SAL - Supervised Alternative Learning

SAL

The Ministry's of Education's description of Supervised Alternative Learning for Excused Pupils (SAL) is:

The parent(s) of an eligible student can apply for the student’s release from regular, full-time school attendance so that the student can participate in an alternative learning experience that is considered suitable for him or her by a committee established in accordance with the regulation governing the Supervised Alternative Learning for Excused Pupils (SAL) program. To be eligible for a SAL program, a student must be fourteen or fifteen years of age and enrolled in a secondary school program leading to a graduation diploma or certificate. Students who are enrolled in programs in board-sponsored schools, such as schools for the arts and academies, are also eligible for a SAL program. However, students in Provincial and Demonstration Schools, in care and treatment facilities, or those taking correspondence or distance education courses offered by the Independent Learning Centre are not eligible. A SAL program must be approved by the committee established in accordance with the regulation on SAL. When the necessary approvals have been obtained, the student will continue to be registered at the school until he or she reaches sixteen years of age, when school attendance is no longer compulsory. Regular contact with the student will be maintained by a teacher or other staff member, and the principal will report to parents whenever the school issues achievement reports. The school will maintain the Ontario Student Record for each student involved in the program. A SAL program may involve attendance at some classes or a full-time program away from the school. It may include one or more of the following elements: – full-time or part-time employment at an approved work placement – a program in life skills – continuing studies or other activities that the school board committee deems appropriate to the student’s needs and interests A student’s learning in a SAL program may be eligible for credit towards a graduation diploma.

SAL students must be given the Attendance Type SAL (on the Enrolment tab of student's record). The student's FTE in the student school enrolment batch file will be determined based on the student's SAL attendance type.


Char. column values are M-Mandatory, O-Optional, R-Repeatable
Element	Char	Maplewood Description

DATA	M	No data required, as it is just a tag.
SCHOOL_SUBMISSION	M	No data required, as it is just a tag.
SCHOOL_SUBMISSION/ ACADEMIC_YEAR	M	yyyy-yyyy - Based on the school calendar (File, School Setup, School Calendar). For example, 2009-2010 for a calendar that starts in September 2009 and ends in June 2010.
SCHOOL_SUBMISSION/ SUBMISSION_PERIOD_ TYPE	M	Submission period type is either OCTSEC1, MARSEC1, or JUNSEC1 for public secondary schools.
SCHOOL_SUBMISSION/ SCHOOL	MR	No data required, as it is just a tag.
SCHOOL_SUBMISSION/ SCHOOL/SCHOOL_NUMBER	M	School Number (File, School Setup, School Information). Only Maplewood may change the school number.
SCHOOL_SUBMISSION/ CLEAR_PENDING_AREA	M	N, for No, will always appear.
SCHOOL_SUBMISSION/ Batch Files Purge and Pre-Population XML Tags	O	If the purge item check box is checked, Y will appear for the purge tag: CLEAR_SAL See Purge Flags for further information.
If a student's attendance type is SAL on the count date, then the student is included in this file. The attendance type is on the Enrolment tab of the student's record. Internal Transfers are considered when determining the student's attendance type on the count date (Int. Transfer button on the Enrolment tab).
Element	Char.	Maplewood Description

SCHOOL_SUBMISSION/SCHOOL/ STUDENT	OR	No data required, as it is just a tag.
SCHOOL_SUBMISSION/SCHOOL/ STUDENT/OEN	M	Student’s OEN number (Enrolment tab of student's record).
SCHOOL_SUBMISSION/SCHOOL/ STUDENT/STUDENT_LEGAL_ GIVEN_NAME	M	Student’s Given Name (Name button on the Biographics tab of student's record)
SCHOOL_SUBMISSION/SCHOOL/ STUDENT/STUDENT_LEGAL_ SECOND_NAME	O	Student’s Middle Name (Name button on the Biographics tab of student's record).
SCHOOL_SUBMISSION/SCHOOL/ STUDENT/STUDENT_LEGAL_ LAST_NAME	M	Student’s Legal Surname or if empty then Student’s Surname (Name button on the Biographics tab of student's record).
SCHOOL_SUBMISSION/SCHOOL/ STUDENT/STUDENT_DOB	O	Student's Date of Birth yyyy/mm/dd (Biographics tab of student's record).
SCHOOL_SUBMISSION/SCHOOL/ STUDENT/GENDER_TYPE	M	Gender (M for male and F for female) (Biographics tab of student's record).
SCHOOL_SUBMISSION/SCHOOL/ STUDENT/LANGUAGE_TYPE	C	Student's first language (Enrolment tab of student's record). This is the first language spoken by the student. First Languages table is accessed using Students, Custom Fields/Tables, Enrolment Tables, First Languages. The OnSIS code must agree with the OnSIS reference table for LANGUAGE_TYPE. This tag is omitted if the student's MAIN_SCHOOL_FLAG is false (see description below), however OnSIS will populate this field if the student exists in OnSIS or if the student has not been entered in OnSIS (by any school in the province), the value for Language First Spoken will be set to the language of the school. If the language of the school is both “English and French, Language First Spoken of the student will be set to English.
SCHOOL_SUBMISSION/SCHOOL/ STUDENT/STUDENT_MIN_NUMBER	O	Student's Ministry Number (Enrolment tab of student's record). The Ministry Number was assigned to students before the OEN, and is no longer assigned to students.
Additional Mandatory Fields		There will be some additional mandatory fields that must appear when attempting to UPDATE any student data. For example, the ENROLMENT_START_DATE of the student is mandatory and will appear in the batch file. If an error is returned in any of these additional fields, they may be ignored as OnSIS has identified the student and will proceed to process the subsequent data.

SCHOOL_SUBMISSION/ SCHOOL/STUDENT/ STUDENT_SCHOOL_ ENROLMENT	OR	N/A
SCHOOL_SUBMISSION/ SCHOOL/STUDENT/ STUDENT_SCHOOL_ ENROLMENT/ ACTION	M	ADD will appear for all students if no Extract file is used. If an Extract file is used, ADD will appear if the student's SAL data is not in the Extract file, UPDATE will appear if the SAL information is different from the Extract file, and DELETE will appear if the SAL data is in the Extract file but is no longer in the student's data.
SCHOOL_SUBMISSION/ SCHOOL/STUDENT/ STUDENT_SCHOOL_ ENROLMENT/SCHOOL_STUDENT_NUMBER	M	This is the student number assigned to the student at the school level. This is not the OEN or MIN.
SCHOOL_SUBMISSION/ SCHOOL/STUDENT/ STUDENT_SCHOOL_ ENROLMENT/ENROLMENT_START_DATE		If a student is pre-populated from a previous submission, the ENROLMENT_START_DATE must be the same date as the previous submission, and therefore the date in the extract is used. It the student is not in the extract, the entry date to this school is used (Enrolment tab of student's record). The format isyyyy/mm/dd.

SCHOOL_SUBMISSION/ SCHOOL/STUDENT/ STUDENT_SCHOOL_ ENROLMENT/SALEP	OR	N/A
SCHOOL_SUBMISSION/ SCHOOL/STUDENT/ STUDENT_SCHOOL_ ENROLMENT/SALEP/ACTION		ADD will appear for all students if no Extract file is used. If an Extract file is used, ADD will appear if the student's SAL data is not in the Extract file, UPDATE will appear if the SAL information is different from the Extract file, and DELETE will appear if the SAL data is in the Extract file but is no longer in the student's data.
SCHOOL_SUBMISSION/ SCHOOL/STUDENT/ STUDENT_SCHOOL_ ENROLMENT/SALEP/TYPE		Student's SAL Attendance Type. This can be found under the SAL tab within the student record. There are 2 options to choose from: Less than 70 minutes of day school instruction More than or equal to 70 minutes of day school instruction Note: a student may move between these 2 attendance type within the same school year. An internal transfer is recorded every time a change is made to this field.
SCHOOL_SUBMISSION/ SCHOOL/STUDENT/ STUDENT_SCHOOL_ ENROLMENT/SALEP/STATUS_TYPE		Student's SAL Status Type. This can be found under the SAL tab within the student record. There are 2 options to choose from: First school year in SAL Previously participated in SAL This field cannot change between submission periods.
SCHOOL_SUBMISSION/ SCHOOL/STUDENT/ STUDENT_SCHOOL_ ENROLMENT/SALEP/EXIT_TYPE		Student's SAL Exit Type. This can be found under the SAL tab within the student record. There are 7 options to choose from: Graduated with OSSD Left school (on board list) Left school (over compulsory age) Other Return to school full time Return to school part time Returning to SAL next school year
SCHOOL_SUBMISSION/ SCHOOL/STUDENT/ STUDENT_SCHOOL_ ENROLMENT/SALEP/START_DATE		Student's SAL Start date. This can be found under the SAL tab within the student record. Enter the date that the student first entered the SAL program for the current school year.
SCHOOL_SUBMISSION/ SCHOOL/STUDENT/ STUDENT_SCHOOL_ ENROLMENT/SALEP/END_DATE		Student's SAL End date. This can be found under the SAL tab within the student record. Enter the date that the student will leave the SAL program for the current school year. An end date must be entered every school year. For student's returning to SAL next school year, it is recommended that the date of July 1 be used as the exit date.

SCHOOL_SUBMISSION/ SCHOOL/STUDENT/ STUDENT_SCHOOL_ ENROLMENT/SALEP/COMPONENT	OR	N/A
SCHOOL_SUBMISSION/ SCHOOL/STUDENT/ STUDENT_SCHOOL_ ENROLMENT/SALEP/COMPONENT/ACTION		ADD will appear for all students if no Extract file is used. If an Extract file is used, ADD will appear if the student's SAL component data is not in the Extract file, UPDATE will appear if the SAL component information is different from the Extract file, and DELETE will appear if the SAL component data is in the Extract file but is no longer in the student's data.
SCHOOL_SUBMISSION/ SCHOOL/STUDENT/ STUDENT_SCHOOL_ ENROLMENT/SALEP/COMPONENT/TYPE		Student's SAL Component. This can be found under the SAL tab within the student record. The student can be enrolled in multiple SAL components at the same time or throughout the school year. There are 11 options to choose from: Continuing Education Course Counselling Day School Course/Program Independent Study Credit Course Full Time Employment ILC/Correspondence/Self Study Other Courses/Workshops Part time Employment Training or Certifications Related to the Workplace Volunteering Note: If a student as a SAL Attendance Type of More than or equal to 70 minutes of day school instruction, then the student MUST have a component of Day School Course/Program assigned.