Pennsylvania Information Management System (PIMS)

PIMS Help Desk (800 661-2423)

PDE's statewide longitudinal data system is improving data capabilities by enhancing school districts' capacities to meet student-level data reporting requirements and provide robust decision support tools.  PIMS is based on open internet standards that enable sharing among diverse, otherwise incompatible systems and includes safeguards for data quality and security.  PIMS primary objectives are to

• Establish enterprise-wide systems and processes to streamline data management and utilization
• Provide multi-year longitudinal data to help teachers and administrators address individual student needs
• Empower teachers with state-of-the-art data analysis tools to improve individual student achievement

  For the latest PIMS/PAsecureID Webinar Schedule go to http://www.pdewebinars.org/

2010 PIMS Question & Answer Webinar Schedule

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Reporting Dates

Data collection period	Reporting Window	Snapshot Date	Templates	Required Submission (R) Updates Only (U)
October 2009	10/1/09 – 11/09/09	10/1/2009	School Enrollment Programs Fact Student Student Snapshot	R R R R
November 2009 (Precode)	11/16/09 – 12/09/09 correction 12/10/09 to 12/16/09	11/16/2009	School Enrollment Programs Fact Student Student Snapshot	U U U R
December 2009	12/1/09 – 12/11/09	12/1/2009	Special Education Snapshot Special Education Services Special Education Events	R R R
January 2010	01/04/10 - 02/10/10	01/04/2010	Staff Staff Assignment Staff Snapshot	R R R
February 2010	02/01/10 -02/24/10		Course Course Instructor Student Course Enrollment School Enrollment Programs Fact Staff Student	R R R U U U U
April 2010	04/07/10 – 05/06/10	04/07/2010	School Enrollment Programs Fact Student Student Snapshot	U U U R
Safe Schools 2010	06/01/10 – 06/30/10	06/01/2010	Staff Staff Snapshot Staff Development Fact Staff Assignment Location Fact *Discipline Domain (School Safety Templates)	U R R R R R
Summer 2010	07/14/10 – 09/13/10	06/30/2010	Student Snapshot CTE Student Fact CTE Student Industry Credential School Calendar School Enrollment Programs Fact Student	R ( CTE LEAs only) R R R U U
July 2010	07/15/10 – 07/23/10	07/15/2010	Special Education Snapshot Special Education Services Special Education Events	R R R
Child Accounting 2010	07/14/10 – 09/30/10		Student Calendar Fact School Calendar Student	R R U

*The following School Safety Templates are listed in the Discipline Domain:

-  Incident

-  Person

-  Incident Offender (if offender is unknown, do not submit this template)

-  Incident Offender Infraction (if offender is unknown, do not submit this template)

-  Incident Offender Disciplinary Action (if offender is unknown, do not submit this template)

-  Incident Offender Parent Involve (if offender is unknown, do not submit this template)

-  Incident Victim (if crime against property, do not submit this template)

Note: All Accuracy Certification Statements (ACS) logs and due dates are located under PIMS Docs>ACS Logs