}Annually
}Ongoing
}Policies & Regulations
◦Obtain updated documents
}Standards & Guidelines
◦Set data standards/SEEK Data Quality Tab
◦District plans for review and sign-off of data
}Technology
◦Changing SIS
◦New KIDS Reports
◦Kansas K-12 Reports
◦SEEK
}Training & Professional Development
◦KIDS: SCRS
◦DQC
◦Counting KIDS
}Timelines & Calendars
◦Set data entry deadlines
}Data Entry Environment
◦Schedule time for data work
◦Minimize interruptions
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We are now going to give a quick review of the six ingredients for building a culture of quality data and talk about how they apply to preparing for next school year. Some things you will probably only need to do once:

•Obtain updated documents when they are released. Most KIDS documents become available over the summer months.
•If you have not done so, set your data standards for the year. Remember standards are the goals we set for ourselves when working with data, you could even use the Data Quality tab in SEEK to set your data standards/ goals for next year now.
•If you have never had a plan for the district review and sign off of data especially for the fall funding collection, consider developing a plan this year to see how it goes.
•If you are changing SIS over the summer, one thing we can share with you is how we have heard consistently from schools and districts who have done this process is to plan extra time to learn the new software—it is key to data quality. Next year the KIDS software changes will be minor and mainly cosmetic but the new reports you can now run-are worth taking some time to practice generating.

•Other things you have to manage in an ongoing basis, like picking up additional training throughout the year, keeping calendars up to date with school closing, holidays, and other events that weren’t on the calendar when it was first drafted. And remember two recommendations for improving your data entry environment, schedule your data work time and where possible minimize interruptions by moving data entry away from high traffic areas.