- Data Management System - Sioux Lookout District Principals Gathering October 21, 2009

FIRST NATIONS SCHOOLNET Keewaytinook Okimakanak Regional Management Office for INAC’s First Nations SchoolNet Program PROGRAMS AND SERVICES School Connectivity Subsidy from April 1 st, 2009 to March 31 st, 2010 Youth Employment Opportunity: focusing on building the youth worker capacity to maintain and address your community’s network and ICT needs. Help Desk Services Providing assistance to schools for troubleshooting local area network and connectivity problems. Website/ Online applications training Ned Supplementary Courses: Aimed at Grade 7 & 8 classrooms in preparation for High School entry. MoodleFN Project: customize Moodle (web application) to help meet the eLearning needs of First Nation Schools and organizations. 7Stones Project: Development of a free online repository system that supports and promotes community-based learning and the importance of “place” and culture as seen through an Indigenous Knowledge perspective. Celebrating First Nation Careers: A new eLearning resource for First Nation schools, youth and families to encourage and celebrate First Nation people who are living and furthering their careers in their communities.

Youth ICT Employment Program Is to provide support for the development and use of internet-based communications systems within First Nation Schools across Ontario by increasing the integration of ICT into learning settings. As a part of this integration, the Youth Worker works with on-site supervisor to identify ICT needs and express these needs on our on- line meeting place ( The K.O. – KNet team then provides training to address those ICT issues identified whether it be, networking support and management, video conferencing support, website development, computer hardware and software support, and data management. This program is open to ALL First Nation Schools in Ontario.

Key Components to a successful Data Management System People – admin staff, teachers, parents, students Infrastructure – network, internet, computers, facilities, server Software – the system to manage the information Support - ongoing support to all the elements from various levels

K-Net Data Centre Accessible, Secure, Redundancy – Off site backup

Dadavan Student Information System “Outcomes” Used in the Atlantic Region Developed with the Micmac First Nation Schools Web based data management system Provides some solutions for First Nation Schools such as Nominal Roll Reports, and Language Immersion Use of Open Source Software that K-Net can support.

Key Modules of OUTCOMES Student Information Page provides a 'snapshot' overview of each student's information which can easily be accessed by the school administration Staff Information Page is an easy way to record teachers' personal and professional data. Attendance Module is an easy-to-use, quick online attendance program which also generates a wide-range of customized attendance reports. Reports Module generates customized reports and assessment/demographic tables which contribute to the measurement of performance in the priority areas. Mark Book Module is a numerical based teacher mark book which transfers marks directly to report cards, eliminating entry errors. Report Card Module has several features to help with ease and efficiency of report card writing, such as creating a comment bank with an automatic pronoun and name adjustment, enabling each report card to be personalized.

Key Modules of OUTCOMES IPP/IEP Module enables the development and progress of individual program plans for students. Admin Module enables users with admin security permissions to have access to the entire student information system. Behavior Module provides an opportunity for schools to document and track all behavior issues within each school and to notify the person(s) in charge of behavior of each incident. Parent Page is a communication tool which enhances communications with parents enabling them to have access to their children's school information concerning courses, marks, behavior issues, attendance, contact information and more. Nominal Roll provides pertinent information required by the school, bands, and INAC such as student retention, financial, special education, and post secondary pursuits. Teacher Planner is an electronic plan book for period-by-period lesson plan development. Reading Recovery Module tracks the objectives and progress of elementary-aged students who are experiencing challenges in literacy.

Dadavan Student Information System “Outcomes” Demo site located at: Username: admin Password: schools

Training and Support K-Net uses and supports online training environments for KiHS, G-8 Supplementary Courses and the Youth Employment Program. Uses a combination of , videoconferencing, discussion forums, application sharing, and more. Everything gets documented online for future reference.