Teach for America




  • Main Operating Window

  • Filtering the Data

    To search for applicants based on location preference, courses, or grades, choose the regions wanted, the courses taught, grades, and the preferences for each. To choose multiple areas, holding ctrl while click will select multiples. Click on "Run Filter" to view all of the applicants matching these criteria.

    Using the option "use AND on all criteria" will pull up each applicant that matches everything selected. Chooseing "use OR on all criteria" will pull up each applicant that matches any of the criteria. The same rules apply to the "and" and "or" by each filter criteria.

    Click the "X" button above each filter criteria to unselect eveything in the field.

    To view all of the applicants and to clear the search, choose the button "Un-Filter/Refresh"

  • Adding Regions

    To add a region, click any of the regions listed. This brings up the region location field. More information on adding a region can be found here.

  • Adding Courses (?)

    To add a course, click on any of the courses listed. These do not affect the placement algorithm, but are for internal use only. Once the courses taught field is displayed, click on the last line which should be blank. Type the name of the new course and press tab on your keyboard and the course will be added.

  • Selection Process Button

    Clicking on this button brings up the "Selection Process" Form. More information can be found here.

  • Close Form Button

    Closes the form.

  • View Applicant's Information

    View Personal Information - To view the any applicants information, double-click on the applicant's name. This will bring up the applicants personal information. Changes can be made here simply by makeing any needed corrections. Selection for placement is also available in this screen. To move to another applicant, choose the applicant on the right hand side of the screen. Applicants on this screen are sorted by SSN.

    View Region Preferences - To view or modify the Region Preferences for an applicant, select the applicant in the bottom of the screen. The Applicant's current preferences will be shown in the middle of the screen. To change these, simply click on the preferences and the form to change the applicant's preferences will be shown.

    View Course Listing - To view or modify the Course for an applicant, select the applicant in the bottom of the screen. The Applicant's current courses will be shown in the middle of the screen. To change these, simply click on the courses and the form to change the applicant's courses will be shown.

  • Search for Applicants

    To find an applicant by last name, enter in the applicants last name in the field "Last Name" and press enter. If there are any applicants that match the last name typed, they will be displayed in the window below. If there are more applicants than can be seen, scroll down using the scroll bar on the right hand side fo the screen. Clicking the "X" by the name will clear the field.

  • "?" Button - Help File

    Clicking on the "?" button will bring up the built in help function in the prototype.

     



  • Created by: Doug Smith, Josh Nelson, Jon Kelley, Wei Shao