Scheduling Software
Peter???
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HEADNET RESPONSES TO USE
OF SOFTWARE FOR SCHDULING
Dear
Peter:
We
use a product from Rediker Software called Admin
Plus. It has several components including
student scheduling. We are very happy
with it. The company provides very good
technical support and back up. If you
need contact information to reach the company, just let me know. The Admin Plus program is a comprehensive
school package. I hope this
helps. Have a good day. Regards,
Ray
Marshall
Dr.
Raymond L. Marshall, Director
US
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Tel: (593-4)870-449 E-mail: (rmarsh1066@aol.com) Fax:
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Peter,
Rediker software is excellent. We just bought their
programs. If you want more info, contact Cynthia@rediker.com "Winthrop W. Sargent"
Peter,
We
use Blackbaud as our schoolwide
software - includes the business office.
The scheduling portion works, but does take some manual adjustments.
Harlan Harlan Lyso Dear Peter, I have used both Admin+ (Rediker Software e-mail: Rich@rediker.com) andSASIxp for middle school and high school
scheduling. Admin+ has given me the best
service and has the most knowledgeable staff.
I do not know of a program that is useful for elementary scheduling, but
Admin+ let's you usethe grading program throughout
the school while using the scheduling program for the upper grades. It can be run as a stand alone or on a
network. Hope this helps,
Jim
Doran,
e-mail: jimdoran@isp.edu.pa U.S. Fax number:(978) 389-8525
Peter
I have used MAcSchool and found it to be excellent in
building a master schedule. It is very flexible and can accommodate a wide
variety of timetables.
Sincerely
Mike
Michael
S. Levinson
Director
144
Ave. de la LibertÈ
tel: 216-1-760905 fax:216-1-761412
email: Michael.Levinson@acst.intl.tn
(w) levinson.evi@planet.tn
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Peter,
We just purchased Administrator + software last
Spring. Didn't use it for scheduling this last time because we'd finished by
the time the software arrived but we will try it this year. The rest of the
program (report cards,attendance,
etc.) promises good things and we have found it to be good once we got over the
initial start-up glitches. Good luck,
Doug
Osbo "OSBO, J. Doug"
Dear
Peter: There are expensive and high-end programs such as MacSchool
which are difficult to learn and use but they do a splendid job. We bought a
program called Administrator's Plus put out by Rediker,
whichdoes the job for far less money. It also has more constraints but does an
adequate job of scheduling, report cards, attendance, etc. Their email is
sales@rediker.com. Their web page is www.rediker.com Hope
this helps.
Paul
"Paul Poore"
Peter:
We
use Administrator's Plus software, which includes a scheduling module. While
not perfect, we are reasonably satisfied with it.
Rick
Richard
L. Spradling, Ph.D.
Director
Salmannsdorfer Strasse 47
A-1190
Wien (
Tel:
(43-1) 401320 Fax:
(43-1) 401325
E-Mail:
r.spradling@ais.at
Website:
Dear
Peter:
I am familiar with Mac (or Win) School and
Administration Plus (Raedeker Inc), both of which
have Mac and PC versions. They are quite
useful in keeping track of schedules, students∂ grades, attendance and
many other administrative matters.
However, the actual scheduling process still requires a great deal of
∂handwork∂ if you want your schedule to be driven by
students∂ needs. This is particularly
true when you have a large number electives or single section classes.As far as I know, in spite of vendor∂s
claims, there is no magic button for scheduling. You can get faster conflict checks for
different schemes and so can try to optimize without undue time expenditure.
Good
luck.
Luis
Alfonso Luis Alfonso
Todd
–
Habari and
Greetings from the
Michael
D. Popinchalk –
Peter:
Assuming
you have shared staff between the 6 day cycle and 5 day cycle, probably some
part time teachers, or some with restricted hours available only mornings,
etc., and 330 students, I don't think a computer will help. You will have to
insert so many scheduling limits(parameters) that you
will do a far better job by hand. Sorry!
As we say in Turkey, Kolay Gelsin
(may the work come easily) Once upon a time, I hand scheduled flexible modular
scheduling with 1, 2 and 3 period classes, 6 day cycle, shared teachers with a
5 day cycle elementary school. and parameters
mentioned above one semester. The second semester I used a very powerful
computer consultant and program. My hand work was better and the teachers told
me so. That was the only good thing they said about my work in that school.
F.Thompson, ACI,