I Saved Money, You Can Too! A look at 3 LEA implementations Panel Bloomington, Ramapo, Horry County Stats DC 2010
Objectives and Outline A Look at Three District Success Stories o Cindy Helmers, Bloomington District 87 (IL) o James Yap, Ramapo Central (NY) o Richard Nadeau, Horry County (SC) Panel Discussion o Lessons Learned o Cost Savings o Other Benefits o Q&A
Three District Success Stories Cindy Helmers, Bloomington District 87 (IL) James Yap, Ramapo Central (NY) Richard Nadeau, Horry County (SC)
Bloomington District 87 District Snapshot Student Population 6500 Public Schools 8 total schools (6) Elementary Schools (1) Middle School (1) High School Implementation Type Horizontal SIF in place since 2007
Bloomington District 87 Implementation Goals Real time data exchange Reduction in data entry time Keep staff doing what they do best Data accuracy among different systems Reduce time to reconcile reports
Bloomington District 87 Implementation Details CPSI Zone Integration Server Skyward Student System w/ Universal Agent Microsoft Active Directory and CPSI Visual Casel KIDS Special Education Custom Developed Agent by Integrity Schools SchoolLink Technology WinSNAP Data Warehouse Populated through ZIS and agent
Bloomington District 87 SIF Overview Zone Integration Server (ZIS) Skyward SIF Agents Applications SIF Data Objects Microsoft Active Directory KIDS Special Education WINsnap Food Service Achievement Gateway Data Warehouse Alexandria (future) Stats DC 2010 SIF Zone
Three District Success Stories Cindy Helmers, Bloomington District 87 (IL) James Yap, Ramapo Central (NY) Richard Nadeau, Horry County (SC)
Ramapo Central School District District Snapshot Student Population 4700 Public Schools 7 total schools (5) Elementary Schools (1) Middle School (1) High School Implementation Type Horizontal SIF in place since 2006
Ramapo Central School District Implementation Goals Get rid of manual exports Accurate data Level of confidence from staff Time savings Work smarter not harder
Ramapo Central School District Implementation Details Edustructures Zone Integration Server Eschool Data SIS 11 different agents that cover: o o o o o o o curriculum mapping professional development food services data analysis substitutes special education early reading interventions And more!
Ramapo Central School District Implementation Details
Three District Success Stories Cindy Helmers, Bloomington District 87 (IL) James Yap, Ramapo Central (NY) Richard Nadeau, Horry County (SC)
Horry County School District District Snapshot Third largest district in South Carolina Serving over 38,000 students Nine attendance areas 52 schools Nearly 5,000 employees 7 schools named National Blue Ribbon Schools Rural to suburban with ~ 53% free and reduced lunch
Horry County School District Implementation Goals Streamline data sharing Minimize duplication of effort Improve data quality Populate a data warehouse Provide dynamic reporting Minimize single points of failure Achieve application independence
Horry County School District Implementation Details SIS - PowerSchool ERP - Peoplesoft Food Service - WinSnap Special Education Excent Library Management Destiny Health Services - Health Office Email (Staff) - MS Exchange Email (Student) - LiveEdu Web Hosting SharpSchool
Horry County School District State Applications Sharing Data Student Unique Identifier System (SUNS) State Textbook Management (Destiny) Individualized Graduation Program (eigp)
Configuration Design Goal ODS To SharpSchool To SUNS, Validation Rules Engine ZIS ZIS Textbooks, eigp Reporting Services DW Error Reporting Accountability Data Sources Transactional Data Sources HSAP MAP PACT SIS Food Service Special Ed Media Center SIS Food Service SIS Food Service SIS Food Service
Panel Discussion Lessons Learned Cost Reductions Other Benefits Q&A
Contact Information Cindy Helmers Director of Data Analysis Bloomington District 87 helmersc@district87.org 309-827-6031 Richard Nadeau Executive Director of Technology Horry County Schools rnadeau@horrycountyschools.net 843-421-6696 James Yap Director of Instructional Technology and Data Management Ramapo Central School District jyap@ramapocentral.org 845-357-2657 Jim Campbell Implementation Strategist SIF Association jcampbell@sifassociation.org 202-607-5491