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The VDC is pleased to be working with 28 Vermont supervisory unions/districts during the 2010-2011 school year. Click here for the most recent VDC membership list.
VDC Board announces Board of Directors for 2011-2012
We welcome our new board of directors for the 2011-2012 school year!
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VDC Annual Meeting and 2010-2011 Membership Fees
The VDC Annual Meeting and Board Meeting was held Wednesday, May 18 th from 9-12 at the VDC-LADPA Conference Room at 250 Main Street, Montpelier. Meeting minutes are available here. The VDC Board adopted a new membership structure for the 2011-2012 school year:
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Level 1 (formerly ‘basic’) = $1,750
o 5 EDW User Accounts for any staff in the SU/SD that the superintendent approves
o Training for each EDW user account if needed
o Support throughout the school year for each user account (typically via phone & email)
o NECAP roster and individual reports and enrollment reports based on EDW data
o Informally learn from, network and collaborate with key technology, data and curriculum staff from other VDC SUs/SDs and the DOE -
Level 2 (new level) = $3,000
o All benefits of Level 1 plus the number of user accounts is increased to 8.
o PLUS - Creation and/or maintenance of a Local Data Warehouse based on the Common District Model and linked to the state warehouse by the state student id# with 5 days of VDC staff time (up to 2 on-site) to work on creation/maintenance of the local warehouse and/or facilitate customized trainings/workshops.
o Note – This level is intended for VDC SUs that want to continue/start doing local data warehouse loads but don’t anticipate fully utilizing VDC services to load numerous local assessments, do custom report development or conduct multiple workshops. -
Level 3 (formerly ‘premium’) = $5,000
o All the benefits of Level 2 plus the number user accounts is increased to “unlimited” and the number of days of VDC staff time to work on the local warehouse is increased to 8 (up to 5 on-site).
o Note – This level is intended for VDC SUs that want to continue/start doing local data warehouse loads and do anticipate fully utilizing VDC services to load numerous local assessments, do custom report development and/or conduct multiple workshops with staff.
EDW upgraded to TetraData version 8.5!
The EDWupdated to version 8.5 - the latest version of TetraData's software! Although the main "portal" page and Analyzer PC user interface will look virtually the same, other changes happened "under the hood" and there is some important new functionality in this version as well. The documents below provides you with more detailed information, but here are the highlights:
1) Analyzer PC now works with Firefox using Microsoft ClickOnce technology!
2) The toolbar has been reorganized and it now follows the recommended query building process.
3) There is increased security when saving shared (or personal) favorites.
This document provides an overview of "What's New" in TetraData version 8.5, but if you need information that may help you troubleshoot issues you encounter installing the new version of Analzyer PC using Internet Explorer or Firefox click on the appropriate link (Internet Explorer, Firefox). A list of broswers and associated operating systems supported by TetraData version 8.5 is also available here.
FY12 VDC Annual Meeting to be held on May 18, 2011
The VDC Annual Meeting is this Wednesday, May 18 th from 9-12 at the VDC-LADPA Conference Room at 250 Main Street, Montpelier - http://www.vermontdata.org/contactus.htm . For those elected to the FY12 VDC Board, there will likely be a short Board meeting after the general meeting concludes to elect FY12 officers.
Key information for those attending:
• PowerPoint presentation and a PDF of appendices that will be used to frame the Annual Meeting discussion.
• For those conference calling to the meeting the Dial-in Number is (605) 475-4875 and the Participant Access Code: 585864# .
• For those using the Learning Network of Vermont (LNV) video-conferencing system the number is 5602500 ‘Lamoille Area Professional Developme'.
• Meeting minutes will be provided on Thursday, May 19th to all VDC contacts (attending and not).
FY11 VDC Annual Meeting, LDS/V-DEP Grant presentation and 2010-2011 Board of Directors
Thank you to all who were able to attend the VDC Annual Meeting on February 2. Meeting minutes are available here. Many thanks to Lisa Gauvin and Bob McNamara for spending the morning sharing information about the LDS/V-DEP Grant and answering a number of questions from the VDC Membership. Click here for a copy of their presentation. We also want to welcome our 2010 board of directors and officers:
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New EDW NECAP Workshops Announced
The VDC is pleased to announced some additional training opportunities in March. These workshops are focused on using NECAP data and are available to any Vermont staff that has a valid EDW User Account and has completed at least the Day 1 New User Training. Please go to the Trainings page to see more details and sign up. The morning session will focus on NECAP raw, scaled and achievement level scores and the afternoon will focus on NECAP released items. The workshop will be built around specific questions that you and your school/district have and on NECAP templates that are already developed for the warehouse. Please join us and explore four years of NECAP summary data (including Fall 2008) that are available in the Education Data Warehouse.
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VDC Board announces Board of Directors for 2009-2010
Thank you to all who were able to attend the VDC Annual Meeting on February 3. We welcome our new board of directors and officers:
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