The Connecting Activities Quarterly "Work and Learning Performance Report" is submitted 15 days after the end of each quarter (or on the following Monday if a weekend). The report provides a count of students and employers participating in Work and Learning experiences, along with a count of placements with the various "Work and Learning Elements" such as:
- placements with a Work-Based Learning Plan;
- placements with a classroom or workshop instruction component;
- STEM placements;
- Innovation pathway placements;
- OTHER ELEMENTS may also be included, as the report format may vary year-by-year.
The report is cumulative, based on placements with start dates from July 1st to the end of the quarter.
To run the report, open to the Reports/Admin Menu, fill in the dates for the current quarter, such as July 1st to December 30th for a 2nd quarter report, and click APPLY.
(1.) Preview the report before you write your narrative (Quarterly Report 01 - Connecting Activities Quarterly Report). After you have previewed the report, you might spend some time using other report screens to carefully look over your data to make sure it is complete and accurate. Recommended screens for looking over your data include Report 01: Count by Program and Report 02: Placement List. If you need to make corrections, you can go back to the Placement screen or you can use the "Custom Editing" feature to quickly edit batches of records if needed. Feel free to reach out for assistance in reviewing and editing your data.
(2.) Use the screen Quarterky Report 01A - Write Narrative to write (or copy-and-paste) a brief narrative about your work, especially focusing on some of the behind-the-scenes work that you have done to build partnerships with schools and employers in your region.
(3.) NOTE: Once per year, use the Quarterly Report 01B - Annual Goals to data enter the annual goals (from your RFP response). Once you fill in the annual goals, the columns for goals and year-to-date (YTD) percent of goals will be filled in on your quarterly report.
(4.) When you are ready, choose the button for Quarterly Report 01 - Connecting Activities Quarterly Report.
(5.) You can print the report to a PDF. On most computers, just File, Print and then choose Print to PDF or similar option). You can email the report to DESE (to Kerry Akashian) and cc to Skills Library (Jennifer Leonard). NOTE: You can simply email the report, or there is an also an option, new in FY2020, to upload the report and automatically send an email to Kerry and me. This option is available within the Quarterly Report section of the Reports/Admin menu and also on the Main Menu page.
ABOUT THE DATA:
The Work and Learning Performance Report is based on data from the placement screen, and uses the following fields. Before running quarterly reports, please take a few minutes to look over your data to make sure everything is complete.
Some reports on the Reports/Admin menu that might be helpful for reviewing data:
A memo with report due dates and suggestions for the narrative report is posted on the "STAFF RESOURCES" page on the massconnecting.org website.
FY2022 Instructions: Connecting_Activities_Quarterly_Report_Instructions_Kerry_9_14_22.pdf (masswbl.org)