A powerful online gateway to information stored in Facility Admin -
“I often wonder how we managed without ePortal, the instant access to live data that it provides is essential to everyone across the school ....."
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A powerful online gateway to information stored in Facility Admin
“I often wonder how we managed without ePortal, the instant access to live data that it provides is essential to everyone across the school including staff, parents and students, as well as to me as a busy principal.”
Dermot Healy, Principal of Kenmare Community School
Used by over 350 schools in Ireland, ePortal is the powerful, online gateway to information stored in Facility Admin. It provides everyone with access to relevant, real-time information quickly and easily online, with no paperwork. The intuitive structure and clear, easy-to-view summary screens, make it a user-friendly solution that is effective for all school stakeholders to use every day.
“I always have ePortal open so if for instance a parent calls me about an incident involving their child, I can quickly look up the information I need there and then, whilst on the phone. Long gone are the days when I have needed to rush off to find a file or a Year Head to understand the details of what has happened!”Dermot Healy, Principal of Kenmare Community School
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Case Studies
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For Principals
Principals and Deputies can call up an overview of any aspect of school life to judge progress, review the success of current procedures or plan new strategies. From there they can drill down through the data to assess a year, a class or even a single learner.
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For Teachers
ePortal enables Teachers to see a complete record of student performance, attendance and behaviour, even if they are working from home. Through ePortal, every teacher has access to the record of each pupil under their tuition.
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For Administrators
Through ePortal Administrators are no longer burdened with gathering information and printing reports because everyone can reach the data they need themselves. It saves time and resources because there is no need to duplicate copies of paper reports. Plus Administrative staff can quickly and easily update student details, create labels and letters, and much more through ePortal.
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For Parents
ePortal provides parents with access up-to-the minute information on their child’s attendance, assessment, performance and behaviour. The system is easy to use and secure, so parents can be sure that their children’s personal data is safe. They can log on from work and home to see the latest details of their child’s performance.
Irish ePortal - Product Features
Single Data Entry
Users can input information through ePortal which is transferred straight into the Facility Admin database. So as soon as a register is taken everyone in the school can track down any child. Parents can be given access to live assessment and attendance information and see that their children are safely in school
Attendance Records
Registers can be taken daily, providing full data that can be analysed to identify patterns that might explain and help with absences, and with reports. For post-primary schools registers can also be taken by session or lesson, the analytics can then help to explain and tackle truancy. Attendance data is automatically saved to the Admin database.
Remote Access
ePortal’s online access means that it is possible to read or enter data from a laptop computer or PDA/mobile device running Internet Explorer 7-8 for remote areas of the school or for staff on the move. This means that report comments can be completed by staff at home.
Event Logs
Both positive and negative behaviours can be recorded immediately to ensure a full and accurate record of every child’s behaviour. Having a complete list of events makes issuing rewards and sanctions simpler and more effective. There is no more need for paper records.
Simple Reports
Once entered through ePortal, assessment, attendance and behaviour information can be pulled into a student’s end of term report, providing a comprehensive picture of pupil performance without requiring additional work for staff.
Analysis
Analysis tools make it easy to identify and examine issues affecting performance within the school.
Comment Banks
The post-primary version of ePortal also includes a comment bank where a collection of useful, user defined comments can be added directly to reports to save time and reduce errors from repetitive typing. There is also a free text area for personalised comment.
Flexibility
The post-primary version of ePortal is configurable so each school can customise the information they choose.
Effective Cover Planning
For post-primary schools where cover tends to be internal staff rather than external, cover can be clearly flagged to the relevant teachers on their personalised ePortal homepage. Photographs on student records ensure no confusion of identities.
