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Technology Directors Meeting Region 6 January 24, 2013 Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4 Slide 5 Why Home Base? Improve teacher effectiveness by providing tools that promote efficiency by connecting grade books, lessons, instructional resources, and assessments Ensure daily parent access to student grades and assignments Provide time saving tools that give ongoing data, results, and recommendations to teachers and students Slide 6 Sign- On Student Information and Learner Profile Professional Development & Educator Evaluation AssessmentInstructional Design, Practice & Resources Lesson Plans Data Analysis and Reporting Standards & Curriculum Slide 7 Slide 8 Slide 9 Slide 10 Slide 11 Slide 12 Slide 13 Slide 14 Slide 15 Slide 16 Timeline Began transition to new SIS Integration of the SIS and the IIS Pilots for IIS Components of Home Base Home Base goes Live* September 2012 Early 2013 Mid - 2013 Starting 2013-14 School Year Fall 2012 Preparing Content for Home Base December 2012 IIS Vendor Approval & Contract Award * Includes the Student Information, Curriculum, Instruction and Educator Evaluation components, with other components to follow. Home Base Home Base - http://www.ncpublicschools.org/homebase/ Slide 17 Home Base Student/Parent View Slide 18 Home Base Student View Slide 19 Home Base Teacher View Slide 20 Slide 21 Slide 22 Slide 23 Search for assessment items/tasks Create, administer, and score assessments at classroom, school, and district levels Administer statewide assessments Formative Assessment Strategies and Resources Home Base Teacher View Assessments Slide 24 Digital Devices ToolsServices Infrastructure Application Support ThingsInterconnectionsInstruction Something on which to press Enter Making sure that pressing Enter always works Ensuring pressing Enter helps students learn Technology 3 Key Categories Slide 25 Technical Requirements Home Base is expected to deliver all of its functionality through a web browser. It is expected to run well on major HTML5- compatible browsers on the current release and past two releases and require no additional browser helpers or plugins for full accessibility and functionality. Slide 26 Technical Requirements (continued) These browsers shall include but not be limited to the following list: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, and Chrome. In addition, the IIS is expected to run well on a wide variety of mainstream hardware platforms that use the aforementioned browser technologies. Slide 27 Technical Requirements (continued) These hardware platforms shall include but not be limited to Microsoft Windows and Mac OS desktops, laptops and netbooks, Apple iOS devices, Chrome OS devices, Android devices, as well as other tablets, smart phones, and eReaders. Slide 28 Technical Requirements (continued) Vendor solutions shall comply with the World Wide Web Consortium web development specifications (W3C Recommendations) and shall comply with Section 508 of the US Rehabilitation Act. Slide 29 Objective Receive prospective user feedback on tools, content and interface The Team: Bladen Co. Schools Catawba County School Charlotte-Mecklinburg Craven County Schools Currituck County Durham Public Schools Edenton-Chowan FBS Greene County Schools Harnett County Johnston County Schools Lee County Schools N. Hampton County Nash-Rocky Mount Schools Pender Co. Schools Polk County Schools Rowan-Salisbury Schools Sampson County Schools Wake County Schools Washington County Schools Wayne County Public Schools Wilson County Schools Winston-Salem Forsyth Slide 30 Objective Receive prospective user feedback on tools, content and interface The Members Represent the Following Counties: Cherokee County Hoke County Wake County Iredell County Sampson County Durham County Greene County Char-Meck The NCAE Strategic Educational Alliances The Group Consists of: NC PTA Director HR Director Assistant Superintendent Instructional Technology Director Director of Curriculum Development NCAE Rep Associate Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Associate Superintendent for Assessment CFO Slide 31 Objective Solicit and gather content from LEAs and Schools The Members Represent the following School Districts and Schools: Alamance-Burlington Schools Asheboro City Schools Beaufort County Schools Burke County Schools Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Cleveland County Schools Cumberland County Schools Edenton-Chowan Forsyth County Schools Gaston County Schools Guilford County Halifax County Schools Hoke County Hyde County Jones County Schools Lee County Martin County Schools Montgomery County Schools Moore County Schools Mooresville Graded Schools Newton-Conover City Schools North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics Onslow County Schools Orange County Person County Schools Pitt County Schools Rutherford County Transylvania County Schools Union County Wake County Public Schools Wayne County Public Schools Whiteville City Schools Winston-Salem/Forsyth County ** New members from Summer Institutes, NCSBA and Tech. Directors meetings Slide 32 Questions? Slide 33 Todays Presenter LaVerne Weldon, Learning Systems Consultant, IIS Project laverne.weldon@dpi.nc.gov 919-807-3266 Slide 34 Contact Sarah McManus, Director of Learning Systems 919-807-3668; sarah.mcmanus@dpi.nc.gov Vanessa Jeter, Director of Communications 919-807-3469, vanessa.jeter@dpi.nc.gov Cynthia Crowdus, IIS Project Coordinator 919-807-3205; cynthia.crowdus@dpi.nc.gov Linda Lowe, SIS Conversion Project Manager 919-807-3733; linda.lowe@dpi.nc.gov Rosalyn Galloway, SIS Conversion Project Lead/NC WISE Portfolio Manager 919-807-3261; rosalyn.galloway@dpi.nc.gov You may also contact the Home Base staff at: home_base_ready@dpi.nc.gov