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What Does spt3 Provide? School Web Site A School Web Site is an online location where the school can have a presence on the internet. spt3 provides two levels of school information:
spt3 creates an atmosphere of community. This is especially important for parents who want to feel part. Members of the school community - students, teachers and parents can create albums and upload pictures. Forums provide a space where the school community can interact - all in a safe and controlled environment. spt3 creates a safe closed haven for the school community to interact with the Private Area. School Information System Schools deal with a huge amount information. Schools also need to communicate that information to parents, students and the school staff. spt3 is the answer to these needs. Some of the challenges that schools have always faced are:
spt3 provides solutions to the above issues, and in the process has gone far beyond these needs. Attendance, grades, behavior tracking, calendars etc. are examples of the information managed by spt3. In addition, by having an online information management system with access to teachers, students and their parents, spt3 creates an online community. The heart of this community is the students' education. The importance and centrality of education in the lives of the teachers, students and their parents acts as a magnet drawing all into this online community. In what ways does spt3 contribute to the educational experience of the school community?
spt3 is dedicated to being an outstanding school information system. spt3 is also dedicated to be much more. An online school community is much more than information management - and spt3 will continually grow and nurture the opportunities that an online community offer. Communication System A typical school can have thousands of members in its school community - students, parents and teachers. Maintaining effective and continuous communications is challenging and costly. spt3 provides a rich set of communication tools which empower teachers and school administrators.
spt3 strengthens the student parent teacher triangle! |
spt3 - Strengthening
the Student Teacher Parent Triangle
A Public Area - Every school wants to publicize itself, to let interested
parents and potential students learn about the school. spt3 provides the
school administration the option to display and constantly change pictures of
school life and atmosphere. The school administration may also upload
files - presentations, documents, brochures etc. to the public area. The
Public Area also provides potential students with an online application form,
saving manual input of student information by the school.
A Private Area - The school is responsible for the well being of its students.
Therefore, information regarding school activities, meetings etc. should not be
openly available to internet users. The Private Area of the site can only
be accessed by username and password. Teachers, parents and students all
receive usernames and passwords in order to keep private information just that -
private.
Keeping track of each and every student's educational
progress.
Keeping various staff members in sync and aware of each other's activities and
needs.
Keeping parents up to date and involved in their child's educational
progress.
Giving the sudent a clear picture of his or her present status. 
Students get rapid feedback. They see a clear summary of where they are
standing, and they know that their parents are also seeing the same. In
many students this can have a profound influence on their success.
Parents feel that they are involved in the school. Not only are they being
constantly updated regarding their child's educational process, spt3 opens for
them a window into the school experience and atmosphere.
Teachers feel organized, both with the areas that they are peronally
responsible for, but also coordinated with other school staff.
Communication is made easy with all members of the school community - staff,
parents and students. Teachers feel empowered with the ability to easily
provide educational materials through the site to the students.
School administrators have tools to view the school as a whole from above, and
to drill down to specific details of one student. At school , home or on
vacation - administrators have constant access to a "control panel" of the
school. School administrators are provided with a strong tool kit which
includes a time table builder, hallway announcements system and more.
"My Mail" - An internal message system where members of the school community can
write each to other. This system includes the ability to send external email
without revealing personal email addresses.
Mail Cross Sections - Teachers can send messages to students of a particular
lesson. Administrators can send messages to all the parents, or all the
students of several classes. 
Automatic Mail - Every evening a summary of all new information is condensed
into one email per user. Parents and students receive on a regular basis
important information - upcoming tests, grades, recent attendance, upcoming
school activities and more. All done automatically every evening.
Savings - Less phone calls, less mailings and less paper. Schools can
realize a very significant drop in expenses.