Instructional Improvement
System (IIS)
2012 Collaborative Conference
for Student Achievement
March 20, 2012
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Why an Instructional Improvement System?
Improve and personalize student learning
How?
Facilitate the teaching and learning process
through:
•! Increased access to high quality resources for all
•! Provision of timely and relevant information and data
Common Things We Hear
•! Need link between the learner, instruction, assessment,
and PD
•! Would like the ability to have electronic access to learner
profiles and work samples to share across years
•! Many are finding Instructional resources via Google but it
is time consuming and some resources are not standardsaligned
•! Lack of PD and Assessment Resources
•! Overwhelming concern about equity and access to
technology
For Students: In & Out of the Classroom
•!Access anytime,
anywhere
•! Check assignments
•! Collaborate with
other students
•! NCVPS
•! eLearning
•!Homework Resources
•! eTextbooks
•! Online Artifact
Repository
•! Assessments
For Teachers
•! Professional development
•! Student Profiles
•! Lesson plans
•! Immediate feedback to
students
•! Classroom organization
tools
•! Communication tools
•! Student performance data
•! Professional Learning
Community
For Administrators
•!Teacher evaluations and
observations
•! School-wide student data
•! Communication tools
•! Professional development
•! Progress reports
For Parents
•! Student progress reports
•! Resources for homework
help
•! Communication tools
•! Attendance and discipline reports
•! Stronger parent-school and parentstudent connections
Components of an IIS
Standards &
Curriculum
Professional
Development
& Educator
Evaluation
Data Analysis
& Reporting
Learner
Profile &
Work
Samples
Instructional
Design,
Practice, &
Resources
Assessment
& Growth
What Tools and Resources
Will Be Provided?
Learner Profiles and
Clear picture of students and their needs
Work Samples
Instructional Design, Instructional planning with resources like unit
Practice and plans, online learning objects, and mediaResources enriched tasks
Assessment Tools, Interim and diagnostic assessment items for
Items and Strategies use in classrooms; formative best-practices
PD Resources and Resources to improve and reflect on practice
Management and tools to manage professional development
Tools to display, understand, and use data to
Dashboards and
drive instruction and professional
Analytics development choices
Learner Profile and Work Samples
•! Teacher has access to learner
information to assist with planning and
monitoring
•! Teacher can use examples of student
work for future lessons
•! Student can collect evidence of
learning and growth
•! Parents can view student work
Standards
Instructional Design, Practice and Resources
Example
Assessment and Growth
Dashboards, Data Analysis and Reporting
Professional Development and
Educator Evaluation
Let’s hear what you have to say!
For what else do you use
technology in your school or
classroom?
Which programs do you use
now?
Overall IIS Approach
•! Focusing on the IIS as a resource for
students, parents, teachers, and
administrators
•! Including stakeholders in the planning and
implementation
•! Leveraging existing local, state, and
national resources
Leveraging existing local,
state, and national resources
through collaborations
•! Race to the Top (RttT) IIS Network
•! Smarter Balanced Assessment
Consortium (SMARTER Balanced)
•! Shared Learning Collaborative (SLC)
•! IIS Resource Consortium
RttT IIS Network
•! Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia,
Hawaii, Kentucky, Illinois, Maryland,
Massachusetts, New York, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island
•! Share resources
•! Learn from other state implementations
SMARTER Balanced (SBAC)
•! Determining how the computer adaptive nextgeneration assessments for the
Common Core State Standards in ELA and
Mathematics can be accessed through the IIS
•! Utilize the results from their Technology
Readiness Tool
SMARTER Balanced (SBAC)
Technology Readiness Tool
1.! Computers & other devices
!! Minimum system requirements
2.! Ratio of devices to test-takers
!! Including testing window and session scheduling
3.! Network and infrastructure
!! Bandwidth, network utilization, size of content
4.! Personnel (staffing & training)
The Shared Learning Collaborative
The Shared Learning Collaborative
Shared Learning Collaborative (SLC)
•! Funded by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
and Carnegie Corporation in partnership with
Council of Chief State School Officers
•! Developing a Shared Learning Infrastructure
(SLI)
•! Phase 1
Colorado, Illinois, North Carolina, New York
and Massachusetts
•! Phase 2
Louisiana, Georgia, Kentucky and Delaware
How the SLI Helps NC
•! Enables us to integrate learning data from a
variety of sources
•! Allows us to focus on purchasing tools and
resources rather than infrastructure
•! Provides us access to a limited set of tools to
facilitate resource sharing
Shared Learning Infrastructure
(SLI) Components
•! Data Store with data ingestion and API tools
•! Portal and identity management
•! Standards for connecting resources (LRMI,
tagging, learning maps)
•! Apps that demonstrate how to leverage the
standards and the data store APIs (dashboard,
learning map visualizations)
State or Local
Teacher Portal/
Instructional
Improvement System
Student Data
Learning Maps
Student Resources/
Student Assessment
Tools
(Common Core)
Lesson Plans
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Professional
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Any data that is not accommodated by the SLI
infrastructure will flow directly between the DPI and
LEA/Charter source systems and the IIS through the
ESB.
SLI API
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through the SLI
API.
SLI Data
Store
Student
Enrollment
Data
Student
Achieveme
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Student
Biographic
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Teacher &
Staff
Association
Data
Education
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Data
Data Integration
Services
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State Data Sources
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Systems
Systems
LEA & Charter Data
Sources
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specifications
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authoritative source.
IIS Resource Consortium
(IISRC)
•! The Resource Consortium is a group of
LEAs that will share resources they have
created or purchased locally so you can
access them statewide through the IIS.
–! IISRC Charter in draft review
–! IISRC Application - interested parties from
LEAs
Stakeholder Input - Who
•! Governor’s Education Transformation Commission
•! State Board of Education and Advisors (Principal, Teacher, and
Student)
•! Governor’s Teacher Advisory Committee
•! North Carolina Association of Educators
•! North Carolina Parent Teacher Association
•! North Carolina School Boards Association
•! IIS Stakeholder Advisory Committee
•! IIS User Groups
•! Other LEA and School Staff
•! Cross-divisional NCDPI Teams
Stakeholder Input - How
•! Regional Meetings
•! Focus Groups
•! Webinars
•! Monthly User Group Meetings
•! Quarterly IIS Stakeholder Advisory Committee Meetings
•! Conferences
•! IIS Resource Consortium
Opportunities for Teachers & Schools:
Teacher Focus Group
•! Implement Common Core
•! Let teachers personalize learning
•! Identify best products & services
•! Create what educators need
IIS Update
The Request for Proposals: Searching for
the Right Vendor(s)
RFP Milestone Targets
Action
Responsibility
Date
Issue of RFP
Office of Information
Technology Services
02/27/12
Vendors Submit
Questions
Vendors
03/14/12
Response to Written
Questions/ RFP
Amendments
Department of Public
Instruction
03/28/12
Submission of Proposal
Vendors
04/18/12 @ 3:00 PM EDT
Selection of Finalists
Evaluation Committee
05/21/12
Vendor Product
Demonstrations
Vendor &
Evaluation Committee
06/04/12 to 06/15/12
Contract Award
State Purchasing Agent
08/06/12
Evaluation Approach
•! The team is currently formulating the RFP
Evaluation Process.
•! A core team of evaluators and sub-teams
will be involved.
Sub-teams will include:
Instructional
Design, Practices,
Resources &
Standards
Data Analysis &
Reporting
Assessment &
Growth
Educator Evaluation
& Professional
Development plus
Rollout Strategy &
Training
Learner Profile
Systems
Integration, IT
Platform & any
other technical
considerations
Stakeholder Advisory
Committee and User Group
Committee members will
be invited to the IIS RFP
Vendor finalist
demonstrations.
NC IIS/SLI Data Integration &
Data Integration RFP
•! The Friday Institute is working on the first
draft of the RFP.
•! Purpose: Establish a service to move
data from SEA and LEA source systems
through a middleware Enterprise Service
Bus into the IIS and SLI data stores.
Accomplishments
"! Established IIS workgroups (cross-divisional teams)!
"! Hired Center for Educational Leadership and Technology
(CELT) and NewSouth to develop the RFP and Manage
the Project!
"! Vision established and vetted with stakeholders!
"! Functional business and technical requirements gathered
and vetted!
"! Reviewed the marketplace including vendor demonstration
of potential solutions for the IIS!
"! IIS User Groups and Stakeholder Advisory Committee
established!
Accomplishments (continued)
"!RFP (including SBAC and SLI connections) posted!
"!Draft tagging and review processes established!
"!New staff hired to assist with implementation!
"!Revised DSW, budget, and timeline for submission to
USED!
"!IIS Resource Consortium created!
"!Data Resource Guide in progress!
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•! Develop plans for helping districts get
ready for the IIS (Managing Change)
•! Determine policies that may need to
change or be implemented
•! Contract for content management
services
•! Work with Technology Services as they
address the technology concerns
What do you need to get ready for the IIS?
Are there any policies in place that would
inhibit your use of the IIS?
What technologies are you lacking to be
able to use the IIS?
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Web Resources
IIS Website:
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/improvement/resources/
IIS RFP:
https://www.ips.state.nc.us/ips/AGENCY/PDF/08833600.pdf
Questions?
Contact Information
Sarah McManus, Learning Systems Director
sarah.mcmanus@dpi.nc.gov
919-807-3776
Eric Moore, Fiscal Analyst
eric.moore@dpi.nc.gov
919-807-3731
Cynthia Crowdus, IIS Project Coordinator
cynthia.crowdus@dpi.nc.gov
919-807-3205