All Webinars are presented on Tuesdays/Thursdays at Noon
Webinars from previous years, as well as current year webinars that have been presented, can be found on the DOE Data Team's YouTube Channel
General Synergy Documents
- Synergy Navigation
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Synergy Manual Entry
| Topic | FAQs | Instructions | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment Changes | |||
| Attendance Manual Entry | |||
| Behavior Manual Entry | |||
| CTE Program Manual Entry | |||
| Economic Status Manual Entry | |||
| Locating-and-Adding Students | |||
| Special Ed Manual Entry | |||
| Truancy Manual Entry | |||
| Setting a Student’s Alternate Assessment Flag |
Synergy Uploads
NOTE: Excel does remove leading zeros by default. You must ensure you set your file to keep the leading zeros. You can find help from Microsoft on keeping the leading zeros in Excel
Synergy Web-interface URL:
https://me-mdoe.edupoint.com/Service/STCommunication.asmx
Uploads must be completed in the following order
- State ID Import
- Student Enrollment
- Student Personal
- All others may be uploaded in any order as long as these above had been done first
Data Dictionaries
| Topic | Upload Guide | Sample File | Data Dictionary | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upload Requirements Guide | - | - | ||
| StateID | Guide | Sample | Dictionary | |
| Student Enrollment | Guide | Sample | Dictionary | |
| Student Personal | Guide | Sample | Dictionary | |
| Attendance | Guide | Sample | Dictionary | |
| Behavior | Guide | Sample | Dictionary | |
| Career and Technical Education (CTE) | Guide | Sample | Dictionary | CIP List Approved Schools |
| CTE Credit Bearing | Guide | Sample | Dictionary | |
| Economic Status | Guide | Sample | Dictionary | |
| Multilingual Learners | Guide | Sample | Dictionary | |
| Special Education | Guide | Sample | Dictionary | |
| Student Exit | Guide | Sample | Dictionary | |
| Truancy | Guide | Sample | Dictionary |
Student Enrollment Guides
| Topic - Enrollment | FAQ | Instructions | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attendance Data Reporting | |||
| Enrollment Guidance | |||
| Fiscal Responsibility | |||
| Foreign Exchange Student Information | |||
| Foreign Exchange Students vs Foreign Tuition Students | |||
| Homeless Student Information | Link | ||
| Home Instruction | Link | ||
| Immigrant Definition | |||
| Military Family Indicator Form | Link | ||
| Multilingual Learner Identification | Link | ||
| Race/Ethnicity Definitions | Link | ||
| Residency Definitions | Link | ||
| State Agency Clients | |||
| Student Data Standards Document | |||
| Superintendent's Agreement Information | Link |
| Topic - Economic Status | FAQ | Instructions | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY25 Alternate Economic Status Form | DOC | ||
| Community Eligibility Provisions (CEP) | Link | ||
| Economic Status Document |
| Topic - Truancy | FAQ | Instructions | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| Truancy definitions and reporting guidelines | Link | ||
| Approved Compulsory Age Dropouts |
Student Reporting Instructions
| Topic | FAQs | Instructions | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 1st Enrollment Counts | |||
| Behavior | |||
| CTE EPS Reporting | |||
| Daily Attendance Detail Report | |||
| Daily Attendance Lookup Tool | |||
| Daily Attendance End of Year Certification | |||
| Dropout reporting | |||
| EF-M-39 Report | |||
| EF-M-43 - Transportation Data for Out-of-District SpecEd Students, Homeless Students, and CTE Students | |||
| EF-S-07 SpecEd Tuition & Board Report | |||
| EF-S-214 High Cost Out of District Special Education Tuition & Board | |||
| ESEA Demographics | |||
| Graduation Reporting Instructions | |||
| MaineCare Seed Report | |||
| October 1st Student Enrollment Counts | |||
| School Absenteeism Reporting | |||
| Special Education End of Year Exit Reporting | |||
| Special Education Student Counts (EF-S-05 Part 1) | |||
| Superintendent Instructions for Home Instruction Portal | |||
| Truancy |