Technology for Improving Education NETwork
AVRSB Training Intro
Spring, 2012
iNSchool
a NS DOE province-wide program aimed at leveraging technology to better
support student achievement
School Based Administration
USERS
Admin Assistants/Office Staff
Guidance Counsellors
Resource/Learning Centre Teachers
Behaviour Specialists/Teachers
Student Services Staff
Programs Staff
Other School Board Staff
DOE Staff
SchoolsPlus Staff
TIENET
Teachers – anyone who uses
PowerTeacher/GradeBook to
access student information as
well as record attendance,
assessment and report card
information for students
PowerSchool/TIENET
(working together)
 Management and storage of students’ Cumulative Record
information/documents, Confidential Record documents and
program information
 Data and info can be shared between the systems (i.e. demographic
info will pull from PowerSchool to TIENET)
 There will be a TIENET file identifier (icon or alert) in
PowerSchool/PowerTeacher for students
 In both programs, security and access to working with certain
student information is based on the role assigned to the user
 The interface and documents are also being translated into French
for use within the CSAP
PowerSchool/PowerTeacher & TIENET
(single sign on)
TIENET is...
 An electronic case management web-based tool designed to
 manage information for our NS students receiving student
services support
 to facilitate the 8 stages of the NS Program Planning Process
 to support the SchoolsPlus processes
 A system that will better enable educators to manage and share
Student Services information and documents within our
established NS program planning process such as students’ profile
information, documented adaptation plans, individual program
plans, transition plans, medical plans, transportation plans, etc. as
well as the SchoolsPlus information and documents
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most provincially used/accepted Student Services/Program Planning
processes, documents, forms and templates will be managed in
TIENET
NS Program Planning Process
TIENET has...
 Various levels of security that are based upon user roles
and responsibilities and affect what end users can
access within the system
 Customizations to support the program planning
process and the SchoolsPlus process in NS schools
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Within the system, there are
• Student libraries/repositories (electronic files)
• School libraries/repositories (electronic files)
Within TIENET
 Student Profile info including ...
 General Demographics/Parent Guardian Information
 Emergency Contact Information
 Diagnosis Information
 Program Information
 Medical Plan Information
 Services Data Information
Within TIENET
 Student Documents including ...
 Documented Adaptation Plans (Teacher Exploration and PPT)
 IPPs and IPP Reports, Transition Plans and Transcripts
 Request for Program Planning Team Meeting
 Referrals for Services (and letter to parents/guardians)
 Special Transportation Needs
 Health/Emergency Care Plans
 Meeting Minutes (for individual Student Program Planning)
Within TIENET
 Other Documents including ...
 All SchoolsPlus documents and forms
 Uploaded and Attached Documents specific to a student
 Meeting Minutes (School-Based Core Planning)
Also Within TIENET
 An Internal Communication System with Messages,
Announcements and Discussion features
 A Calendaring System for personal and group items
 Reporting Capabilities to look at data and generate
reports at the school, district and/or provincial level
 Help and Support Features (i.e. tools that support using
TIENET, the NS program planning process, Board-based
resources and the SchoolsPlus process)
TIENET Training Objectives and Purposes
 To provide TIENET trainers with a framework for the
preparation and delivery of training that will enable end-users
to effectively and efficiently utilise the TIENET functionality to
support and facilitate their role within the NS Program
Planning Process
 Successful training should enable end-users to:
 Describe each stage of the Program Planning Process
 Describe the typical activities that occur at each stage of the
Program Planning Process
 Define those Program Planning activities that will be supported
by and/or documented within TIENET
 Use the functionality in TIENET that relates to the completion of
those Program Planning activities supported by and/or
documented within TIENET
TIENET Training
 Train-the-Trainer Model across NS – people from each
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school board have been trained as TIENET Lead
Trainers (Rebecca Franklin and Jeanne Fletcher from
AVRSB)
At least 2 people from each school will be trained by the
school board Leads to help train staff at each site and
implement the TIENET system
Each school will develop a training plan to support staff
training and implementation
Various resources will be available to trainers, schools
and staffs to support training and implementation
(training manuals, videos, PowerPoints, etc.)
Our Training Agenda – coming soon
TIENET Training Each School will Need
 TIENET Lead Staff from each school to be trained and help
implement at the site level (1 Administrator and other NSTU
staff)
 TIENET Leads should be people who ...
 1.) have had experience with the most recent NS DOE
program planning process principles and practices,
 2.) demonstrate effective leadership skills with staff
within their roles at school, and
 3.) demonstrate effectiveness and efficiency using
technology
 A site-based plan to support successful training and
implementation
TIENET Implementation
 Expected Implementation for most NS schools – September,
2012 with others to follow during the 2012 – 2013 school year.
AVRSB has been training February – June, 2012 and will be
implementing September – June, 2013
 iNSchool site (inschool.ednet.ns.ca) and our own AVRSB
Learning Portal will have TIENET resources and support
materials like videos, userguides, communication updates,
etc.
Accessing TIENET for training
 https://tieapp01.ednet.ns.ca/userlogin.aspx?WorkspaceID=AVRSBTRN
 Log-in with
 School/District ID – AVRSBTRN (our AVRSB training server)
 User ID –
 Password – tienet1!