Naace Strategic Conference 2009 - MIS Comes out of the Office - Matthew Nall, MIS Programme Manager, Cambridgshire ICT Service

MIS comes out of the office

Matthew Nall

Cambridgeshire Education ICT Service

Naace conference March 2009

What is MIS?

Wikipedia - An 'MIS' is a planned system of the collecting, processing, storing and disseminating data in the form of information needed to carry out the functions of management.

What’s your image?


Who’s using MIS?http://www.teachers.tv/video/31205


Uses of MIS

AttainmentTarget settingAttendance – 2-session & lesson registrationProgress monitoringAchievements and BehaviourFormal reportingSENStaff recordsEtc….


Cambridgeshire ToPPTracking of Pupil Progress

Designed for nursery primary schools, but can be adapted for any phase.

Used by classroom staffBased on 3 points progress per yearIndependent of system - Cambs schools use more

than oneSystematic framework for recording


Current developments

Moderation of assessments, standards files APP, test when ready Move from “split levels” (a, b, c) to low, secure, high To use CVA or not to use CVA The future of testing? From SATs to TAs Transition – continuity, consistency – extend ToPP into

KS3 Self/peer assessment, sharing with the parent &

learner – principles of AfL Tracking the impact of intervention


BECTA IMS


Information handling

Becta guidance released in OctoberLikely to be updated later this yearData “losses” continue

But…Increasing use of MISNeed for flexible workingLAs and vendors increasingly providing “hosted”

solutions



Security issues

Legal framework - Data Protection Act

The value of informationProtection in transitProtection at destinationSingle vs. 2-factor authentication


Parental Engagement

Exploiting ICT to improve parental engagement, moving towards online reporting BECTA guidance


Becta triangle

Learner

Parent School

Community information

Access from home

Parents resources

Access to resources

Home and course work

Access to materials

Online reporting

Parent and learner days

Electronic reports

Email exchanges

Mobile ‘phone alerts

SMStexting


Press statements

DCSF 10 January 2008 – All parents will get regular electronic

reports on their children's progress in future – going far beyond the traditional annual school report, Schools Minister Jim Knight announced this week.

14 October 2008 – 14 year olds will no longer be required to sit Key Stage 3 tests, but will be assessed through ongoing teacher assessment throughout the key stage, with regular real-time reports to parents; teacher assessments at 14 will continue, as now, to be published at the national and local authority level;


Targets

Secondary schools September 2010

Primary, nursery & special Schools September 2012

Areas to report: Attendance Attainment Progress Behaviour SEN


Issues

Easing the burden: Automatic publication of data already in the school’s

MIS

Identity (and security) Use pupil and parent identity and relationship data

already in the school’s MIS

Wider environment Provide other tools to engage parents

Digital Divide?


Part of the solution

MIS-based portal Automated publication of data Use of relationships in MIS to ensure parent only sees

the data about their child(ren) Web environment (SharePoint) provides other

opportunities for engagement, e.g. surveys, calendars, online forms, etc.


A range of opportunities?


Using the Becta guidance

Self-review toolkit Four posters Guide “Engaging Parents in Raising

Achievement”