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SIF Association Membership – what does it mean for your

district?

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Welcome and Introductions

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What are the SIF Specifications?

• Not a product, but a technical blueprints for pK-12 software.

• Designed for pK-12 technology providers and educators

• Manages data within the pK-12 environment

• Enables diverse applications to interact and share data


What the SIF Specification Defines

• Data standard• Document that defines

accepted rules• Describes the data (what)

+ infrastructure (how)• Provides a complete set

of rules from start to finish


SIF Agents• Communicate with ZIS• Assemble and process

messages• Aware of Applications

Business Logic

Data Objects• Sets of information• XML• e.g. Student

Demographics

Zone Integration Server• Software• Routing• Access Control

Applications• Existing Software

Programs

Applications

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• Over 2000 members

• Utilized to serve over 12 million students in 50 states and 6 countries

• Required/suggested by USED, USDA, NCES, states and schools in dozens current/planned RFP’s• Currently 103 certified applications

SIFA Status Update


• Vision:– That schools will be enabled to better utilize data by

implementing technology in a manner that leverages the promise and capabilities of interoperability between disparate applications.

• Objectives:– To create and foster the adoption and implementation of a

specification for pK-12 education data interoperability such that within the next 4 years we are able to have resources delivered to the desktop in an automated fashion.

SIFA Goals

SIF Board of Directors

Task Forces:

Vertical Reporting TF

Features/Functionality TF

Implementation TF

Data Model TF

Student Record Exchange TF

Web Services TFHigh Education TF

CommitteesEducation Advisory Panel

Technical Board

Membership / Marketing

Policy / Procedures

Certification

Sub-Committees

Executive

Finance

HR

Legal

Executive Director - SIFA Staff

Vertical Working Groups: Administration Applications (9)

Infrastructure (1)

Learning Applications (6)

Learning Communities (2)

SIFA Organizational Structure

CURRENT Task Forces: Vertical Reporting Task Force

Features and Functionality Task Force

Implementation Task Force

Data Model Task Force

Student Record Exchange Task Force

Web Services Task Force

Instructional Services Task Force

Higher Education Task Force

Technical Board

CURRENT WORK GROUPS: Administrative Applications InfrastructureStudent Information System (SIS) ZIS + AgentsFood Service Learning CommunityLibrary and Textbook Management Communication / Collaboration / Portal ToolsTransportation Data Warehouse / Decision SupportHR Finance

Learning Applications AssessmentGrade BookSpecial ProgramsProfessional Development

SIFA Organizational Structure


Membership Privileges

• Participate on the working groups that create and test the SIF specifications.

• Networking with peers from other states and schools• Networking with the your IT vendors and their

developers• Invitations to SIFA conferences at discounted rates• Access to SIFA documentation• Access to SIF Community• Access to SIFA University – seats included with your

membership• VOICE in SIFA to make your needs / desires known!


Implementation Task Force

Implementation Task Force Mission Statement:

The mission of the Implementation Task Force is to structure customer and educator involvement in successfully implementing the SIF Specification. This would include, but not be limited to, evangelizing the initiative, making presentations, locating educators for working groups, assisting with the implementation of services to schools, school districts and states and otherwise building relationships among vendors and the pK-12 community.

• The current objectives of the group are:

– Development of implementation tools

– Advanced Concept collection

– Work with EAP, Vendor Members and Partners to promote the use of SIF

– Work closely with the Features and Functionality Task Force and Tech Board

– Clearing house for RFP’s, Business & Use Cases

– Determine Strategies of use for tools, training and potential certifications for commercial integrators, school districts, state and regional entities

– Oversight of Official SIF Reference and Testing Sites


Resources/Communication Tools

• SIFA Website – www.sifinfo.org• SIF WebEx Site – https://sifinfo.webex.com• SIF Community- www.sifinfo.org

– Document sharing/file posting and discussion threads– Any member organization may have one or more contacts on any of the

working groups (WG). Feel free to add members by contacting SIFA staff or the working group co-leaders.

– Examples:• Implementation• Association• Student Information System

• Genesys Conference Calling System – Conference Number 800-508-7631– Passcode - *7894461*– Scheduling, conducting, and participating in work group conference calls

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• Participation means that my district may:– Influence the creation of current and future

specification versions– Have as many staff as you wish serve on one

or more SIFA working groups– Have as many staff as you wish participate in

the SIF Community– Claim to be a SIFA Participant – Use the SIFA Participant Logo

Member Rights and Responsibilities


• Participation in the Association:– Help those who wish to participate in the

community do so– Become familiar with SIF and where to find

information about SIF and the Association• www.sifinfo.org

– Help us promote usage of SIF to those who would like more information

District Responsibilities


• Course work designed to gain a greater understanding of SIF

• Course One – Basic SIF Theory

• Course Two – SIF Project Planning and Implementation

• Course Three and Four – Data Quality Curriculum

• Join us and increase your knowledge of SIF and achieve the interoperability you desire

Available at www.sifinfo.org 5 Seats per District included in your SIFA Membership

SIFA University


Alaska Updates


Closing and Q and A


Contact Information

• Laurie Collins – Utilization Director• [email protected]


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