Welcome SIMS Update Kirklees 25th November 2005

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WelcomeSIMS UpdateKirklees 25th November 2005
Hugh Sandison, Sheila Cockin Ruth Walker, Rachel
Andrews
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Agenda

• Product Roadmap
• Autumn Core Update
• User Interface Enhancements
• E-Registration

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Product Roadmap 2006
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SIMS Product Roadmap

• SIMS Suite Enhancements 2005/06
• Clear Priority - Moving to .net
• significant work will also be undertaken as
  part of a two year programme to bring the
  remaining parts of SIMS into the .net
  framework.
• significant effort will be directed at moving
  our original SQL based modules to .net
  technology.
• the migration is part of a two year programme
  which for 2005/06 will involve substantial work
  in the following modules
• Attendance
• Assessment Manager
• Performance Analysis
• Profiles .

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SIMS Product Roadmap

• Product Horizon Trials and Beta Tests
• 2005
• Nova T6 (School Workshops)
• Personnel 7 (Beta)
• Profiles 7
• Solus 2 / School Manager (Field Trial)
• 2006
• Personnel 7 (Field Trial)
• Attendance 7
• Lesson Monitor 7
• Assessment Manager 7
• Performance Analysis 7
• Cover 7
• Pupil Progress File Reporter 7

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SupportNet Resource No 9285
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SIMS Product Roadmap

• Product Horizon Full Releases
• 2006
• Nova T6, Cover 7, Academic Management 7
• Personnel 7
• Profiles 7
• (School Census Workforce element)
• System Manager 7
• Curriculum and Lesson Planner 7
• Fees Billing 7
• Pupil Progress File Reporter 7
• FMS on SQL Server
• SIMS.net Learning Gateway
• 2007
• Attendance 7
• Lesson Monitor 7
• Assessment Manager 7
• Performance Analysis 7

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• .. SIMS.net Core Update
• Autumn 2005
• STAR 7.60 / 7.62

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STAR 7.60 / 7.62

• Change Registration Status of Pupil
• Record a British Forces Post Office (BFPO)
  Address.
• Historical editing / recording of pupil/student
  name
• Recording a Second Home Address for a Student

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STAR 7.60 / 7.62

• New fields on School Details
• Gender of Entry (S8a)
• Gender of Sixth Form Entry (S522)
• Provision of extended services (S533)
• Specialist Schools Type (S20)

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School Details Screen
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STAR 7.60 / 7.62

• New fields on Student
• Asylum Status (P18)
• Traveler Status (Source of information) (P15/16)
• Personal Education Plan Indicator (P31)
• Pupil Child Protection Register Indicator and LEA
  Code (P32/33)
• Pupil Email Address (P49)
• Pupil Telephone Number (P96/97)

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STAR 7.60 / 7.62

• New fields on SEN
• Gifted and Talented Indicator (P155)
• Ability to record for School Census if a pupil is
  a member of a SEN Unit, Special Class or
  Resourced Provision.

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Address Validation
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Address Validation
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Address Validation

• Currently testing a web service
• License file will activate functionality in SIMS
• Post Code / House Name / House Number
• Built allowing multiple routes so in future we
  may see
• Search local database
• Search EMS database (LLPG?)
• Search National File (QAS)

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OFSTED Self-Evaluation Form Part B(Factual
information about your school)
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Sections A and B

• Section A
• A22 Boarding provision
• Section B
• B1 Number of Learners
• B2 Ethnic background
• B3 Refugees and Asylum Seekers and B4 -
  Travellers
• B6 English as an Additional Language
• B7 Learners with Learning Difficulties and/or
  disabilities (LDD)
• B8 Nature of Learning Difficulties
• B10a Learner Mobility
• B11 Looked after children

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Sections C and D

• Section C
• C1 - Statutory Targets (Learners in Year 6 and
  Year 9)
• Section D
• D1, D2 and D3 Exclusions and Transfer of
  Learners in maintained settings
• D4 Retention in Sixth Form
• D5 Routes taken by learners aged 15

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Self Evaluation Form
B2 Ethnic Background of Learners
B7 Learners with Learning Difficulties
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Self Evaluation Form
D4 Pupil Retention for Sixth Form
D5 Routes taken by learners
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User Interface Enhancements
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Example 10 CRs

• CR32387           Page Breaks
• CR22224           Address Block spacing
• CR31431           Address Block Country
• CR28684           Reports in excel and missing
  last three lines of boarders
• CR31725           Linking telephone numbers
• CR27388           Making exclusion length
  editable
• CR31435           Defaults on SEN browse
• CR28356           Reporting on FSM
• CR26513           Attendance Mode Reporting
• CR30306           Excel Record Count

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Overall EnhancementsTop 10

• January 2006
• Providing Address Validation
• Reports to support schools with Self Evaluation
  Form 
• February 2006
• Page breaking on change of Key Fields Reg/Class
  
• Providing schools to correct data entered
  incorrectly - Admission Numbers               
• Addresses not showing country in Reporting
• Redesign of reporting fields e.g. In Care, FSM,
  Attendance Mode
• April 2006
• User Interface improvements to reduce the number
  of clicks
• Linking Students to a medical practise not a
  doctor
• Housekeeping routines to tidy merge/delete
  contacts, other schools
• Ability to add medical practise on the fly from
  the student screen                       

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SIMS .net User Interface

• Reducing Complexity - Fewer Menu Clicks
• Direct Access to Key Features, e.g. Pupil, Staff
  Browse Icon Driven
• Links Panel on or off
• Improve SIMS.net response to mouse wheel
• Add ALT keyboard shortcuts
• Context Sensitive Help
• Simplify Menu Routes
• Intelligent use of favourites put top 6 menu
  routes into Favourites section in bottom Left
  hand side of screen
• Allow Add to Favourites for students and Reg
  groups

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SIMS .net User Interface

• Improved Design
• Make use of XP shading
• Get new icons for menu routes etc.
• Healing of panels to be based on permissions for
  Student Details Screen
• Other improvements
• Printing review of printing output from Links
  panels, particularly attendance and timetable
  outputs
• Add Close All icon/button to SIMS.net toolbar.
  Clicking closes all screens and returns user to
  homepage.
• When closing SIMS.net add message Are you sure
  you want to close SIMS?

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SIMS.net User InterfaceLets take a look
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Improving the SIMS .net User Interface

• Consultation
• We will be issuing screens for consultation on
  SupportNET shortly
• Aim to release some / all of these features
  Spring 2006

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• E-registration

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E Registration SolutionLesson Monitor

• Rachel Andrews
• rachel.andrews_at_capita.co.uk

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Agenda

• Introduction
• SIMS Solution
• Lesson Monitor
• PDAs - Quinetiq
• Parents Gateway
• Services Support
• Case Studies

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- lesson attendance - whole school network -
off-line working - post-registration truancy -
analysis and reports - links to Attendance
- session attendance - multi-user across a
network - new reports and analysis - statutory
DfES reporting
- internet-based service for parents, teachers
and EWOs - secure access, password controlled -
no additional data entry for the school - builds
stronger home-school links
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• Project Management and Training

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DEMONSTRATION
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Lesson Monitor Reporting
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Lesson Monitor

• Speedily provides evidence of post registration
• truancy student tracking greater security
• Acts as a deterrent to truants
• Fast simple to use and saves a lot of time
• Teachers can easily view lesson attendance data
  online knowing who is in school patterns of
  attendance
• Sophisticated analysis and reporting

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• QinetiQ
• Using PDAs

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• Easily portable and easy to use simple point and
  tap interface - can be used inside and outside
  the classroom
• Data entry for statutory AM / PM and lesson by
  lesson attendance fully compatible with Lesson
  Monitor
• Wireless and docking station synchronisation
• Links with SIMS.net for Assessment and Behaviour
• Use of 3rd Party Applications

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What is Parents Gateway?

• Web access to pupil data
• Service is hosted by Capita
• 24 hours a day
• 7 days a week
• Designed for use by
• parent/guardian
• senior staff/teacher
• EWO/LEA officer

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Parents Gateway

• Does not use a schools tel. lines
• No need to buy a server
• No need for multiple Internet access
• No lease line
• No firewall costs

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Parents Gateway
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Why should schools use Parents Gateway?

• Stronger home-school links
• Easier to keep parents informed
• Improve parent-student communication
• Share information
• Parent initiated monitoring monitor children -
  and on the same day

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Services and Support
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• 1 Day Project Management
• Evaluation of the current SIMS system
• Resulting in an action plan for the
  implementation

• 1 or 2 Days Consultancy
• Training the senior management team and staff,
  covering set up and system usage
• Training the Administration / Operations team

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Case Studies

• Castle View, Canvey Island
• Anthony Gell, Matlock
• The Grove, St Leonards on Sea

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So, whats the next step ?

• Speak to your Schools Account Manager
• Contact the Internal Sales Desk on 01234 832100
• Visit the Website www.sims.co.uk
• interactive product demos and case studies
• Speak with and / or visit a reference site

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• Feedback and Questions ?

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SIMS Curriculum and Lesson Planner
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SIMS .net CLP

• Transform the way that teachers can work in
  school.
• Professional use of PPA time.
• Plan annual schemes of work.
• Support the delivery of lessons.
• Access assessment, attendance behaviour and
  achievement.
• Import and share Study Topics and Lesson Plans
  across consortia.
• Provide a simple authoring tool for lesson
  materials to be posted on the web.
• Complementary to SIMS.net Learning Gateway.

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Click on the lesson required to take you to the
specific lesson plan With all its associated
materials (worksheets, presentations, video
introductions, links to internet sites etc)
SIMS Homepage will show all todays Lessons for
the teacher signing on.
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SIMS .net CLP Benefits

• When established, this will really save time for
  teachers both in preparing new materials and
  pulling together resources for teaching.
• Provides a central repository of all the teaching
  and learning planned by the school. Invaluable in
  providing continuity from year to year and to new
  teachers joining the school and supply staff.
• Very flexible to allow easy changes to the lesson
  plans at both an individual teacher level and at
  a school planning level.
• Allows lesson differentiation to be included
  simply.
• The export and import of Study Topics and Lesson
  Plans supports the collaborative working across
  schools to benefit from best practice.
• The inclusion of the simple award-winning lesson
  web authoring tool allows lesson material to be
  easily shared on the schools website for
  parents.
• The total integration with the SIMS.net suite
  ensures effective use of assessment for learning,
  attendance, achievement and behaviour facilities.
• Provides teachers with easy access to important
  Special needs information and where available
  Individual Education Plans (if IEP writer in
  use).
• Can be used with Cover staff or in timeout
  rooms.

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Curriculum and Lesson Planner - Pricing
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Curriculum and Lesson Planner - Pricing
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SIMS .net Learning Portal
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Drivers for changeCabinet Office

• ICT is the key to the UKs future prosperity
• The UK has clawed itself up to No 3 in terms of
  broadband connections
• Our children need to regard ICT as a commodity

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Drivers for changeDfES

• Pupils will need to be able to record their
  achievements
• The school bag is a thing of the past
• ICT will enable parents to have a shared role in
  their childrens learning
• ICT will enable personalised learning

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An Unstoppable EvolutionColin Hurd, Deputy
Director ICT Schools, DfES
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SIMS .net Learning Portal
Timetables
Assignments
A place that brings the Student, Teacher and the
Parent (and others) together
Grades and Marks
Homework
School Events
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Jo Berry
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My Marksheets
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SIMS .net Learning Portal
A place that brings the Student, Teacher and the
Parent (and others) together
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QASIMS Road MapSIMS.co.uk