Student Interview Paper

For this assignment I interviewed the Chief Technology Officer, Keith Schlarb, for the Worthington City Schools. The Student Information System that Worthington City Schools uses is Infinite Campus. Our district transitioned to this system four years ago. Basically anyone that works in the district, including both classified and certified staff have access to Infinite Campus. The amount of access depends on their position in the district. Parents and students also have access to the system as well. Both parents and students are able to access IC through a portal as well as a mobile app. The mobile app was an addition this past year. With the improvement of technology, as well as student access to mobile devices, the app was an obvious addition. When I asked Schlarb what data is collected through IC, he laughed and said “Everything!” Beginning with all demographic information for all students as well as staff that are a part of the district to student grades. It is fair to say IC collects all the data that is required by EMIS (educational management information system) but then goes well above these requirements to collect data our district needs, such as individual student grades. The data is first and foremost used to satisfy our state and federal requirements. We collect the data through IC and then periodically programs are run that filter the data needed straight to EMIS in order to meet our state and federal requirements. In addition

I believe the most important thing I learned was the relationship between our own districts SIS and EMIS. Prior to this I really didn’t understand that EMIS functions under state and federal requirements, and that each district has the autonomy to choose the SIS that best meets their needs, as long as it collects the data needed to fulfill state and federal requirements of