Professional Development Funding

Getting Started

The Professional Development Funding Report provides data on sources of professional development funding for districts and schools. To get started:

• Select "Professional Development Funding" from the home page.
• Select the desired years to view under "Year."
• Select State, district(s) and/or school(s).
• Click "Get Report" to generate a report with default selections (you can later customize your report on the report page itself).
  

Sample Report

Clicking "Get Report" will generate a report similar to the following sample:

Using the Customization Tabs

The tabs at the top of the table allow for quick modification and customization of reports. Changes may be made to multiple tabs at once before clicking “Update.”

• Years
  This feature allows for selection of multiple years of data to show in the report. For example, to view data for year 2011-2012, select “2011-2012” and click "Update."
  
• Professional Development Funding
  The Professional Development Funding tab allows users to add variables related to Professional Development Funding to the viewed report. For example, to view the Program Name, select "Program Name" and click "Update."
  
• Search
  Use this feature to search records by any of the variables listed on the Professional Development tab. To include one or more criterion, click on the variables from the drop-down menu and then click on the relationship "and” or “or” to specify the logical relationship between the subgroups selected. “And” will only show students who fall under all of the characteristics selected whereas “or” will show students who fall under any one or more of the characteristics.
  
• Other
  Use this tab to change the number of students shown per page.
  

Advanced Features

Once you view your report, you can further:

• Print it directly from your browser. You can also download it as an Excel CSV or PDF file. An Excel CSV is simply a text-file that opens directly in Microsoft Excel.
  
• Sort the report by clicking the column of interest, then on “Sort.” For example, to see the groups with the highest Amount of Professional Development Funding first, click on the column header for “Amount,” click “Sort” and “Descending” as shown below:
  
• Drill to Schools: Click on a district group in the report and select "Drill to Schools" to view all schools in the selected district on the current report.
  
• Drill to Profile: Click on any group in the report and select "Drill to Profile" to view the overall Profile of the selected School, District or State.
  
• Jump to NSPF: Click on any group in the report and select "Jump to NSPF" to open a new window with the corresponding NSPF report for the selected group.