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Arizona’s Education Transformation

Paving the way to excellence!

Agenda

• AELAS overview• ADEConnect• AZDash• Getting to “near real time” data

– AzEDS– Statewide Student Information System– Instructional Improvement System

The whole gang’s here!

• Sarah Mahoney• Helena Tselos• Luis Morales• Josephine Agamba• Chris Courson• Gayle Samuels

• Please find them and say hello if you have talked with them lately!

THE AELAS SOLUTION

AELAS-A comprehensive and integrated learning and accountability system

ADEConnect

Entity Administrator (EA)1. Decision Maker2. Communication Link

between ADE and LEA3. Doer

ADEConnect roles1. Superintendent (S)2. District Admin (DA)3. Principal (P)4. School Admin (SA)5. Teacher (T)6. Human Resources (HR)7. Entity Admin (EA)

S, DA, P, SA, T

Grants Manager

MOWR roles

MCESA roles

Entity Administrator

• No Limit on number of EAs an LEA may assign

• Assignment of EA(s)might mirror your current Common Logon process

• NO APPLICATIONS ARE ASSIGNED TO THIS ROLE-strictly a management role

• Only used in instances of unique roles, such as Grants Management and MOWR

• Must be attached to each site within LEA– District EA DOES NOT MEAN all site access

Management of ADEConnect

• Must plan carefully• Gain administration support• Determine roll out plan

– Implementation– Training– Access

LET’S HEAR IT FROM YOU…

Examples from the field

Arizona Dashboards (AZ Dash)

Data at your fingertips that you can use in the classroom and for resource planning at the school and district level

https://home.azed.gov/Portal/

Opt-In Student Information System (SIS)

Provides an alternative for LEAs looking to reduce per student costs and eliminate the burden of contract negotiation and management

Current Status of SSIS

• RFP published in November 2013• SIS vendors submitted responses

December 2013• Submitted RFP responses are in review –

expect to make declaration in April 2014

Rolling out SSIS

• Looking for pilots for new SSIS for 2014-2015– Interested? Contact AELAS@azed.gov

• What can I expect by becoming a SSIS pilot?– Signed letter of intent by LEA – Change Board Management seat/voice– Construct training models for SSIS– Determine software needs for implementation– Design implementation models– Submit dual AzEDS and normal submissions

ContactLori Ventura

Product Manager(602) 364-2345

Lori.Ventura@azed.govAELAS@azed.gov

Thank You