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SIMS Software Secondary User Forums Summer 2010 Welcome

SIMS Software Secondary User Forums Summer 2010 Welcome. Presenting. Ralph Gardner SIMS Support Manager Tracey McGuire SIMS Support Officer. Housekeeping. Agenda. 1. Latest SIMS and EIS News 2. A Look at Lesson Monitor and Behaviour. Latest SIMS and EIS News. Summer 2010 – July.

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SIMS Software Secondary User Forums Summer 2010 Welcome

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  1. SIMS SoftwareSecondary User ForumsSummer 2010Welcome

  2. Presenting • Ralph GardnerSIMS Support Manager • Tracey McGuireSIMS Support Officer

  3. Housekeeping

  4. Agenda 1. Latest SIMS and EIS News 2. A Look at Lesson Monitor and Behaviour

  5. Latest SIMS and EIS News

  6. Summer 2010 – July • The SIMS InTouch Solution Getting up to the minute information out to parents – must know information in real time

  7. Summer 2010 - July • The SIMS InTouch Solution • Allows for engagement with parents teachers and pupils • Can be immediate as part of current workflows • Everything in one place • Managed entirely by the school • Safe, secure and fully audited communication between parents, teachers and staff

  8. Summer 2010 - July • Assessment Manager • Colour on Reports • Optional • There will be two types of colour; • Teacher colour that is local to the Marksheet and does not print • Formula colour that is held on the result, shows on all Marksheets for that result and on Individual Reports • Colour will only print in Table Cells • If there is more than one result tag in a cell, no colour will print.

  9. Summer 2010 - July • SIMS .net View Timetables

  10. Summer 2010 - July • SIMS .net View Timetables & Print • Single Timetables • Teachers • Rooms • Non-class code • Students • Spreadsheet Timetables • All Staff • All Rooms • Selection • Year/Band • Subjects • Non-class codes • Free Teachers • Free Rooms • Periods

  11. Summer 2010 - July • Teacher Timetable Printing

  12. Summer 2010 - July • Spreadsheet Timetable Printing

  13. Summer 2010 - July • Free Room Timetable

  14. Summer 2010 - July • Exams Organiser • Changes to levels for Nova T6 and Course Manager • New Exams items for the data dictionary • Management of Diplomas in Exams Organiser • JCQ revised formats for September 2010

  15. Summer 2010 - July • Exams Organiser • Remove Expired Levels The following expired levels have been made ‘inactive’ in T6 and Course Manager: • GNVQF • GNVQI • VCEA • VCEAS • VCEDA

  16. Summer 2010 - July • Exams Organiser • New Items for the Data Dictionary There are some additions to the Performance Detail node and a new Timetabling node: • PI Cohort • External Subject Code • Delivered by Home School • Place Taken • Periods in Timetable Cycle • Period Time • Weeks in Cycle • Level

  17. Summer 2010 - July • Exams Organiser • Management of Diplomas There will now be the facility to manage diploma administration through EO. This will allow schools to create and upload batch files to the Diploma Aggregation Service with details of new diploma registrations and updates to existing registrations. Several new features have been provided to support this.

  18. Summer 2010 - July • Exams Organiser • Management of Diplomas SIMS Awarding Bodies Diploma Registration Work Experience Personal Learning Thinking Skills (PLTS) Diploma Claims Diploma Aggregation Service

  19. Summer 2010 - July • Exams Organiser • Management of Diplomas Ensure… • Courses are attached to Diploma Award Lines of Learning • All correct QCA codes are downloaded from QAN website • Proxy Diploma Base Data is downloaded

  20. Summer 2010 - July • Exams Organiser • Management of Diplomas Ensure… • Diploma Candidates have: • A ULN • A correct setting for DAS registered • DAB selected in the Diploma Maintenance Form • The Correct Planned Programme of Study setting Capita are publishing a Diploma user guide

  21. Summer 2010 - July • Exams Organiser • Management of Diplomas There is a DAS board which is the only board visible for a diploma season. Proxy basedata will be provided with the release to support the processes.

  22. Summer 2010 - July • Exams Organiser - Management of Diplomas A new ‘Diploma Maintenance’ Screen To record and view diploma information for a given student:

  23. Summer 2010 - July • Exams Organiser - Management of Diplomas A new field on the Internal Candidate Screen ‘DAS Registered’. Needs to be set correctly for all diploma students before any processing can begin.

  24. Summer 2010 - July • Exams Organiser - Management of Diplomas Changes to the submission screen for adiploma season

  25. Summer 2010 - July • Exams Organiser - Management of Diplomas Diploma Style Submission Report This can be printed from the submission screen in the same way as the report for regular submissions and shows the updates for the various batch files created.

  26. Summer 2010 - July • Exams Organiser - Management of Diplomas Diploma Status Check A new report has been added to allow the monitoring of the progress of a student over components of a diploma

  27. Summer 2010 - July • SIMS Learning Gateway • My Children – Presentation and Data Navigation Improvements

  28. Summer 2010 - July • SIMS Learning Gateway • My Children – Presentation and Data Navigation Improvements • SEN

  29. Summer 2010 - July • SIMS Learning Gateway • My Children – Presentation and Data Navigation Improvements • SEN

  30. Summer 2010 - July • SIMS Learning Gateway • My Children – Presentation and Data Navigation Improvements • Register Improvements – Indicators such as SEN, DOB • Cover Displayed

  31. Summer 2010 - July • SIMS Learning Gateway • Windows Server 2008 R2 Supported • Site Update Tool • Task List

  32. Summer 2010 - July • FMS 6.132 • Bank Statements • Increasing number of cases caused by banks re-issuing a previous bank statement - merging of banks • A bank statement will be identified by a combination of bank statement number and date.

  33. Summer 2010 - July • Statutory Returns • Annual School Workforce Census 2010 • Reference Date = 04/11/2010 • Previous Academic Year – For SWC purposes this is 01/09/2009 to 31/08/2010Note: The DfE is aware that some schools start their academic year in August but for statistical purposes it is important to collect data from the start of September to the end of August.

  34. Summer 2010 - July • Annual School Workforce Census 2010 • Main changes compared to previous return • All SWC information is now collected in the Annual Return i.e. Absence, Contract and Service Agreement information. • Leavers – Contract and Service Agreement information is based upon:- • Contract and Service Agreement that were current on the Date of Leaving (DOL). • The last Contract(s) prior to the DOL. • Employment Start Date (DOA) and DOL are used where workforce member is included but Contract and Service Agreement information is not included. • If Pay Scale, Regional Pay Spine and Spine Point are included Total Pay is not included.

  35. Summer 2010 - July • Annual School Workforce Census 2010 • Main changes compared to previous return • Total Pay will be included otherwise • Post and Role of Executive Head have been added • Changes to DfE validation rules • Changes to Detail reports • DfE Summary report will be included • Data no longer included:- Absence on Census Day Qualification Verified

  36. Autumn 2010 • Annual School Workforce Census 2010 • School Workforce Census Workshops • For Kent Schools: 27 September AM & PM – Aylesham Community Project 28 September AM Only – Hall Place Enterprise Centre, Canterbury 01 October AM & PM – Ashford Chamber of Commerce 11 October AM & PM – Riverside Centre, Gravesend 13 October AM & PM – Aylesford Priory 15 October AM Only – Oakwood House, Maidstone

  37. Autumn 2010 • Annual School Workforce Census 2010 • School Workforce Census Workshops • For Bromley Schools: We are in discussion with London Borough of Bromley for a suitable date(s). • For Medway Schools: We are in discussion with Medway Council for a suitable date(s).

  38. Autumn 2010 • Behaviour • Adding a Review • Attendance Points • Reporting

  39. Autumn 2010 • Report Cards – Change Requests • Ticks on the printed Report Cards • Remind teacher to fill in Report Card

  40. Autumn 2010 • Detentions – Change Requests • Add Detentions onto Timeline • Add a Detention via the Register

  41. Autumn 2010 • SIMS Learning Gateway • Online Pupil Assessment & Profiles Reports

  42. Autumn 2010 • SIMS Learning Gateway • My Children – Attendance Presentation Improvements

  43. Autumn 2010 • SIMS Learning Gateway • My Children – Attendance Presentation Improvements

  44. Autumn 2010 • SIMS Learning Gateway • Behaviour Read/Write & Report Card • Support for SharePoint 2010 tbc • Site Update Tool – more improvements

  45. Spring 2011 • Assessing Pupil Progress • For all subjects at KS1 – KS3 • Templates linked to TP aspects • Can be linked to local aspects • Can define local templates for other purposes • Allow assessments to be stored and transferred • Cut down on paper usage • Comments and Notes can be added • Easy Navigation between pupils and subjects

  46. Spring 2011

  47. Spring 2011 Extended Uses for APP

  48. Spring 2011

  49. Spring 2011 • SIMS Discover • Unlock the Power of the Data • Combine Attendance, Core and Assessment Data • As easy to use as an….

  50. Spring 2011 • SIMS Discover • Available Data Fields Number of Students Exclusions Attendance SEN Punctuality Free School Meals Behaviour In Care Achievement On Child Protection Register Assessment With EAL Curriculum Subjects Curriculum Teachers

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