EWDS 1

EWDS Title

• Highlight the online Help system that includes tutorials for many of the important features. The “?” button throughout the database directs users to topic-specific information in this help system.
• Click on Start to open the application.

EWDS 2

Campus
Set-Up

• Cohorts, SLCs, or homerooms can be the organizational unit for the student data. Data sets must then be imported by the organizational unit.
• Show/edit campus and its features:
  • 6-weeks or quarter system organization
  • Credits required to move to 10th grade
  • GPA scale

EWDS 3

Cohort Set-Up

Open sample cohort data (student data should be pre-loaded for the training).

EWDS 4

Student Data Screen

• Tab 1: Student Data: Set-Up—Discuss importing data; show help again (“?” button) and explain that it is available throughout the database; assure that after importing data once, it becomes easy. Also show how to add an individual student on the right side of the screen when the Student Data: Set-up tab is opened.
• Tab 2: Semester 1 Data—review the headings and how the title will be shown when highlighted.
• Tab 3: Semester 2 Data—same as Semester 1.
• Emphasize that interventions can be implemented at
  • 20 to 30 days into the school year, based on attendance;
  • at each grading period, for attendance and course performance; or
  • during the summer or at the beginning of the next year, with the end-of-the-year on-track and off-track calculation.
• Tab 4: Full Year: Cumulative Summary Report
• Point out the 3 students with interventions.

EWDS 5

Student Details

• Show Demographic Data on the left; custom fields may be added for additional demographic information.
• Show the 3 Performance Data sections (Attendance, Academics, and Behavior) on the right; review behavior issues—that there are no benchmarks. (Behavior was requested by LEAs)
• Show the Flags—set to criteria established by research. The school or district will set flags for behavior.
• Show custom fields.

EWDS 6

Student Summary Report

• Print Student Summary—print or show this report, which allows information to be shared for collaborative planning.

EWDS 7

Student Detail—Inter-vention Plan

• Show Student Interventions
• Click on an intervention to show Intervention Details screen, with the implementation and impact data noted for verifying the success of the intervention.

EWDS 8

Summary of Interventions for student

• Print Interventions Report—print or show the report.

EWDS 9

Student Detail—Inter-vention Plan

• Need Suggestions? See Intervention Strategies for Drop-out Prevention—demonstrate this feature if the Internet is available.

EWDS 10

Intervention Tracker—Categories

A significant strength of the database

• Show the Intervention Tracker—a real strength within this application!
• The student improvement can be observed and analyzed during the intervention implementation, as well as before and after it. This allows for adjusting the intervention to increase student success.

EWDS 11

Reports—

At-risk, flagged for attendance

• Show the Reports screen.
• Show the pre-defined report, 3. Cohort Summary: At-Risk Students—flagged for attendance; emphasize the attendance issue at the school.

EWDS 12

Reports—

Custom summary reports

• Show custom report, 5. Custom Summary Reports; share types of searches that are possible (e.g., all ELLs or all male students who have been retained). This allows for customization of interventions.

EWDS

Summary

• Summary of EWDS
• This system allows schools to be proactive and attend to leading indicators. Historically, schools have been reactive, waiting for lagging indicators (e.g., end-of-the-year scores, grades, and dropouts).