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Information Technology Division

Strategic Operational Review

February 15, 2010


“Enable student achievement and operational efficiency through deployment of appropriate technology solutions.”

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IT Division Leadership

Project Management

Office

Enterprise Systems &

Architecture

IT Finance & Administration

IT Infrastructure/

Capital Projects

Education Technology & Customer

Support

IT Division Structure


Supportive Learning Environment

Our end goal: To optimize the “levers” of change and build an environment supportive for 21st century learners.

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21st Century Learner

Processes

Systems

Tools Data

Infrastructure

Organization


How we manage competing priorities…

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STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

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OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY

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Where we invest our resources is as important as the resources themselves:


ITD Strategies •  Improve Governance

and Transparency •  Make ITD easier to

understand and work with

•  Communicate Clear Technology Architecture

•  Support and improve ITD

“Focus”

ITD Plan • Reallocate Resources • “Projectize” Ongoing IT •  Perform ITD “Health

checks” and improvements • Prioritize Projects • Monitor Project Progress

“Ac*ons”

LAUSD Strategies • Using Data to drive

Standards-Based instruction • Supporting All Employees • Budgeting for Student

Achievement • Creating and Supporting

Quality Schools

“Priori*es”

DOE National Ed Tech Plan*

* - Recently Published 5


Our plan for re-‐organiza8on…

Structured around “Things” we Provide

Old ITD

Structured around

“Services” we Offer

New ITD

Our organiza+onal changes represent a deliberate shi5 in how we are structured.

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Our organiza8on…

Chief Information

Officer

Project Management

Office

Enterprise Systems &

Architecture

IT Finance & Administration

IT Capital Projects

Education Technology

E-rate

Communication Systems Installation

Capital Planning

IT Infrastructure Project Management

Design & Quality

Assurance

Enterprise Resource Planning

Security, Controls, & Risk Management

IT Academy

Vendor/Investment

Management Organizational

Change

Project Management

Enterprise Applications

Applications Support

Asset Management

Data Center Operations

Customer Support Services

School Outreach

Network Operations

Telecommunications

Budget

Contracts

Warehouse

Telecom Billing Human Resources

Radio Unit

Engineering Services

Chief Data Architect

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Our technology environment…


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State of our technology environment…

Applications

Data

Data Center

Network*

Ed. Tech.

* - Red light indicates incompleteness of modernization to ALL schools and not quality of deployed network


  We support over 220 software applications

  Our Data Center houses & manages 850 servers

  We print 136,000 pay stubs & 22,000 paychecks monthly

  33,000 teachers take attendance electronically daily

  Our network is more similar to a large county, state or country’s network

  We are the largest K-12 Network in the US

The Technology Environment at LAUSD is among the largest and most complex globally!

10 Source: Interview with Cisco Execs.


Bond; (52.2%)

Ongoing Opera8onal; (8.4%)

Ongoing Administered; (7%)

ISIS Bond; (5.5%)

MicrosoO Voucher; (1.3%)

E-‐Rate; (4.6%)

Grant; (5%)

COPS : Business Tools for Schools; (14.3%)

COPS: Cafeteria Management System; (.4%) Limited; (1.3%)

ITD 09-10 Budget Profile

15% of ITD’s General Fund is made up of staff (540 EE’s) salaries and benefits

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IT FTEs 0.8% Other

Employees 99.2%

LAUSD

IT FTEs 4.1% Other

Employees 95.9%

Industry Average

IT Full Time Equivalents as % of Total District Employees

Source: Gartner Research & LAUSD Fingertip Facts 2010-2011

LAUSD IT vs. industry….

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IT 0.6%

Other Expense 99.4%

LAUSD

IT 3.7%

Other Expense 96.3%

Industry Average

Source: Gartner Research & LAUSD Fingertip Facts 2010-2011

LAUSD IT vs. industry…..

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IT Expenditures as % of Total District Expenditures

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Areas of concern…

☞  Retention: IT Job market heating up for computer programmers

☞  Infrastructure needs upgrading ☞  No disaster recovery plan ☞  Dwindling grant funding ☞  Limited funding to replace obsolete/end of life

equipment ☞  Majority of budget committed to fixed costs


In the works…

LAUSD Strategy ITD Initiative

Using Data to drive Instruction

• MyData Upgrades • ISIS Phase 2

Budgeting For Student

Achievement

• ISIS • Legacy IFS Replacement Project

Supporting All Employees

• IT Academy

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In the works…

LAUSD Strategy ITD Initiative

Creating and Supporting Quality

Schools

• Elementary School Bandwidth Increase Project

• School access and bandwidth (Wireless)

• Surveillance and Radio systems •  “Cloud” Computing • Digital Textbooks • Modernized classrooms • LAN modernization project • Mobile classroom • Virtual School/Online learning

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On the horizon…

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☞  Developing Online Learning Opportunities •  Online courses provide high-quality,

standards-based learning experiences beyond the classroom

•  Expanding online class offerings and scale number of students participating

•  Provide increased opportunities for credit recovery and student acceleration


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☞  Virtual Learning Complex project •  Sponsored by Chief Facilities Executive and

Chief Information Officer •  Oversight and ongoing operations provided

by external partner •  Regular program reviews and progress

monitored provided to the Bond Oversight Committee

On the horizon…


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☞  Plans for Measure Q Funds •  New computers in every classroom •  Modernize classroom technology for college

and career readiness •  Provide back-up capacity to protect

instructional, safety, and business systems

On the horizon…


Our vision….

An optimized infrastructure that supports a high performance learning environment

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