FISCAL

DTR for USPS  Powerpoint
Presenter: Teresa Williams; SSDT

Attend this session if you are interested in learning specifics on using datatrieve in the USPS data structures. 

DTR for USAS
Presenter: Melissa Diemer; SSDT

Attend this session if you are interested in learning specifics on using datatrieve in the USAS data structures. 

EMIS Staff reporting  Powerpoint
Presenter: Teresa Williams; SSDT, ODE EMIS Support Staff

The session is designed to provide more details on staff reporting requirements, such as where to locate fields in the permanent data
structures, how cross validations are completed and where additional resources might be found.  In addition, FY 2005 staff reporting
changes will be introduced.

Introduction to USPS V4.2
Presenter: Teresa Williams; SSDT

SSDT Staff will introduce USPS V4.2. V4.2 will include implementation
of deductions by job as well as planned updates to other programs

Panel discussion on trainings at DA-sites
Presenter: Various DA-site staff

Various DA-site staff members will share their ideas on training sessions for their local users.

Software futures updates - USAS web interface
Presenter: Dave Smith; SSDT, Melissa Diemer; SSDT

Update on current status of the USAS and State Software Web Enabling project and migration plans.  Will demonstrate
the latest and upcoming features for the USAS Web Application.

USAS/EIS Updates
Presenter: SSDT Staff

The USAS updates since the spring conference will be reviewed and explained.

USPS Updates  Powerpoint
Presenter: Teresa Williams; SSDT, Mary Ripke; SSDT, Lori Nye; SSDT

The USPS updates since the spring conference will be reviewed and explained.

EMIS

FY05 EMIS for October ODE Presentation    HQT Presentation    HQT Samples
Presenter: ODE Personnel

This session is intended to provide DA-site personnel an opportunity to review Fy05 Reporting changes.  This would include a review of the items from the "EMIS Change" process that took place earlier this year and include any changes, additions or deletions.  

SSDT EMIS Update  SSDT Presentation
Dean Reineke

This session will discuss the September OECN/SSDT software release and changes made by the SSDT.  A quick review of setting up the FY'05 EMIS system is included.  The session will also discuss future plan to web-enable the EMIS software.  Guidelines to using the EMIS Help Desk, SSDT Helpline and Forums will be covered.  The OECN$SETUP.INI used by SETUPENV will be reviewed and several examples of how to utilize SETUPENV in command procedures will be discussed. Use of  SETUPENV may be used to help standardize EMIS procedures used by DA-sites.

FY05 EMIS for December and beyond
Presenter: Angie and Barb

A quick review of the regular December Child Count reporting, the ODE Report, and a review of the Early Childhood Report new in Fy04 is included in this session.  Emphasis on whom is required to be reported, who is not, poverty level, Resident/ESC/Grantee Distinct will be discussed.  Time permitting, other non-typical EMIS reporting may be discussed including RFO, CTAE Follow-up, and Five Year Forecast.

Report readiness/documentation 
Presenter: ODE Personnel

This session might include a review of report documentation for some of the more common reports including the CTAE October report, Certification, SSID, WKC, and HQT reports.  Release of any new report documentation and discussion regarding new ODE reports is possible.  This session may also be used as a chance for ODE to brainstorm with DA-site staff.

EMIS Staff Reporting
Presenter:  Teresa Williams; SSDT, ODE EMIS Support Staff

The session is designed to provide more details on staff reporting requirements, such as where to locate fields in the permanent data
structures, how cross validations are completed and where additional resources might be found.  In addition, FY 2005 staff reporting
changes will be introduced.

Assessment Update
Presenter: ODE Personnel

Kindergarten readiness is a pilot project for FY05 and required next year, come to this session and hear a little about this.  Also get a general review of the FY05 reporting requirements.  What grades will be achievement, proficiency, OGT?  What subjects will be given for each grade level.  Reporting of multiple test administrations for achievement and OGT.  Review 4th and 6th grade reporting and phase out. Which test will use scaled scores and which raw scores. How to handle retentions in the various assessment.

Community School Processes - FLICS, CSADM, EMIS
Presenter: ODE Personnel

A general review of these systems, reporting requirements and timeline or dues dates will be covered.  OEDS-R and IBM/SSID may also be discussed.  Come to get the answers to Who, what, when, where, why and how regarding these sub-systems.  An update on changes for FY05 will be discussed.

Student

eSIS session (sped) 
Presenter: ODE Personnel

Software designed to reduce paperwork for special education professionals will be offered to all interested districts beginning this fall. Ohio's Electronic Student Information System (eSIS) Special Education Project provides a technology solution for managing special education student records.the special education functionality of the software has been tested successfully for stand-alone use. As a result, the software can be used in conjunction with other student software packages, giving districts maximum flexibility to make the right decisions for their software environments.

eSIS
Presenter: ODE Personnel

eSIS® provides one-stop-shopping for all of your information systems needs – everything from student records and attendance to fees management – all rolled into one secure and easy-to-use software package.

ProgressBook (IEP) 
Presenter: Paul Chaffee, Software Answers

An MCOECN/DASL initiative, based upon the request and input of Ohio school districts and the support of various SERRC/ESC Centers, has developed a WYSIWYG Special Services Application. The software was successfully piloted in four DASites during the 2003-2004 school year and is now a fully functional and customizable application in many of Ohio's districts. The Special Services Application specifically addresses the Special Education software needs for electronically creating and maintaining Individual Education Plans (IEP).

ProgressBook (grades)  Named Grading Scales White Paper
Presenter: Paul Chaffee, Software Answers

ProgressBook is a web-based software product that supports the most recent K-12 standards based educational practices. It is a grade book, lesson plan, attendance, special education and parent access application integrated into one system. ProgressBook has the capability to allow educators, parents and students to have continuous information about a student’s educational progress.

Pinnacle Gradebook 
Presenter: Brian Paisley; SPARCC

The Pinnacle System is a uniquely robust and dependable enterprise solution comprised of servers and utilities that interface with your school’s administrative system and the data collected in each teacher's Gradebook2 class files.  A true relational database, Pinnacle is extremely scalable and customizable. Options include online Viewers and Palm Assistant. 

DaSL - Demo and Overview
Presenter: Marcy Roll; NOACSC, Christine Shaffner; NOACSC

This session will highlight the DASL student Information application. A live
demonstration will be shown along with video clips of various modules in DASL.
Differences from the current SIS software will be explained and described for
you along with GREAT new DASL features.

DaSL -  Differences and Features from SIS
Presenter: Marcy Roll; NOACSC, Christine Shaffner; NOACSC

This session will be a continuation of the first DASL Demo and Overview
session. We would welcome all feedback, suggestions or questions you may have.

DaSL -  SIS Rollout and Implementation status & D.U.C.K Demo
Presenter: Marcy Roll; NOACSC, Christine Shaffner; NOACSC, Doug Leighton; HCCA

This session will cover the DASL Implementation and rollout status. An update
on Conversion and Cleanup issues will be addressed along with any Database
issues and loading errors.

D.U.C.K. How to extract data from POISE, EMIS and create professional looking
reports, labels, inquiry screens, etc. Will be showing several applications
created with DUCK (Report cards, Career Day, Code Red Report, Fees, Honor Roll,
Student Requests). Also, a quick demonstration of "DUCK 2", which has the
ability to pull data from multiple servers, including VMS and SQL. This allows
pulling data from DSL, DASL, Progress Book, as well as any of the VMS
applications.

TECHNICAL TRACK - System Manager

Datatrieve - Tips & Tricks
Presenter: Dave Forman, SPARCC

Datatrieve is a powerful query and reporting tool but the software can confuse and frustrate its user. This session will focus on the
more difficult aspects of using Datatrieve with USAS, USPS, EMIS and other data sources. Hints, tips and real world solutions
will be discussed and demonstrated.
 

How to Setup Webcasting and Video on Demand on Your Network - Beyond Buggy Whips, Carbon Paper and VCR's
Presenter: Jeff Lefkovitz, DataServ

Streaming is coming to a school near you. In this session, Jeff Lefkovitz will outline what Steaming is today and where it is likely to
go in the near future. We will discuss how it will affect your district's networks and what you can do today to help them prepare for it.
 

HP OpenVMS Futures - A Roadmap Review
Presenter:  Dan Sullivan; HP

Richard Rose is the manager of the pre-sales Solution Architect team that covers State/local government and education markets. He is
also a senior solution architect and has supported OVMS customers for many years. Richard will be addressing the future of OVMS,
the migration to Integrity Servers Itanium II and the product roadmaps.

HP OpenView Data Protector - An Overview
Presenter: Phillip Nelson, HP

Phillip Nelson is the storage specialist for HP covering education accounts in 4 states. Phillip has worked exclusively in this capacity for
five years, and has extensive knowledge of the needs of K-12 organizations and of the storage industry including disaster recovery options,
backup and restored applications, storage area networks and network attached storage. Data Protector is HP's own back up software,
providing complete functionality for lower cost than most back up software packages. It enables live backups in most environments, and
offers fast restores.
 

HP Storage Technologies - A Product Roadmap Update
Presenter:Phillip Nelson; HP

Phillip Nelson is the storage specialist for HP covering education accounts in 4 states. Phillip has worked exclusively in this capacity for
five years, and has extensive knowledge of the needs of K-12 organizations and of the storage industry including disaster recovery options,
backup and restored applications, storage area networks and network attached storage. HP is a leading provider of external and internal
storage. This session will focus not only on the roadmaps for HP's own products but also on the direction the industry is headed, including
what can be expected in hard disks as well as SAN and NAS environments.


JAMS Scheduler - An Introduction
Presenter: Eric Schumm; NOACSC,  Bob Shackelford; MVPSI

Need to schedule tasks on Windows, OpenVMS, and Unix/Linux? Is DEC Scheduler or Windows Scheduled Tasks missing features
you need? JAMS is a multi-platform job scheduler from MVPSI in Columbus. In this session, Bob Shackelford from MVPSI and Eric Schumm
from NOACSC will introduce you to the JAMS product and how you might use it at your DA-Site.

Oracle Collaboration Suite
Presenter: Duane Baker; SSDT

Duane Baker will provide an overview of Oracle Collaboration Suite and the plans of the SSDT to provide access to this software for
all DA-Sites and Large Urban Districts directly supported by the SSDT.
 

Schools Interoperability Framework (SIF) - An Introduction
Presenter: Matt Howard, OSN

Matt Howard of OSN will provide and introduction and overview of the Schools Interoperability Framework (SIF) and discuss how it is
anticipated to affect software applications in the K-12 market space.
 

TECHNICAL TRACK - Networking

Building a Self-Defending Network - A Cisco Perspective  Powerpoint
Presenter: George Chopin, Cisco

In this session George Chopin will outline the Cisco self-defending network architecture, and the importance of this type of architecture
as threats to network security become more pervasive.
 

CA Secure Content Manager Gateway Appliance - An Introduction
Presenter: Tom Zimmerman, CA

eTrust Secure Content Manager from Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) is the first truly multifaceted, integrated
solution that ties content management and security functions together to resolve and manage many security issues facing your
enterprise today. It addresses the increasing complexity of the content security challenge along with the emergence of blended
threats, which require a more comprehensive security solution. This session will review the four tools that make up the SCM
solution: Anti-Virus, Anti-Spam, Malicious Mobil Code blocking, and Comprehensive URL Filtering; all blended into one easy
to use tool.

CA Vulnerability Manager - An Overview
Presenter: Tom Zimmerman, CA

"This session will discuss how eTrust Vulnerability Manager offers a first-to-market, comprehensive vulnerability management
solution that combines vulnerability assessment, patch and configuration remediation, and compliance analysis through a web-based
user interface and easily deployable appliance. As organizations struggle to identify vulnerable systems within their network infrastructure
through non-intrusive means, CA's innovative, asset based approach delivers a comprehensive view of vulnerabilities in your IT
environment. The session will also include a review of the following features and how they benefit an organization. Asset Profiles
* Vulnerability Assessment * Global 24 x 7 Threat Research Team * Work History * Automated Content and Code Updates
* eTrust(tm) Security Command Center Integration * Patch Remediation * Configuration Remediation * Security Guidelines
* User-Defined Reporting * User Roles and Grouping * Asset Classification and Grouping"
 

Cisco Security Agent - An Overview
Presenter: George Chopin, Cisco

The Cisco Security Agent is a member of a new breed of software designed to protect computers from threats proactively.
George Chopin will discuss how the Cisco Security Agent can help make your networked computers safer.
 

Developing a DA-Site Networking Architecture for 2005 and Beyond
Presenter: Jeff Lefkovitz, DataServ

2005 will be a critical year for DA-Sites in preparing their networks for the future. In this presentation Jeff Lefkovitz will give some
practical advice on DA-Site Network Architecture that will help DA-Site personnel prepare for these changes.
 

HP OpenView Network Monitoring & Reporting - An Overview
Presenter:  Mark Pinsky; HP

Mark will provide a review of HP OpenView Network Node Manager (NMM). He will discuss how NNM would allow a user to provide
pro-active monitoring of any size network. He will talk about the most recent advances in network management as it relates to NNM Advanced
Edition. He will also talk about all facets of layer-2 and layer-3 monitoring. He will then discuss Performance Insight, HP's Network Performance
Reporting and monitoring solution. If time permits Mark will discuss a new product which integrates with NNM called Network Analytics. This
appliance allows real-time monitoring of a customers routed environment including BGP, IS-IS, OSPF and EIGRP.

Wireless Technologies - Security Best Practices
Presenter:  Dan Cusick, Cisco

This session will discuss wireless LAN and WAN security, and outline recommended best practices for implementing these technologies.

Voice Over IP Technologies - A Cisco Roadmap
Presenter: Charles Kelly, Cisco

In this session Charles Kelley will review voice over IP technologies and present the Cisco roadmap for these products.

 

Birds of a Feather

DASL Question/Answer
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eSIS Question/Answer Powerpoint
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Spreadsheets for USAS and USPS  Powerpoint  Spreadsheet
Presenter: Deb Dinnen; MVECA, SSDT Staff

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