### Protocol for Collecting Data Stored in the EWS tool in Treatment Schools

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To facilitate the transfer of EWS tool s from treatment schools to the EWIMS evaluation team,
we will us e an FTP procedure . The table below describes the timeline of activities between treatment schools and the evaluation team during the two years of the study.

Action Method/Mode Key School Staff Key REL Midwest Staff Date

AIR will establish
secure FTP site for data sharing Create the

Secure FTP N/A Ann

- Marie Faria January 2014

AIR will email FTP secure log in information to Treatment schools E

- mail

communication January 2014, June 2014, January 2015, June 201 5

Treatment schools will upload populated EWS tool s to the secure FTP E

- mail

communication Data Teams in

Treatment Schools Ann

- Marie Faria January 2014, June 2014, January 2015, June 2015Establishing a secure system to share data (SFTP). One key aspe ct of transferring populated

EWS tool s between schools and the evaluation team is the use of a secure transfer of data between agencies. AIR will create a secure FTP and will share the log

- in information with each
treatment school. A draft of the direction s that will be shared with each treatment school from
AIR are included below.

WEB HOSTING SERVICES "SFTP Client Guide" Public Information

DESCRIPTION:

This SOP outlines the procedures to use Web Services’ SFTP service.

PROCEDURE:

A. Open the email rec eived from WS Engineer with access credentials to the SFTP site.B. Follow Steps 1

- 7 in the email:

1. Open your internet browser and type http://sftp.airws.org or http://sftp.astprojects.org in the address field, depending on which website you were g iven in the email.

a. Verify whether Java is installed/enabled in your browser:

b. If Java is not installed/ enabled in your browser, click “Install”.c. Accept license agreement, and choose all defaults: Web Services Page 2 of 6

d. Reboot you r computer, and repeat step #1.2. Click the “Connect Button” on the webpage:3. A dialog box will pop up, asking for a username and password. Refer to the email for these

credentials. Type the given credentials EXACTLY as they appear in the e mail. Click OK.

EMAIL

DIALOG BOX4. Upon a successful connection you should see the following on the webpage:

The figure above shows a message that you have successfully connected to the SFTP server. On the right, it also shows a list of vi rtual directories located on the remote system, and a field to type the directory path (encircled). On the left is the directory listing for your local machine.5. Refer to step #5 in the email for the name of the specific directory created for your pr oject.

Type this name EXACTLY as it appears in the instructions, or find it in the directory listing and navigate manually using your mouse.6. Double click the subfolder contained in the virtual directory. In this subfolder, you can

upload/downloa d files or create more folders, depending on the read/write permissions granted for your SFTP account. Web Services Page 5 of 6

7. Use the arrows between the two windows to move files back and forth between your local machine and the SFTP folder in t he remote server. Press the “right” arrow button to upload a highlighted file from your machine to the SFTP folder, and the “left” arrow button to download a file from the SFTP folder to your machine.

Click the “Disconnect” button when finished.