Edu-C-Aide Educational Computerized Aide -c-aide.com April Kelly

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Edu-C-Aide

Educational Computerized Aide http://www.edu-c-aide.com

April Kelly

Roger Dubois

Sylva Girtelschmid

Ankit Kothari

Terry Bader

Project Manager

April

Finance

Terry

Marketing

Roger - April

Legal

Sylva - Ankit

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Planning/Research

All

Edu-C-Aide

SBIR

Ankit

Engineering

Terry - Roger

Web

Ankit - Sylva

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Individualized Education Plan

(IEP) Process

Recognition

Evaluation and eligibility

IEP development

Services determined

Reports generated

Review and reevaluation

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The Problem

The current process by which IEPs are managed overwhelms educators because of the intensive requirements mandated by law.

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Problem Characteristics

Distribution of IEP information limited

Tracking of progress and changes

Paperwork redundancy

Large number of students with special needs

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The Approach

Centralized database

Web front-end

Management of IEPs

Reports

Test Results

Graphs and Statistics

Queries

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Technical Approach

6 Month Initial Development for Base

Product

Application maintained on customer resources

School system wide application

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Financial Approach

Initial Development

Hardware and Software - $ 18,496

2 Programmers/Analysts for 6 months -

$ 106,080

Cost per developer $ 51 /hr

 includes payroll and overhead

Total : $ 124,576

6 month effort

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Financial Approach

Customer Installation

Cost to us - $ 28,560

Charge to customer - $36,400

Difference $7,840

Customization

Cost to us - $ 51 /hr

Charge to customer - $65/hr

Difference - $8,960

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No Customization

0 1 2

$39,944.00

3

($14,896.00)

4

($69,736.00)

($124,576.00)

$204,464.00

$149,624.00

$94,784.00

5 6 7

$423,824.00

$368,984.00

$314,144.00

$259,304.00

8 9 10

# of Customers

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Basic Customization

0 1

($60,776.00)

($124,576.00)

$385,824.00

$322,024.00

$258,224.00

$194,424.00

$130,624.00

$513,424.00

$449,624.00

$66,824.00

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

# of Customers

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Financial Overview

Overall charge to customer (w/

Customization) - $125,000 w/o Customization - 3 customers to break even w/ basic Customization - 2 Customers to break even

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The Outcome

Schools can efficiently track and distribute information of the IEP process

Teacher’s time is saved by reducing redundant paperwork

Less chance of mistakes and lawsuits

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Yellow Flags

Does not provide evaluation of student

Cannot solely determine if teacher is following IEP requirements

Changes to laws and school system policies

Changes in technology

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Conclusion

The use of the application will provide a more efficient way for school systems to abide by federal standards. As a result, this will minimize the chance of mistakes and lower the risk for a lawsuit.

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Resources

Office of Special Education Programs

Family Village

National Education Assoc.

LDOnline.com

VA Dept. of Education

US Dept. of Education

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