A couple of weeks ago I posted a link to an article about a major change going on at my work: We are replacing our old student information system with a new student information system. A Student Information System (I'll call it an "SIS" from now on) is a huge database housing almost every bit of information we have on students: grades, attendance, behavior, state and federal test scores, parental contact information, health information, special ed information, transportation information, lunch status, and membership in state and federal programs. Switching to a new system is a major task that involves almost every one of the more than 300 employees in the district.
Yesterday was the first day that we actually utilized the system district-wide (about 25 employees in the district had access to the system for the previous few days, looking for errors). As you might imagine, the three of us on the implementation team were slammed with phone calls, emails, and personal visits. Everyone assumes that their little piece of the SIS is the most important piece of the software, and they needed their problem fixed now!
It made for a hectic day. Over the course of the 9 hours or so I was at work, there was a grand total of about 35 minutes where I wasn't on the phone helping someone. I literally never left my office except once to grab my lunch out of the refrigerator and one other time just to walk away for 10 minutes. I'm worn out.
Thank goodness this weekend I get to do something easy...like painting and moving!
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P.S. Gas Watch Update: Today the gas station across the street is charging $1.75.
1 comment:
It's called the "Bill Gates Revenge" New software is never right and the training it takes is almost unlimited. Maybe pencils and paper weren't that bad.
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