Regional Training – Day One

SBSR Version 5.0

Stephen Sergis

Senior Support Officer – Connected Learning

Next Practice Unit

Curriculum & Learning Innovation Centre

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Outline of the briefing – Day 1

• A clear description of what SBSRv4 software will deliver to schools and why it has been developed

• An outline of what school preparation is required prior to using the software within CRD and ERN

• An understanding of the various roles that must be allocated to users of the SBSRv4 program

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What is SBSRv4?

SBSRv4 is a software application that:

• has been developed by DET• ensures compliance with DET policy on reporting to

parents*• is web-based and can be used from any computer with

internet access and appropriate browser• is available free to government schools

* Note: Version 3.0 (released 16 October 2006) requires use of A-E scale. Version 3.1 (available 6 November 2006) will allow use of either A-E scale or word descriptors Version 3.2 available Feb 2007, Version 3.3 July 2007 andVersion 3.4 Feb 2008 Version 4 2nd March 2009. Version 4.7 Allows reporting of VET

DET Policy - Written reports

i. use plain language

ii. provide information on a student’s learning in each of the key learning areas or subjects

iii. compare student’s achievement against state-wide syllabus standards using a A-E scale or equivalent word descriptors

iv. teacher comments identify areas of student strength and for further development

v. student attendance at school

vi. student achievement in relation to school programs that extend or are additional to syllabus requirements

vii. student’s social development and commitment to learning

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Adopting SBSRv4 in 2011 – Decision-making Process for Principals

KEY QUESTION 1Is this a suitable time for our school to change to SBSR4?

RELATED QUESTIONS• How easily can our current reporting system

be made compliant with DET requirements without SBSR4?

• What other important priorities do we have?• How will my staff adapt to the change?• Are procedures in place to assign A-E?

YES

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KEY QUESTION 2Do we have the resources

to change to SBSR4?

RELATED QUESTIONS• How familiar is my staff with computerised

systems?• How accurate is our ERN data? • Do we have the necessary skill sets to adopt

SBSR4?• Do we have the physical and personnel

resources to adopt SBSR4?

YES

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KEY QUESTION 3Can we fill the designated

school-based roles for SBSR4?

RELATED QUESTIONS• What are our IT strengths?• Who would fill the roles of SBSR School

Coordinator, SBSR Year Coordinator, Reviewer and Approver?

• What training might these members of staff need?YES

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KEY QUESTION 4If we adopt SBSR4, can we

meet our reporting timeframes?

RELATED QUESTIONS• When do our parents expect reports?• If we map backwards from that point, can we

meet deadlines for training, setting up, entering data, reviewing, approving and printing?

• Can I realistically allocate additional roles and responsibilities within our current workload?

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Software features:1. Reports for 7-10 and 11/12

2. Allows for the Reporting of VET courses

3. Web based, so no installations and reduced set up

4. Present information appropriate for roles of users

5. Linked to the ERN for data extracts and imports

6. Can be accessed from any computer that can run the browsers Internet Explorer 7 or Firefox v1.5.0.5

7. Central data storage, no need to protect local data

8. Help desk support and specific online help guides

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SBSR templates

• Two template types can be used:

• 7-10• 11/12• VET Report

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Selecting and setting up a templateYears 7- 10 - two templates, A-E grades for courses (no page limits) :

the default – each course has• 1 page with editable label• ability to select and add to listed of areas of learning • grade allocation for each area of learning in a course • comment block for each course• tables for Social development (SD), Commitment to learning (CTL) for

each course• report content list, attendance and Other school activities (OSA) per

student on additional page• effort scale optional

option – as above with two courses per page – Social development (SD), Commitment to learning (CTL) added to additional page

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Selecting and setting up a templateYears 11- 12 - two templates, marks boxes (no page limits) :

the default – each course has• 1 page with editable label – option to add A-E grades• ability to select and add to listed of areas of learning • grade allocation for each area of learning in a course • comment block for each course• tables for Social development (SD), Commitment to learning (CTL) for

each course• report content list, attendance and Other school activities (OSA) per

student on additional page• effort scale optional

option – as above with two courses per page and Social development (SD), Commitment to learning (CTL) added to additional page

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Selecting and setting up a template

Additional templates are available for ESL, Life Skills, Learning Adjustments and VET students within SBSR.

Year group ESLLearning Adjustment Life Skills VET

Yrs 7 - 8

Yrs 9 - 10

Yrs 11 - 12

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SBSR is Role Based

1. System has a set of user roles

2. Each role has access to selected processes

3. Each role has access to appropriate views and tasks

4. One person can have one or many roles

5. The same roles can be allocated to several people at the same school

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Setting the roles in SBSRPrincipal, logs into Access Management Utility (AMU) to identify teachers, to approve SBSR login and allocate roles in SBSR

SBSR User RolesSBSR School Coordinator, chooses the template sets up any options and defines the “reporting period” dates

SBSR Year Coordinator, checks and adjusts links of the ‘Reporting Groups’ – groups of students. Sets reporting groups ready for teacher data entry. Responsible for EBOS extract for VET courses

Teacher, enters student achievement grades and comments for KLAs/subjects as well as Social Development / Commitment to Learning and Other Activities

Reviewer, adjusts or advises changes to the reports and makes additions where appropriate

Approver, reviews and confirms that the reports are ready to print

Additional AMU Roles

• ERN Role (Enrolment Registration Number)

Student Administrator. Setup groups and courses which will be reported within SBSR software. Setup ‘other activity ‘ groupings for the school. Creates ESL and Learning Adjustment groupings

• CRD role (Curriculum Reference Data)

Curriculum Offer Manager. Customise curriculum for schools. Adjust learning areas as required

Using AMU to allocate roles

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Allocating Permission in AMU

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Accessing SBSRv4

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Accessing SBSRv4 Independant of Portal

• Instructions on how to access the software can be found at the ‘Time to Teach’ website…

http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/timetoteach/index.htm

• URL address for SBSR….

https://products.schools.nsw.edu.au/plato/logon.do

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Navigation Bar

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Navigation Button – My Profile

My Profile

Activity...

Log on to SBSR training environment

https://www.train.det.nsw.edu.au/plato

Change your preferences for using SBSR software. Consider changing :

• Time out from the DET portal• Default warning sound• Turning off the “Please Wait Guy”

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Curriculum Reference Database (CRD)

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What is the Curriculum Reference Database?

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CRD is a web based database that stores all curriculum taught by schools. The curriculum includes state wide DET offerings and “in house” school offerings

The database also links

• “Curriculum Offers” to Scholastic Years and Academic Periods• “Curriculum Offers” to “Learning Areas”• “VET Curriculum Offers” to “Units of Competency”• “Learning Areas” to “Comment Starters”• “VET Units of Competency” to “Comment Starters”

Note A Curriculum Offer can be linked to multiple courses/classes from ERN

Curriculum Maintenance – High Schools

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High school may wish to ...

• Create an additional piece of curriculum not already included within SBSR for reporting purposes.

• Edit the default learning areas linked to a piece of curriculum.

• Create learning areas linked to a piece of curriculum.

• Create comment starters and link them to either a ‘Learning Area’, or a ‘Curriculum Offer’

• Bulk clone all ‘Curriculum Offers’ from one ‘Academic Period’ to another

Curriculum Maintenance VET – High Schools

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High school may wish to ...

• Create /clone VET ‘Curriculum Offers’ and link them to an appropriate ‘Qualification’

• Select ‘Units of Competency’ associated with a VET ‘Curriculum Offer’

• Write a ‘Course Description’ for a VET ‘Curriculum Offer’ • Create ‘Comment Starters’ and link them to either a ‘Curriculum Offer’ or ‘Unit of Competency’

Classification of Curriculum – DET offer

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Classification of Curriculum - Cloned DET offer

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Classification of Curriculum – In house offer

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Checking and Customising School Curriculum

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Curriculum Maintenance – Learning Areas

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Curriculum Maintenance – VET Units of Competency

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Curriculum Maintenance – Comment Starters

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Curriculum Maintenance

• Activity...

Customise or create a piece of curriculum for your school. To do this task you may need to:

• Clone a DET “Curriculum Offer” • Create a “VET Curriculum Offer” from scratch • Edit “Learning Areas”.• Add a “Comment Starter” to a “Unit of Competency”

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Place Management – ERN Student Group Offers

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Place Management (ERN) – Student Group Offers

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Place management allows..

• schools to create & link courses/classes to curriculum offers.

• transfer students between courses and created groups

• create “other activities” groups to be used within SBSR reports

Place Management (ERN) – Student Group Offers

39Curriculum offerings

Place Management (ERN) – Student Group Offers

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Place Management (ERN) – Other Activities

Checking ERN Data prior to SBSR Setup

• Student Group Listing report enables schools to check if enrolment and curriculum data required in the SBSR

• Located under the ‘Reports’ navigation button

• Reports can be generated for Roll classes, House Groups, Course Class Information Other Activities information, number of courses students are enrolled in and identification of students in multiple roll classes

Checking ERN Data prior to SBSR Setup

Contact InformationBrian Elliott Group Leader Learning Policy

Curriculum & Learning Innovation Centre

Telephone: 9886 7703Email: brian.elliott@det.nsw.edu.au

Ric Cilona Senior Curriculum Policy Officer, Assessment and ReportingCurriculum & Learning Innovation Centre

Telephone: 9886 7498Email: ric.cilona@det.nsw.edu.au

Sadie Gow Senior Curriculum Policy Officer, Assessment and ReportingCurriculum & Learning Innovation Centre

Telephone: 9886 7498Email: sadie.gow@det.nsw.edu.au

Website: www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.edu.au/timetoteach