2025 WISEdata Conference

Ten Years WISER!

Celebrating a Decade of Collaboration and Connection

Reserving a Room

Lodging Information

Call 844-240-4922.

Booking ID: K43379 DPI WISEdata Conference

The Chula Vista will honor the State room rate in their designated room block from now until 2/25/25. If more rooms are needed after this time, the Chula Vista may extend the timeframe as needed and as possible. Rooms will be provided on a space available basis.

Check-in time is 4:00 p.m. daily. Check-out time is no later than 10:30 a.m. daily.

Conference Program

We're excited to provide you with the 10th annual WISEdata Conference Program online this year! Please peruse the options we have made available for you, and know that we expect registration to be available in early 2025.

Once sessions meet the room quote, the session will no longer be visible in the registration form.

This year's conference offers tracks for a focused approach to the content you need, and a variety of session types. 

Pre-Conference Day: March 11, 2025

12:00 – 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. | Badge Pick Up

Location: Ballroom Lobby

 

1:00 – 2:30 p.m. | CTE, Pre-Conference Session

Location: Room G, Presenter: Jessie Sloan

Description: This session is for pre-conference attendees responsible for CTE data for their LEAs. This session will help you prepare for the Career Education Data track  on Day 1 of the WISEdata Conference.

Tracks: Pre-Conference/Beginner, Career Ed | Presentation/Demonstration/Q&A

 

1:00 – 2:30 p.m. | New User Workshop: WISEdata Portal Q&A

Location: Sierra Vista, Presenters: Adam Mueller

Description: The goal of this training is to teach you how to navigate WISEdata Portal, troubleshoot data errors/warnings, and the Customer Services Team Help Desk ticket process. This course is geared towards new users at the school and district level or those unfamiliar with the WISEdata Portal.

Tracks: Pre-Conference/Beginner, WISEdata, Choice | Presentation/Demonstration/Q&A

 

2:45 – 4:00 p.m. | New User Workshop: Resources and Feedback

Location: Sierra Vista, Presenter: Kina Stringfellow

Description: Of the vast number of DPI webpages, this presentation/demo will showcase the best webpages to bookmark across WISE and the DPI Customer Services Team (CST). This session is great for beginners, but intermediates may also benefit. We will cover webpages to locate for current updates, for training, and for ways to connect. This session is almost identical to the WISE World of Websites offered on Conference Day 2. Today’s session is geared towards new users, with more time for Q&A and feedback. Bring your laptop to bookmark and follow along!

Tracks: Pre-Conference/Beginner, WISEdata, Choice | Presentation/Demonstration/Q&A

 

WISEdata Conference Logistics Day 1: March 12, 2025

Times and Locations for Logistics on Day 1 of WISEdata Conference, March 12                  (KEY for Tables: X = No Session)

Time / Room	Lobby (outside the Ballroom)	Rooms A - F	North and South Rooms	Aztec Room
7:00 - 8:30 a.m.	Badge Pick Up	X	X	X
8:30 - 9:00 a.m.	Badge Pick Up	Welcome and Opening Remarks	X	X
9:00 - 9:45 a.m.	Badge Pick Up	Keynote Speaker	X	X
10:00 - 10:45 a.m.	X	X	X	Customer Service Help Desk
11:00 - 11:45 a.m.	X	X	X	Customer Service Help Desk
11:45 - 1:00 p.m.	X	X	Lunch	X
1:00 - 1:45 p.m.	X	X	X	Customer Service Help Desk
2:00 - 2:45 p.m.	X	X	X	Customer Service Help Desk
3:00 - 3:45 p.m.	X	X	Networking Snack Break	Customer Service Help Desk
4:00 - 4:45 p.m.	X	X	X	Customer Service Help Desk

The Customer Service Help Desk in the Aztec Room is a live, walk-in service. You do not need to register.

WISEdata Conference Day 1, Opening Remarks, Keynote | 8:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.

10th Annual WISEdata Conference Opening Remarks and Keynote Speaker

Location: Rooms A - F

Description: Welcome and welcome back! We are so excited for our 10th annual conference! We have some fun mixed in throughout the two days of the conference, including a raffle drawing for a prize to be announced during the closing remarks on day two.

 

Claudia Heller de Messer

Claudia Heller de Messer earned her bachelor’s degree (1-9 Education, Spanish) from the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse and her master’s degree (Bilingual Education, English as a Second Language) from the University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh. She started her teaching career in Coopersburg, PA. Claudia has been employed by Milwaukee Public Schools since 1997. She has supervised and mentored student teachers, taught as an adjunct faculty member at UW - Oshkosh, and facilitated professional development workshops for educators. In 2018, Claudia received the MMABSE Teacher of the Year Award. Claudia was recently selected as a 2023 Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Teacher Fellow and as a 2024 Wisconsin Department of Instruction Teacher of the Year.

In her current role as an English Learner Specialist, Claudia supports and advocates for her students and their families both in the classroom and throughout the Milwaukee community, as many of her students are recent refugees and immigrants to the United States. Claudia creates a community in which the students and their families feel welcome, have their basic needs met, have guidance in navigating the systems of a new country, and will ultimately ensure that they are empowered.

Originally from Bogota, Colombia, Claudia holds dual citizenship in Colombia and the United States. She currently resides in Milwaukee, WI with her husband, Kirk, and her children, Gabriel and Isabella.

WISEdata Conference Day 1, Session 1 | 10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

Enrollment Scenarios Deep Dive

Location: Ballroom, Presenter: Britt Mueller

Description: Understand the ins-and-outs of reporting WISEdata enrollments, including tips and tricks and how to review for accuracy. We will discuss enrollment topics in this session, such as no shows, enrollment overlaps, dropouts, expected transfers, virtual students, and other uncommon enrollment scenarios.
Tracks: WISEdata, Data Quality, Choice | Presentation/Demonstration

 

CTE/Career Education Data 101

Location: Upper Ballroom, Presenter: Jessie Sloan

Description: This session is for new Data Entry personnel and CTE Coordinators. Key data elements, directions, and resources will be reviewed. Introduction to Career Education exports in WISEdata Portal.

Tracks: Career Ed | Presentation/Demonstration

 

WISEgrants 101

Location: Room H, Presenter: Jessica Bartelt

Description: Are you new to WISEgrants and don't know where to begin? Are you confused how to navigate or why you don't see certain menu options? Come learn how to use the WISEgrants application.

Tracks: WISEgrants | Presentation/Demonstration

 

WISEdash Navigation for Beginners

Location: Room I, Presenter: Curtis Maples

Description: If you are new to WISEdash, this session is for you! Here we explore the basics of WISEdash navigation primarily through a detailed tour of the menu system and what you will find under each major topic area.

Tracks: WISEdash | Presentation/Demonstration

 

FERPA 101

Location: Laguna Vista, Presenter: Ross Lemke

Description: Do you have questions about student privacy? Need to understand what your responsibilities are? Well, we're here to help! Join the U.S. Department of Education's Privacy Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) for an introductory presentation on the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), the principal federal law protecting student privacy. This presentation will introduce you to the fundamentals of FERPA and provide depth and clarity on its application to the school system! This session is intended as an introduction to the law and seeks to balance providing the legal background of the statute with real-world scenarios to which this law applies.

Tracks: Data Privacy and Security, Choice | Presentation/Demonstration

 

Multilingual Student Data: Fearless Submission

Location: Sierra Vista, Presenter: Amy Maciolek

Description: Many data elements are collected for English learners. In this session, let's walk the journey of an English learner together. This session will breeze through required data submission supporting this student group. Attention will be given to ELP codes, language programming data, language codes and immigrant student counts-leading all the way to the Title III end-of-year report. Some attention will be given to common error codes and data quality practices.

Tracks: WISEdata, Choice | Presentation/Demonstration

 

WISEdata Conference Day 1, Session 2 | 11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

Enrollment Reporting Round Table

Location: Ballroom, Moderator: Britt Mueller

Description: Bring your enrollment questions, odd enrollment reporting scenarios, and best practices to share and to discuss with fellow districts in a round table setting.

Tracks: WISEdata, Data Quality, Choice | Round Table

 

WISEdata and WISEdash Topical Feedback Session

Location: Upper Ballroom, Moderators: DPI Panel: Jaidaa Shafaei, Yvette Johanson, Pete Shay, and Susan Bowser

Description: We want to hear from you! Bring your innovative ideas to help make your job easier when working in WISEdata Portal and WISEdash for Districts. Choice schools are welcome to attend for the WISEdata portion and can ask questions on the WISEdata Portal ‘WISEdash Exports file, as Choice schools do not have access to WISEdash for Districts.

Tracks: WISEdata, WISEdash, Choice | Feedback Session

 

Overview of WISEdash Local Consortium

Location: Room G, Presenter: Shelby Renoos

Description: WISEdash Local (WDL) is a consortium of innovative WI school districts working together to create a single location data warehouse and dashboard reporting system for your school and student data. Data from your student information system and statewide/local assessments integrate onto WDL dashboards, giving teachers, principals, administrators, and board members access to daily-updated comparisons, and helping you visualize your progress toward school-wide initiatives and district goals. Join us to explore dashboards focused on College and Career Readiness, Act 20 implementation, customized KPIs, and more. Participants will have the opportunity to try WISEdash Local (WDL) data dashboards firsthand. Current members are invited to participate for collaboration and community.

Tracks: WISEdash | Presentation/Demonstration

 

Getting Started with the School Directory Management Portal

Location: Room H, Presenters: Kari Tenley and Kina Stringfellow

Description: Join us for an introduction to the School Directory Management Portal, a key WISEsecure application for all Local Education Agencies (LEAs). Designed for the Beginners Track, this session will provide a walkthrough of basic navigation within the portal. Using step-by-step guidance from the user guides, we’ll demonstrate how to navigate the application effectively to complete all required updates seamlessly.

Tracks:  No Track | Presentation/Demonstration

 

WiSFiP Pilot: Districts' Round Table

Location: Room I, Moderator: DPI School Financial Services Team

Description: We want to hear from you! Bring your questions, concerns, and ideas to help make your job easier when working in WiSFiP. This round table discussion is for WiSFiP Pilot districts only.

Tracks: No Track | Round Table

 

Cybersecurity Topics Round Table

Location: Laguna Vista, Moderator: Ross Lemke

Description: Bring your questions, concerns, and ideas related to cybersecurity to discuss with your peers.
Tracks: Data Privacy and Security, Choice | Round Table

 

Turning Data into Cash for Student Support

Location: Sierra Vista, Presenter: Amy Maciolek

Description: Each year Title III offers competative, discretionary grants for enhanced instructional opportunities for districts experiencing signficant increases in Immigrant children and youth. This session will cover reporting accurate data for immigrant children and youth; as well as, how this data supports enhancing the instructional opportunities your district could offer the students and familes in your district.

Tracks: WISEdata, Choice | Presentation/Demonstration

 

WISEdata Conference Day 1, Session 3 | 1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.

Reporting High School Graduates Deep Dive

Location: Ballroom, Presenter: Jeff Perry

Description: Sometimes reporting high school graduates can be tricky. How do grad cohorts work? What if a student graduates early? How are special ed graduates reported? In this session we will dive deep into various graduation scenarios and how they should be reported to WISEdata, as well as how they can be viewed in WISEdash. This session is repeated on Day 2 of the conference.

Tracks: WISEdata, Choice | Presentation/Demonstration

 

WISEdash: Perkins, Career Education, and Coursework Dashboards

Location: Upper Ballroom, Presenter: Jessie Sloan

Description: This session will go over how to analyze data in the Perkins & Career Education and Coursework dashboards. This session is geared toward understanding the differences in each dashboard and when to use them.

Tracks: WISEdash, Career Ed | Presentation/Demonstration

 

Special Education Scenarios Deep Dive

Location: Room G, Presenters: Britt Mueller and Cecile David

Description: Understand the ins-and-outs of reporting special education data in WISE, including tips and tricks and how to review for accuracy. We will discuss special education topics in this session, such as IEP and sSEPA record dates, timely initial evaluations, sEORA records, and other common validation messages.

Tracks: WISEdata | Presentation/Demonstration

 

WISEgrants Advanced

Location: Room H, Presenter: Jessica Bartelt

Description: Now that you know the basic functions of navigating, budgeting, and claiming in WISEgrants, come learn about advanced features and other compliance requirements.

Tracks: WISEgrants | Presentation/Demonstration

 

Annual Data Milestones for Leaders

Location: Room I, Presenters: Mary Ann Hudziak and Lisa Arneson

Description: Explore the flow of data-related actions in school improvement planning and monitoring. This session covers managing data milestones and resources within recurring improvement cycles. Join the WISExplore team for insights on structuring effective systems to support your leadership in anticipating data milestones along the way.

Tracks: No Track | Presentation/Demonstration

 

FERPA 201

Location: Laguna Vista, Presenter: Ross Lemke  

Description: Think you know everything there is to know about the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)? The U.S. Department of Education's Privacy Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) is issuing a challenge to all attendees to apply their knowledge to the test! In this session, we will explore a variety of real-world scenarios that concern student privacy and ask you, the audience, to help us work through them. This session provides an excellent forum for discussion of complex issues regarding FERPA and a great space to have your questions answered. Do you think you have what it takes? To that we say, "It depends!"

Tracks: Data Privacy and Security, Choice | Presentation/Demonstration

 

It’s the Final Countdown… to WISEstaff Data Certification

Location: Sierra Vista, Presenter: Jennifer Janik

Description: This session can be useful for new WISEstaff users and the old pros, who have been submitting staff data for so long it's as easy as pie (not pi, that's Friday, 3.14). With the final certification deadline less than a week away, we'll deep dive into how each of the WISEstaff reports can be used to verify your assignment and contract data, and we'll dig a little deeper and look at how to spot and correct some of the issues we see reported as data errata each year.

Tracks: WISEstaff | Presentation/Demonstration

 

WISEdata Conference Day 1, Session 4 | 2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. 

Reporting Discipline Deep Dive

Location: Upper Ballroom, Presenter: Jeff Perry

Description: Reporting discipline incidents and actions is important, but it can be confusing. Let's dive deep into discipline reporting, going beyond the data elements and reviewing different scenarios and use cases and how to report them to WISEdata.

Tracks: WISEdata | Presentation/Demonstration

 

ACT 20 and WISE

Location: Room G, Presenters: Barb Novak and Yvette Johanson

Description: Join us to hear more about the integration of the Act 20 aimswebPlus early literacy screener and WISE in 2024-25 and 2025-26 and beyond.

Tracks: WISEdata | Presentation/Demonstration

 

WISEgrants Feedback Opportunity

Location: Room H, Moderator: Jessica Bartelt

Description: Do you have a suggestion for improvement of WISEgrants or specific questions about how something functions? We would love to hear from you! Please come share your ideas or concerns.

Tracks: WISEgrants | Feedback Session

 

From Chaos to Clarity: Elevating WISEdata for Enhanced Reporting and Integration

Location: Room I, Presenter: Jaidaa Shafaei

Description: This presentation guides LEAs on maximizing the WISEdata Portal’s capabilities, focusing on the importance of early data reporting, enhancing data quality, and leveraging integrations for seamless data sharing. Attendees will learn practical strategies to support data-driven decision-making, optimize reporting, and expand local data collection efforts.

Tracks: WISEdata, Choice | Presentation/Demonstration

 

Cybersecurity: You Make Your Own Luck

Location: Laguna Vista, Presenter: Ross Lemke

Description: Ever notice how some schools just seem to have bad cyber luck, while others seem to dodge that bullet every time? Well, it may have less to do with luck than you think. In this session, we'll take a look at schools' cybersecurity approaches, trends, and attacker goals to identify things that separate the good, the bad, and the lucky in cyberspace. PTAC experts will distill security best practices down to a short list of things that your school can do to avoid rolling a 1 on your cybersecurity saving throw. Join us as we take you from WTF to MFA!

Tracks: Data Privacy and Security, Choice | Presentation/Demonstration

 

WISEstaff/WISEid Feedback Session

Location: Sierra Vista, Presenter: Jennifer Janik

Description: How would you finish this sentence: "I wish WISEstaff or WISEid could....."? What's a task that you think should be made easier? Which processes have you struggled to understand why we do them or how they're done? How would you like things to work for next year? Share all of those thoughts with the WISEstaff team for us to discuss and consider for future enhancements. Or, if you don't have specific requests of your own, come to listen to what others are suggesting so you can chime in and say "Yeah, that's a great idea - I want that, too!"

Tracks: WISEstaff, WISEid, Choice | Feedback Session

 

WISEdata Conference Day 1, Session 5 | 3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

Unlocking the Power of Cohorts in WISEdash for Districts (90 Minute Session, 3:00 - 4:45)

Location: Room H, Presenters: Mary Ann Hudziak of WISExplore and DPI Panel

Description: Join us for an in-depth, interactive session on using cohorts in WISEdash for Districts, Wisconsin’s data visualization tool. Notice, this session is 90 minutes long. We’ll explore pre-loaded student and school cohorts filters, review the Cohort Dashboard, and provide hands-on practice with custom cohort filter creation and analysis. Participants will understand how to use cohorts to support data-driven school improvement. Prerequisite: Bring a laptop and ensure you have student-level WISEdash access! This session is repeated on Day 2 of the conference.

 

Put the “T” in Data: WISE-erton Networking Snack Break

Location: North and South Rooms

Description: Come join your fellow WISEdata Conference attendees as we ‘promenade’ in the North and South rooms for this extended (45 minute) snack break. Take advantage of peer-to-peer networking opportunity. No presenters, no moderators; the conversation is driven by you with whomever you chose! Spill the tea or maintain “le bon ton," so long as you enjoy yourself. You do not need to register for this break time, as all conference attendees are welcome, should you choose to network or not.

CTE Help Desk

Location: Upper Ballroom

Description: Jessie Sloan, CTE Data Consultant, will be available to assist schools with CTE and Career Education data errors in WISEdata Portal. NOTE: You must register for this session.

Tracks:  Career Ed | Open Lab/Help Desk

 

WISEstaff Help Desk and Troubleshooting

Location: Sierra Vista

Description: JGet one-on-one help with your pressing WISEstaff questions to get you ready for the final certification deadline on March 18th. Do you have validation errors that you don't know how to fix? Are you not sure how to address errors in your preliminary licensing audit results? Get answers to those questions and more, with dedicated help from WISEstaff experts. NOTE: You must register for this session.  This session is repeated on Day 2 of the conference.

Tracks: WISEstaff | Open Lab/Help Desk

 

WISEdata Conference Day 1, Session 6 | 4:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.

Mastering WISEdata Exports: Exports and Excel Tips

Location: Ballroom, Presenters: Jeff Perry and Kari Tenley

Description: Unlock the power of your data! This presentation will walk you through navigating WISEdata export files and show you how to quickly filter, analyze, and extract key information from these data sets efficiently! This session is repeated on Day 2 of the conference.

Tracks: WISEdata, Choice | Presentation/Demonstration

 

IAC Codes! What Are They?

Location: Upper Ballroom, Presenter: Jessie Sloan

Description: This session will go over the use of the Roster Work Plan and how IAC codes group courses together for career pathways. Bring your career pathways and questions!

Tracks: Career Ed | Presentation/Demonstration

 

Unlocking the Power of Cohorts in WISEdash for Districts (Continued... Started at 3:00)

Location: Room H, Presenters: Mary Ann Hudziak of WISExplore and DPI Panel

Description: Join us for an in-depth, interactive session on using cohorts in WISEdash for Districts, Wisconsin’s data visualization tool. Notice, this session is 90 minutes long. We’ll explore pre-loaded student and school cohorts filters, review the Cohort Dashboard, and provide hands-on practice with custom cohort filter creation and analysis. Participants will understand how to use cohorts to support data-driven school improvement. Prerequisite: Bring a laptop and ensure you have student-level WISEdash access! This session is repeated on Day 2 of the conference.

Tracks: WISEdash | Presentation/Demonstration

 

Indicator 11: Timely Initial Evaluations

Location: Room I, Presenter: Cecile David

Description: This session describes what Indicator 11 is and its role within the State Performance Plan and within the collection of special education data. It will distinguish between Indicator 11 data collection in WISEdata and Indicator 11 data collection in the SPED Portal. The session lists the data fields that are required for complete and accurate reporting in WISEdata, and will go over some of the common errors related to Indicator 11 and what they mean.

Tracks: WISEdata | Presentation/Demonstration

 

Free Cookies: How I Lured You to a Talk on Incident Response Best Practices

Location: Laguna Vista, Presenter: Ross Lemke

Description: Let's face it, social engineering is effective. You like cookies, you are also likely to be part of a cybersecurity incident. So, scratch both itches by coming to this talk and browsing for cookies while you learn ways to make cybersecurity incident response less of a hassle, and way more effective. Join PTAC while we talk about the critical business of planning for and responding to cyber incidents. A little planning and streamlining can save your school a ton of time and money, resolve incidents quicker, reduce potential harms, and help you maintain compliance no matter what state laws or regulations apply to you. Plus, there are cookies...so win-win.

Tracks: Data Privacy and Security, Choice | Presentation/Demonstration

 

Managing Data Flow for Vendor Transitions: Best Practices for Old and New Subscriptions (Ed-Fi Credential)

Location: Sierra Vista, Presenter: Heather Kluck

Description: Planning to switch vendors? Already changed vendors and noticed issues with data flow? New to data collection and curious about vendor subscriptions? Join us as we answer these questions and more. We’ll cover how to prepare for vendor changes, update and activate subscriptions, and verify data flow to our WISE applications. This session includes a tour of the Ed-Fi Credential application and a brief visit to the WISEdata Portal application, a step-by-step demonstration of making changes, and an open Q&A for your specific questions.

Tracks: WISEdata, Choice | Presentation/Demonstration

 

WISEdata Conference Logistics Day 2: March 13, 2025

Times and Locations for Logistics on March 13/Day 2 of WISEdata Conference.                  KEY: X = No Session

Time & Room	Rooms A - F	North & South Rooms	Aztec Room
8:30 – 9:15 a.m.	X	X	Customer Service Help Desk
9:15 – 9:45 a.m.	X	Morning Snack	Customer Service Help Desk
9:45 – 10:45 a.m.	X	X	Customer Service Help Desk
10:45 – 11:00 a.m.	X	X	Customer Service Help Desk
11:00 – 11:45 a.m.	X	X	Customer Service Help Desk
11:45 – 1:00 p.m.	X	Lunch	Customer Service Help Desk
1:00 – 2:15 p.m.	WISE User Group Live: What’s New for 2025-26?	X	X
2:15 – 2:30 p.m.	Closing Remarks, Celebration, and Prize Give-Away!	X	X

The Customer Service Help Desk in the Aztec Room is a live, walk-in service. You do not need to register.

WISEdata Conference Day 2, Session 1  | 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

WISEdash Snapshot Dashboards: Navigation and Overview

Location: Ballroom, Presenter: Britt Mueller

Description: Learn about the navigation and tools of the WISEdash Snapshot Dashboards that are available when preparing for a snapshot and the best way to utilize cross tabs for data quality.
Tracks: WISEdash | Presentation/Demonstration

 

In “Attendance”: Attendance Scenarios Deep Dive

Location: Upper Ballroom, Presenter: Adam Mueller

Description: This session provides a holistic view of how DPI collects attendance data and how to help LEAs bring their own attendance policies on truancy, absences, students who are migratory, and more into WISEdata reporting so that data is accurate and complete. This session can help you refine your school's practices to report attendance data with fidelity. This session is repeated later today.

Tracks: WISEdata, Choice | Presentation/Demonstration

 

Dual Enrollment, IRC, and WBL Data

Location: Room I, Presenter: Jessie Sloan

Description: This session will show participants how to check WISEdata Portal and WISEdash for Districts for dual enrollment, IRC, and WBL data. Discussion will also consist of how to organize data for data entry.

Tracks: WISEdata, Career Ed | Presentation/Demonstration

 

WISEid: Searches, and Changes, and Dupes, Oh My!

Location: Laguna Vista, Presenter: Jennifer Janik

Description: Learn about best practices for creating new WISEids, finding existing WISEids for new students or staff, and how to manage changes to WISEid data. How do you know when your new student or staff person already has a WISEid and when they don't? What happens when you find out you're using the wrong WISEid? Get answers to those questions and more!

Tracks: WISEid, Choice | Presentation/Demonstration

 

Mastering WISEdata Exports: Exports and Excel Tips

Location: Sierra Vista, Presenter: Jeff Perry and Kari Tenley

Description: Unlock the power of your data! This presentation will walk you through navigating WISEdata export files and show you how to quickly filter, analyze, and extract key information from these data sets efficiently! This session is a repeat from Day 1.

Tracks: WISEdata, Choice | Presentation/Demonstration

 

WISEdata Conference Day 2, Session 2 | 9:45 p.m. – 10:45 a.m.

Troubleshooting Errors from SIS to WISEdata Portal

Location: Multiple, Presenter: Multiple

Description: We've all been there: you're trying to resolve an error. DPI says, "Consult your vendor," and your vendor says, "Talk to DPI." AAHHH! In this session your vendor and DPI will be in the same room! We will answer your questions about resolving errors, data reporting issues, and more.

Tracks: WISEdata | Presentation/Demonstration

 

WISEdash Navigation Intermediate

Location: Laguna Vista, Presenter: Curtis Maples

Description: So, you know the basics of WISEdash navigation but want to learn more? This session is for you! Here we get into advanced topics, such as Advanced Analysis, Early Warning, Data sources, as well as WISEdash Public.

Tracks: WISEdash | Presentation/Demonstration

 

WISEdata Conference Day 2, Session 3 | 11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

Student Demographics and Spring Snapshot: Ready, Set, Prep!

Location: Ballroom, Presenter: Britt Mueller

Description: This session will guide you through the process of preparing and submitting accurate student demographic data, as well as preparing for the Spring Snapshot.

Tracks: WISEdata, Choice | Presentation/Demonstration

 

In “Attendance”: Attendance Scenarios Deep Dive

Location: Upper Ballroom, Presenter: Adam Mueller

Description: This session provides a holistic view of how DPI collects attendance data and how to help LEAs bring their own

attendance policies on truancy, absences, students who are migratory, and more into WISEdata reporting so that data is accurate and complete. This session can help you refine your school's practices to report attendance data with fidelity. This session is a repeat from earlier today.

Tracks: WISEdata, Choice | Presentation/Demonstration

 

WISE World of Webpages

Location: Room G, Presenter: Kina Stringfellow

Description: Ever been told, 'You'll find this information on our DPI website,' but weren't sure where to look? With thousands of pages on the DPI site, it can be overwhelming to find what you need. This session will guide you to the most important webpages to bookmark across WISE-related public DPI pages. Whether you're a beginner or an intermediate user, you'll discover valuable resources—ranging from the latest updates and training materials to ways to contact DPI for help or provide feedback. Join us to make navigating the DPI website easier and more efficient!

Tracks: WISEdata, Choice | Presentation/Demonstration

 

WISEstaff Help Desk and Troubleshooting

Location: Room H

Description: Get one-on-one help with your pressing WISEstaff questions to get you ready for the final certification deadline on March 18th. Do you have validation errors that you don't know how to fix? Are you not sure how to address errors in your preliminary licensing audit results? Get answers to those questions and more, with dedicated help from WISEstaff experts. You must register for this session.  This session is a repeat from yesterday.

Tracks: WISEstaff | Open Lab/Help Desk

 

Reporting High School Graduates Deep Dive

Location: Room I, Presenter: Jeff Perry

Description: Sometimes reporting high school graduates can be tricky. How do grad cohorts work? What if a student graduates early? How are special ed graduates reported? In this session we will dive deep into various graduation scenarios and how they should be reported to WISEdata, as well as how they can be viewed in WISEdash. This session is a repeat from yesterday.

Tracks: WISEdata, Choice | Presentation/Demonstration

 

WISEdata Conference Day 2, Session 4 | 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

WISE User Group Live: What’s New for 25-26

Location: Rooms A-F

Description: Come join our closing ceremony by getting an overview of what’s to come in the World of WISE applications for the 2025-26 school year. A panel of DPI subject matter experts will present and answer your questions. Stay on through the end for our grand prize give away! You must register for this session. 

Tracks: WISEdata, WISEdash, WISEid, WISEstaff| Presentation/Demonstration with Q&A from DPI Panel

 

Target Audience: Conference Session Tracks: Under Construction!

The target audience includes any person with responsibility for collecting, maintaining, reporting, or certifying data at any level within the school district. This includes any person who works for or supports a local education agency. If you see yourself reflected on the WISE landing page, Resources by Role section, chances are high that the WISEdata Conference has something of interest for you!

Here are the role specific session tracks for the 10th annual WISEdata Conference. Sessions are listed chronologically.

New User/Beginner Track

March 11, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. | CTE, Pre-Conference Session

Location: Room G, Presenter: Jessie Sloan

Description: This session is for pre-conference attendees responsible for CTE data for their LEAs. This session will help you prepare for the Career Education Data track on Day 1 of the WISEdata Conference.

Presentation/Demonstration/Q&A

 

March 11, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. | New User Workshop: WISEdata Portal Q&A

Location: Sierra Vista, Presenters: Adam Mueller

Description: The goal of this training is to teach you how to navigate WISEdata Portal, troubleshoot data errors/warnings, and the Customer Services Team Help Desk ticket process. This course is geared towards new users at the school and district level or those unfamiliar with the WISEdata Portal.

Presentation/Demonstration/Q&A

March 11, 2:45 – 4:00 p.m. | New User Workshop: Resources and Feedback

Location: Sierra Vista, Presenter: Kina Stringfellow

Description: Of the vast number of DPI webpages, this presentation/demo will showcase the best webpages to bookmark across WISE and the DPI Customer Services Team (CST). This session is great for beginners, but intermediates may also benefit. We will cover webpages to locate for current updates, for training, and for ways to connect. This session is almost identical to the WISE World of Websites offered on Conference Day 2. Today’s session is geared towards new users, with more time for Q&A and feedback. Bring your laptop to bookmark and follow along!

Presentation/Demonstration/Q&A

 

March 12, 10:00 - 10:45 a.m. | CTE/Career Education Data 101

Location: Upper Ballroom, Presenter: Jessie Sloan

Description: This session is for new Data Entry personnel and CTE Coordinators. Key data elements, directions, and resources will be reviewed. Introduction to Career Education exports in WISEdata Portal.

Presentation/Demonstration

 

March 12, 10:00 - 10:45 a.m. | FERPA 101

Location: Laguna Vista, Presenter: Ross Lemke

Description: Do you have questions about student privacy? Need to understand what your responsibilities are? Well, we're here to help! Join the U.S. Department of Education's Privacy Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) for an introductory presentation on the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), the principal federal law protecting student privacy. This presentation will introduce you to the fundamentals of FERPA and provide depth and clarity on its application to the school system! This session is intended as an introduction to the law and seeks to balance providing the legal background of the statute with real-world scenarios to which this law applies.

Presentation/Demonstration

 

March 12, 10:00 - 10:45 a.m. | WISEdash Navigation for Beginners

Location: Room I, Presenter: Curtis Maples

Description: If you are new to WISEdash, this session is for you! Here we explore the basics of WISEdash navigation primarily through a detailed tour of the menu system and what you will find under each major topic area.

Presentation/Demonstration

 

March 12, 10:00 - 10:45 a.m. | WISEgrants 101

Location: Room H, Presenter: Jessica Bartelt

Description: Are you new to WISEgrants and don't know where to begin? Are you confused how to navigate or why you don't see certain menu options? Come learn how to use the WISEgrants application.

Presentation/Demonstration

 

March 12, 11:00 - 11:45 a.m. | Getting Started with the School Directory Management Portal

Location: Room H, Presenters: Kari Tenley and Kina Stringfellow

Description: Join us for an introduction to the School Directory Management Portal, a key WISEsecure application for all Local Education Agencies (LEAs). Designed for the Beginners Track, this session will provide a walkthrough of basic navigation within the portal. Using step-by-step guidance from the user guides, we’ll demonstrate how to navigate the application effectively to complete all required updates seamlessly.

Presentation/Demonstration

 

Career and Technical Education (CTE) Track

March 11, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. | CTE, Pre-Conference Session

Location: Room G, Presenter: Jessie Sloan

Description: This session is for pre-conference attendees responsible for CTE data for their LEAs. This session will help you prepare for the Career Education Data track on Day 1 of the WISEdata Conference.

Presentation/Demonstration/Q&A

 

March 12, 10:00 - 10:45 a.m. | CTE/Career Education Data 101

Location: Upper Ballroom, Presenter: Jessie Sloan

Description: This session is for new Data Entry personnel and CTE Coordinators. Key data elements, directions, and resources will be reviewed. Introduction to Career Education exports in WISEdata Portal.

Presentation/Demonstration

 

March 12, 1:00 -  1:45 p.m. | WISEdash: Perkins, Career Education, and Coursework Dashboards

Location: Upper Ballroom, Presenter: Jessie Sloan

Description: This session will go over how to analyze data in the Perkins & Career Education and Coursework dashboards. This session is geared toward understanding the differences in each dashboard and when to use them.

Presentation/Demonstration

 

March 12, 3:00 - 3:45 p.m. | CTE Help Desk

Location: Upper Ballroom

Description: Jessie Sloan, CTE Data Consultant, will be available to assist schools with CTE and Career Education data errors in WISEdata Portal. NOTE: You must register for this session.

Open Lab/Help Desk

 

March 12, 4:00 - 4:45 p.m. | IAC Codes! What Are They?

Location: Upper Ballroom, Presenter: Jessie Sloan

Description: This session will go over the use of the Roster Work Plan and how IAC codes group courses together for career pathways. Bring your career pathways and questions!

Presentation/Demonstration

 

March 13, 8:30 - 9:15 a.m. | Dual Enrollment, IRC, and WBL Data

Location: Room I, Presenter: Jessie Sloan

Description: This session will show participants how to check WISEdata Portal and WISEdash for Districts for dual enrollment, IRC, and WBL data. Discussion will also consist of how to organize data for data entry.

Presentation/Demonstration

 

 

Data Privacy and Security Track

March 12, 10:00 - 10:45 a.m. | FERPA 101

Location: Laguna Vista, Presenter: Ross Lemke

Description: Do you have questions about student privacy? Need to understand what your responsibilities are? Well, we're here to help! Join the U.S. Department of Education's Privacy Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) for an introductory presentation on the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), the principal federal law protecting student privacy. This presentation will introduce you to the fundamentals of FERPA and provide depth and clarity on its application to the school system! This session is intended as an introduction to the law and seeks to balance providing the legal background of the statute with real-world scenarios to which this law applies.

Presentation/Demonstration

 

March 12, 11:00 - 11:45 a.m. | Cybersecurity Topics Round Table

Location: Laguna VistaI, Presenters: Ross Lemke

Description: Bring your questions, concerns, and ideas related to cybersecurity to discuss with your peers.

Round Table

 

March 12, 1:00 - 1:45 p.m. | FERPA 201

Location: Laguna Vista, Presenter: Ross Lemke

Description: Think you know everything there is to know about the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)? The U.S. Department of Education's Privacy Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) is issuing a challenge to all attendees to apply their knowledge to the test! In this session, we will explore a variety of real-world scenarios that concern student privacy and ask you, the audience, to help us work through them. This session provides an excellent forum for discussion of complex issues regarding FERPA and a great space to have your questions answered. Do you think you have what it takes? To that we say, "It depends!"

Presentation/Demonstration

 

March 12, 2:00 - 2:45 p.m. | Cybersecurity: Make Your Own Luck

Location: Laguna Vista, Presenter: Ross Lemke

Description: Ever notice how some schools just seem to have bad cyber luck, while others seem to dodge that bullet every time? Well, it may have less to do with luck than you think. In this session, we'll take a look at schools' cybersecurity approaches, trends, and attacker goals to identify things that separate the good, the bad, and the lucky in cyberspace. PTAC experts will distill security best practices down to a short list of things that your school can do to avoid rolling a 1 on your cybersecurity saving throw. Join us as we take you from WTF to MFA!

Presentation/Demonstration

 

March 12, 4:00 - 4:45 p.m. | Free Cookies: How I Lured You to a Talk on Incident Response Best Practices

Location: Laguna Vista, Presenter: Ross Lemke

Description: Let's face it, social engineering is effective. You like cookies, you are also likely to be part of a cybersecurity incident. So, scratch both itches by coming to this talk and browsing for cookies while you learn ways to make cybersecurity incident response less of a hassle, and way more effective. Join PTAC while we talk about the critical business of planning for and responding to cyber incidents. A little planning and streamlining can save your school a ton of time and money, resolve incidents quicker, reduce potential harms, and help you maintain compliance no matter what state laws or regulations apply to you. Plus, there are cookies...so win-win.

Presentation/Demonstration

 

WISEdash and Continuous Improvement Track

March 12, 10:00 - 10:45 a.m. |  WISEdash Navigation for Beginners

Location: Room I, Presenter: Curtis Maples

Description: If you are new to WISEdash, this session is for you! Here we explore the basics of WISEdash navigation primarily through a detailed tour of the menu system and what you will find under each major topic area.

Presentation/Demonstration

 

March 12, 11:00 - 11:45 a.m. | WISEdata and WISEdash Topical Feedback Session

Location: Upper Ballroom, Moderators: DPI Panel: Jaidaa Shafaei, Yvette Johanson, Pete Shay, and Susan Bowser

Description: We want to hear from you! Bring your innovative ideas to help make your job easier when working in WISEdata Portal and WISEdash for Districts. Choice schools are welcome to attend for the WISEdata portion and can ask questions on the WISEdata Portal ‘WISEdash Exports file, as Choice schools do not have access to WISEdash for Districts.

Feedback Session

 

March 12, 11:00 - 11:45 a.m. | Overview of WISEdash Local Consortium

Location: Room G, Moderators: DPI Panel: Shelby Renoos

Description: WISEdash Local (WDL) is a consortium of innovative WI school districts working together to create a single location data warehouse and dashboard reporting system for your school and student data. Data from your student information system and statewide/local assessments integrate onto WDL dashboards, giving teachers, principals, administrators, and board members access to daily-updated comparisons, and helping you visualize your progress toward school-wide initiatives and district goals. Join us to explore dashboards focused on College and Career Readiness, Act 20 implementation, customized KPIs, and more. Participants will have the opportunity to try WISEdash Local (WDL) data dashboards firsthand. Current members are invited to participate for collaboration and community.

Presentation/Demonstration

 

March 12, 1:00 - 1:45 p.m. | Annual Data Milestones for Leaders

Location: Room I, Presenters: Mary Ann Hudziak and Lisa Arneson

Description: Explore the flow of data-related actions in school improvement planning and monitoring. This session covers managing data milestones and resources within recurring improvement cycles. Join the WISExplore team for insights on structuring effective systems to support your leadership in anticipating data milestones along the way.

Presentation/Demonstration

 

March 12, 3:00 - 4:45 p.m. | Unlocking the Power of Cohorts in WISEdash for Districts

Location: Room H, Presenters: Mary Ann Hudziak of WISExplore and DPI Panel

Description: Join us for an in-depth, interactive session on using cohorts in WISEdash for Districts, Wisconsin’s data visualization tool. Notice that this session is 90-minutes long. We’ll explore pre-loaded student and school cohorts filters, review the Cohort Dashboard, and provide hands-on practice with custom cohort filter creation and analysis. Participants will understand how to use cohorts to support data-driven school improvement. Prerequisite: Bring a laptop and ensure you have student-level WISEdash access! 

Presentation/Demonstration

 

March 13, 8:30 - 9:15 a.m. | WISEdash Snapshot Dashboards: Navigation and Overview

Location: Ballroom, Presenter: Britt Mueller

Description: Learn about the navigation and tools of the WISEdash Snapshot Dashboards that are available when preparing for a snapshot and the best way to utilize cross tabs for data quality.

Presentation/Demonstration

 

March 13, 9:45 - 10:45 a.m. | WISEdash Navigation Intermediate

Location: Laguna Vista, Presenter: Curtis Maples

Description: So, you know the basics of WISEdash navigation but want to learn more? This session is for you! Here we get into advanced topics, such as Advanced Analysis, Early Warning, Data sources, as well as WISEdash Public.

Presentation/Demonstration

 

WISEgrants Track

March 12, 10:00 - 10:45 a.m. | WISEgrants 101

Location: Room H, Presenter: Jessica Bartelt

Description: Are you new to WISEgrants and don't know where to begin? Are you confused how to navigate or why you don't see certain menu options? Come learn how to use the WISEgrants application.

Presentation/Demonstration

 

March 12, 1:00 - 1:45 p.m. | WISEgrants Advanced

Location: Room H, Presenter: Jessica Bartelt

Description: Now that you know the basic functions of navigating, budgeting, and claiming in WISEgrants, come learn about advanced features and other compliance requirements.

Presentation/Demonstration

 

March 12, 2:00 - 2:45 p.m. | WISEgrants Feedback Opportunity

Location: Room H, Moderator: Jessica Bartelt

Description: Do you have a suggestion for improvement of WISEgrants or specific questions about how something functions? We would love to hear from you! Please come share your ideas or concerns.

Presentation/Demonstration

 

WISEstaff Track

March 12, 1:00 - 1:45 p.m. | It’s the Final Countdown… to WISEstaff Data Certification

Location: Sierra Vista, Presenter: Jennifer Janik

Description: This session can be useful for new WISEstaff users and the old pros, who have been submitting staff data for so long it's as easy as pie (not pi, that's Friday, 3.14). With the final certification deadline less than a week away, we'll deep dive into how each of the WISEstaff reports can be used to verify your assignment and contract data, and we'll dig a little deeper and look at how to spot and correct some of the issues we see reported as data errata each year.

Presentation/Demonstration

 

March 12, 2:00 - 2:45 p.m. | WISEstaff/WISEid Feedback Session

Location: Sierra Vista, Presenter: Jennifer Janik

Description: How would you finish this sentence: "I wish WISEstaff or WISEid could....."? What's a task that you think should be made easier? Which processes have you struggled to understand why we do them or how they're done? How would you like things to work for next year? Share all of those thoughts with the WISEstaff team for us to discuss and consider for future enhancements. Or, if you don't have specific requests of your own, come to listen to what others are suggesting so you can chime in and say "Yeah, that's a great idea - I want that, too!"

Presentation/Demonstration

 

March 12, 3:00 - 3:45 p.m. | WISEstaff Help Desk and Troubleshooting

Location: Sierra Vista

Description: Get one-on-one help with your pressing WISEstaff questions to get you ready for the final certification deadline on March 18th. Do you have validation errors that you don't know how to fix? Are you not sure how to address errors in your preliminary licensing audit results? Get answers to those questions and more, with dedicated help from WISEstaff experts. NOTE: You must register for this session.  This session is repeated on March 13 from 11:00 - 11:45 a.m. in Room H.

Open Lab/Help Desk

 

March 13, 8:30 - 9:15 a.m. | WISEid: Searches, and Changes, and Dupes, Oh My!

Location: Laguna Vista, Presenter: Jennifer Janik

Description: Learn about best practices for creating new WISEids, finding existing WISEids for new students or staff, and how to manage changes to WISEid data. How do you know when your new student or staff person already has a WISEid and when they don't? What happens when you find out you're using the wrong WISEid? Get answers to those questions and more!

Presentation/Demonstration

 

 

General WISEdata Track (All Attendees, Including Choice)

NOTE for Choice schools: Choice schools would not benefit from attending sessions on discipline data, CTE data., WISEstaff data or WISEgrants data.

March 12, 10:00 - 10:45 a.m. | Enrollment Scenarios Deep Dive

Location: Ballroom, Presenter: Britt Mueller

Description: Understand the ins-and-outs of reporting WISEdata enrollments, including tips and tricks and how to review for accuracy. We will discuss enrollment topics in this session, such as no shows, enrollment overlaps, dropouts, expected transfers, virtual students, and other uncommon enrollment scenarios.
Presentation/Demonstration

March 12, 10:00 - 10:45 a.m. | Multilingual Student Data: Fearless Submission

Location: Sierra Vista, Presenter: Amy Maciolek

Description: Many data elements are collected for English learners. In this session, let's walk the journey of an English learner together. This session will breeze through required data submission supporting this student group. Attention will be given to ELP codes, language programming data, language codes and immigrant student counts-leading all the way to the Title III end-of-year report. Some attention will be given to common error codes and data quality practices.

Presentation/Demonstration

 

March 12, 11:00 - 11:45 a.m. | Enrollment Round Table

Location: Ballroom, Presenter: Britt Mueller

Description: Bring your enrollment questions, odd enrollment reporting scenarios, and best practices to share and to discuss with fellow districts in a round table setting.
Riound Table

March 12, 11:00 - 11:45 a.m. | WISEdata and WISEdash Topical Feedback Session

Location: Upper Ballroom, Moderators: DPI Panel: Jaidaa Shafaei, Yvette Johanson, Pete Shay, and Susan Bowser

Description: We want to hear from you! Bring your innovative ideas to help make your job easier when working in WISEdata Portal and WISEdash for Districts. Choice schools are welcome to attend for the WISEdata portion and can ask questions on the WISEdata Portal ‘WISEdash Exports file, as Choice schools do not have access to WISEdash for Districts.

Feedback Session

 

March 12, 11:00 - 11:45 a.m. | Getting Started with the School Directory Management Portal

Location: Room H, Presenters: Kari Tenley and Kina Stringfellow

Description: Join us for an introduction to the School Directory Management Portal, a key WISEsecure application for all Local Education Agencies (LEAs). Designed for the Beginners Track, this session will provide a walkthrough of basic navigation within the portal. Using step-by-step guidance from the user guides, we’ll demonstrate how to navigate the application effectively to complete all required updates seamlessly.

Presentation/Demonstration

 

March 12, 11:00 - 11:45 a.m. | WiSFiP Pilot: Districts' Round Table

Location: Room I, Presenters: DPI School Financial Services Team

Description: We want to hear from you! Bring your questions, concerns, and ideas to help make your job easier when working in WiSFiP. This round table discussion is for WiSFiP Pilot districts only.

Round Table

 

March 12, 11:00 - 11:45 a.m. | Turning Data into Cash for Student Support

Location: Sierra Vista, Presenters: Amy Maciolek

Description: Each year Title III offers competative, discretionary grants for enhanced instructional opportunities for districts experiencing signficant increases in Immigrant children and youth. This session will cover reporting accurate data for immigrant children and youth; as well as, how this data supports enhancing the instructional opportunities your district could offer the students and familes in your district.

Presentation/Demonstration

 

March 12, 1:00 - 1:45 p.m. | Reporting High School Graduates Deep Dive

Location: Ballroom, Presenters: Jeff Perry

Description: Sometimes reporting high school graduates can be tricky. How do grad cohorts work? What if a student graduates early? How are special ed graduates reported? In this session we will dive deep into various graduation scenarios and how they should be reported to WISEdata, as well as how they can be viewed in WISEdash. This session is repeated on March 13 from 11:00 - 11:45 a.m. in Room I.

Presentation/Demonstration

 

March 12, 1:00 - 1:45 p.m. | Special Education Scenarios Deep Dive

Location: Room G, Presenters: Britt Mueller and Cecile David

Description: Understand the ins-and-outs of reporting special education data in WISE, including tips and tricks and how to review for accuracy. We will discuss special education topics in this session, such as IEP and sSEPA record dates, timely initial evaluations, sEORA records, and other common validation messages

Presentation/Demonstration

 

March 12, 2:00 - 2:45 p.m. | Reporting Discipline Deep Dive

Location: Upper Ballroom, Presenter: Jeff Perry

Description: Reporting discipline incidents and actions is important, but it can be confusing. Let's dive deep into discipline reporting, going beyond the data elements and reviewing different scenarios and use cases and how to report them to WISEdata.

Presentation/Demonstration

 

ACT 20 and WISE

Location: Room G, Presenters: Barb Novak and Yvette Johanson

Description: Join us to hear more about the integration of the Act 20 aimswebPlus early literacy screener and WISE in 2024-25 and 2025-26 and beyond.

Tracks: WISEdata | Presentation/Demonstration

 

March 12, 2:00 - 2:45 p.m. | From Chaos to Clarity: Elevating WISEdata for Enhanced Reporting and Integration

Location: Room I, Presenter: Jaidaa Shafaei

Description: This presentation guides LEAs on maximizing the WISEdata Portal’s capabilities, focusing on the importance of early data reporting, enhancing data quality, and leveraging integrations for seamless data sharing. Attendees will learn practical strategies to support data-driven decision-making, optimize reporting, and expand local data collection efforts.

Presentation/Demonstration

 

March 12, 4:00 - 4:45 p.m. | Mastering WISEdata Exports: Exports and Excel Tips

Location: Ballroom, Presenters: Jeff Perry and Kari Tenley

Description: Unlock the power of your data! This presentation will walk you through navigating WISEdata export files and show you how to quickly filter, analyze, and extract key information from these data sets efficiently! This session is repeated on March 13 from 8:30 - 9:15 a.m. in Sierra Vista.

Presentation/Demonstration

 

March 12, 4:00 - 4:45 p.m. | Indicator 11: Timely Initial Evaluations

Location: Room I, Presenter: Cecile David

Description: This session describes what Indicator 11 is and its role within the State Performance Plan and within the collection of special education data. It will distinguish between Indicator 11 data collection in WISEdata and Indicator 11 data collection in the SPED Portal. The session lists the data fields that are required for complete and accurate reporting in WISEdata, and will go over some of the common errors related to Indicator 11 and what they mean..

Presentation/Demonstration

 

March 12, 4:00 - 4:45 p.m. | Managing Data Flow for Vendor Transitions: Best Practices for Old and New Subscriptions (Ed-Fi Credential)

Location: Sierra Vista, Presenter: Heather Kluck

Description: Planning to switch vendors? Already changed vendors and noticed issues with data flow? New to data collection and curious about vendor subscriptions? Join us as we answer these questions and more. We’ll cover how to prepare for vendor changes, update and activate subscriptions, and verify data flow to our WISE applications. This session includes a tour of the Ed-Fi Credential application and a brief visit to the WISEdata Portal application, a step-by-step demonstration of making changes, and an open Q&A for your specific questions.

Presentation/Demonstration

 

March 13, 8:30 - 9:15 a.m. | In "Attendance": Attendance Deep Dive Scenarios

Location: Upper Ballroom, Presenter: Adam Mueller

Description: This session provides a holistic view of how DPI collects attendance data and how to help LEAs bring their own attendance policies on truancy, absences, students who are migratory, and more into WISEdata reporting so that data is accurate and complete. This session can help you refine your school's practices to report attendance data with fidelity. This session is repeated on later today from 11:00 - 11:45 a.m. in the Upper Ballroom.

Presentation/Demonstration

 

March 13, 8:30 - 9:15 a.m. | WISEid: Searches, and Changes, and Dupes, Oh My!

Location: Laguna Vista, Presenter: Jennifer Janik

Description: Learn about best practices for creating new WISEids, finding existing WISEids for new students or staff, and how to manage changes to WISEid data. How do you know when your new student or staff person already has a WISEid and when they don't? What happens when you find out you're using the wrong WISEid? Get answers to those questions and more!

Presentation/Demonstration

 

March 13, 9:45 - 10:45 a.m. | Troubleshooting Errors from SIS to WISEdata Portal

Location: Multiple, Presenter: Multiple

Description: We've all been there: you're trying to resolve an error. DPI says, "Consult your vendor," and your vendor says, "Talk to DPI." AAHHH! In this session your vendor and DPI will be in the same room! We will answer your questions about resolving errors, data reporting issues, and more.

Presentation/Demonstration

 

March 13, 11:00 - 11:45 a.m. | Student Demographics and Spring Snapshot: Ready, Set, Prep!

Location: Ballroom, Presenter: Britt Mueller

Description: This session will guide you through the process of preparing and submitting accurate student demographic data, as well as preparing for the Spring Snapshot.

Presentation/Demonstration

 

March 13, 11:00 - 11:45 a.m. | WISE World of Webpages

Location: Room G, Presenter: Kina Stringfellow

Description: Ever been told, 'You'll find this information on our DPI website,' but weren't sure where to look? With thousands of pages on the DPI site, it can be overwhelming to find what you need. This session will guide you to the most important webpages to bookmark across WISE-related public DPI pages. Whether you're a beginner or an intermediate user, you'll discover valuable resources—ranging from the latest updates and training materials to ways to contact DPI for help or provide feedback. Join us to make navigating the DPI website easier and more efficient! This session is a modified repeated of the session presented on March 11 Pre-Conference.

Presentation/Demonstration

 

March 13, 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. | WISE User Group Live: What’s New for 25-26

Location: Rooms C-H

Description: Come join our closing ceremony by getting an overview of what’s to come in the World of WISE applications for the 2025-26 school year. A panel of DPI subject matter experts will present and answer your questions. Stay on through the end for our grand prize give away! You must register for this session.

Presentation/Demonstration with Q&A from DPI Panel

 

Conference Mission

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction hosts an Annual WISEdata Conference. The conference will present attendees with a better understanding of state and federal reporting requirements, including any updates and changes for the current school year, as well as provide attendees with information related to new features and functionality in WISE applications.

A primary goal of the conference is for DPI to listen to the reporting, analysis, and data usage needs of its attendees (e.g., school districts, public and Choice schools, and CESAs).

Questions About This Information?

Contact: DPI Customer Services Team

Division of Libraries & Technology

Phone: (800) 507-5744 - or - email