Posted byTechnology Leadership and Vision

September 8, 2016

Organizational Announcement

Ann Sempe

Join me in congratulating Ann Sempe as she begins

her new role with the Information Services and

Applications team. Ann has accepted the position of

Support Specialist SIS.

In her new position, Ann will work with the counselors

and the counseling department as well as the campus

registrars. This is an important role as 114,500 students

are scheduled into classes and appropriately tracked

throughout the school year. Ann will provide support

and training to these groups ensuring that the school

year starts and send successfully.

Ann joins the team from Cy Woods High School were

she served as the Lead Registrar. Her experience there

will serve the CFISD community greatly in her new role.

She will start with ISA on September 19, 2016

Join us in Congratulating Ann and

Welcoming her to the ISA Team!

John Crumbley, Director of Information Services and Applications

CFISD 2016-2017 Enrollment

3rd Week of School

Information Services and Applications (ISA)

Posted by

The 2016-2017 school years started Monday,

August 22, 2016. As we begin the third week

of school, we are closely monitoring

enrollment. The week starts, Friday

September 9, 2016, with an enrollment of

114,568 students.

CFISD ended the school year with 113,879

students enrolled. This is an increase of 490

students in the first two weeks on school.

This years enrollment continues to climb

toward 115,000.

We will continue to monitor these numbers

closely as we progress after Labor Day.

Opportunity is HERE!

John Crumbley, Director of Information Services and Applications September 9, 2016

Tuesday Morning September 6, 2016

Friday Morning September 9, 2016

OnDataSuite Webinar

Information Services and Applications (ISA)

Norma Blenderman, PEIMS CoordinatorPosted by

Patricia Maldonado and Norma Blenderman attended a training webinar with

OnDataSuite. This software utilizes the same data the State of Texas uses to

provide longitudinal information for areas such as Campus Accountability, School

District Effectiveness, and Historical Student information.

OnDataSuite will be the tool we use to facilitate the Office of Civil Rights submission

for the 2015-2016 school year.

September 1, 2016

Norma Blenderman Patricia Maldonado

All Hands on Deck!

Information Services and Applications (ISA)

Norma Blenderman, PEIMS CoordinatorPosted by

When Norma Blenderman, PEIMS Coordinator, experienced an issue uploading a

data file to the Texas Education Agency (TEA) it was “All Hand On Deck”. Rodney

White with ISA, Greg Rhodes with NMO and Andrew Tran with ECN responded

instantly to assist Norma. This is information that Dr. Henry is required to submit to

TEA every week. Norma submits it on his behalf. After initial tests were analyzed, it

was deemed that the issue was with the Internet Explorer configuration.

September 8, 2016

Rodney White Greg Rhodes

Andrew Tran Norma Blenderman

Larry Barrios, Manager of the

desktop configuration team was

notified. Larry engaged his

experts, Derly Buentello, Josh

Zhang and Austen Chang. These

excellent technicians were able to

complete the diagnosis and plot a

course for success. They fixed the

root cause and allowed Norma to

submit the required data

successfully on time.

Heartfelt thanks go out to each

person that played a role in this

resolution.

THANK YOU !

Teaming for Success

Information Services and Applications (ISA)

Rodney White, Manager of ISA Operations and SupportPosted by

Mike Raspet with the Network Management Operations (NMO) Team and

Rodney White with the Information Services and Applications (ISA) joined forces

on Thursday, September 1, 2016 to discuss access to the Gradebook system.

While they are ensuring ease of access today, they are planning for the future.

The system will be moved to a Virtual Machine (VM) environment and moved to

DataCenter 4. This new configuration will enable secure guaranteed 24 x 7

access for teachers and students.

Mike Raspet Rodney White

September 1, 2016

Team Textbooks

Information Services and Applications (ISA)

Rodney White, Manager of ISA Operations and SupportPosted by

Belinda Smith and Rodney White made a visit to

Arnold Middle School to test eTextbooks programs

utilizing Stoneware utilities through my.cfisd.net.

They were assisted by Heidi Ripley, Lauren Zakos

and Frank Fraley.

Thanks for your help Arnold Middle School!

Heidi Ripley Belinda Smith Frank Fraley Lauren Zakos

September 1, 2016

eSchoolPLUS Campus Support

Information Services and Applications (ISA)

Rodney White, Manager of ISA Operations and SupportPosted by

Liaison Training is a

never ending task. Lee

Honeycutt sometimes

must spend one on one

time with new Gradebook

Liaisons that are hired

after the summer training

has been completed.

This was the case in the

training of Tonya Grayson

from Pope Elementary

Lee Honeycutt Tonya Grayson

September 1, 2016

Supporting Payroll

Information Services and Applications (ISA)

Posted by August 30, 2016

Karen Smith, Assistant

Superintendent of

Finance and Mark

Flores, Director of

Payroll Services worked

with Eric May and T

Traweek on Tuesday,

August 30, 2016. The

meeting was to discuss

updates and corrections

for Teacher Retirement

System (TRS) Statutory

Minimum Report in

eFinancePlus.

The team was able to

find resolution and are

currently working to

create a better process

to be utilized next year.

Eric May, Assistant Director of Information Services and Applications

Karen Smith

Mark Flores

T Traweek

Eric May

Spock

Supporting Finance’s New

Cash Receipt System

Information Services and Applications (ISA)

Posted by Sept 8, 2016

Rich Crishock, Senior

Programmer / Analyst

continues to work with

Blake Legler, Assistant

Director of Finance to

ensure that the

deployment of CFISD’s

new Cash Receipt

System, KEV, goes as

smoothly as possible.

Rich and Blake have

been extremely

successful. They are

now working on the

small exceptions that

exist in our district.

Issue such as students

that take classes at

more than one campus.

Eric May, Assistant Director of Information Services and Applications

Rich Crishock Blade Legler

eFinance Upgrade

Customization Evaluation

Information Services and Applications (ISA)Posted by September 6, 2016

The ISA team is continuing to

work with CFISD department

leaders to analyze the need for

the existing customizations to the

Finance / HR system

There are 211 current

customizations to the finance

systems. In an effort to streamline

the system, each customization is

undergoing scrutiny to evaluate

its necessity.

To date, the process has

removed 24 custom programs.

This is 11% of the total

customizations.

72% Complete

Way to go HR!

11%

Eric May, Assistant Director of Information Services and Applications

eFinancePLUS 5.1 Upgrade Begins

Information Services and Applications (ISA)

John Crumbley, Director of Information Services and ApplicationsPosted by

The upgrade process for CFISD’s finance system, eFinancePLUS

is entering its initial phase, installation and system configuration.

There are three major phases to this upgrade process:

1. Installation and configuration of the eFinancePLUS 5.1 system

2. Conversion of the data and programs

3. System testing and acceptance by the finance users

The formal project plan and timeline is being completed

in conjunction with CFISD and SunGard personnel.

We are

HERE

The current project

plan can be found here.

Step One

The current status can

be found here.

Step Two

September 1, 2016

Technology Leadership Meeting

Information Services and Applications (ISA)

John Crumbley, Director of Information Services and ApplicationsPosted by

The ISA team hosted an interview panel on Wednesday, September 7, 2016. The panel

consisted of Mark Flores, Director of Payroll and Benefits, T Traweek, Senior Programmer,

Eric May, Assistant Director of ISA, and John Crumbley, Director of ISA. This panel

interviewed candidates for the Senior Programmer / Analyst position that is a result of T

Traweek’ s Retirement in December 2016.

The ideal candidate will be a highly skilled software developer with excellent interpersonal

communication skills. Mark Flores, being one of our primary customers, assisted

significantly with this last core value, effective communication.

John Crumbley Eric May T Traweek Mark Flores

September 7, 2016

ISA Leadership Meeting

Information Services and Applications (ISA)

John Crumbley, Director of Information Services and ApplicationsPosted by September 8, 2016

The ISA Leadership Team held there T4 Leadership Team hosted their T4 leadership team

meeting on Thursday September 8, 2016. The team focused on leadership development skills,

and school start readiness.

The ISA Leadership team consists of Rodney White, Operation Manager, Norma Blenderman,

PEIMS Coordinator, Eric May, Assistant Director, Tammie Bartkowiak, Technical Assistant /

Secretary, Frankie Jackson, CTO and John Crumbley, Director.

Eric May John Crumbley Norma Blenderman Rodney White (not pictured) Tammie Bartkowiak

ISA Management in Reflection

Information Services and Applications (ISA)

John Crumbley, Director of Information Services and ApplicationsPosted by

I am always amazed at how time flies!

Completing the 3rd week of school brings the first

set of middle and high school progress reports.

School is fully underway now. The summer of

2016 is now a distant memory. I am also amazed

to see how well the ISA team handles adversity.

As challenges arise and stress gets tougher, the

team pulls together to continue to achieve

excellence! Thank You ISA!- John CrumbleyJohn Crumbley

September 9, 2016