UCS Secondary Virtual Academy
Open House
Virtual Open House
The home-school partnership is an integral part of our school’s success. We look forward to meeting with you to provide updates on our school, hear directly from your child’s teacher(s), and continue the conversations on how we continue to work together for the success of all of our students.
Secondary Open House Times
VA Junior High Open House will be held on September 22nd.
VA High school Open House will be held on September 23rd.
Please reference the email sent on 9/16 for information on registering for your student's teachers.
SchoolSoft Account
Families enrolled in UCS during the 2020-21 School year should already have a SchoolSoft account and should’ve already received an Email from appointments@SchoolSoft.com notifying you that the sign-up for Open House will begin tomorrow morning. Please note that the email references “parent teacher conferences” because SchoolSoft has limited category options. This email is for Open House, not Parent Teacher Conferences which are coming soon in October! Please note that the word “Conference” and “Open House” are used interchangeably in these directions.
If you attended conferences last year for any UCS building, you already have an account. Please go to the following website to login: https://utica.schoolsoft.com/login.jsf
Directions for accessing and setting up your SchoolSoft Conference Account are included below. We’ve also included an attachment you print off with step-by-step directions and a video. The links are below:
Directions: https://bit.ly/3CdBT7t
Video: https://youtu.be/pdLAyiLM5cY
Families of new enrollees coming into UCS this year will need to create a SchoolSoft account by following these steps:
- Go to the following website: https://utica.schoolsoft.com.
- Register for a parent account. To register click the REGISTER NOW button and complete the registration page. Once registered you will be able to immediately log in to the Conference Manager. An email will also be sent to the address you specified. This email restates your username and password and should be saved, as you will use the same username and password when booking future rounds of Parent-Teacher Conferences. If you forget your password, you can reset it using the FORGOT PASSWORD link under the login button.
- When registering, if you have multiple students, you should enter all of them at the same time.
- If you have a student at more than one school (for example CSI and the Virtual High School), you will need to assign the student to multiple buildings, for example:
John Doe Havel Elementary
John Doe UCS Virtual Academy
Booking Your Open House Session
Once you’ve registered your students and set up your account, you can log in to the Conference Manager any time. The directions below are how to book your Open House sessions when they open up on Friday morning.
- Click the BOOK NOW button and select an open house session in the date drop-down that appears. Then, select the teacher you wish to meet with and click the NEXT button.
- Click on an available time slot for the teacher you selected and complete the booking form that appears. The first timeslot will be longer to facilitate a message from Principal and Superintendent.
- Confirm your appointments have been booked by looking at the “CURRENTLY BOOKED CONFERENCES” box on the right of the screen or click on the MY CONFERENCES tab. Only appointments that appear in the CURRENTLY BOOKED CONFERENCES box or on the MY CONFERENCES page are confirmed bookings.
- When finished booking, click the log off button located at the top right of the browser window. You will have the opportunity to provide feedback regarding the use of the Conference Manager to the school administration through a user survey before completely exiting. We appreciate you completing the survey as this helps guide our decision-making regarding how conferences are booked in the future.
- You will receive a link to your video conference from Appointments@schoolsoft.com the day of conferences. At the appropriate time, click on the link for that hour and the teacher will admit you to the room.