Moving g the Beach Our Implementation Story Shiawassee Regional Education Service District Corunna, Michigan Valerie Coffey Coffey-Data Data Services Instructional Specialist
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Shiawassee RESD
What is an RESD? Shiawassee RESD is an Intermediate School District serving the 8 local school districts in Shi Shiawassee C County t which is located in the Southeast corner of Michigan.
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Shiawassee RESD Statistics
Who We Serve Shiawassee County Shi C t Michigan 8 Local School Districts which consist of:
13 Elementary Schools 6 Middle Schools 2 Jr./Sr. High Schools 6 High g Schools 1 Alternative Education HS 2 Special Education Centers
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12,855 students 706 Teachers 8 Superintendents 4 Curriculum Directors 30 Principals
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What did you say?
It All B Began One O Spring S i D Day April 2012Received notice our current data warehouse would be phased out Surveyed districts – To define “Must haves” in a warehouse Wrote RFP – Based on district needs May 2012CHANGE
S l t d bids Selected bid Demo of selected vendors – Invited district administrators
AHEAD
June 2012Received Board approval Extracted data from current data warehouse Began DnA warehouse build
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….One Grain of Sand at a Time
Preparing the Data June 2012 Goal – Move 10 years of existing data from the existing data warehouse into Illuminate before July 31, 2012. Extracted data from existing data warehouse. Formatted data files to comply with Illuminate Data Specs Make sure it is clean!
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How I Spent My Summer
M i th Moving the B Beach h Creating g our Illuminate DnA warehouse Student Information Systems: PowerSchool – 7 Districts NewGen – 1 District
Our most brilliant move – Bringing Kimberly Milligan onsite for the week of the build!!
Having the PowerSchool scripts provided – So helpful!
Initial scripts running within 2 hours t t on the th fi firstt day! d ! off start All prior years and current year core data files running nightly by the end off the th week! k!
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Getting settled in the new beach
B ilding the Sandcastle Building Illuminate DnA Warehouse July and August 2012 Continued verifying data for accuracy Worked with Illuminate to build Michigan state assessments Loaded State Assessments - MEAP
- MME - EXPLORE - PLAN - NWEA
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Time to Invite some friends….
St ti the Starting th B Beach hP Party t Our Illuminate DnA Warehouse Rollout Plan Go slow to go fast! September 2012 – Illuminate Overview for District Administrators November 2012 – Data Verification f Training
Trained participants in the basics of Illuminate Ultimate purpose was to verify the data is accurate!! Participants recorded any data errors Make sure it is clean!
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Inviting more friends…..
Th Beach The B hP Party t Continues C ti Our Illuminate DnA Warehouse Rollout Plan November 2012 – Pilot Teacher Trainings Three teachers from every building were selected Criteria for selection: -Early technology adopters -Natural leaders in their building -Positive attitude Participants were divided into two groups: -Elementary teachers -Secondary teachers Each participant was given a Sharpat Kit Participants received one full day of training Secondary purpose -Verified the data was accurate!! -Participants recorded any data errors
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The future is bright!
N t St Next Steps Our Illuminate DnA Warehouse Rollout Plan March – September 2013 – Complete data loads Load additional assessments: - DIBELS Next - AIMSweb - Mi-Access - ELPA - Prior years of all assessments – for trend data Other data: -Transcript data - Program data - SWIS data - Attendance data
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The future is bright!
N t St Next Steps Our Illuminate DnA Warehouse Rollout Plan 2013-2014 School Year – Additional Trainings
Building level teacher trainings Counselor trainings School Improvement team trainings Administrator trainings
2013-2014 School Year – Report of the Month Specific reports to meet the needs of school leaders throughout the year
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Get in touch
Contact Info Valerie Coffey Data Services Instructional Specialist p Shiawassee RESD 1025 N. Shiawassee Street Corunna MI 48867 Corunna, Phone: 989-743-3471 E il Email:
[email protected]
Website: www.sresd.org d
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Thank You! Have a great day!
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