Systems Development
- Doug Pawlak
Supervisor - Elaine Kemerer
Accounting and Purchasing - Steve White
Accounting and Purchasing - Steve Barry
Data Warehouse - Shirley Strope
State Reporting - Ryan McAtee
Enterprise Reporting - Katina Erhman
Human Resources and Payroll - Jennie Simon
Nutrition Services - Barb Goes
Student Management - Carolyn Perry
Student Management - Aaron Gernhardt
Student Management - Gary Beihold
Transportation
Action Plan
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Standardize -> Integrate -> Automate
Fort Wayne Community Schools has an extensive list of computerized business systems. These include Student Management, Human Resources, Payroll, Accounting, and Transportation Management - to name just a few.
It is the responsibility of the Systems Development staff to implement, maintain and support these systems, many of which are built in-house by the programmers here at FWCS. Our dedicated professionals help keep the district running!
What We Do
- Research and analyze a wide range of technology solutions based on district needs.
- Select, implement and modify packaged software systems to meet those needs.
- Design and develop custom systems where necessary to meet special requirements.
- Integrate our various business systems to create a connected, cohesive data environment.
- Maintain and support all systems to ensure efficient operation.
- Provide technical support and assistance to personnel concerning the operation of these systems.
Our Strategic Goals
- Design and implement creative technology solutions that address the District's educational and business needs.
- Deliver high quality, easy to use systems that are well accepted, quickly adopted, and significantly improve productivity for their users.
- Deliver systems in a consistent, timely manner such that technology makes a notable impact on the district each and every year.
- Increase the productivity of Systems Development by making appropriate use of new tools, technologies, and processes.
- Reduce risk by adopting consistent, repeatable processes, standard architectures, and well documented system design.
- Foster personal growth in all department resources.
Current System Development Projects:
Pinnacle SIS Implementation | |
| Description: Implementation of Pinnacle Gradebook and Student information System. 6586.1 | |
Online Pay Statements | |
| Description: Create an employee portal for self-serve distribution of pay statements. 4644.10 | |
ACT1000 System Upgrade | |
| Description: Upgrade ACT1000 maintenance/inventory system to the latest version. 6587.20 | |
eWalk Implementation | |
| Description: Implementation of the eWalk system for teacher observations 5478.40 | |
Spider Data Loader | |
| Description: Build a system to auto-load ISTEP data from the data warehouse into the Spider QuickScore (balanced scorecard) system. 6585.50 | |
SearchSoft Enhancements | |
| Description: Add Certified job applications to the FWCS SearchSoft web site. 4954.50 | |
Edulog GPS System Implementation | |
| Description: Implementation of the Edulog GPS bus tracking system and comparitive analysis tool. 4758.60 | |
Student Book Fees System | |
| Description: Custom-build a new student book fees administration system that will work with the Pinnacle SIS. 4757.90 | |
Data Validation and Reporting Sytem | |
| Description: Custom-build a system that will work with Pinnacle SIS to automatically validate student data and report errors. 5477.100 | |
Extra-Fleet System Upgrade | |
| Description: Upgrade the Extra-Fleet bus maintenance software to the latest version (which uses a SQL Server database). 4759.200 | |