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A student's gender and preferred pronouns are stored in the student's Details tab. The Gender field on the cover page of documents as well as pronouns used in user bank values are then automatically updated based on the gender and preferred pronouns set in the Details tab.
Some districts have policies regarding how to update pronouns and gender. Ask your administration if there is a specific way you should maintain these items in SameGoal.
If a district has a demographics integration with their Student Information System, SameGoal will automatically populate the Preferred Gender field on a student's Details tab using the Legal Gender as set in the SIS. This information will be updated nightly if changes are made in the SIS.
SameGoal does not pull the preferred gender from the SIS, even if one is specified. SameGoal will only pull the legal gender from the SIS.
Users may manually update the Legal Gender and Preferred Gender fields on a student's Details tab. If preferred gender is manually set in SameGoal, it will no longer be overwritten by the nightly SIS integration.
The Preferred Pronouns on the Details tab will not be set automatically, but users can fill them out manually.
Gender fields in documents have four options: Male, Female, Non-binary, and Other.
These fields will automatically populate with the Preferred Gender from the Details tab. If Preferred Gender is not set on the Details tab, a document will not pull in gender automatically and a user will need to select the gender manually.
When pronouns are used in user banks and district banks, pronouns are then automatically substituted to the appropriate gender for students.
Pronouns in user banks will substitute based on the Preferred Pronouns set on the Details tab. If preferred pronouns are not specified, user banks will substitute based on Preferred Gender. If niether preferred pronouns nor preferred gender are set, user banks will update based on Legal Gender.
Reports in SameGoal pull gender from a student's Details tab. If a student's legal gender is filled out, reports will pull the legal gender. If the legal gender is not filled out, reports will pull the preferred gender.