2012 SLDS P-20W Best Practice Conference 1 A PPROACHES TO A GENCY R ESTRUCTURING T OWARD C OMMON G OALS Tuesday, October 30, 2012 Facilitators: Robin Taylor (SST) & Missy Cochenour (SST) Panelists: Kurt Kiefer, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Kim Nesmith, Louisiana Department of Education

2012 SLDS P-20W Best Practice Conference L OUISIANA ’ S S TORY 2

2012 SLDS P-20W Best Practice Conference Initial Focus Unique Student Identifier Common data collections Secure data analysis and reporting tools L OUISIANA 3

2012 SLDS P-20W Best Practice Conference Legislative Changes Talent Statute Choice Law Early Childhood Initiative E DUCATIONAL R EFORM... 4

2012 SLDS P-20W Best Practice Conference R EQUIRES D ATA R EFORM 5 Data for Compliance Disjoined Data and Pockets of Data Staff Past Data to Inform Policy Aligned and Coordinated Data and Data Staff Now

2012 SLDS P-20W Best Practice Conference Ferocious appetite for data o Need for one voice – Alignment of definitions – Limiting of reporting – One way in and one way out o Need to understand – Education staff as opposed to data staff assisting with interpretation o Focus on Quality and Accuracy – All data collected must be validated F OCUS ON D ATA 6

2012 SLDS P-20W Best Practice Conference W ISCONSIN ’ S S TORY 7

2012 SLDS P-20W Best Practice Conference Initial Focus Unique Student Identifier Common data collections Secure data analysis and reporting tools W ISCONSIN 8

2012 SLDS P-20W Best Practice Conference Current Focus Implementation of statewide solutions Business Intelligence Student Information System W ISCONSIN 9

2012 SLDS P-20W Best Practice Conference Factors Affecting Changed Direction Solid shelf solutions Scalability via the cloud Politics W ISCONSIN 10

2012 SLDS P-20W Best Practice Conference Re-Organization of IT Focus on value-added services, extensions Understanding their daily work of customers Emphasis on data integration and decision support Automation customer and user support workflow Span of control W ISCONSIN 11

2012 SLDS P-20W Best Practice Conference W ISCONSIN 12

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2012 SLDS P-20W Best Practice Conference Contact information: Kim Nesmith, Kurt Kiefer, Robin Taylor, Missy Cochenour, C ONTACTS & A DDITIONAL R ESOURCES 14