STARS 4 Schools is a senior leadership team’s dream come true.
It is web-based software for pupil tracking, reporting and statistics that can
transform the lives of classroom teachers,
subject leaders, senior leaders, report managers and data managers.
Not only that, but it tackles student and parental engagement too.
The presentation element of this seminar is intended to demonstrate the benefits of STARS 4 Schools.
After this you will have a chance to ask questions, to try out STARS 4 Schools for yourself and to
discuss your school's individual needs with our team.
Who should attend?
Secondary school staff interested in software for pupil tracking,
online reports, real-time data, whole-school statistics, student access and parental engagement.
Where and When?
25 March 2010 13:00-16:00
Cambridge - location t.b.c
Programme
| 13:15 | Arrival, Registration, plus tea and coffee |
| 13:30 | STARS 4 Schools presentation - see below |
| 14:45 | Tea and coffee break |
| 15:00 | Question and answer session |
| 15:30 | Hands-on session |
| 16:00 | Close |
Presentation Content
What is STARS 4 Schools?
Learn how STARS 4 Schools was designed and developed from the ground up to meet the
needs of classroom teachers, senior leaders, report managers and data managers.
Learn how it is secure and how it draws from your MIS to avoid data re-entry.
The Classroom Teacher
Learn how staff can log in from work or home to record marks and write reports:
- The teacher's home page: your groups and their current grades - all in one place.
- Entering marks into online markbooks in under a minute.
- Writing reports in under a minute using comment banks and pick lists.
- The cross-curricular view of a student.
STARS 4 Schools saves classroom teachers time and means that their marks are available 24/7.
Subject Leaders
Learn how subject leaders can design robust online markbooks that meet subject needs in just
a few minutes. These are shared by all groups taking a subject bringing consistency and transparency.
- Create markbooks that group assessments by term, subject area or any other category that meets your needs.
- Set due dates for marks, to establish an assessment calendar.
- Choose between mark entry, e.g. 6 out of 10, and grade entry, e.g. "A" or "B".
- Determine whether marks should be averaged, summed, etc.
- Automatic 'traffic lighting' helps you identify students requiring intervention.
- See what has, or what hasn't been marked.
STARS 4 Schools' online markbooks allow subject leaders to have an insight into what is going on in their subjects, as and when they need to know.
The Senior Leadership Team
Learn how your Senior Leadership Team have instant access to live statistics
for year groups and subjects:
- View year-group statistics, such as percentage of students achieving 5+A*-C,
average APS and capped APS, etc.
- View subject statistics such as pass rates and levels of progress etc.
- View groups side-by-side to compare residuals and the distribution of target and current grades.
STARS 4 Schools gives Senior Leaders a high level view of assessment within the school and allows
them to drill down to subjects, groups and even students.
The Report Manager
STARS 4 Schools removes the blockages from the report-writing process:
- Initiate a report-writing cycle in under a minute.
- Monitor report writing progress across the school in real-time.
- Find "gaps" well in advance.
- Sit back while STARS copies grades from markbooks into reports for you.
- Publish reports for parents online and/or print PDFs.
STARS 4 Schools allows your school to save a small fortune in reduced administration, printing and postage costs.
The Data Manager
Learn how data managers can use the data explorer to:
- Explore real-time year-group data.
- Explore real-time subject data.
- Explore "snap shots" linked to reports.
- Sort and filter on ethnicity, FSM etc for focus groups.
- Export to Excel.
STARS 4 Schools leaves data managers free to focus on what the data is saying rather than on collecting it.
Students and Parents
Learn how students and parents can log on from home to:
- View current assessments and attendance data.
- View reports containing grades and attendance data online and print high-quality PDF files to bring along to parents' evenings.
- View historic grades and attendance data in reports.
STARS 4 Schools delivers on DCSF targets for online reports for parents by 2010, but also offer real-time assessment data too.
Want to know more?
Register for a place by calling 01223 967556 or Contact us.
