Home Base:
PowerSchool Transition
Superintendents’ Quarterly Meeting
November 29,2012
One Technology Platform
Home Base
Student
Information
System (SIS)
Tools for
Information
and Data
• Single Sign-on
• Collaborative
• Populated with
resources for NC
educators
Instructional
Improvement
System (IIS)
Tools for
Teaching and
Learning
Home Base: PowerSchool Costs
Budget - Current Year
NC WISE
PowerSchool
Difference
Support
$2,486,946
$3,160,500
$673,554
Hosting
$2,978,933
$2,646,000 ($332,933)
$5,465,879
$5,806,500
$0
$1,142,650
$5,465,879
$6,949,150
Sub‐Total Implementation
Total
$340,621
Home Base: PowerSchool Transition
• Major Implementation Timeline
– LEA Kick-off Meetings
Complete
– PowerSource Access
Complete
– PowerSchool Access
Complete
– LEA Training
Jan – March
– Scheduling in eSIS
May 1
– Data Importation
May 2 – June 28
– Post-YET Data Import
July 8
– PowerSchool Go Live
July/August
– Parent Access/Post-Imp Support Sept - December
Home Base: May 1 Scheduling
• One-time event, required for PowerSchool
• Business as usual, just earlier time frame
• Additional eSIS scheduling training is available
Home Base: PowerSchool Transition
• Professional Training
– LEAs and Charters will receive face-to-face training
– LEAs and Charters currently all have access to distance learning
modules through PowerSource
– Software has “Mastery in Minutes” self-support mechanism
– No additional costs for training other than travel to/from the training
sites
• Training is continuously modified to
accommodate NC requirements
Home Base: PowerSchool Transition
• Future Communications
– The Weekly Superintendent’s Letter
– Monthly Updates from NCDPI
– Individual LEA and Charter Project Communications
– Two websites:
• http://www.ncwise.org/powerschool.html &
https://center.ncsu.edu/nc/course/
Home Base: NCWISE.org
Home Base: NC Education
Technology
3 Key Categories
Instruction
Interconnections
Things
Application  Support
Services  Infrastructure
Digital Devices  Tools
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pressing
Enter
helps
students
learn
Making
sure that
pressing
Enter
always
works
Something
on which
to press
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