One Network, Catholic Education (ONCE)

​CeId'er - ​Enterprise Identity & Access Management
CeFMS - Enterprise Finance Management
CeSIS - Enterprise Student Information Mgmt. System
CeD3 - Data Driven Decision-making
The CEnet ONCE strategy seeks to articulate the concept of doing things once. In line with this, the ONCE strategy provides a set of comprehensive information management systems, infrastructure and related initiatives across CEnet Member Dioceses to support the core business of learning and teaching and to enhance administration and reporting.  The CEnet ONCE strategy incorporates an enterprise approach to Identity & Access, Data Warehousing (CeD3), an integrated Enterprise Student Information System (CeSIS) and Enterprise Finance Management System (CeFMS) and a number of other related and emerging initiatives.
Drivers
  • Consistency of business practices
  • Standardised core applications
  • Information entered/captured once
  • Single, authoritative point of truth
  • Fully integrated information to support tactical and strategic planning
  • Anywhere, anytime availability
Functionality
  • Student Management- enrolment, attendance, health, behaviour records, extra curricula profile, special needs information
  • Timetable Management
  • Assessment and Reporting of Student Achievement
  • Resource Management
  • Financial and Asset Management
  • Performance, Reporting and Analysis

Benefits...

Overall, ONCE provides an opportunity to:
  • Enhance student learning through aggregated, holistic information regarding students
  • Standardise business practices and reduce duplication of work processes
  • Leverage a range of data to support school, diocesan and state-based planning
  • Deliver low total cost of ownership through central management of hardware and software
  • Streamline maintenance and enable all schools to always use the latest application versions
  • Provide high availability and ubiquitous access from anywhere, any time
...for Teachers
Teachers will be able to access aggregated information about students - course/class information, academic performance (internal assessment/NAPLAN results etc…), special needs provisions, extra-curricula involvement, family details – in one location. 

This will enable them to build positive, personalised relationships with their students and inform the development of targeted learning plans for individuals and cohorts.
...for Parents
​Parents will be able to view information about their child using any computer with Internet access at any time.
...for School Office Staff
School Office staff will have an integrated and standardised system which will provide an authoritative source of information about students so as to reduce the frequency of repetitive data entry at a school level. 
...for School Executives
​School Executive staff will have an automated system that provides access to aggregated data about students, demographics, facilities, resource management, finance, curriculum, assessment and progress reporting, to enable them to build positive personalised relationships with students, parents and guardians and to enhance their capacity to make informed decisions about strategic issues.
...for Member Dioceses
​Diocesan staff will have an authoritative source of information about a student’s academic achievement, behaviour, attendance, extra curricular participation and personal details as well as financial, workforce and resource information about a school. 

Information will be accessed via any computer with Internet access when it is needed.
The system will be integrated which will enable Diocesan staff to access the most accurate information available about students, schools and workforce around behaviour management, complaints and investigations.

CEO/CSO staff will have access to data for analysis when they want or need it without having to request it from schools.

The system will:
  • enable ease of portability of student data across schools and across dioceses when required.
  • enable data to be easily accessed and reported to government and peak bodies at a diocesan and/or state level (e.g. Census data)
  • be a centrally managed technology through which the implementation of governmental or Diocesan policies can be supported. 
  • be a centrally managed solution which will reduce inconsistencies and help desk requests around updating school based systems.