1. Students@Centre – Ultranet 3 rd Industry Briefing Tuesday, 19 December 2006 DoE, 2 Treasury Place, Melbourne

2. Students@Centre - Ultranet Adam Todhunter Education Chief Information Officer Department of Education

3. Agenda Welcome Project history Since the last briefing Where are we now? Progress of pilot Progress of tender RFT framework Next steps Process and timelines Challenges ahead Questions?

4. S@C developed a prototype web-based environment to support the implementation of the Blueprint for Government Schools To provide an ICT framework to allow the whole school community to engage Pilot was funded by Treasury in 2004 Original S@C team has been strengthened Project sponsor is Darrell Fraser (Deputy Secretary OSE) Project history

5. Labor Financial Statement commitment of $60.5m Ongoing professional development in pilot schools All pilot teachers logging on and marking student attendance online More teachers planning units of work Prototype demonstrations Engagement of key stakeholders Development of project and RFT documentation Since the last briefing…

6. Pilot Evaluation Report has been completed Business Case (draft) completed Non-functional Requirements Specification (draft) completed Functional Requirements Specification ~50% completed Request For Tender ~65% completed Where are we now?

7. All pilot schools using the system Schools marking student attendance rolls Groups of students and parents accessing the Ultranet TLF objects embedded in a shared repository Teachers executing Term 4 2006 work using the Ultranet Schools and DoE gaining up-to-date data on student attendance Pilot evaluation completed Progress of pilot

8. An enhanced learning environment for every student Improved planning, preparation, sharing and delivery of learning materials by teachers Improved capacity to track progress and manage learning pathways for every student Improved reporting of student progress to parents, teachers and school administration Evaluation measures

9. 627 teachers from 22 schools participated in the evaluation (12 pilot schools/10 matched schools) Impact of the Ultranet was particularly noticeable in Primary Schools Positive changes included access to technology, ideas and attitudes to technology and increased motivation to collaborate as a result of the Ultranet Teachers and Administrators strongly expressed support and were enthusiastic about the potential of Ultranet Evaluation summary

10. Development of functional and non-functional specifications Development of the Business Case Development of the Request For Tender Facilitation of a market testing exercise Facilitation of workshops and focus groups Progress of tender

11. Conceptual model

12. Departmental & Regional Staff Principals & Business Managers Teachers Administrators Students Parents/ Guardians Training & Support Services ~ 3,000~ 40,000~ 550,000~ 1,000,000 Baseline User Volumes: Vic Govt Schools =1,602 1,213 Primary 311 Secondary/Primary-Secondary 78 Special Development User groups

13. School ICT architecture

14. Functional areas being considered

15. Non-functional areas being considered

16. Will comprise of 6 parts (A – F): A – Conditions of Tendering B – Specifications C – Proposed Contract D – Bidder’s Response E – Ethical Purchasing Policy F – Victorian Industry Participation Policy Understand the VGPB Purchasing Policies www.vgpb.vic.gov.au www.tenders.vic.gov.au RFT framework

17. Finalise Business Case by December 2006 Finalise Non-functional Requirements Specification by January 2007 Complete Functional Requirements Specification (draft) by January 2007 Complete Request For Tender (draft) by February 2007 Release RFT (draft) by March 2007 Release RFT (final) by May 2007 Next steps…

18. Pilot 2006 Final evaluationQ4 2006 ERC1 bidQ1 2007 *Tender (draft version) releaseQ1 2007 *Tender (final version) releaseQ2 2007 *Tender evaluation Q2/3 2007 *Build / plan deployment Q4 2007+ *Commence deployment 2008+ Process & Timelines

19. Project schedule

20. Managing organisational, operational and people change School readiness (i.e. infrastructure) Migration of existing systems School Interoperability Framework for the Victorian Government Evolving technology Delivery timeframe Interdependencies Challenges ahead…

21. Questions and responses will be recorded and published on the Students@Centre website by: Adam Todhunter – ECIO Ben Cushing – Project Director Anne Dalton – Probity Advisor Future questions should be addressed through: Adam Todhunter, ECIO Questions?

22. Students@Centre – Ultranet 3 rd Industry Briefing Tuesday, 19 December 2006 DoE, 2 Treasury Place, Melbourne