School Enrolments; Deferral of December 2004 monthly activity statement (BAS) for schools; Revaluation of the Department�s Land and Building Assets; Email Usage; Head Lice - Information for Schools; Head Lice - Sample Newsletter Article; SARIS and VKey Officers and Supervisors; SACS Bug Fix Progress; Some SACS Finance Tips; SACS Tip: Using the F6 and Shift F6 functions in SACS
	November 17, 2004 Salary calculator budget workbook information sessions; School levies simplification; Term dates; Student transportation information; 2005 Salary rates, Ready Reckoner and Initial Rates are on the website; End of year procedures; Essential Learnings for All website; Immunisation schedule for children up to age 5; Parent/guardian information brochures; Sample school newsletter article for Tasmanian School Entry Immunisation Requirements; Tip � Quick data entry for vaccination records into SACS; Do not use the ZGone roll class for future students; Using the �EOI, DOB seen� field in Student Personal Information, Part 2; Using Shift + F6 in SACS; SAIP minutes from meeting on November 3
	November 4, 2004 Student Assistance Scheme (STAS) 2005; Email and VKey for students; SACS release update; Student photographs - questions about privacy and safety answered; Using newspaper/media checkbox in SACS; Updating student data in SACS; Personal information 045A is back; Preferred names in SACS; Family notes transitioned with student
	October 25, 2004 New SACS release; Tasmanian School Entry Immunisation Requirements - letter to parents; Relief Spreadsheet; Producing the STAS Application Registration (Form 8) � 30; Minutes from the 23 September SAIP meeting
	October 8, 2004 GST compliance; Australian Business Pages Directory; New Administration of Medication Forms; Sample newsletter articles for schools; BSS Service Centre providing advice on Risk Management; Internet banking; Release of V3 relief spreadsheet; Levies � Good Practice; New information on the FFBS website
	July 29, 2004 Mid-year enrolment census - all schools and colleges; Publication of personal information; New SACS Finance Reports; Procurement and accounts receivable policies
	July14, 2004 Student and Staff incorrectly recorded in SACS; Do Not Shut Down SACS Servers; Finance Advice; TSAA Conference - July 22 & 23; Relief Spreadsheet Version 3; Bookmark Pilot; School Levy Survey
	June 2004 Property Protection Scheme; School Financial Reporting Requirements for June 30, 2004; GST Transaction Reference Codes; School Office Support (SOS) on the Web; Manual Backup Procedures; Internal Audit Recommendations - Backup Procedures; Immunisation Changes; ICT Permissions; Master Maintenance Website; BSS Staff Changes
	December 2003 School Holiday Checklist, IT Training, Staff mobile numbers and LDS, December BAS lodgement and 2004 Staffing formula allocations.
	November 2003 SACS End of Year Procedures, EOI and Enrolment, SRP Grant, 2004 SRP Salary Rates, Managing Debt and SAM News.
	September 2003 New BSS website, Student Absences and Warehouse Alerts, Relief Budgets, SAM news, Interim 2004 SRP allocations, Commonwealth Bank EFTPOS, Master Maintenance Work Requests.
	August 2003 BAS finalisation, recording student absences in SACS, SAM news, Risk Management.
	May 2003 Clarification of insurance cover issues from previous Banter, Getting more from SACS, Financial Management, Staff Movements, SAM Matters, Handy hint for removing school logos from finance reports, Term 2 training courses.
	April 2003 Insurance and Risk Management Policies, SSS Student Archiving, Error messages in SACS, SAM Issues, TCE Course Awards, Reports for Kindergarten Development Check, Finance Quick Tip.
	March 2003 Finance Tip, Accounting for school relief, New Nuggets, Exploiting the possibilities in SACS, Welcome to Kristy Carr, Master Maintenance Help Desk and Facility Services general enquiries, Reminder for SAM Administrators.
	February 2003 SAM and the new KD Check Critical Markers, New TCE syllabus, Updated nuggets, Training, Making Chart of Accounts inactive, Equipment assets and loans, Staff change at BSS, Cancelling out of a CRE transaction and Transitioning students.
	December 2002 December BAS Invoice Tick box, Cheque formatting, SAM End of year Procedures, Revised Kindergarten Development Check, End of year tips, New SACS Finance procedure, General Ledger Journals (no BAS implications), Changes at BSS, School Holiday Checklist
	November 2002 New Patch, End of Year procedures, Draft Excursion calculation sheet/pro-forma, SACS Keyboard Shortcuts, Web tip, Kindergarten Development Check for 2003-2004, Looking for a report?, Levies and GST, Reminder � school levies pro-forma
	Sept 2002 Wedding Bells!!, BSS Staffing changes, Third term courses, Direct credit from the ATO, SACS Patches, Transitioning In - Informing the previous school
	August 2002 Schools and Insurance, Jump Start for new School Senior Administrators�, Transitioning in Students from the Data Warehouse, Banter articles, GST Trans Ref Codes for Supplies, SACS to Excel course support, Additional Service Centre support!, Favourite SACS Reports
	July 2002 SAM and the Kindergarten Development Check, Correction: tax deductible gifts to schools, The Red Book, SACS new version documentation, SACS Courses Term 2, Defrag your computer for better performance, Tas. Schools' Administrators Association website, Records Disposal Training, The Service Centre, SAM - Planning Proformas
	No 12 April 2002 SACS upgrade, SAM and the Kindergarten Development Check, Amendments to the Handbook for Government Procurement, Finance data and the Data Warehouse, E-Pool, Schools as Registered Charities
	No 11 March 2002 SACS/Excel course, Calendar, Backup, Help, Service Pack, New SACS version, Searching, Recording Absences, Finance tip, Turning off computers, Office Admin courses
	No 10 February 2002 Recording Student Addresses in SACS, BAS Statements, SAM
	No 9 December 2001 The GST and Levies, Staff changes, SAM P D in 2002, PAT Tests results and SAM, The Red Book, Checking Family Codes, End of Year VKey Procedures
	No 8 November 2001 Workshops for Timetablers, End of Year documentation, Procurement update, 2002 SACS calendar, Quick Student Absence Data Entry, SAM, Red Book, Passwords.
	No 7 October 2001 End of Year Procedures, Sending email to other administrators, Receiving �What�s New�, TSAA new office bearers, New nuggets of information, New SSS Reports, Kindergarten Development Check in SAM, How to bulk clear STAS flags in SAC, Finance Good Practice - Level 2 Chart Codes, Can you reconcile your AGSU account?
	No 6 September 2001 Term 3 Courses, What�s new?, GST and the food component of camps, Duplicated names on Outlook email address list , Non Cash Journals, SAM, SACS/Excel Training courses
	No 5 July 2001 Checking extractions, SAM, Training timetable, Outlook tips, Bank reconciliation
	No 4 May 2001 TSAA conference, Admin training, SAM, Vkey, Crystal tips, Transitioning
	No 3 April 2001 Visiting BSS, SAM, Service Centre, Empower support, subject codes, clerks and relieving, SAM students with disabilities, staff profiles
	No 2 February 2001 GST, Out of the Ashes, SAM, Training, Shortcuts, Enrolling, Nigel Cross, Reindex and Rebuild procedures
	No 1 December 2000 Welcome, EOY procedures, Calendar view problem, Red Book for Admins, GST, Finance, Student name changes, TSAA officers, Introducing Kalinda and Rebecca