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Setting Priorities for 2021
GAT Membership Rotation & Status of Work Groups
Vendor Rating System – Report Out & Discussion
Show & Tell – Ed-Fi Starter Kits
Participation
Members:
- dean.folkers
- Billy Buchanan
- Happy Miller (Unlicensed)
- Monica Hogan
- Mark Olofson
- John Raub
- jennifer.downey
- dougquinton
- Chris Moffatt (Deactivated)
- Maureen Wentworth
- Jami O'Toole (Deactivated)
- Troy Wheeler (Deactivated)
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Meeting Minutes
Refer to the meeting PPT for additional details on the meeting minutes and discussions.
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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. The Alliance is extremely grateful for the volunteer service of GAT members. Those rotating off this year will be receiving a small token of our appreciation.
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?) |
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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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Action Item: Troy and Ed-Fi team to discuss the path forward .for the vendor rating system recommendation
Action Items
- Follow up conversation with Jennifer and Doug re: state pain points and perhaps broker conversations with SEAs.
- Communicate options to Ed-Fi community for moving forward with the finance domain changes and moving this to core before closing down the FWG.
- Troy and Ed-Fi team to discuss the path forward .for the vendor rating system recommendation
Next meeting: November 15, 2020 at 11:00 AM CST