DWA-Student Goals

The Student portion of the DWA project is driven by the following vision to attain the goals and objectives listed below.

Vision

Support the SDCS Mission and be the school district of choice by providing access to accurate student data to enable better decision-making for the improvement of instructional programs and student performance.

Goals

• Provide an enterprise solution that will integrate our business processes and eliminate or minimize redundancy.
• Implement modern business tools and practices so that more resources can be channeled directly into classrooms and instruction.
• Increase the amount of time that teachers spend engaged in instructional activities by decreasing the time necessary for administrative tasks.
• Increase staff efficiency by reducing the burden of paperwork and streamlining the reporting process.
• Improve data accuracy.
• Improve compliance with the Individuals with Disabilities Act and California standards.
• Provide a flexible system for future needs.

Objectives

• Implement a secure student information system that is fully integrated, including student information, enrollment, scheduling, attendance, special education, special program information, health, transportation, demographics, assessment, and other requirements as described in the RFP, which will support district, state and federal reporting requirements.
• Implement a secure special education system that ensures accountability district-wide, provides customized electronic compliance forms, tracks and compares prescribed and delivered services, and allows the district to automatically file for reimbursable services.
• Provide a central database of student information containing real-time data.
• Provide a web interface to appropriate modules of an integrated student information system.
• Provide web enabled, ad hoc, reporting capabilities to users.
• Interface the student information system to other District Wide Applications (Finance, HR) and ancillary systems.
• Provide just-in-time training to all levels of users.