February 17, 2021

2021-02-17 February Meeting

The Data Quality Network is education professionals and data staff working and learning together to optimize the governance, quality, and application of data in order to improve the delivery of educational opportunities to students across the Commonwealth. The organization coordinates meetings across all Intermediate Units in order to receive and discuss current topics surrounding Data Governance, Quality, Collection and Use.

PDE and the Data Quality Network invite you to attend the February DQN meeting scheduled for Wednesday, February 17^th starting at 9:00 am.

Please register in advance by clicking here. After registering, you can save the meeting invite on your calendar, which will include information about joining the webinar.

Agenda

Wednesday, February 17, 2021 starting at 9:00 am

Topics:

Safe Schools Non-Disciplinary Data Collections

A Look Into Cognos Reports

February Networking Activity

Please submit questions using the following link: https://tinyurl.com/DQNFeb21Q

Target Audience: PIMS Administrators, Data Teams, Data Specialists, and LEA Administrators

9:00 am | Webinar Begins

Introduction and Welcome

Presenter: DQN PoCs

Safe Schools Non-Disciplinary Data Collections

AED, bus evacuation, and fire/security drills - an overview of reporting requirements and timelines. We’ll also discuss unusual situations, what is not reportable, reporting in the age of COVID, and common reporting errors.

Presenters: Tony Durante & Scott Kuren, PDE

Handouts: document Feb 2021 DQN Safe Schools - Non-Discipline (718 KB)

10 Minutes | Break

A Look Into Cognos Reports

An overview of Cognos reports including types of reports, a few reports we use, and how to run reports in the background.

Presenter: Robin Miller, IU21

Handouts: document February 17 Cognos Reporting (1.51 MB)

5 Minutes | Transition to the Networking Activity

February Networking Activity

February’s edition of the Networking activity will consist of discussion on topics relevant to the content shared during the Webinar portion, as well as providing an opportunity for participants to share their thoughts and hopes for the upcoming Data Summit and any other discussion on data topics.

The session will again be broken out by region as January’s was and users will be able to select their group. Please make sure that the version of Zoom you are using is up to date to take advantage of this functionality (the host will still be able to assign you if you are on an earlier version).

Discussion Topics: document February DQN Networking Activity (218 KB)

pdf Networking Activity Link (395 KB)

Please complete the feedback form for this meeting using the following link: https://tinyurl.com/DQNFeb21F

Thank you for your support of PDE's Data Quality Initiatives

Last Updated: 05 May 2021 Published: 03 February 2021

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