District 11 Educational Support Services
Educational Achievement System

Welcome

"District 11 uses the Educational Achievement System "EASy" as the common Curriculum and Data Management System for all schools. The Data Management Module of the system is being implemented during the 2007-2008 school year, and the Curriculum Management Module of the system will be implemented in 2008-2009. We anticipate this new system will help make the task of using data to make informed instructional decisions...well, "EASy."
~ Marsha Spanswick, Curriculum Data Management System Project Manager ~spansm@d11.org ~719.520.2987

 "Change is inevitable.
Growth is optional."
~ Bruce Wellman and
Laura Lipton

Data Driven Dialogue

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Creating  a Database of
Exemplary Lessons
"Distributed databases should not be just collections of lessons that teachers can use. What we are proposing is far more complex and far more powerful."
~ James Stigler and James Hiebert
 

 "To begin with the end in mind means to start with a clear understanding of your destination. It means to know where you're going so that you better understand where you are now so that the steps you take are always in the right direction."
~ Stephen R. Covey,
   The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

 

 "The star teachers of the twenty-first century will be those who work together to infuse the best ideas into standard practice. They will be teachers who collaborate to build a system that has the goal of improving students' learning in the "average" classroom, who work to gradually improve standard classroom practices. In a true profession, the wisdom of the profession's members finds its way into the most common methods. The best that we know becomes the standard way of doing something."

~ James Stigler
The Teaching Gap





Curriculum- a specific blueprint for learning that is derived from standards
~ Understanding by Design


Assessment- the deliberate use of many methods to gather evidence to indicate that students are meeting standards
~ Understanding by Design
 

News

What We Believe
  • EASy is District 11's new web-based curriculum and data management system for teachers and administrators.
  • EASy (powered by SchoolNet) will put all of your students' achievement data (CSAP, MAP, DIBELS, TOWRE, Colorado ACT, CELA, and common assessments), as well as district-wide curriculum resources, at your fingertips in one easy-to-use software system.
  • EASy will end the hours and days of searching through three or four data programs for all your students' information.
  • EASy will enable you to drill down to each students' results and run reports, graphs and charts with the click of the mouse.
  • EASy will give Teachers and Principals more time and resources to work on what's most important, students.
Mission: Develop an integrated, user-friendly system that integrates data, assessment and instruction to enhance organizational effectiveness to improve student achievement.

“Our main objective in District 11 is to provide our students with the best education in Colorado.  The teaching is done in the classroom so my job as Superintendent is to implement the initiatives, programs and policies that will help to drive student achievement. By partnering with SchoolNet and giving teachers and principals instant access to the data they need, we will provide our staff with the tools necessary to be successful.”
~ Dr. Terry Bishop, Superintendent of Colorado Springs School District 11
 

District 11 will be implementing the following SchoolNet Solutions: 
• Account™ - to analyze, present and apply data for district, school, and classroom impact
• Align™ - to disseminate curriculum, integrate lessons and assess student data
• Assess™ – to deploy assessments and administer benchmark testing  

Assessment

The Assess portion of EASy will allow the results of district short cycle assessments to be scanned directly into the system via plain paper scanners located at schools or the AERO office. This will allow the end users to have access the next day to the data to drive their instruction.

Curriculum

Curriculum Management Made EASy (Fall 2008 launch)

The Align Module of EASy will allow teachers to sort through a curriculum database and find resources and strategies aligned to specific standards and District Indicators. In addition, teachers will be able to see extension activities and support resources for students on both ends of the learning spectrum. All content within EASy is password protected and viewable only to the user groups in which employees are assigned. In order for parents and students to get a clear picture of learning expectations within each course and grade level, portions of the curriculum are viewable via the District 11 Division of Operations and Instruction Web site.

Support Staff, Executive Steering Committee, and Core Project Team

Support Staff
Marsha Spanswick, Project Manager, spansms@d11.org

 Executive Steering Committee Members
The Executive Steering Team oversees the overall implementation of the project and members of the team include the Superintendent, Deputy Superintendents community members and administrators.

Core Project Team
Charlene Crandall, Professional Development crandcj@d11.org
Lisa Wolf, Professional Development Facilitator wolflr@d11.org
Rick Lee, Data Systems Manager   leera@d11.org
Tom Hunt, Data and Reports  hunttp@d11.org
Greg Wilborn, Marketing and Support wilbojg@d11.org
David Malone, Dir. of Curriculum & Instruction malonde@d11.org
Jamie Sedlmeyer, MIS Support Specialist sedlmj@d11.org
The Core Team works on day-to-day issues involved in implementation. Team members' efforts are driven by the Overriding Purpose; to develop a user-friendly system that integrates data, assessment and instruction to enhance organizational effectiveness to improve student achievement.

 Goals 

  1. Develop a system of enhanced communications flow and interactions between Instruction, Assessment and Information Technology as measured by survey data. (Lead:  Marsha)
  1. Provide timely, relevant and user friendly assessment data at the district, school and classroom level to be measured by customer satisfaction survey results. (Lead: Rick and Tom)
  1. Provide a process for developing, deploying, importing and evaluating research-based exemplary models of instructional units/lessons and courses as measured by feedback loops. (Lead:  David)
  1. Provide professional development that will introduce and continually scaffold the learning around how to use the system effectively as measured by an implementation rubric. (Lead:  Ronda/Charlene)
  1. Use a comprehensive needs analysis to develop a system that fills the needs of the district, schools, classrooms and tax payers as measured by benchmarks for success. (Lead: Greg)
  1. Evaluate the effectiveness of the system’s processes as measured by timelines and benchmarks. (On time and within budget.) and to stakeholder satisfaction.) (Lead:  J. and Tom)
  1. Evaluate the customer satisfaction with the implementation of the Curriculum and Data Management System as measured by stakeholder satisfaction. (Lead J. and Tom)
  1.  Evaluate the results of using the system as a result of;
    • Using the data reports and benchmark assessment options on an ongoing basis to determine the effectiveness of the instructional program.
    • Using the data reports and benchmark assessment options to determine gaps in learning and determine instructional interventions.
    • Using the Curriculum integration to plan lessons aligned to standards and essential skills.
    • Develop a comparison of measured outcomes from the new process to previous systems to determine how to further improve integration with instructional and curriculum interventions.

Training Resources 2007-2008

How To's and Walk-throughs  
Student Groups from a school-wide perspective  
   
Training Resources Support Materials

ALIGN Resources

  
Align Early Adopter Power Point Walkthrough Handouts  1   2   3   4
Certified Align Trainer Training Power Point  
Align Session 1   Power Point Walkthrough Handout   1 2 

Posters to Advertise Trainings - Sessions 1   2   3   4
Align Session 2   Power Point Walkthrough Handouts  3
Align Session 3   Power Point Walkthrough Handout  4
Align Session 4 Resources Data Report/RtI Plan        Exemplar 1 

 Rubric     Fishbone Root Cause 

PDSA Intervention Chart
   

General Resources

Training Videos

Building Training - History of EASy Power Pt slides

 EASy intro - logging in and general tour 03:22
Video - EASy Introduction with Dr. Bishop (2min.) EASy Benchmark Data - Benchmark Dashboard etc 04:00
Link to EASy login  
EASy Align Licensed User Training Survey  
Account part I for building leaders power pt  
   

Training Schedule - Spring 2008

Training Schedule Dates and Times Location

CURRICULUM TRAINER
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ACCOUNT
Account Part 1 for Building Leaders

Oct 1      8-11am

Oct 1      12-3pm

Nov 4      8-11am

Nov 4      12-3pm

 Tesla
Account Part 2 for Building Leaders

Oct 23    8-11am

Oct 23    12-3pm

Nov 19    8-11am

Nov 19    12-3pm

 Tesla
Account for Administrative and Staff Assistants    
Account User's Group    

ALIGN
Align Licensed User

Oct 7    8am-3pm

Nov 13  8am-3pm

 Tesla
Align Introduction for Administrators

 

  
Please register in ERO    

Marketing
The Marketing Plan for the EASy project was developed under the direction of Greg Wilborn.
 

About SchoolNet, Inc.
SchoolNet Inc. is the leader in School Performance Management Systems (SPM) that improve efficiency and increase achievement in K-12 school systems.  SchoolNet's School Performance Management systems are built upon an open, scalable platform that provides users with the data, reports, tools and content to develop human capital, individualize instruction and ensure school improvement. SchoolNet was founded in 1988 by MIT Media Lab graduate Jonathan Harber and education author and analyst Denis P. Doyle. For more information, please visit www.schoolnet.com.

Comments: Please email Greg Wilborn at wilbojg@d11.org to send comments.

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