Training for International Schools
International schools all over the world can benefit from our specially designed training courses. All the information that you need to get the most from your Facility MIS is available either delivered onsite at your school or alternatively by remote connection. read more...
For an overview of the training courses and how to book please click the links below:
System Maintenance
Overview
This one-day training course is designed for the technical staff in your school and covers aspects of the set up and configuration of both Facility and ePortal, to ensure the system is running to maximum performance. Regular tasks for database management, back-ups and log file archiving are covered. The configuration of ePortal and xml settings is covered in depth.
Outcomes
- Managing your Facility database
- Managing your Facility client files
- Applying upgrades
- Backing up your data
- Managing user accounts
- Configuring XML settings
- Understanding IIS
- Maximising ePortal performance
Course Pre-Requisites
Delegates should have had Facility and ePortal installed in their school. Ideally they should be members of the school’s technical team or have a sound technical IT background. The course assumes basic IT technical competence including the creation of folders on the server and associated network security, the distribution of connections to workstations and the stopping and starting of Services to the server.
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Cover Management
Overview
This interactive one-day session is designed for the person responsible for Staff Absence in the school. The purpose of the course is to demonstrate what can be done with Cover using Facility and get the most out of the system. It will also take you through ways of generating reports and making minor amendments to system reports.
Outcomes
- Managing staff absences
- Managing class group absences
- Automatically assigning Cover
- Managing room swaps
- Reporting Cover statistics
- Editing Cover reports
Course Pre-Requisites
The delegate must have attended the basic Foundation training course and the Cover Foundation training course as a minimum. Delegates should also have had some experience in using Facility in school. A timetable MUST have been created for the school before the Cover element can be used and a good working knowledge of the timetable is required.
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Attendance Management
Overview
This one-day interactive session is designed for the School Attendance Officer and will take the delegate through the day-to-day management of attendance. The delegate will learn how to get the most out of the attendance module as well as managing lesson by lesson data. The session will also be the opportunity for exploring reports and making minor changes to system reports.. Regular tasks such as annual absence returns, entering absence reasons, assigning student holidays etc. will be covered.
Outcomes
- Modifying Attendance
- Managing student arrivals and leavers
- Managing exclusions
- Attendance Statistics
- Editing Attendance Reports
- Creating Attendance Reports
- Setting up SMS (text messaging)
Course Pre-Requisites
Delegates must have attended the Foundation training course and the Attendance Foundation training and should have knowledge of school attendance requirements - the course is specifically designed for attendance officers. Ideally, the delegate has a good working knowledge of Facility, understands school calendars, attendance returns and exclusion types.
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Designing your Reports
Overview
This one-day training workshop aims to continue with report design techniques by using the more advanced elements that can be involved in the production of reusable reports from Facility. It is designed for those who are going to design and produce reports for the school. Particular emphasis will be placed on using the data tree and calculated variables to filter output to exactly the required data held within the system. Time will be given for delegates to practice techniques and create their own reports.
Outcomes
- Managing List Data
- Understanding collations in reports
- Creating Filters
- Understanding Calculations in reports
Course Pre-Requisites
Delegates must have attended a Foundation training course and the Report Design Training course or have extensive knowledge of Report Design and production using Facility. Delegates who have not had the opportunity to assimilate the basic reporting knowledge will find this training course very challenging to follow as the basics of report design and generation are assumed.
Delegates could find it useful to bring along a memory stick (USB) so that they can export the reports they create on the course and take them back to school for use on their own system.
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Assessment Configuration
Overview
This two-day workshop is designed for the person responsible for school assessments. The course will work through setting up internal assessments and student tracking. The workshop also covers some technical areas and would be of benefit if a technician could attend. There will be time on the workshop for delegates to create their own assessments to meet their school requirements.
Outcomes
- Using Key Stage models
- Creating Assessment Criteria
- Creating Assessment Templates
- Creating Examinations
- Using Result Entry Control Templates
- Data Entry through Facility
- Using Assessments in ePortal
- Including and Excluding Templates
- Tracker
- Markbook
- Grid Design
Course Pre-Requisites
Delegates must have attended the Foundation training course or have a good working knowledge of Facility. It is also required that delegates have a good knowledge of the school’s assessment structure and the reporting requirements. An understanding of Key Stage Levels and Key Stage 4 / 5 levels would be beneficial.
School specific templates could be set-up on the day therefore delegates could find it useful to bring along a memory stick (USB) so that they can export the assessments they create on the course and take them back to school for use on their own system.
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Assessment Reporting
Overview
This two-day workshop is designed for the person responsible for school assessments. The workshop will focus on getting assessment data out of Facility in the most efficient way and will also talk delegates through producing end of term reports and providing analysis on assessment data. The workshop also covers some technical areas and would be of benefit if a technician could attend.
Outcomes
- Creating End of Term Reports
- Creating Analysis Reports
Course Pre-Requisites
Delegates must have attended the Foundation training course and the Assessment Configuration workshop and have a good working knowledge of Facility. It is also required that delegates have a good knowledge of the schools assessment structure and the reporting requirements. An understanding of Key Stage Levels and Key Stage 4 / 5 levels would be beneficial.
School specific templates could be set-up on the day therefore delegates could find it useful to bring along a memory stick (USB) so that they can export the assessments they create on the course and take them back to school for use on their own system.
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More information about Serco training
Schools benefit from the wealth of experience that our trainers have gained internationally and we can show you how to make the most of your investment in Facility. We have excellent feedback from our customers and we highly recommend our courses so that staff can be confident in using Facility. Training can lead to support networks within the international schools themselves and a greater environment for networking.
Workshops are held at the start of every year dedicated to timetabling and these are ideal to work on your own school data with assistance from experts.We also offer bespoke training days as required.
Your training is specifically designed for International Schools and will take into account all the usual elements such as the International Baccalaureate, the international academic year and other unique requirements for individual schools as required.
Of course what really matters is providing the kind of training that suits our customers and meets their training needs. We receive very positive feedback from attendees on our courses and aim to constantly meet high expectations.
‘Going on a training course can be a daunting prospect. It certainly explains how I felt before I went to the International School of Bonn last week for two days of Report training. Luckily though my experiences proved the opposite.
It helped that the number of delegates was small so it was possible to get to talk to all participants as well as to get time to discuss particular issues on a one-to-one basis with the trainer running the course. Most of all, however, it helped that the training was specifically geared towards the needs of international schools with all manuals recently re-written for that particular market.
Our trainer Allie's approach to the course was lively as well as informative and it was clear that she has great in depth knowledge of Facility too. This gave us the added bonus of being able to touch on subjects other than reports as they came up. Document storage, ePortal and internal assessments were all touched upon briefly at some point during the two days and we were able to get answers to some other questions we'd had.
To come away from a course with material that you have had the opportunity to road test is always valuable. I came away with much more than expected; with new contacts, with the assurance that there is a commitment to specific training for international schools at Serco and with the confidence to put what I had learnt into practice.’
Alison Jeffery, Library Services Manager, AIGLON COLLEGE, Chesières-Villars, Switzerland. www.aiglon.ch
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