Transcript District Administration Debbie Karcher CIO Miami-Dade County Public Schools  Fourth-largest US school district  390 public schools; 80 Charter schools  Serving 2400 square.

District Administration
Debbie Karcher
CIO Miami-Dade County Public Schools
 Fourth-largest
US school district
 390 public schools; 80 Charter schools
 Serving 2400 square miles
 340,000 students
 53,000 employees
 131 Unique Home Languages
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Active Directory Account and Auto Update
Password Synchronization
District Email
District wide Gradebook
Metro Ethernet to each remote site
Patch Management and Virus Protection
Data Warehouse
OLAP (On-line Analytical Processing tool)
Self Service for Technology Support
Leveraged Existing Microsoft Licensing and Experience
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The Vision
• Have all users connected to all information at anytime
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The Challenges
• Giving all of our users access to their systems
• Providing our parents an easy and consistent way to
monitor their child’s progress
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Tactical Objectives
• Increase parent involvement
• Connect silo systems
• Provide easy and consistent access to information
• Reduce paper-based systems
Students
Parents
Employees
Community
Teacher Portal
Personal Information
Grades
Schedule
ESOL
Teacher/Student Class Collaboration
Teacher Created
Home Learning
Upcoming events
Online Discussion
Post Documents
Student Portal
Gradebook
Student/Teacher
Class Collaboration
E-Textbook
Parent Portal
Features
Student Schedule
Student Assignments & Grades
Attendance
E-Textbooks
School Bus Information
Free and Reduced Meal
Application process
Ask A Question
and many more resources . . . . .
Site Actions
Show common
commands for the
site.
Tabs
Display subsites and
link to them.
Announcements
Post messages on the
home page of the site.
Calendar
Display important dates
and events.
Quick Launch
List key site pages on
this navigation menu.
Links
Post links of interest to
site members.
Document Library
Contain and display
team documents.
Use Web Parts as building blocks for your site.
 Portal Lite
 Over Estimating
Services, Under Estimating
Staff
 Mapping and Establishing Environments
Beforehand
 Change Control in Place
 Getting all Parts to Work Together
 Limited best practice for MOSS as it as a
new product
 Deployment issues (test -> staging ->
production)
 No build process
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with 40% student mobility
 Flexible
& Agile System
 Highest
quality of education for students
 More
student use of technology
 Provide
parents opportunity to participate in
education process
 Give
teachers tools & information to succeed
Safe “My Site’” and collaboration space
 Can see daily attendance and grades
 Online textbooks and curriculum
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Involved in student’s education and school activities
Catch problems before the end of grading period
I left my book at school no longer an excuse!
Enhanced productivity
Access to information they never had before
Systems are easier to learn
Easier to participate in activities (less bureaucracy)
Customized gateway to M-DCPS
Flexible and agile for future programs
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The District needed to reduce out of office travel time associated with
meetings
Solution had to be cost effective, scalable and easy to use
2007 began using a commercial software product. This usage showed
administrative staff and schools that this delivery method would work
Downside, very expensive - $12,000 to $15,000 per web cast.
Consequently, due to budgetary concerns in 2008, all funding for the web
cast tool was eliminated
Microsoft recommends LiveMeeting; a windows-based meeting. Based on
existing licensing already purchased, the use of LiveMeeting would mean
no cost to the District
Have successfully used the tool for many meetings chaired by
Administration. Most recently, their desktop was shared with over 300
principals
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Travel less. Communicating and collaborating online
saves time and money by meeting online and avoid all
the hassles of business travel
Increase productivity. Avoid downtime associated
with getting to and from meetings
Reduce costs. By conducting online meetings, online
training, and online events
Conduct trainings and large events. Large-scale
training and events with hundreds or even thousands of
participants.
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Collaborate in real time. Share, collaborate, and
discuss projects in real time. Make critical decisions
quickly, with all the stakeholders, regardless of
geography.
Simplify administration and deployment. Can easily
enable everyone to conduct effective online meetings