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It's time CEDARS LEA Trainers, to make our peers and leadership aware of the power of the NC DPI Longitudinal Data Store. Each LEA should start looking at the data housed in the system for both verification purposes and to begin to become familiar with reporting system. This wiki has been created so that the LEA Trainers can communicate and share ideas on how to spread the word and what types of training methods are most effective.

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=Franklin County Conducts First CDW Training Session= The CEDARS team is proud to recognize Franklin County for being the first to communicate they conducted hands-on CEDARS Data Warehouse training!

Franklin’s first training session was held November 1, 2012 for a small group of Central Office users.

When asked about the training session, Joe Baisley, Public Information Officer/Special Project Coordinator for Franklin County who conducted the training said, "I am conducting my informal LEA training in steps/levels. First, I am starting with introductory training for Central Office Leadership and staff who would utilize this system. I am holding them at convenient times for the group. Then, I am starting with introductory training for school administrators and school support personnel who would utilize it. Then, I am moving to the next step for these users by doing advanced training. This way, I don't overload them, but at the same time let them practice their skills in levels."

"For my training, I only had three attend the first session last week. This was due to many last-minute conflicts that came up. Next Tuesday, I am doing one that should have around 10-12. These are both introductory level courses at two hours per session. I give them an orientation of the program, and then I go over the DPI dashboards. I allow them to then take the rest of the time to do any hands-on practice. Towards the end of the month/early December, I will do an advanced level with the same groups that will go deeper into creating an analysis, getting your results, exporting out, etc. The school-level trainings will be similar and I will hold those trainings in December."

The CEDARS team responded with enthusiasm and asked about attendee feedback. Joe replied, "I just wanted to let you know how excited my staff is to see the data available to them." He also stated, "I'm grateful to you and your leadership team for working hard on this project for us! I'll be the first to tell you that I've already been able to pull information to help me fill out federal reports that I have to do in my LEA."

Joe also mentioned anything his county creates that will help support statewide understanding of the system, his county will be happy to share.

The CEDARS team thanks Franklin County Schools for pioneering the new reporting system.

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