Page 6 Vol. 17, No. 6, July 2008 (by Lisa Gilby)
Nearly 200,000 students from 472 state schools received Semester 1 academic reports generated through the OneSchool database for the first time in June.
OneSchool director Chris Rider said the successful delivery of these reports demonstrated one of the practical benefi ts of the database.
"OneSchool gives teachers access to information about the students they teach," Mr Rider said.
"OneSchool contains only the information that is usually kept on student files such as student academic records, school extra-curricular activities, student attendance and a record of contact with parents or guardians."
Mr Rider said OneSchool had been designed to help teachers and schools better meet the needs of individual students in their care.
"It gives teachers fast, reliable and secure access to students'school-related information."
"It is important to note that teachers and school administrators will not have access to information on children from other schools."
"Examples of students' work and information on their activities outside school is not included in OneSchool."
Mr Rider said the database had been developed in consultation with key stakeholders including the Queensland Council of Parents and Citizens Associations, the Queensland Teachers Union and principals' associations.
"It replaces outdated storage systems including paper-based files and a 13-year-old computer system.
"It has been designed to be more secure than previous systems and has been tested by companies specialising in database security."
Mr Rider said it was up to individual schools to decide if an identifi cation photograph of their students was to be included in the profi les.
OneSchool Release One underwent a technical trial in 53 schools across the state from May to December 2007.
It will be deployed in all state schools this year with the help of district liaison officers and Smart Classrooms coordinators (SCC).
Wilston State School principal Leann Griffith-Baker said OneSchool helped the school to effectively report on student learning and gave teachers flexibility and a template for reporting. Wilston State School teacher and SSC Madonna Casey is responsible for training staff to use the database.
"It simplifies things because all our teachers including LOTE, music and HPE can add student results at the same time," Ms Casey said.
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