Duval County Public Schools Education Information Network Project NCES – MIS 2001 February 26,...

Duval County Public SchoolsEducation Information Network Project

NCES – MIS 2001February 26, 2001

Marsha ColeDirector of Student Information Management SystemDuval County Public Schools

Hardy FletcherGeneral Director of Technology SupportDuval County Public Schools

Nina BriggsSupervisor of ProgrammingDuval County Public Schools

Matthew SeebergManager, K 12 Public EducationKPMG Consulting, Inc. Public Services

Education Information Network Project

Duval County Public Schools Public Services

Topics

• eEducation Vision

• The EdIN Project

• Web-based Information Management

• Technology Architecture

• Challenges of Change



Duval County Public Schools

• Factoids– 16th largest school district in the country

– 160 schools

– 10,000 teachers and staff

– 135,000 students

• Ongoing IT Projects– SAP HR / Fin / Purchasing / Maintenance

– Teacher laptops

– VPN across AT&T fiber lines



Topics

• e-Education Vision







The e-Education Vision

• Ultimate goal is improved student performance

• Solutions begin in the classroom and channel through web technology

• Technology supports systemic and sustainable education reform —

real value of technology is integration and classroom access

• Data-based decision making across district — supported by data

warehouse



e-Education Vision

Budget

Purchasing

A/RA/P

G/LCapitalPrograms

Finance

AssetMgmt

StateReporting

Inventory

CostReporting

Transportation

InformationTechnology

FacilitiesMaintenance

Operations

Print Shop

Food Service

Health

GradeReporting

MasterScheduler

Attendance

StudentInformation

System

Discipline

AssessmentTesting

Gradebook

Special Education

Scheduling

Textbooks

LibraryAutomation

School to Home

Curriculum Standards

Instructional Management

AssessmentTesting

Resources

Curriculum &Instruction

Email

Internet Access

Infrastructure

Core Services

Web Hosting

Benefits

StaffDevelopment

Personnel

HumanResources

PayrollPositionControlApplicant

Tracking

Recruiting

Time and Attendance



Topics








A Step towards the Vision —

The EdIN Project

• Fully integrated, web-based SIS application

• Enhances data integrity and access

• Full-district deployment — right down to the

classroom in real-time

• Flexible to the needs of Duval County PS

• Current, standards-based technology

• Data Warehouse for data consolidation



EdIN Project Team

Top Integrators. Education Specialists. Hardware / Software Experts



Topics








Student Information in the Classroom

• Supports teacher innovation

• With information available on each student’s abilities, learning can be custom tailored to fit the needs of each student



Real-Time Data from the Classroom

• Ensures decision-makers can make crucial decisions based on timely, accurate data

• Reduces reliance on labor-intensive processes and extra costs

Teacher — 9:00am

Dean — 9:01am

SIS Database

Attendance

Attendance



Internet Education Portal

• Provides parents and community members greater access, awareness, and involvement in the education of their children

• Secure access to updated attendance, grades, etc.



Performance Measurement and Accountability

• Enabling educational program assessments, adjustments and the emergence of best practices

• Data warehousing and business intelligence tools provide the basis for the reach for standards



Topics








The Architecture of the Solution I

PowerSchool Enterprise

Parent Student Teacher SchoolAdministrator

DistrictAdministrator

Web Server Database Server

Microsoft IIS Microsoft SQL

Microsoft NT

PSE / Web Objects

Application Server



The Architecture of the Solution II: Distributed Data

District DB

SQL Server

School

Local

Web / App Server

Local

DB

School

Local

Web / App Server

Local

DB



Topics








The Challenges: Data Capture in the Classroom

• Training

• Accountability

• Hardware / Connectivity

• Electronic records not universally accepted



The Challenge: Data Security

• Significant privacy laws dictate data handling

• Classroom access

• WAN / LAN security

• Parent / Community portal

• Teacher access from home



The Challenge: Legacy to Web-based

• Updated architecture — web servers, java

• Need to re-tool local talent

• Changes in functionality from character-based to

browser-based

• Universal access — down to the classroom



The Challenge: Equity of Access

• Parental / Community portal — do all have access?

• Kiosks, library access• Teacher access — equity of opportunity



The Challenges

The challenges are opportunities

The technology is the vehicle for the improvement of student performance from the classroom level



EdIN



Contacts and Q&A

Marsha ColeDirector of Student Information Management SystemDuval County Public Schools

Hardy FletcherGeneral Director of Technology SupportDuval County Public Schools

Nina BriggsSupervisor of ProgrammingDuval County Public Schools

Matthew SeebergManager, K 12 Public EducationKPMG Consulting, Inc.

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