Changing the way schools administer, operate and improve,
using hosted, intelligent software solutions from Region 10 ESC
The Division of Technology and Data Services at Region 10 ESC is a full service information management, data analysis, and network consulting organization. The divisional goal is to provide the staff, software, systems, and knowledge to fully reinforce the district’s data and information initiatives.
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District Connections Database (DCD)
The New State Education Data Warehouse
The District Connections Database (DCD) is the foundation of the state education data warehouse. Districts can choose to participate by allowing their student information system data to be loaded into the database. The data is visible only to district staff. TEA will provide student performance dashboards developed by the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation (MSDF), which can be previewed at www.texasstudentdatasystem.org. Region 10, who is substantially involved with TEA and the MSDF in the development of the systems, will be developing reports and dashboards customized for districts, starting with our Reveal Dropout Early Warning System, which can be previewed at www.schoolviz.org.
Contact
Randy Sumrall
972.348.1170
PEIMS
Public Education Information Management System / State Required Reporting
PEIMS encompasses all data required by TEA to verify compliance for district funding, including student demographic, academic performance, personnel, financial, and organizational information. TEA is in a multi-year process of changing the PEIMS submission process to align with the new Texas Student Data System and ease the burden of the submissions. Region 10 is assisting TEA in this process and will stay at the forefront of the changes. Throughout the year, in addition to regular training and first-level support of PEIMS, Region 10 will be providing updates on the transformation of the system and what it will mean to schools and school districts.
Contact
Candy Long
972.348.1260
Prologic TEAMS®
Enterprise Business Services System
Enterprise-level business and personnel information management requires unique and demanding standards and processes for Texas School districts. For example, account code formatting should be designed around Texas school accounting. For these reasons, Region 10 has chosen Prologic’s TEAMS® business software solution. TEAMS® is a Texas-owned and Texas focused company. TEAMS® is built on integrated business rules that leverage a Texas look-and-feel and a Texas workflow. The software layers internal reports, ad-hoc query, state reporting, and custom configuration for a truly high-functioning solution. Conversion, hosting, training, and support are provided by SchoolViz staff, which also provide support for custom reporting.
Contact
Elaine Rulla
972.348.1238
Reveal Data Analytics
Enterprise Business Intelligence Systems
The use of actionable data for school districts is becoming increasingly important. Districts have collected piles of data that must be interpreted and presented in support of the decision-making process. Region 10 provides solutions to streamline and automate the process of turning data into usable information, often cutting delivery time from days and weeks into hours or minutes. Building on the foundation of the Empower Data Warehouse and the new state data model, Region 10 is developing custom applications specific to school district needs. The first of these applications can be previewed at http://www.schoolviz.org/educationsolutions/reveal_data_analytics.
Contact
Adam Warner
972.348.1266
SchoolViz
Region 10 Intelligent Solutions
SchoolViz solutions span the need of school districts at any level, whether the demand is as small as a few custom reports or as large as the hosting and management of the district’s entire information services. Highly-trained and experienced staff will provide on-demand solutions that can fit into the budget of any district or charter school. SchoolViz offers fully-hosted, affordable IT solutions for managing student data.
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Contact
Adam Warner
972.348.1266
Skyward®
State-Sponsored Student Information System / Official Support Provided by Region 10 ESC
Skyward®
Region 10 is one of six service centers that has been chosen by Skyward® and TEA to support Skyward’s student information software as one of the State-sponsored Student Information System (SSIS) solutions, scheduled to go live at the start of the 2012-2013 school year. We will provide Tier 1 phone and email support for many of the districts on the SSIS program, as well as training and project management for many of the districts converting to the program from other software. In addition, Region 10 will provide supplemental services such as custom report writing, network analysis, data export automation, and on-demand training on an individual fee basis. Contact us to assist in determining your eligibility and pricing.
Contact
Elaine Rulla
972.348.1238
State-sponsored Student Information Systems (SSIS)
Skyward® and TxEIS
The two State-sponsored Student Information Systems, Skyward® and TxEIS®, will provide automatic data input into the DCD. The state contracts with these vendors provide for lower license and conversion costs; vendor hosting, which eliminates the need for district purchase of hardware; robust additions to the software; and, in the case of Skyward®, the possibility to choose between the vendor and the Service Center for phone and email support.
Contact
Randy Sumrall
972.348.1170
Texas Student Data System (TSDS)
Data Management System for Texas Schools
The State of Texas has embarked on a new data management system for Texas schools. It is designed to provide actionable data on student performance, going well beyond PEIMS. A district can authorize data to be loaded from its student information system into the District Connections Database (DCD), providing performance dashboards and other tools that empower teachers and instructional staff to greater diagnose existing and potential problems in student learning. For more information, go to www.texasstudentdatasystem.org.
Contact
Randy Sumrall
972.348.1170
Texas Record Exchange System (TREx)
Electronic Student Records Exchange
The Texas Records Exchange (TREx) system is a web-based software application designed for the exchange of electronic student records. By using the TREx application, school registrars have the capability to electronically request and receive student records for students who have attended or will be attending Texas public schools. High school registrars and counselors also have the capability to electronically create and send official student transcripts to Texas public colleges and universities. Region 10 offers flow-through support from TEA on TREx.
Contact
Candy Long
972.348.1260
TxEIS® Business System
Business Services Applications
TxEIS® offers an economic client-server solution for Finance and Human Resources. Training and support is provided by Region 10 staff. PEIMS requirements, as well as school district practices and education law, are considered from the inception of new application functions so that the PEIMS extract and submission of data are an integral part of the Business system. TxEIS® features:
- PEIMS-compliant for reporting required data to the Texas Education Agency
- Finance and Human Resources interfaces with PEIMS
- data access using Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) compliant software
- update and read-only security at the control of the district
- laser printing of reports
- forms and checks
- Windows-based screens with online screen-level Help
Contact
Pete Coffey
972.348.1172
TxEIS® Student System
State-sponsored Student Information System (SSIS)
RSCCC has now become TxEIS®, the Texas Enterprise Information System, a web-based school data solution. The TxEIS® Student System achieved the status of a State-sponsored Student Information System (SSIS). Districts may choose to maintain their current TxEIS® program where they host the software themselves, or, choose to have the system hosted by the State with the State-sponsored version. Both programs come with Region 10 phone and email support, with varied and customized support packages available. Modules/Sub-systems included in the TxEIS® Software System are listed for your information:
- Attendance Accounting
- Class Scheduling
- Discipline
- Health
- Grade Reporting (with Electronic Grade Book)
- Graduation Planning
- Registration (Demographic)
- Special Education
- Test Scores
- TxSuite
- txGradebook (electronic grade book used for grade reporting & attendance)
- txConnect (Parent Portal)
- txMyZone (uses the Graduation Plan for Course Request selection during scheduling process)
Contact
Pete Coffey
972.348.1172
Vision Network Services
Maximizing Internal Networks and Internet Access
Region 10 announces a new set of services for districts small and large who need assistance maximizing their internal networks and Internet access. Our Vision Network Services leverages access to a variety of network architecture, engineering, and management experts through cost effective pooling of resources and customers, allowing us to provide these experts to your district at a lower rate, eliminating the need to hire expensive staff. You can pay for a specific service when it is completed, or maintain a service contract with us (at an even lower rate) for specific hours of service per month. We begin with the “View” service, a complete discovery and mapping of your network, with an analysis of potential and actual problem areas that affect network speed and efficiency. We can assist with designing network expansion, whether current technology or new I.P.-based systems such as Voice-Over-IP (VoIP); bells, clocks and AV; hosted software applications; advanced security (packet management), and much more.