Improved PK-12 data efficiencies and integration are critical for educators to meet NCLB requirements and increasing information access needs and expectations of parents, staff, and students. The School’s Interoperability Framework (SIF) Association’s vision is that schools, districts and states will be enabled to better access and use data by implementing technology in a manner that leverages interoperability across disparate applications.
To enable this vision, SIF Implementation Readiness Tool has been designed to help schools, districts and states develop effective status reports and strategic planning opportunities around educational technology usage. You can use information from your participation in this readiness tool as a dynamic part of your local and state technology planning, and the information will also help to leverage state and national technology investments by using SIF technical specifications. For more information about the Schools Interoperability Framework, go to http://www.sifinfo.org.
The purpose of the SIF Implementation Readiness Tool is to provide LEAs, ESAs and SEAs with a gap analysis regarding their capacity and preparedness to implement the Schools Interoperability Framework (SIF) technologies. You may choose to answer all or part of the questions depending upon the scope of your particular project and current technology readiness. Once completed, an editable document plan (in Word format) will be produced using the responses provided and emailed to you. The plan will include next step recommendations regarding your SIF implementation. You may return periodically to update your plan and produce a new document. You may also add more content to the document using your word processor.
Each page of the readiness tool also contains a “Save & Exit” button that allows you to save your responses and exit the system. This allows you to return to the tool at a later time. In order to successfully save your answers without completing the tool, you must click this button before you close your browser. Upon leaving the readiness tool, note where you left off so that when you revisit the site you can navigate to the appropriate place. Below is the table of contents for the tool.
It will take approximately ninety minutes to complete this readiness tool. This does not include the time required to gather necessary data.
Table of Contents Part One: Describing Your District
A. Introductory Questions
B. SIF Awareness
C. Student Information
D. Food Services
E. Transportation
F. HR and Finance
G. Student Performance
H. Program Information
I. Special Education
J. Library Information
K. Instructional Management
Part Two: Estimating Readiness
L. Policy, Planning, and Management
M. Hardware and Systems
N. User Skills
O. Training
P. Help Provided
Q. Installation
R. Implementation
S. Maintenance
T. Impact
U. Central Staff
V. School Staff
W. Computer System Requirements
X. Comprehensiveness
Y. Software and Applications: Comparison
Z. Software and Applications: User Satisfaction
Click the print icon to the left to print a blank copy of the questions.
Click the print icon to the left to print a blank copy of the questions.
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