Here’s what I’ve found out. I called Connie Wise’s office and left a message, she gave my number to Howard Hammel (I’m sure the same Howard you talked to yesterday) and he said that the only data absolutely due by Oct. 15 is the Student Demographic/Enrollment data (which includes Program Indicators). He said “it would be nice to have the Early Childhood, ELL, and Homeless data by this date, but it’s not mandatory to have it uploaded by Oct. 15, only Student Demographics data has the deadline of the 15th.”
Hope this helps. Russ Gowin System Administrator Technology Specialist DeLand-Weldon CUSD #57 304 E. Illinois Route 10 DeLand, IL 61839 217-736-2311 From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Bob Morse Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 9:25 AM To: 'Tech-Geeks Mailing List' Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] ISBE SIS Upload deadline OK..I just got off the phone with Connie Wise, the Assistant Super and Program Manager and what I have mentioned in my past posts are correct!!! We MUST, to the best of our ability, have all Mandatory data for any NEW students entered/uploaded by the deadline. To find all the mandatory data simply look at the data elements for Demographics, Enrollment and Program Indicators. She does understand that we may not get it all done but we must TRY. Repurcussions: Special Ed Funding Accounting numbers to Governor which may affect “certain” decisions he makes. (I suspect it would be education budgeting decisions.) Accounting numbers to the Feds. (Once again I suspect education budgeting decisions) I did stress to her that “we” are getting different answers from different sources (i.e. calling into the help desk and the webinar) and it’s causing some confusion. I did also stress to her where, in any documentation and/or webinars, is the urgency, the (MUST BE DONE), stressed!!! She agreed that the webinar did not stress these points and will talk to Howard and his group to ensure that this is done. I illustrated for her that some think this deadline is simply for enrollment counts(a head count of students in your schools) and she did say it’s more than that, the program indicators, are very important. Hope this helps…. Bob From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Russ Gowin Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 8:46 PM To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] ISBE SIS Upload deadline Well that's typical of ISBE to have one thing in print on their web site (in the webinar pdf) and say something completly different. I think I'll call the help desk myself tomorrow and see if I get a different answer. Russ Gowin Systems Administrator Technology Specialist DeLand-Weldon CUSD #57 304 E. Illinois Route 10 DeLand, IL 61839 217-736-2311 Sent from my iPhone. On Sep 29, 2010, at 3:25 PM, "Bob Morse" <bmo...@d168.org> wrote: Actually it’s not. I called them (Howard H.) after I posted this email and found that all of this information needs to be posted to ISBE SIS by the deadline. He did clarify that if they are returning students then they already have the info from last year so we only have to worry about any “new” students. That helps substantially “BUT” we still have 300 new students to process (get tested, make determinations regarding their program indicators) and get all of the data entered into our local SIS. If you look at the program indicators there are quite a few determinations that must be made for each and every student. From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Russ Gowin Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 3:03 PM To: 'Tech-Geeks Mailing List' Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] ISBE SIS Upload deadline Bob, you’re looking at that wrong. Our first day of submission of all of that info is 08/01/10 but the 10/15/10 deadline is ONLY for School Year Enrollments. The rest of the data you speak up isn’t due until later dates. Just look at the pdf/powerpoint available at ISBE for planning for the school year 2011. Russ Gowin System Administrator Technology Specialist DeLand-Weldon CUSD #57 304 E. Illinois Route 10 DeLand, IL 61839 217-736-2311 From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Bob Morse Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 10:33 AM To: 'Tech-Geeks Mailing List' Subject: [tech-geeks] ISBE SIS Upload deadline Is it just me or does anyone see a problem with this deadline in that we must have all demographics (including the new federal race requirements), enrollment, program indicators, ELL, homeless and early childhood data ready to go for upload by October 15th? That puts a lot of stress on your people to get every student identified properly (Program indicators), tested (ELL), screened/assessed for early childhood and homeless, let alone get all the data entry done……..all by this date? It’s especially difficult for those districts who started late (Our first day of school was August 26th). Bob Morse E-Rate Coordinator Technology Specialist Community Consolidated Schools District 168 708-758-1610 ext. 124 Skype: bmorse68 | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |
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