Administrative Software for
CTC/AVTS
Central Susquehanna IU
Moving forward with you.
Sally Shovlin & John Wargo – CSIU
Pat Adams – Venango CTC
Agenda
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Intro
Financial Software
Student Software
SIF
PIMS
Future ideas?
Q&A
Financial Applications
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Assets Inventory
Bidding/Purchasing
Consumables
Inventory
Fund Accounting
Payroll
Personnel
CSIU financial applications work
together seamlessly to give you
maximum flexibility and control
over all aspects of financial record
keeping and reporting. The
software stays aligned with PDE
requirements, helping you to
comply with the ever-changing
reporting guidelines. Other
functionality addresses Act 48,
PSERS, GAAP, and GASB-34
specifications. An underlying
security module allows you
complete control over your data.
Student Applications
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Achievement/
Discipline
Attendance
Grading
Health
Scheduling
Special Education
Transportation
Grade book/Parent
Access
CSIU’s new web based student
applications combine user-friendly
data entry screens, fully automated
processes, and comprehensive
reports to provide a complete data
management system. Each
student application shares tables
of basic demographic information
to maximize efficiency and
consistency. Web-posting of
absences and grades further adds
to the accessibility of this system
by allowing teachers to do realtime data entry from any Internetready computer.
The SIF Connection
Schools
Interoperability
Framework
WWW.SIFINFO.ORG
Imagine a day when all of your
administrative and instructional
systems work hand in hand without
proprietary interfaces. Not only will
this streamline your daily operations,
but it will also save you time and
money in technical support.
Our participation in this initiative
means CSIU customers can benefit
from seamless integration with
cafeteria, library, curriculum, and
other software systems.
CSIU can help you get started with
SIF integration. Call us at (570) 5231155, ext. 2128 for details.
CSIU Technology Group &
Schools Interoperability
Framework
Facilitating the Future.
WHAT is SIF?
Schools
Interoperability
Framework
WWW.SIFINFO.ORG
The Schools
Interoperability Framework
(SIF) is an industry
initiative to develop a
blueprint for K-12 software
that will enable diverse
applications to interact and
share data seamlessly,
now and in the future.
WHAT are the benefits of SIF?
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SIF can save you time and money.
Shared data eliminates redundant data entry.
Integration means consistent and accurate
data across applications.
SIF is vendor-neutral and platformindependent.
Your state and federal reporting can become
more efficient.
WHAT software is SIF-enabled?
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Administrative software
Library systems
Food services
Gradebook software
Network management
Transportation systems
Data warehouses
Instructional management
And many more
HOW do we get connected?
CSIU offers SIF Integration Services to help
you bring your administrative and instructional
software into the “SIF ZONE.”
We can help you with:
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Analysis and Planning
Configuration and Implementation
Ongoing Technical Support
PIMS
CTE templates
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Grads – CTCs don’t graduate students. Unless they are a comprehensive CTC.
PSSA – CTCS/AVTS don’t usually give the PSSAs, so again, the CTC data isn’t supplied to
DRC.
CTC’s don’t do special ed, the home district should be reporting.
CTC’s don’t usually report truancy because it goes back to the home district to do, but in some
cases they also won’t report discipline since that may also be handled at the district level.
Child Accounting – PIMS School Calendar – SD uses CTE-PT-H and CTC uses CTE-PT,
CTE-FT, etc.
HQT: some CTC schools don’t have any core content courses, so HQT doesn’t apply to
them.
District Snapshot: CTC schools don’t have kindergarten, so they won’t have a kindergarten
entry age. This template will be used to collect aggregate count of immigrants next summer
though, so the CTC schools might have to report it then.
Student Snapshots: CTC schools need to submit the CUMULATIVE student snapshot every
June 30.
PIMS - new
The only major change coming for the upcoming year for CTCs is including adult learners.
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Adult Ed Webinar this week.
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will explain default values; District of Residence for example is not needed for adults so
there will be a default value to use.
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A revised manual will be released shortly and there will be handout information at the
webinars.
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Templates are student- AAP grade level, student snapshot and CTE student industry fact
and student credential. This is a transition and needs to have adults included.
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New method of delivery codes to get the statistics that are needed..so new fields needed
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ADA definition in the student template. PELS grant information. This is Adult Affidavit
programs. If they were reported/registered in PAPSA/CATS system. If an adult program was
registered but not operational, then they would need to email Steve at PDE.
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Data is for Perkins requirements and Adult Career and Technical data for division of subsidy
for adult instructors.
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Beware: Most SIS’s don’t all have the ability to include the adult students and many schools
will need to create templates manually.
CSIU E-Rate Services
Qualified Solutions.
Future ideas?
Q&A
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Sally Shovlin – Financial Application Support Manager
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sshovlin@csiu.org
John Wargo – Partner
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jwargo@csiu.org
& Client Solutions Manager