The Maine Department of Education is offering five half-day sessions for NEO updates and training and one half-day for Synergy Training. An additional full-day session will also be held for districts who manually enter information into the State level Student Information System.
During the NEO session, Maine DOE Helpdesk members will review changes to NEO, which include Maine State Reports previously located in Infinite Campus State Edition. Other changes to NEO include the new Data Collection and Reporting (DC&R) module, access to NEO, changes to NEO staff, and clarification of Staff and District Roles. There will also be a short session on Student Data Privacy. Attendees should include those who currently complete NEO Reports, those who previously worked with student reports in Infinite Campus State Edition, and those who will be doing these activities in the coming school year. Student data certifications will now be done in NEO, so Superintendents who certify reports may also want to attend.
A light lunch will be provided, and during this time, Maine DOE and Synergy staff will be available for questions.
For the Synergy session, participants will learn how to use Synergy DOE to upload student data required by the State of Maine. In addition, participants will learn how to use Synergy DOE to enter and validate student data that is not included in the upload process.
Upon completion of this session, participants will understand how to perform uploads and will be able to:
* Log in to Synergy and navigate the interface
* Use and understand Synergy concepts and terminology
* Change Focus to view other years/schools
* Create personal Navigation Menus
* View existing student information
* Find a single student or multiple students
* Enter and modify student data
* Truancy
* Discipline
* Use a Matrix to print student information or export student information to other desktop programs
* Create student filters
* Create Graph information
* Preview and Print common reports
* Save report settings
The August 1st, Manual Entry Session will be an all-day in-depth look at how to enter student information directly into the system. (NEO topics will not be covered at this session).
Dates and Registration
July 25
Houlton High School
7 Bird Street
Houlton, ME 04730
http://events.egov.com/eventreg/ME/event.htm?name=doeneosynergytraininghoulton
July 26
Ellsworth Elementary School/Middle School
20 Forest Avenue
Ellsworth, ME 04605
http://events.egov.com/eventreg/ME/event.htm?name=doeneosynergytrainingellsworth
July 27
Orion Performing Arts Center
50 Republic Avenue
Topsham, ME 04086
http://events.egov.com/eventreg/ME/event.htm?name=doeneosynergytrainingtopsham
July 31
Cony School
60 Pierce Drive
Augusta, ME 04330
http://events.egov.com/eventreg/ME/event.htm?name=doeneosynergytrainingaugusta
August 1
MANUAL UPLOAD Schools only please. NEO not presented
Cony School
60 Pierce Drive
Augusta, ME 04330
http://events.egov.com/eventreg/ME/event.htm?name=doeneosynergytrainingaugustamanualentry
August 2
Portland Arts & Technology High School
196 Allen Avenue
Portland, ME 04103
http://events.egov.com/eventreg/ME/event.htm?name=doeneosynergytrainingportland
If you have any questions please contact Maine’s Data Systems Helpdesk Manager Shannon Bartash at (207) 624-6799.