Management Information Systems
• Introductions
– Karen Crowston
– Tim Riley
– Bridget McGinley
What’s New?
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Communicating with Parents
School Self Review
Other MIS news
What to look out for
Reminders
Context
• Every Child Matters
• Harnessing Technology
• New Relationship with Schools
Parent Communication
• ePortal enables Teachers to have easy
access to information in a school’s MIS
• Parental access to their child’s information
– ePortal for Facility CMIS users
– Learning Gateway for SIMS.net users
Parental access
• Child’s data
• Any documents attached to their child’s
record via Document Storage functionality
– e.g. End of year reports
Parental Communications
• Groupcall SMS Text and Voice Messaging
Service
• Integrates and reads pupil & attendance
information directly from CMIS & SIMS.net
– Attendance issues
– General parental communications
• Free Trial for Birmingham Schools
School Self Evaluation
• SIMS.net users – reports available
• Facility CMIS users – School Self Review
– Not just a tool for SEF
– Other reviews e.g.
• Teaching & Learning
• ICT
SSR contd….
• Content – work in progress
• Development requirements identified and
prioritised
MIS update….
• PLASC/School Census very successful –
well done!
• Primary & Special schools move to a
termly School Census from January 2007
• School Workforce Data Collection Pilot –
still on hold!
MIS continued….
• CMIS Reporting Pilot
– Templates available
– Training & Guidance will be available
• SIMS.net Profiles Module
MIS continued…..
• SEN
– SIMS.net demo of IEP Writer at user group
– Facility CMIS SEN working group requested
developments. Arrangements will be made to
demonstrate to SEN working Group before
end of term.
– Training will be available on SEN
Look out for…
• End of year and End of Key Stage
seminars & guidance
• Transfer files of new admissions
• Data Quality workshops
• Upgrades via Website
• eTutorials
Reminders…
• Workshop on Parago ICT Audit software
available to ‘try before you buy’.
• Groupcall SMS text & voice messaging
• ePortal & Learning Gateway
– Ben Cutler & Mark Lovick
• Remote Backup service available
Thank you for listening