SiSopen'

Development'

to'date'–'21'

Oct'2015 Presenter:'

Dr'Muavia'Gallie'

School Turnaround

Why'a'School'Intelligent'System?'

Data$

Data'is'an'item'or'

event'out'of'

context'with'no'

relaFon'to'other'

data'

Informa+on$

Knowledge$

Intelligence$

UNDERSTANDING'

RELATIONS'

Context$Independent$

Deeper$Understanding$

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UNDERSTANDING'

PATTERNS'

UNDERSTANDING'

PRINCIPLES'

InformaFon'O'relaFonships'

between'data'and'

possibly'other'informaFon'

Knowledge'O'paRerns'among'

data,'informaFon'and'

possible'other'knowledge'

Intelligence'O'recogniFon'

that'knowledge'paRerns'

arise'from'fundamental'

principles'

An'example?'

Data$

A'learner'got'25%'

in'Math'during'

the'first'term'in'

2015'

Informa+on$

Knowledge$

Intelligence$

UNDERSTANDING'

RELATIONS'

Context$Independent$

Deeper$Understanding$

$$

UNDERSTANDING'

PATTERNS'

UNDERSTANDING'

PRINCIPLES'

This'learner'has'been'

geWng'on'average'75%+'

for'the'past'4'years'

The'Math'teacher'is'actually'

not'a'Math'specialist'–'a'

history'teacher'who'is'now'

teaching'math'to'‘fill'up’'his/

her'workload'

Allowing'nonOspecialist'to'

a'subject,'just'to'‘make'

up’'the'workload'is'

harmful'to'learners'

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13'Different'levels'of'Portals'

1.  District$Director$2.  District$Coordinator$3.  Circuit$Manager$4.  Circuit$Coordinator$5.  Subject$Advisor$6.  Teacher/Learner$

Welfare$7.  Principal$8.  Deputy$Principal$9.  Head$of$Department$10.  Senior$Teacher$11.  Teacher$12.  Learner$13. Parent$

•  Each$user$will$have$access$to$data$relevant$to$that$par+cular$(i)$func+on,$and$(ii)$the$role$and$responsibility$of$the$person$at$that$level;$

•  Edi+ng$func+ons$will$only$be$open$to$the$provider$of$the$data,$and$the$supervisor$of$the$provider$of$data;$

•  Higher$levels$will$have$‘viewing$rights’,$and;$

•  The$ability$to$dig$deeper$in$the$data.$

Principal$Portal$

Planning'(mapping)'both'‘teaching’'and'‘nonOteaching’'

responsibiliFes'to'account'for'the'1800'hours'

Learner$Portal$

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Thank$You!$