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Argentina Delegation

MDCPS aims to have all users connected to information anytime. This portal project aims to overcome challenges in school systems, increase parental involvement, and provide easy and consistent access to information.

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Argentina Delegation

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  1. Argentina Delegation August 6, 2012 Miami-Dade County Public Schools

  2. MDCPS Background • Fourth largest school district • Over 340 public schools; over 100 Charter schools • Serving 2,400 square miles • Over 345,000 students • Over 45,000 employees; over 5,000 Charter employees • Services 180 different home languages • Mobility rate – 27%

  3. The BIG Picture • The Vision • Have all users connected to all information at anytime • The Challenges • Schools under state sanction • Need to increase parental involvement • Giving our users access to their systems in one area • Providing our parents an easy and consistent way to monitor their child’s progress • Connect silo systems • Reduce paper-based systems • Provide easy and consistent access to information

  4. The Foundation • Active Directory Account and Auto Update – MIIS and ILM • Password Synchronization – P-Synch • District Email – Outlook Exchange • District wide Gradebook – Global Scholar / Excelsior • Metro Ethernet to each remote site • Patch Management and Virus Protection – Big Fix and Sophos • Data Warehouse – Microsoft SQL • OLAP (On-line Analytical Processing tool) - Cognos • Self Service for Technology Support - HEAT

  5. MDCPS Foundation • District-wide federated library catalog -Destiny • District-wide assessment tool – Edusoft • District-wide instructional applications, including Riverdeep Destination Series Voyager Solo and Ticket to Read Jamestown Navigator Plato Learning Library Reference Databases-Groliers, SIRS, Gale, Facts on File, etc • District-wide test generator - ExamView

  6. 2011 - 2012 MS Office 365 Lync Online SharePoint 2010 Implementation Timeline 2009 - 2010 Business Partners Food Service Live@Edu Links to Learning Teacher Assessment Volunteer SAP SOS Employee Self-Service SharePoint 2010 Portal LiteMay 1, 2006 • 2008 - 2009 • Attendance • Intervention • SPOT • SES • Weekly Briefing • Internship • Professional Development • RiverDeep • Unified Communications (OCS) 2007 - 2008 District and Community Deployment; Global Registration System Enterprise Portal 2006 - 2007 Infrastructure and Employee Portal with Collaboration

  7. Decision Making Process • Key Criteria • Existing infrastructure and skill sets • Scalability • Technology partners and third party services • Flexibility • Rapid Development • Why SharePoint? • Experience with Microsoft Products • Mature Microsoft Exchange Environment (ADS) • Successful Portal “Lite” • Established Personnel and Student Data Warehouse • Microsoft Platform throughout District • Good Partner Relationship with Microsoft

  8. Mainframe and 3rd Party to Data Warehouse to Portal = Mashup Electronic Gradebook Daily Student Attendance Student Scheduling Changes Learning Village Testing Data from Vendors ESE Monitoring Data Mash-Up Data Warehouse Portal Student Information System Student Registration Course Information

  9. Mashup with Technology • Systems or Applications Used: • Legacy Mainframe Systems • Student Information System • Third Party Web-enabled Systems • Electronic Gradebook • Student Class Scheduler • Portals Using SharePoint • Data Warehouse • All Student Data • All Staff Data

  10. Cost to Implement • Total Cost to Implement Portal - $3.5 million

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