Enterprise Portal Presentation CoSN – Florida CTO Clinic Debbie Karcher, Chief Information Officer Miami-Dade County Public Schools

MDCPS Background Fourth largest school district Over 340 public schools; over 80 Charter schools Serving 2,400 square miles Over 300,000 students Over 45,000 employees; over 5,000 Charter employees Services 180 different home languages Mobility rate – 27% Declining enrollment - Declining enrollment ($97). • Economic slowdown - State funding ($32.2). • Total funding decrease from FY 05 to FY 08 ($341.2).

The Big Picture The Vision Based on Two Beliefs Benefits Have all users connected to all information at anytime Based on Two Beliefs Prices for computing will fall ($100 Laptop) Everyone will have connectivity Benefits Increase parental involvement Users have access to their systems in one area Parents have an easy and consistent way to monitor their child’s progress Connect silo systems Reduce paper-based systems Provide easy and consistent access to information

Implementation/Timeline 2009 - 2010 Business Partners Food Service Live@Edu Links to Learning Teacher Assessment Volunteer SAP SOS Employee Self-Service SharePoint 2010 2008 - 2009 Attendance Intervention SPOT SES Weekly Briefing Internship Professional Development RiverDeep Unified Communications (OCS) 2007 - 2008 District and Community Deployment; Global Registration System Enterprise Portal 2006 - 2007 Infrastructure and Employee Portal with Collaboration Portal Lite May 1, 2006

Data Warehouse to Mainframe Daily Student Attendance Electronic Grade book Data for Grading Periods Student Scheduling Changes Testing Data from Vendors School Police Incidents. Used for discipline and State Reporting ESE Monitoring Data Mainframe

Mainframe to Data Warehouse All Student Information 40 Data Files 17 Million records Update 150 Student Tables Class Size Records for Class Size Application Results are Available for Schools Each Morning Data Ware House

Digital Equity Challenges eSCHOOLNEWS….Educators wrestle with digital-equity challenges….. Paul E. Resta, director of the University of Texas at Austin’s Learning Technology Center, framed the digital-equity challenge as one of providing not just technologies, but "digital opportunities," for students. Resta listed six things that he called "essential conditions" for digital inclusion: (1) basic literacy skills; (2) access to information and communications technology (ICT) devices, software, and connectivity; (3) access to culturally relevant content in the student's local language; (4) the ability to create, share, and exchange digital content; (5) access to educators who know how to use digital tools and resources in pedagogically sound ways; and (6) access to effective leadership in policy and planning. 2, 3, 4 enabled through Education Portal

Learning Village (3) access to culturally relevant content in the student's local language

The Learning Village Vision To create a repository for all of the district’s digital resources, aligned to standards, and accessible from one point of entry

The Learning Village How did we set out to get there Use local content-area experts to develop lesson plans linked to district resources Require publishers of district adopted instructional materials to provide digital versions of Lesson plans Textbooks Assessment items

The Learning Village Current Status Approximately 10,000 Lesson Plans Organized by nine-week periods, grade levels, and subject areas About 150 Digital Textbooks (student and teacher texts) Linked and displayed by course codes Roughly 25,000 Assessment Items Organized by grade and subject area, and subject area and standard

The Learning Village Lesson Plans Goals Standardize instructional focus and pacing across subject areas and schools Provide support to new and new to subject area or grade level teachers Link activities within plans to other district instructional resources including Riverdeep LMS Gizmos Online databases

The Learning Village Assessment Items Both publisher produced and customized items produced by ETS Accessible via Examview Test Generator Automated creation of Edusoft answer sheet for scanning and scoring (Publish to Edusoft)

Education Portal (2) access to information and communications technology (ICT) devices, software, and connectivity

The Solution - www.dadeschools.net Parents Students Community Employees

Principal

Reports Access to Active Student Reports including: Accountability Academic Achievement Attendance/Suspensions

Parent

Student

Community

Collaboration (4) the ability to create, share, and exchange digital content

Collaboration

Beyond the Walls Links to Learning – Educational opportunities outside of the school house. Based on student performance, will provide links to educational software partners and specific Learning Path

Get Connected $3.5 Million Broadband Stimulus Grant - “Get Connected – Go Global” Sustainable Broadband Adoption brings educational equity to vulnerable students/families. Provide technology tools and access to the internet, empowering these families to improve their quality of life as they bridge the digital divide. Marketing efforts will create awareness about educational benefits to “being connected” and the value of staying connected. Expanding Broadband Public Computer Center Capacity

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