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Chris explained the rotation schedule below. Billy is moving to a new job and this will be his last GAT meeting.
2020 Rotations
Name | Organization | Role | Segment | Rotation off Date | Replacement |
Billy Buchanan | Fayette County Public Schools | RVWG | LEA | Oct 2020 | Rosh Dhanawade (INSITE) is RVWG co-chair, and will rotate in |
Satish Pattisapu | Arizona Department of Education | At-Large | SEA | Dec 2020 | TBD – Another SEA representative |
Mark Racine | Boston Public Schools | At-Large | LEA | Dec 2020 | TBD – Another LEA representative |
Eric Miller | Illuminate | At-Large | Vendor | Dec 2020 | TBD – Another Vendor representative (Assessment or Managed Provider?) |
Anticipated 2021 Rotations
Name | Organization | Role | Segment | Rotation off Date | Replacement |
Dean Folkers | Nebraska Department of Education | AWG | SEA | Dec 2021 | AWG Co-Chair (Currently Ted Dwyer, Pittsburgh Public Schools) |
Monica Hogan | Boston Public Schools | SPED WG | LEA | Dec 2021 | SPED Co-Chair (Currently Aaron Distler) |
Mark Olofson | Texas Education Agency | TPDM WG | TPDM | Dec 2021 | TPDM Co-Chair (Currently Tiffany Fernandez, Relay School of Graduate Education) |
Happy Miller | Rio Rancho Public Schools, New Mexico | At-Large | LEA | Dec 2021 | TBD – Another LEA representative |
Chris also reviewed the recommendation to bring to a close (or move to inactive) the Finance Work Group (FWG) and Internationalization Work Group (IWG).
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Rick reviewed the work done regarding an action item from the previous GAT meeting to determine what options are available for establishing a vendor rating system. The report can be found here.
The eventual desired result is a process that encourages and rewards vendors (most notably SIS vendors but not exclusively) to continuously improve their Ed-Fi integration work. This might include measurable types of performance metrics such as how well their products move data through the Ed-Fi API, the degree to which errors are minimized and how well the vendors interact with the LEAs to resolve issues and provide training. It does not include measures such as satisfaction with the degree to which vendors are willing to customize their integrations to a particular LEAs specific needs or how friendly or accommodating the vendor representatives might be.
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