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San Antonio, Texas
April 9 - 12, 2017
John Crumbley, Eric May, Rodney White, Norma Blenderman, Dava Clark, Son Nguyen,
Belinda Smith, Ann Sempe, Marta Bott and Pat Maldonado
Monday April 10, 2017
Opening Session 8:00 am
Rodney White
The TSUN General Session showcased Frank Lavelle and Hardeep Gulati, CEO of PowerSchool, as they discussed
the changes brought about by the PowerSchool SunGard merger and the future of K-
12 Education.
Executive RoundTable 9:45 am
Rodney White / Ann Semp
Belinda Smith and Ann Sempe taking a
selfie at the TSUN 2017 conference at
the Hyatt Regency Conference Center in
San Antonio and thinking of questions for
the PowerSchool Executive committee.
This session was a question and answer
session with Frank Lavelle and Hardeep
Gulati, CEO of PowerSchool.
CEO Executive Briefing 11:00 am
The CFISD team was invited to meet with Hardeep Gulati, CEO of Powerschool, and his leadership team at the
beginning of the conference. Hardeep entertained questions from the CFISD team and responded to each and every
question. He assured CFISD that the
acquisition will only help them and their
SunGard products.
Hardeep Gulati, CEO PowerSchool and John Crumbley, Director of ISA
for CFISD, discussing the future of PowerSchool and supporting CFISD.
Certica Solutions RoundTable
1:15 pm
Norma Blenderman
Norma Blenderman and Marta Bott participated in a roundtable discussion with Certica Solutions and the other
districts at the TSUN Conference. This was an excellent opportunity to share and learn best practices with our peers.
There was a lot of discussion about adding Office of Civil Rights (OCR) reporting and audit support into the Certica
platform.
“I Love PEIMS” - OnDataSuite
2:00 pm
Norma Blenderman
OnDataSuite is a partner of CFISD that
enables quick ad-hoc reporting based on
the district's data elements. Data comes
from multiple sources which allows for
correlation of diverse data points.
OnDataSuite also allows CFISD to
compare themselves with other districts in
Texas to see how they measure up. This
feature also is ad-hoc and immediate.
4.1 Features Overview 2:45 PM
Rodney White
Maria Barklage, Product Manager
of eSchoolPLUS at PowerSchool,
shares all the upcoming changes
that are pending for eSchoolPLUS
version 4.1. Marta Bott, Norma
Blenderman, Belinda Smith, Ann
Sempe, Pat Maldonado and
Rodney White attended this very
informative session.
eFinancePLUS - The Road Ahead 2:45 pm
Eric May
Presenters: Susan Andrews and Pamela Gaudet
New Features in the next version of:
eFinancePLUS
● Screenshots from a printer Icon now.
● Forms manager for PO, AP and Payroll checks
can now be managed by District
● Automatically save and recall search criteria.
PowerSchool Registration 4:15 pm
Marta Bott and Norma Blenderman
Jake Glowacki with PowerSchool presented PowerSchool online registration solution. This technology will assist
CFISD with new student enrollment with accuracy as well as the time required to enroll each student.
eSchoolPLUS Career Planner 4:15 pm
Ann Sempe
Ann Sempe, Belinda Smith
and Rodney White attended
the Career Planner session
where Barbara Helm, a
PowerSchool employee,
discussed the varied and
numerous features and how
they are configured and used
in Career Planner in
eSchoolPLUS 4.0.
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
eSchoolPlus Sandbox Experience 8:00 AM
Rodney White
Maria Bakladge and Justin
McKean from PowerSchool
presented a product
demonstration for
eSchoolPLUS 4.0. This
session allows for an
automated walk through for
users new to eSchoolPLUS
4.0. Belinda Smith, Ann
Sempe and Rodney White
attended this session.
Cognos Reporting for
eSchoolPLUS and
eFinancePLUS
8:00 AM
John Crumbley
Donald Asher and Susan Andrews
Donald showed the attendees the basic
functionality for IBM Cognos 10.2.2 for
eSchoolPLUS and eFinancePLUS. He
included examples such as student letters.
Donald also showed the Cognos
integration tool for Microsoft Office. This
tool also users to insert a dynamic data
report into a Microsoft Office document.
The report can be in any format needed,
such as a chart or a graph. The user can
update the data on demand as needed.
This was a high level session that offered
different use cases for Cognos.
OCR Reporting
8:00 am
Norma Blenderman and Pat Maldonado
Cindy Opperman with Killeen ISD demonstrated how to effectively use eSchoolPLUS and OnDataSuite to collect the
required data elements needed for compliance with the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) reporting. This is a federally
required report that school districts must comply with.
COGNOS Reporting with WorkSpace Advanced for eSchoolPLUS 9:15 AM
John Crumbley
Levi Mellen and Serena Zindler
Capitalize Analytics
Levi Mellen, a Senior Consultant with Capitalize Analytics, walked attendees through creating a report utilizing Cognos
Advanced WorkSpace.
Levi showed how to create a report using features such as filters, prompts and graphs. He also demonstrated drill-
through reports that allow you to see the disaggregated data
presented on a top level report or graph.
SQL Server AlwaysOn 9:15 AM
Rodney White
Son Nguyen and Rodney White
attended a session on SQL Server
AlwaysOn. This session explains the
new SQL Server product that will take
the place of SQL Server replicating to
another physical machine. The
session was presented by John
Kimmel from PowerSchool.
House Bill 5 - eSchoolPLUS has your back! 10:30 AM
Rodney White
Justin McKean, Solutions Specialist at
PowerSchool, presented how
eSchoolPLUS is handling the state of
Texas HB5 graduation requirements
and how to configure and establish the
data in eSchoolPLUS. Norma
Blenderman, Ann Sempe, Belinda
Smith and Rodney White attended this
session to determine best of breed
solutions for Cy-Fair HB5 compliance.
Year End Rollover in ESP 4.0 9:15 AM
Belinda Smith
Ed Kobus, Solutions Support Specialist at
PowerSchool, presented the “what’s and why’s” of
Year End processing in eSchoolPLUS 4.0. Belinda
Smith and Ann Sempe attended this presentation to
understand the new features and options involved with
Year End and rollover procedures in eSchoolPLUS
version 4.0.
The Unified Classroom 3:00 PM
Rodney White
This session was to introduce users new to PowerSchool
to the Unified classroom product. This application is
meant to unify many of the teacher’s daily teaching and
administrative tasks to allow the use of more time on
students instead of classroom administrative tasks.
The session was presented by
Jake Glowacki.
K-12 Learning User Certification 4:15 PM
Rodney White
This TSUN session explains the new
eSchoolPLUS certification process. The
session was presented by Barbara Helm.
John Crumbley, Pat Maldonado, Marta
Bott and Rodney White attended.
Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Advanced COGNOS Reporting 8:00 AM
Son Nguyen and Dava Clark
Presenters: Levi Mellen and Serena Zindler
Son and Dava attended the Advanced Report Writing
session presented by Levi Mellen and Serena Zindler,
with Capitalize Analytics.
Serena shared techniques for graphing, drill through
reporting and report bursting. To do this, she used
advanced filtering and sorting.
This information will be beneficial as CFISD continues
to advance their paperless process workflow initiative.
eSchoolPLUS Upgrade to 4.0 8:00 AM
Rodney White
Presenters: Jeff Miller, Ed Kobus and Ginny Snyder
This informative session was designed to help school
districts plan the best path to upgrading to eSchoolPLUS
4.0 or 4.1. The presenters discussed paperwork and
processes necessary to accomplish a successful version
upgrade. Belinda Smith, Ann Sempe and Rodney White
attended.
Personal Learning Networks (PLN) Scott Minar, Clear Creek ISD
Dava Clark, CFISD
Dava Clark got to meet Scott Minar, Senior Programmer with Clear
Creek ISD. Scott has recently purchased Laserfiche with the intent to
create digital forms with electronic workflow. Dava is currently
developing CFISD second online form, paperless Onboarding.
Dava and Scott had a robust discussion around Laserfiche form tool,
and exchanged contact information. They plan to work together to
create best of breed solutions.
ESchoolPLUS 4.0 Ambassadors 9:15 AM
Rodney White
Presenters: Sandra Shelton and Tricia Corey, Alamo Heights ISD, Mike Coleman, Bryan ISD, and
Doug Brown, Alief ISD
This session had school districts that have successfully implemented eSchoolPLUS 4.0 sharing their experiences and
possible pitfalls that others should avoid. Belinda Smith, Ann Sempe and Rodney White attended.
Virtualization (VM) for
Powerschool, Deep Dive 9:15 AM
John Crumbley
Presenter: Chris Andrews and
John Kimmel, PowerSchool
Chris and John shared concepts for maximizing
performance of eSchoolPLUS and
eFinancePLUS in a virtualized environment.
PowerSchool provides a guide that will assist
CFISD in creating and tuning the new VM
infrastructure.
eFinancePLUS HR / Payroll Roundtable 9:15 AM
Dava Clark and Mark Flores
Presenter: Susan Andrews, PowerSchool
Dava Clark and Mark Flores, Director of Payroll, attended
Susan Andrew’s session, eFinancePLUS HR / Payroll
Roundtable. This session provided a roundtable
discussion centered on challenges and best practices for
HR and Payroll processes.
It was good for Dava and Mark to attend to together to
support both sides of the processes, technical and uses
centered aspects.
Tuesday 4/11
PEIMS RoundTable 4:15 pm
Norma Blenderman
Presented by: Fred Jamann, Jeff Miller, Diane Waldrop
Norma Blenderman attended a PEIMS Roundtable. Fred
Jamann discussed updates to eSchool for the summer
TSDS PEIMS submission. He also gave an overview of the
changes to TSDS PEIMS for the 2017-2018 school year.
Wednesday 4/12
Norma Blenderman
8:00 David Butler - TSDS Implementation
9:15 Attendance Roundtable with Maria Barklage and Diane Waldrop
10:30 2016-2017 Summer TSDS PEIMS Reporting with Bryce Templeton - TEA
Norma Blenderman and Marta Bott attended three sessions on
Wednesday, all relating to the TSDS system and PEIMS
reporting. The sessions were very informative, especially
the one with Bryce Templeton from TEA. He outlined new
reporting requirements for the 2017-2018 school year,
discussed several pertinent house bills, and the impact of
domains 4 and 5 for school districts.
Son Nguyen’s Itinerary:
Monday 4/10
08:00 AM General
09:45 AM
Executive Roundtable, Suzan Andrews
11:00 AM
Executive Briefing with the CEO
02:00 PM
Cognos Analytics
02:45 PM
eFinancePLUS the Road Ahead, Suzan
Cognos Dashboards, Donald Asher
04:15 PM
eFinancePLUS 5.1 Navigation, Chris Miller
eFinancePLUS 5.2 HR Payroll, Suzan
Andrews & Mike Folcher
Tuesday 4/11
08:00 AM
eFinancePLUS Budget Preparation, Chris
Miller
09:15 AM
eFinancePLUS 5.2 Workflow, Suzan Andrews & Mike Folcher
SQL Server AlwaysOn, Chris Miller
10:30 AM
ACA Best Practice, Tamie Swan
SQL Server AlwaysOn Deep Dive, Chris Miller
12:45 PM
Punchout Shopping
01:30 PM
Cognos Analytic
03:00 PM
eFinancePLUS Purchasing, Mike Folcher
Relationship between Budget and Expenditure Ledgers, Chris Miller
04:15 PM
eFinancePLUS Security Roles and Attachments
System Administration
Wednesday 4/12
08:00 AM
Cognos Advanced Topics, Eric Soden Capitalized Consulting
eFinancePLUS Fund Accounting, Tamie Swan
09:15 AM
eFinancePLUS HR Payroll, Suzan Andrews
10:30 AM
eFinancePLUS SQL Admin, Chris Andrews