The COVID-19 pandemic is shaping out to be one of the greatest challenges in our nation’s history. The rapid spread of the disease has forced many industries and social sectors to take a break. While some activities may wait before they can safely resume, others, such as the education of our children cannot be in standby forever. Reopening schools is essential for continuing the educational process. However, it implies exposing everyone involved to major health risks. The Coronavirus transmits from one person to another through touch and proximity. To diminish the probability of transmission, social distancing rules, and recommendations are…
“Access to accurate, timely data about whether individual students and groups of students regularly attend school is critical to making instructional and programmatic choices targeting student attendance behaviors.” – NCES (National Center for Education Statistics)
When we built QManager, we automated the whole dismissal process for schools and camps, and we did it 1 tweak at a time: So let’s look at the various leverage points during school dismissal: Children leave their classrooms and wait in the lobby area. As parents arrive, they sign their child(ren) out on a clipboard. Staff and teachers bring children out to the parents (either by the reception desk or to their cars). When we started with QManager, first, we built an iPad app that simply replaced paper and the clipboard. Instead of signing on paper, parents signed on an iPad. No more paper…
We get this question from a lot of school directors who already have systems such as ProCare, Montessori Compass etc. working in their schools. Yes, QManager works in conjunction with any system! 70% of our current schools use QManager in addition to their main system; they export information from their system and we automatically upload it to QManager.
Since QManager captures timestamps for when children are dropped off and picked up electronically, we already have the daily attendance reports generated automatically from the portal. School staff can also generate reports back in time to see who picked up children last month or last year. These reports can then be printed or exported for State requirements and custody hearings etc.