Today, I woke up feeling under the weather and had to take a sick day. To prepare and document my absence, I need to request a substitute using AESOP, create assignments for my students in Google Drive using Slides and Docs, post assignments to Haiku, email my lesson plans to the administrative assistant using Outlook, and then log in to Common Ground to log in to PeopleSoft to formally document my absence. As you can see, my district uses many systems and applications, but many, like the ones previously mentioned, seem to be repetitive tools that do not “talk to each other”--such as AESOP and PeopleSoft. I have recently learned that this is due to weak Enterprise Architecture.
Three years ago, my district decided to merge our educational and informational technology departments with those of our county office. Since this time, there has not been a specific individual or team responsible for the management of technology specifically in my district. Fortunately, a few individuals who work with both district and the county office have supported the growth of technology for our students. However, for those of us working at the site level, these changes are often confusing. According to Bernard, “Enterprise Architecture is a management and technology practice that is devoted to improving the performance of enterprises by enabling them to see themselves in terms of a holistic and integrated view of their strategic direction, business practices, information flows, and technology resources” (2012). The lack of this is evidenced by current challenges faced by teachers in our district:
Bernard, S. A. (2012). An introduction to enterprise architecture. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse.
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