Practical Uses of Data for Student Learning

Ed Snyder and Christine Keller

Fort Recovery Local Schools

Practical Uses of DSL at Fort Recovery Local Schools Training Tips

List of Uses and On-Line Examples Superintendents & Board Members Principals Secretaries Teachers Technology Coordinator

SIS Student Search Report

Data for Student LearningTraining Tips Train Administrators first

Superintendent and Principals Guidance Counselors and Secretaries

Up to 2 hours of in-service for Teachers DSL sign-on not given until trained After-school Open Houses Have over 60 staff (85%) trained in DSL

Data for Student LearningTraining Tips Follow-up Training on specific topics

Admin & Secretaries – SIS Student Search Report training for 1 hour

Will also offer this to Guidance Counselors Always provide feedback to NOACSC

Easy changes made within days Other suggestions put on list for next revision

Emphasize the sensitive nature of the data

Data for Student LearningTraining Tips We chose to give all teachers access to all

options except student disciplinary records

Administrators have access to everything

Tech Coordinator administers DSL

Tech Coordinator does most of the training

– although some teachers have filled in

Superintendent & Board Members Uses and Examples

Data for Student LearningSuperintendent & Board Members

Testing Results for District – DSL-Testing

Off-Year Proficiency

Absence Graph Report

EMIS Enrollment

Civil Rights Compliance

SIS Student Search for reports and lists

Principal Uses and Examples

Data for Student LearningPrincipals IEPs and MFEs IATs Proficiency Review Planning Curriculum Auditing – Instruction

Auditing Differentiation of Instruction Study Partners or Group

Data for Student LearningPrincipals Course History for ACT Applications Attendance for Deer Hunting Birthdays Grant Writing Letters Home and Court DSL-Testing Module

Data for Student LearningPrincipals Group test results for Re-Evals Resource for Committees Class Lists with Pictures Transcript and Class Rank SIS Student Search for reports and lists Log in at morning and stay logged in the rest of

the day

Secretary Uses and Examples

Data for Student LearningSecretaries

Homework for absent students – helpers Pictures on certificates Birthday list and pictures on announcements Check on student schedule and/or homeroom Check absences/attendance for incentives –

use detail to explain to students SIS Student Search for reports and lists

Birthday Wishes

Saturday April 14, 2001

Joe Keller(Kindergarten)

Teacher Uses and Examples

Data for Student LearningTeachers

Seating Chart Class List with Pictures for special projects Class List and Seating Chart in sub folder Proficiency Scores by Class Proficiency Scores by Teacher Students’ Schedule Gifted Students SIS Student Search for reports and lists

Technology Coordinator Uses and Examples

Data for Student LearningTechnology Coordinator

Tech Kids’ Schedules Course ID# for GradeQuick Teacher Addresses Student ID# and other info for adding/deleting on

GradeQuick rosters Miscellaneous Student Report requests SIS Student Search for reports and lists

SIS Student Search Report and Download

Data for Student LearningSIS Student Search Report/Download Reports – SIS Reports – SIS Student Search Tremendous timesaver for all 5 groups On-Line Report or Download (Excel, text file) Download requires Excel – Office 2000 Can choose fields to display and criteria to filter Goal should be that all data is stored in SIS/EMIS

and then presented in DSL

Data for Student LearningSIS Student Search Report/Download List of Graduating Seniors Class Lists with Homeroom Locker Lists Name & Address Lists Birthday Lists Students on IEPs Café Terminal Lists and ASCII files

Superintendent & Board Members – Examples

Testing Results for District == Go Test Results – Testing Results for a Specific District

Off-Year Proficiency == Go to Test Results – Testing Results for a Specific District

Absence Graph Report == Go to Reports – SIS Reports – Attendance – Absence Graph

EMIS Enrollment == Go to Reports – EMIS Reports – October EMIS Enrollment

Civil Rights Compliance == Go to Reports – EMIS Reports – Civil Rights

Data for Student LearningPrincipals – Examples

IATs/IEPs/MFEs == Go to Student Info – Select Student – Proficiency – View Visual Proficiency Progression -OR- View Proficiency Progression (Get Results)

Course History for ACT Applications == Go to Student Info – Select Student – Course History

Letters Home == Go to Student Info – Select Student – Attendance – Copy & Paste Attendance Chart into letter

Letters to Court == Go to Student Info – Select Student – Discipline – Copy & Paste or attach to letter

Transcript and Class Rank = Go to Student Info – Select Student - Transcript

Data for Student LearningSecretaries – Examples

Homework == Go Student Info – Select Student – Print Schedule with Locker Name – Student Helpers gather homework and books

Pictures on Certificates == Go to Student Info – Select Student – Demographics – Right click on Picture and copy onto certificate

Birthday List and Pictures == Go to Other – Upcoming Birthdays for next 10 days. Then grab pictures as above for PowerPoint on scrolling announcements

Student Schedule == Same as Homework above

Absences/Attendance == Go to Student Info – Enter Name – Choose Student – Attendance

Data for Student LearningTeachers – Examples

Class List with Pictures == Go to Classroom Management – Class List with Pictures – Choose Teacher – Get Schedule – Choose Class

Seating Chart == Go to Classroom Management – Seating Chart – Choose Teacher and Class – Follow the directions

Proficiency Scores by Class == Go to Test Results – Ohio Proficiency Results for a Current Course and Section – Select Teacher, Course and Section – Select Test Type and Area

Proficiency Scores by Teacher == Go to Test Results – Ohio Proficiency Results for a Specific Teacher – Select Teacher – Select Test Type, Area, and Year

Gifted Students == EMIS Reports – Gifted – Choose School, Grade, and Gifted Areas. Remember the selection is using AND not OR.

Data for Student LearningTech Coordinator – Examples

Students’ Schedules == Go Student Info – Enter Name – Choose Student – Print Schedule with Locker Name – Student Helpers gather homework and books

Course ID # for GradeQuick == Go to Student Info – Browse by Teacher, Course, Section – Choose Teacher

Teacher Address == Go to Other – Teacher Directory – Choose Teacher

Student ID# == Go to Student Info – Enter Name – Choose Student – Demographic

Student Report Requests == Reports – Student SIS Search – Choose criteria and fields – Copy & Paste to Excel

Data for Student LearningSIS Student Search Report – Examples

List of Graduating Seniors == Reports – SIS Reports – SIS Student Search – Choose Grade 12 and Fields to Display

Class Lists with Homeroom == Reports – SIS Reports – SIS Student Search – Choose School/Grades and Fields to Display including Homeroom Number and Homeroom Teacher

Locker Lists == Reports – SIS Reports – SIS Student Search – Choose School/Grades and Fields to Display including Locker Number and Locker Combination

Name & Address Lists == Reports – SIS Reports – SIS Student Search – Choose School/Grades and Fields to Display

Students on IEPs == Reports – SIS Reports – SIS Student Search – Choose Specific Program Code (I.e. 09 or 10)

Why should your school use Data for Student Learning? One-stop shopping for all types of data Greater data accuracy Easier to use data to drive decision-making Eliminate redundancy of data entry and

typing up separate (out-of-date) lists Increased understanding of the data that

you have already entered in SIS/EMIS

Tricks to Implementing DSL Pressure and Support Data-Driven Decisions Lead your staff to the right solution to the

problem Create a need Training, training, training Contact your A-Site with suggestions

DSL Upgrade to DASL Per Eric Schumm at NOACSC New look and feel New security system – rule based SIS Functionality PDF based reports Some features to be available for beta

testing in Spring 03

Contact Information Ed Snyder, Principal, Fort Recovery High School

snyder@fr.noacsc.org

Christine Keller, District Technology Coordinator, Fort Recovery Local Schoolskeller@fr.noacsc.org

Nancy Reinhard, Secretary, Fort Recovery Middle Schoolreinhard@fr.noacsc.org

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