sims software secondary user forums summer 2010 welcome

SIMS SoftwareSecondary User

ForumsSummer 2010

Welcome

Presenting

• Ralph GardnerSIMS Support Manager

• Tracey McGuireSIMS Support Officer

Housekeeping

Agenda

1. Latest SIMS and EIS News

2. A Look at Lesson Monitor and Behaviour

Latest SIMS and EIS News

Summer 2010 – July

• The SIMS InTouch Solution

Getting up to the minute information out to parents – must know information in real time

Summer 2010 - July

• The SIMS InTouch Solution• Allows for engagement with parents

teachers and pupils• Can be immediate as part of current

workflows• Everything in one place• Managed entirely by the school• Safe, secure and fully audited

communication between parents, teachers and staff

Summer 2010 - July• Assessment Manager

• Colour on Reports

• Optional

• There will be two types of colour;

• Teacher colour that is local to the Marksheet and does not print

• Formula colour that is held on the result, shows on all Marksheets for that result and on Individual Reports

• Colour will only print in Table Cells

• If there is more than one result tag in a cell, no colour will print.

Summer 2010 - July• SIMS .net View Timetables

Summer 2010 - July• SIMS .net View Timetables & Print

• Single Timetables• Teachers• Rooms• Non-class code• Students

• Spreadsheet Timetables• All Staff• All Rooms• Selection• Year/Band• Subjects• Non-class codes• Free Teachers• Free Rooms• Periods

Summer 2010 - July• Teacher Timetable Printing

Summer 2010 - July• Spreadsheet Timetable Printing

Summer 2010 - July• Free Room Timetable

Summer 2010 - July• Exams Organiser

• Changes to levels for Nova T6 and Course Manager

• New Exams items for the data dictionary

• Management of Diplomas in Exams Organiser

• JCQ revised formats for September 2010

Summer 2010 - July• Exams Organiser

• Remove Expired Levels

The following expired levels have been made ‘inactive’ in T6 and Course Manager:

• GNVQF

• GNVQI

• VCEA

• VCEAS

• VCEDA

Summer 2010 - July• Exams Organiser

• New Items for the Data DictionaryThere are some additions to the Performance Detail node and a new Timetabling node:

• PI Cohort• External Subject Code• Delivered by Home School• Place Taken• Periods in Timetable Cycle• Period Time• Weeks in Cycle• Level

Summer 2010 - July• Exams Organiser

• Management of Diplomas

There will now be the facility to manage diploma administration through EO.

This will allow schools to create and upload batch files to the Diploma Aggregation Service with details of new diploma registrations and updates to existing registrations.

Several new features have been provided to support this.

Summer 2010 - July• Exams Organiser

• Management of Diplomas

SIMS Awarding Bodies

Diploma AggregationService

Diploma RegistrationWork ExperiencePersonal Learning Thinking Skills (PLTS)Diploma Claims

Summer 2010 - July• Exams Organiser

• Management of Diplomas

Ensure…

• Courses are attached to Diploma Award Lines of Learning

• All correct QCA codes are downloaded from QAN website

• Proxy Diploma Base Data is downloaded

Summer 2010 - July• Exams Organiser

• Management of Diplomas

Ensure…

• Diploma Candidates have:

• A ULN

• A correct setting for DAS registered

• DAB selected in the Diploma Maintenance Form

• The Correct Planned Programme of Study setting

Capita are publishing a Diploma user guide

Summer 2010 - July• Exams Organiser

• Management of Diplomas

There is a DAS board which is the only board visible for a diploma season.

Proxy basedata will be provided with the release to support the processes.

Summer 2010 - July• Exams Organiser - Management of

Diplomas

A new ‘Diploma Maintenance’ Screen

To record and view diploma information for a given student:

Summer 2010 - July• Exams Organiser - Management of

Diplomas

A new field on the Internal Candidate Screen

‘DAS Registered’.

Needs to be set

correctly for all

diploma students

before any

processing can

begin.

Summer 2010 - July• Exams Organiser - Management of

Diplomas

Changes to the submission screen for adiploma season

Summer 2010 - July• Exams Organiser - Management of Diplomas

Diploma Style Submission Report

This can be printed from the submission screen in the same way as the report for regular submissions and shows the updates for the various batch files created.

Summer 2010 - July• Exams Organiser - Management of Diplomas

Diploma Status Check

A new report has been added to allow the monitoring of the progress of a student over components of a diploma

Summer 2010 - July• SIMS Learning Gateway

• My Children – Presentation and Data Navigation Improvements

Summer 2010 - July• SIMS Learning Gateway

• My Children – Presentation and Data Navigation Improvements

• SEN

Summer 2010 - July• SIMS Learning Gateway

• My Children – Presentation and Data Navigation Improvements

• SEN

Summer 2010 - July• SIMS Learning Gateway

• My Children – Presentation and Data Navigation Improvements

• Register Improvements – Indicators such as SEN, DOB

• Cover Displayed

Summer 2010 - July• SIMS Learning Gateway

• Windows Server 2008 R2 Supported

• Site Update Tool

• Task List

Summer 2010 - July

• FMS 6.132

• Bank Statements

• Increasing number of cases caused by banks re-issuing a previous bank statement - merging of banks

• A bank statement will be identified by a combination of bank statement number and date.

Summer 2010 - July

• Statutory Returns

• Annual School Workforce Census 2010

• Reference Date = 04/11/2010

• Previous Academic Year – For SWC purposes this is 01/09/2009 to 31/08/2010

Note: The DfE is aware that some schools start their academic year in August but for statistical purposes it is important to collect data from the start of September to the end of August.

Summer 2010 - July• Annual School Workforce Census 2010

• Main changes compared to previous return

• All SWC information is now collected in the Annual Return i.e. Absence, Contract and Service Agreement information.

• Leavers – Contract and Service Agreement information is based upon:-

• Contract and Service Agreement that were current on the Date of Leaving (DOL).

• The last Contract(s) prior to the DOL.

• Employment Start Date (DOA) and DOL are used where workforce member is included but Contract and Service Agreement information is not included.

• If Pay Scale, Regional Pay Spine and Spine Point are included Total Pay is not included.

Summer 2010 - July• Annual School Workforce Census 2010

• Main changes compared to previous return

• Total Pay will be included otherwise

• Post and Role of Executive Head have been added

• Changes to DfE validation rules

• Changes to Detail reports

• DfE Summary report will be included

• Data no longer included:-

Absence on Census Day

Qualification Verified

Autumn 2010• Annual School Workforce Census 2010

• School Workforce Census Workshops

• For Kent Schools:

27 September AM & PM – Aylesham Community Project

28 September AM Only – Hall Place Enterprise Centre, Canterbury

01 October AM & PM – Ashford Chamber of Commerce

11 October AM & PM – Riverside Centre, Gravesend

13 October AM & PM – Aylesford Priory

15 October AM Only – Oakwood House, Maidstone

Autumn 2010• Annual School Workforce Census 2010

• School Workforce Census Workshops

• For Bromley Schools:

We are in discussion with London Borough of Bromley for a suitable date(s).

• For Medway Schools:

We are in discussion with Medway Council for a suitable date(s).

Autumn 2010

• Behaviour

• Adding a Review

• Attendance Points

• Reporting

Autumn 2010

• Report Cards – Change Requests

• Ticks on the printed Report Cards

• Remind teacher to fill in Report Card

Autumn 2010

• Detentions – Change Requests

• Add Detentions onto Timeline

• Add a Detention via the Register

Autumn 2010• SIMS Learning Gateway

• Online Pupil Assessment & Profiles Reports

Autumn 2010• SIMS Learning Gateway

• My Children – Attendance Presentation Improvements

Autumn 2010• SIMS Learning Gateway

• My Children – Attendance Presentation Improvements

Autumn 2010• SIMS Learning Gateway

• Behaviour Read/Write & Report Card

• Support for SharePoint 2010 tbc

• Site Update Tool – more improvements

Spring 2011• Assessing Pupil Progress

• For all subjects at KS1 – KS3• Templates linked to TP aspects• Can be linked to local aspects• Can define local templates for other

purposes• Allow assessments to be stored and

transferred• Cut down on paper usage• Comments and Notes can be added• Easy Navigation between pupils and

subjects

Spring 2011

Spring 2011Extended Uses for APP

Spring 2011

Spring 2011• SIMS Discover

• Unlock the Power of the Data

• Combine Attendance, Core and Assessment Data

• As easy to use as an….

Spring 2011• SIMS Discover

• Available Data Fields

Number of Students Exclusions

Attendance SEN

Punctuality Free School Meals

Behaviour In Care

Achievement On Child Protection Register

Assessment With EAL

Curriculum Subjects

Curriculum Teachers

Spring 2011• SIMS Discover

Spring 2011• SIMS Discover

Spring 2011• SIMS Discover

Spring 2011• SIMS Discover

Data SourceCover Flow

Pull down Data to

ExamineCombine Graphs to Analyse

Spring 2011• SIMS Discover

• Copy Graphs and Data to Word and Excel

• Create Dynamic Groups

• Alerts sent when Dynamic Groups change

Autumn 2010 to Summer 2011• SOLUS 3 Roll Out

• Scheduled updates.

• The entire SIMS System can be automatically upgraded without user intervention.

• Infrastructure can be deployed e.g. .net Framework etc).

• The system manager at the site can easily determine what has been upgraded.

Spring 2010 to Autumn 2010• SQL 2008

Completed or Booked so far:

Primary 417 out of 589

Special 14 out of 47

Secondary ?

EIS Services

• KLZ - SIMS Web Parts

• Where are we now?

• EIS Hosting Service

• Where are we now?