Transcript Preparing for TSDL - MiCase / Overview

MiCase SIS System
Agenda
 Philosophy of TSDL
 Challenges Involved
 Documentation Available
 Preparation Steps
 Generating Files
Philosophy of TSDL
 Report performance information for each class a
student takes, linked to the teacher
 Report the information in a consistent manner across
all districts
 Report the information as an “end of year” snapshot
 CEPI will consolidate information and send back to
districts for use in evaluations
Challenges Involved
 Entry of Subject Codes, Course Codes, Course Types,
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Virtual Courses and Mentor Status
Entry of PIC codes for all teachers
Gathering course and grade information for all grade
levels (especially elementary)
How to identify completion status for all courses and
how to store that information
How/whether to include withdrawn and exited classes
Summer School Students and SIS Roll-Over
Students in a class with mixed subjects (NovaNet, etc).
Documentation Available
 CEPI Website (www.mi.gov/cepi)
 Component specifications
 NCES Code Documents
 Training Videos
 MiCase Website (www.mi-case.org), Support>MiCase
Student Information
 TSDL Reporting from MiCase SIS and Field Mapping
 This PowerPoint and pending Video Recording
Preparation Steps
 Enter PIC codes for all teachers in the Modules>School
Administration>Teachers Information screen.
 Enter NCES Subject Codes, NCES Course Codes, and
Course Types in the Modules>Grading>Grading Course
File screen.
 Operation to default course type to 01 regular
 Enter Virtual Course and Mentor Teacher fields in the
Modules>Grading>Grading Master Screen
 If you have not entered scheduling grades, use
Operations>Update/Change Operations>Enter Scheduling
Grades to enter scheduling grades
 Change scheduling grade to current for “retained” students
Preparation Steps
 Where will course information be pulled from
 Transcript Screen
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Allows for grade information to be reported
Completion status added here and other fields can be tweaked
here
Elementary course information may not be transferred
 Student Schedule
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May be needed for elementary
Grade available here, but may not be populated
Completion status based on grade or scheduling grade level
Could be used for withdrawn courses
Generating Files
 New screen created to handle TSDL –
Modules>MSDL>Teacher Student Data Link
 Operations>Load Teacher Student Data Link from SIS
(to populate screen)
 A section for each component
 Operations>Export Teacher Student Link 2010-2011 to an
XML Format
 Ability to read an XML and clear the holding area also
 Planning not to run End of School Year procedures
until TSDL submission completed
Questions