Advice for Administration Support
MOE advice for Administration Support
Pre rollout
- Familiarise yourself with the MOE web community.
- Talk with your principal about your school's readiness to deploy the MOE.
- Confirm the scheduled MOE rollout date and plan the rollout with your principal.
- Asset and mark all computer equipment.
- Update all School Information Management System (SiMS) data for staff and students.
- Consider how you will do business during the rollout.
- Clean and back up all personal and school data.
- Record details about where you print and save data.
- List the software programs you need for day-to-day operations.
- Print the information you need while the network/computers are down.
During rollout
- Confirm you have all printed information before the rollout commences.
- Communicate how you will be working with deployment staff.
- Provide support to test whether your software is working as expected.
- Input updated information into SiMS as soon as it is available.
- Run some reports and confirm your data is valid, within SiMS.
- Print a document and make sure all software programs are working.
- Access your data and programs, and confirm you can do business.
- Check whether your email works.
- Help other staff with ICT tasks if their computers are not yet installed.
- Recheck that you can access your software and files before the deployment team finishes at your school.
Post rollout
- Always keep SiMS staff and student data up-to-date.
- Register with the Service Centre.
- Log all jobs with the Service Centre.
- Maintain open lines of communication about all issues.
- Identify issues early so they can be fixed during the MOE warranty period.
- Buy all new ICT equipment from PSA 103.1.
- Keep records of all software purchases in the one location.
- Develop a guide on where your data is kept at your school.
- Maintain an effective ICT replacement management plan.
- Ensure new equipment has clearly marked asset numbers.