Unit Two, Assignment Two

The following questions will be asked of our school principal regarding Student Management Systems and Data Warehouses:

1.In what ways is the data collected for input SIS?
Daily attendance sent by teachers

2.Who provides our SIS? 

3.How was it decided to use this SIS provider? (I can begin to answer this because I was at the meeting; our principal is new to the district this year) 

Personal input: A panel of teachers and administrators met with the provider two years ago for a presentation on the overview of the system. Each person gave input to the presentation and they usefulness of the provider. No other provider presentations were given for comparison.

4.What are the ways the SIS used in other ways outside of attendance for students?

5.What other technology based data systems, such as a curriculum/instruction/assessment management system used at LPS?

6.How are these systems used by teaching faculty or other staff members?

7.If no systems are used, has the school researched the pro's and cons of any of these systems?

8.Why have the systems not chosen to be used?

9.As an administrator with experience in a larger district, do you have any experience using a SIS and CIA management system? In your opinion are there benefits to the investment?

10.What systems did your district use?

11.Were the teachers trained on how to translate the data into information they could apply in the classroom?

12.What benefits and disadvantages did you experience with these systems?

13.Based on your knowledge and experience, in what ways do you believe that our staff and students would benefit from having a more extensive SIS that would allow a grade book and parent access? 


14. In what ways do you believe our school community could benefit from a CIA management system?

14.To date, has LPS looked at extending how it uses the SIS system?

15.Has LPS looked into CIA systems or a database warehouse?

16.What areas of improvement do you see a SMS could provide. For example, long-term management and accessibility to information.

*All answers are only to be used for assignments pertaining to the class and not extended into any other reports or discussions regarding the interviewee or school.