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Discover top time-saving hacks for busy school administrators
Get organised ahead of the new school term with these time-saving ideas. A day in the life of a school administrator is always going to be busy. As the first point of call for students, parents and teachers, the office is the school’s central hub of activity and there’s never a quiet moment!
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How technology is supporting schools during the pandemic
From global school closures in 2020 to the delivery of hybrid learning models currently in place, the pandemic has dramatically impacted education systems across the world. Technology has played a vital role in this pandemic. It’s enabled a huge proportion of the workforce to continue working from home and has kept us connected with friends and family we can’t see.
Why it’s time to commit to just one School Management System
Everybody has an opinion about technology, and teachers are no exception. Here are three typical schools of thought: It’s awesome, and I couldn’t live without it! It’s a necessary evil. Everything was fine before computers. Any of these represent you? Maybe all three at some point or another. Let’s take a look at a teacher’s point of view and see how effective her school’s management system is.
What bugs you about your School Management System?
According to Leanne Gomes, “census - is the worst.” This is the task that takes up most of Leanne’s time, “It has to be completed three times a year [October, January and May] and it slows the whole system down for everyone. You can’t access anything whilst it’s running.”
LTI (Learning Tools Interoperability) Compliance
We are extremely proud and delighted to announce that MySchool is now fully compliant with the widely recognized LTI (Learning Tools Interoperability) standard. This standard was developed by IMS Global, a renowned organization in the educational technology sector, and is supported by nearly 500 prominent leaders in ed-tech, including industry giants such as Google, Clever, Microsoft, Moodle, Pearson, as well as numerous esteemed educational institutions and universities across the globe.
The GDPR and school suppliers
As a controller, your school is responsible for the security and processing of all personal data you collect. This responsibility extends to the data you share with any third parties such as your suppliers. If one of your suppliers falls foul of the GDPR and the data you shared with them is compromised, the data protection authority may come knocking on your door. Although this may seem a little onerous, there is clear guidance on how to responsibly protect the data you share and how to legally protect yourselves.
MySchool update version 1.5
We're excited to launch an overhauled timetable configuration tool with version 1.5 of MySchool.
GDPR - The Data Protection Officer
The appointment of a data protection officer is one of the more daunting requirements of the GDPR. The concept of the DPO has been around for a long time and a number of countries in the EU have had the requirement in place for a number of years, most notably, Sweden and Germany. The GDPR now makes this appointment mandatory across the EU regardless of the size of the organisation though there are other criteria that determine whether a DPO is required. Before we get in to the criteria, I'll cut to the chase: schools will almost certainly need a DPO.
GDPR Awareness. What you should do right now.
The thing about the GDPR is that it's not going away and it's not going to pass by silently on May 25th 2018. It's designed to make everyone sit up and take notice. The truth is, current data protection action tends to be more reactive than proactive. The GDPR is designed to make the data controller, in this case schools, fully responsible for managing their students', staffs' and parents' data and to actively prove they comply with the regulation.
School Management Software to help bring your school community closer
Why use MySchool school management software to run your school? Let's take a look from a few different stakeholder perspectives and show you how MySchool can be the glue that helps binds the school community. School Administrators Communication through MySchool is powerful. It's as simple as selecting a class, year or the entire school and clicking 'send' to deliver emails, questionnaires and SMS messages. You can also create custom groups of parents, staff, teachers and students in just a few clicks.
Unpacking Personal Data under the GDPR
The GDPR defines personal data as: "... any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person ('data subject'); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person;" Article 5 Principles relating to processing of personal data To be clear, the 'data' element of 'personal data' refers to recorded information that is, or is intended, to be stored and processed electronically as part of a filing system.
Consent in the GDPR
Consent is not a new concept and has been a core part of data protection & privacy laws for decades. However the GDPR raises the bar considerably on 'conditions for processing' personal data. Simply put, 'consent' means obtaining clear permission to hold and process a person's data for a specific use. Although it is already required, practices such as 'opt out' have become common-place, e.g. pre-ticked checkboxes to receive marketing material, making it more of an assumption of consent rather than explicit permission. The GDPR is far more explicit about what constitutes consent and aims to entirely remove this kind of deception. Article 7 GDPR Conditions for consent