Management Information Systems

• Introductions– Karen Crowston– Tim Riley– Bridget McGinley

What’s New?

• Communicating with Parents• School Self Review• Other MIS news • What to look out for• Reminders

Context

• Every Child Matters

• Harnessing Technology

• New Relationship with Schools

Parent Communication

• ePortal enables Teachers to have easy access to information in a school’s MIS

• Parental access to their child’s information– ePortal for Facility CMIS users– Learning Gateway for SIMS.net users

Parental access

• Child’s data

• Any documents attached to their child’s record via Document Storage functionality– e.g. End of year reports

Parental Communications• Groupcall SMS Text and Voice Messaging

Service

• Integrates and reads pupil & attendance information directly from CMIS & SIMS.net– Attendance issues– General parental communications

• Free Trial for Birmingham Schools

School Self Evaluation

• SIMS.net users – reports available

• Facility CMIS users – School Self Review– Not just a tool for SEF– Other reviews e.g.

• Teaching & Learning • ICT

SSR contd….

• Content – work in progress

• Development requirements identified and prioritised

MIS update….

• PLASC/School Census very successful – well done!

• Primary & Special schools move to a termly School Census from January 2007

• School Workforce Data Collection Pilot – still on hold!

MIS continued….

• CMIS Reporting Pilot – Templates available– Training & Guidance will be available

• SIMS.net Profiles Module

MIS continued…..

• SEN– SIMS.net demo of IEP Writer at user group– Facility CMIS SEN working group requested

developments. Arrangements will be made to demonstrate to SEN working Group before end of term.

– Training will be available on SEN

Look out for…

• End of year and End of Key Stage seminars & guidance

• Transfer files of new admissions

• Data Quality workshops

• Upgrades via Website

• eTutorials

Reminders…

• Workshop on Parago ICT Audit software available to ‘try before you buy’.

• Groupcall SMS text & voice messaging

• ePortal & Learning Gateway – Ben Cutler & Mark Lovick

• Remote Backup service available

Thank you for listening