Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Re: Conference Day web-based scheduling solution

This is a GREAT product. Very inexpensive and just WORKS. Our parents lov=
e it.

Sincerely,

Andrew J. Speyer

Director of Information Technology Services
Choate Rosemary Hall
333 Christian Street
Wallingford, CT 06492

[voice] 203.697.2105
[help desk] 203.697.2572
[fax] 203.697.2596

On Dec 1, 2009, at 2:40 PM, Dave Candelario wrote:

> Michael,
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> We are a jk-12 school with 1200 students. We recently finished
> parent-teacher conferences for all 3 divisions and we successfully did al=
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> the scheduling using [ www.pickatime.com ]pickAtime. Until now, we
> scheduled the conferences manually and the new web-based system worked
> well. Our parents and faculty were very pleased with the process and the
> tool. Feel free to contact me and I can give you more details.
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> Dave
> MICDS Director of Technology
> 314-995-7478
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> A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> writes=
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>> We are a three division school that periodically has parents in for
>> conferences with teachers. Currently, parents call the division office
>> and schedule meetings with the office assistant. It's time-consuming
>> and unwieldy, and is a source of regular frustration to our office
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>> I know there are web-based solutions to this problem, and I'm hopeful to
>> get some leads from the collective experience of our group. Anybody
>> using a web site that works well?
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>> In advance, thanks for your help.
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>> Michael Chimes
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>> Director of Academic Technology
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>> College Counselor
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>> Gill St. Bernard's School
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>> Gladstone, NJ 07934
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>> (908) 234- 1611 x204 (phone)
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>> (908) 234-2496 (fax)
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