The District Planner software is a comprehensive set of integrated tools to help districts develop, implement, and monitor their school improvement plans. With The District Planner, central administrators can focus more of their valuable time and expertise on improving overall district performance.
Using The District Planner you can:
- Compile information and data from your campus improvement plans for district-wide reports and graphs
- Correlate your district goals with No Child Left Behind (NCLB/ESEA) Goals and Indicators, State Goals, State Objectives, Effective School Correlates, Title I - Schoolwide Programs, and Title I - Targeted Assistance Schools
- Provide a way to organize and set forth a quality plan of action
- Help examine data from the AEIS indicator system
- Assist in targeting overall district needs
- Present data in easy-to-read graphs and charts
In a fraction of the time you normally spend creating a district improvement plan, The District Planner by Cimarron will help you produce a plan that correlates your goals to state, and national goals. The District Planner examines data from the Academic Excellence Indicator System (AEIS), targets specific TAKS objectives for improvement and provides the tools needed to conduct a perceived needs assessment of your district.
The District Planner is a unique software tool that assists in a step-by-step process to produce a comprehensive district improvement plan which meets the requirements for a Texas Education Agency Accreditation visit.
The District Planner also provides guidance for a quality needs assessment and will help formulate goals and objectives. It also includes a method of monitoring progress toward established district goals.
Support
If the solution to your problem could not be located in the FAQ or The District Planner help, technical support is available by emailing technical support or calling the technical support line at 1-800-875-8501. Technical support is available Monday-Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm CT.
FAQ
Answers to commonly asked questions and reported problems can be found in the Frequently Asked Questions.
System Requirements
Minimum PC Requirements:
- Microsoft Windows 98 SE, ME, NT 4.0, 2000, or XP
- Pentium 233MHz
- 64MB (128MB or higher recommended)
- 250MB available hard drive space
Minimum Macintosh Requirements:
The District Planner does not run directly under the MacOS Operating system, but has been successfully tested under Windows emulation software on the Macintosh running Microsoft Virtual PC 6.0.
Note: If you plan to run The District Planner on a Macintosh, it will run much slower than on a PC due to the requirement of running under Windows emulation software.
- G3 Processor
- Windows 98 SE or ME - 64 MB RAM above what is required for the Macintosh operating system.
- Windows NT 4.0/2000 - 128 MB RAM above what is required for the Macintosh operating system.
- Windows XP Professional - 256 MB RAM above what is required for the Macintosh operating system.
- 250MB available hard drive space (this is in addition to the minimum hard drive space required by Virtual PC, VM Ware, or RealPC).
