Northern Ireland’s Management Information Journey

1. Leading learning and teaching: Making effective use of data Monday, 13 October 2014 Northern Ireland’s Management Information Journey Harnessing technology in the service of education Jimmy Stewart Director C2k Northern Ireland

2. The 90’s CLASS and Value-Added

3. SIMS .net

4. C2k – The current provision

5. Strategic Objectives At institutional level

6. The world is already “flat”. Today we have inexpensive, real-time, international collaboration via technology 24x7x365 One, global, always-open marketplace Borders and time don’t matter Jobs are matched with the skills of applicants Work moves to people Skilled professionals don’t have to emigrate Students shop other countries for college education Universities open branches overseas Global demand for scientists and engineers is growing To prosper, people and nations need technology and skills | October 2005 |

7. Technology is changing Becoming: peer to peer personal pocketable powerful global ubiquitous

8. Our schools of the futureImplications of technology FromSCHOOLtoLEARNING CENTRE FromCLASSROOMtoLEARNING SPACE FromTIMETABLE toPERSONAL PROGRAMME FromPERIODStoFLEXIBLE ACTIVITY FromPARENTS’ MEETINGS toON-LINE COMMUNICATION From9.00 – 3.30to24 - 7 - 365 FromSCHOOL BASED toCOMMUNITY BASED From INSTITUTION to CONFEDERATION

9. Immediate developmentsFor schools Video conferencing within LearningNI Longitudinal tracking of pupil performance Assessment for learning tools Unique Pupil Identifier Common Transfer File Access to MIS from home Refresh of the MIS servers in schools Printer upgrades

10. Future developmentsESA and Maximised Supported Autonomy The eSchools Data Warehouse to improve access to information held on C2k MIS systems by a range of business systems used across the ESA and DE Benefits: Accurate data provided to ESA and DE back-office processing engines to support the relevant business process Outputs from ESA systems fed back to update C2k MIS systems as appropriate Provides the data access point for the e-Business systems of other Children’s Services Provides Business Intelligence (BI) to support decision making

11. Sample BI ReportSupporting performance reporting To schools On a monthly basis, the e-Schools system sends a performance report to each school based on agreed performance measures (eg: pupil attendance levels, staff attendance levels, the number of exclusions and suspensions in the last reporting period or information on the financial situation). These reports show current performance against the school’s recent performance and relative to comparable schools. They can be e-mailed to the Board of Governors (for example as part of Governors’ reporting pack) and the Principal one week after the end of the month.

12. Sample BI ReportSupporting performance reporting To ESA At the same time, ESA receives an exception-based report based on the same measures. This report highlights those schools (relative to comparable schools) where there has been a significant deterioration in the measures and those, say, 5% of schools which have the poorest measures. ESA support can then be delivered in a targeted way to these schools on a more timely basis.

13. Sample BI ReportSupporting performance reporting To DE DE receive a high-level summary from ESA. This identifies the number of schools where there has either been a significant deterioration in performance or where performance falls below agreed thresholds (as opposed to which schools) and identifies what interventions have taken place by ESA to address the matter.

14. Our challenge Improved outcomes for all learners and educational services Capable workforce Flexible learners Discerning customers Integrated management systems Collaborative Institutions Visionary leaders 21st Century Schools Our challenge is to deliver Supply Side Demand Side

15. “If we build it, they will come”