We have had a wonderful response from districts signing up for the integration to use the SAS EVAAS tool. As we’ve worked to bring districts onboard, there are a few items that have come to light:
The first
is that SAS really needs 2017-18 data in order to provide teacher reports based on last year’s data. Most SIS systems allow for data to be configured and sent to MiDataHub for prior years. Please email
support@midatahub.org
if you need assistance in configuring and sending prior year data.
The second
item is that the link SAS provided for districts to submit their connection information looks for the existence of 2017-18 data. Those who have experienced errors in sending connection details, it is likely due to this reason.
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Michelle Ribant is an Assistant Director at the Michigan Department of Education in the Office of Systems, Evaluation and Technology
. In this role, she supervises the Educational Technology Unit which is involved in national, state and regional efforts to promote the effective use of technology in support of teaching and learning. Prior to her role at MDE, Michelle Ribant was the Director of General Education for the Eastern Upper Peninsula Intermediate School District and has extensive experience in all matters Curriculum-Instruction-Assessment-Data at both the regional service agency and local district levels.
Mrs. Ribant came into the field of education as the Math Science Center Director for EUP after a career in Public Health, specifically environmental health. She has written and managed several large foundations, state and federal grants in both environmental health and education. In education, specific projects have related to one-to-one computing, regional data initiatives and, most recently, a Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) grant through NTIA which expands broadband adoption in rural communities. Her expertise is focused on having strong and efficient Curriculum-Instruction-Assessment-Data systems in place, enhanced by 21
st
century technology, that support student learning and enhance student outcomes. She is also a One-to-One (student-to-laptop) trainer for both the One-to-One Institute and INTEL. She has conducted numerous national and international trainings including elementary teacher training in Ankara, Turkey as part of INTEL’s World Ahead program.
Thank you Michelle for your leadership at the state level!
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Vendor Support Information - integration steps
Recently we changed the location of the SIS Configuration guides from the "Connected Partners" section of our website to the "Documentation" section under
"
Vendor Support Information"
.
Included in this section you will also find directions for integrations including M-STEP, SAS EVAAS, NWEA and more. We are adding new documentation on a regular basis.
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Due to the holiday season, we will be combining our November and December webinars.
Our November/December webinar will be
Tuesday, December 4th from 1:00 pm -2:30 pm
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Symbaloo was featured during our last monthly webinar. Please let us know if you would like to participate in a free pilot. We are accepting the first 9 districts.
In addition, they have included free but mandatory PD for teachers in the districts that are going to give this integration a go! Please send an email to
support@midatahub.org
if you want to join the pilot or need more information.
Sign up deadline is
November 14th
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State Reporting & Dashboard Testing Pilots
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Meetings and work have started for two testing initiatives in MiDataHub, both of which will take place over the next 3-4 months with multiple districts statewide.
State Reporting
The state reporting testing will begin on Friday, November 9th with a kickoff meeting and will include districts from across the state (one per student information system). The kickoff meeting will be the precursor to the actual testing but an opportunity for districts involved in the pilot to understand the process, length of testing, district expectations, and outcomes. During this meeting we will walk through the testing scenario including how we will be verifying the integrity of data in the data hubs, working with vendors, and providing/receiving feedback from the districts on how the process can be enhanced.
Dashboard Testing
In an effort to ramp up the functionality and use of the MiDataHub dashboards, a small group of districts (one per Student Information System) along with Double Line Partners (DLP) and MiDataHub staff, had a testing kickoff meeting last week to walk through the testing scenarios, outcomes of testing, and next steps. Testing in the dashboards will include verifying the integrity of data displayed on dashboards, attendance, validation of reports, and the length of time for testing.
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MiDataHub Functionality Updates
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We are launching this new section to provide a weekly update on new features released in the last week and those coming in the next 1-2 weeks.
Database/API:
Cascading updates and deletions were changed on several entities to allow easier manipulation of data in the hub. Extensions were added for Career Cruising and Aimsweb to allow for capture and reporting for these datasets. Database changes were made to our one roster views to allow for more stable return of data.
Dashboard:
We added objective level rendering for the M-Step assessment and adjusted security to allow for broader use of the intervention catalog.
Upcoming changes:
As always we will be working to correct any know errors or issues. We’ll be modifying the assessment importer to update the M-Step objectives to their descriptions instead of their code values. We’ll also be adding functionality to the UIC lookup process, requested by SIS vendors, which will allow for easier bulk processing.
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The Michigan DataHub is co-hosting an Early Warning Intervention and Monitoring System (EWIMS) Regional Workshop
Date:
Friday,
November 16, 2018
Location:
Winding Brook Conference Center, 8240 S Genuine Rd, Shepherd, MI 4888
Time:
9:00 am to 2:00 pm
Audience:
This training is designed for ISD School Improvement or MTSS teams to invite and accompany local district teams. Teams will leave with a plan to implement EWIMS in the local district, along with the support of their ISD partners.
Registration:
Please
register
all individual district and ISD team members. Lunch is included. The $25 registration fee will be waived for all attendees registering by the
November 9, 2018
deadline.
Requirements:
MiDataHub SIS integrations and Dashboards are needed for the training.
If you are unsure of your district status in MiDataHub please reach out to
support@midatahub.org
and ask about your integration status for EWIMS.
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Live Districts:
- Gogebic-Ontonagon ISD
- Hillsdale ISD
- Lakeshore Public Schools
- Manistee ISD
- Romulus Community Schools
- St. Joseph Public Schools
- Waverly Community Schools
Signed Up:
- Crawford AuSable Schools
- Roscommon Area Public Schools
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