I'm late to this thread, but I would strongly advise NOT changing to an =
archived-Word-document system. We use narratives instead of letter =
grades, and we used to use such a system: the problem was that Word =
documents are "dead" data, whereas an SIS or a database allow you to =
search, categorize, etc. Pulling up all the records for a particular =
student is much, much easier with a database/SIS than it is if you need =
to open six separate word documents...and that's just for starters. We =
just this year switched over to a database, and while the switch-over =
took some time and patience, it was definitely worth it.
Mitch
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The Berkeley School
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On Mar 26, 2010, at 1:07 PM, Kristen Dennison wrote:
> Eleanor,
> Does your Pre-Primary write a long narrative report? What we did at my =
old
> school was use our FM database so that we had all the fields for name, =
etc
> filled in and then had one, huge field called "narrative". Teachers =
just
> wrote their report right in that field. Would that work for you?
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> Kristen Dennison
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> On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Eleanor Brown
> <eleanor.brown@pinecrest.edu>wrote:
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>> Our Pre-Primary division currently uses a report card handled by our =
SIS -
>> because of the specialized, non-traditional grading structure of the
>> division, they're finding the database format limiting and we're =
looking for
>> other alternatives. What
>> they'd love is, essentially, a Word document that would be archived
>> electronically and in the students' hard-copy cumulative folders.
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>> Does anyone NOT use the same database or grading software report =
cards for
>> pre-primary as for other divisions?
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>> Do you have any comments on excluding the report cards from that =
division
>> from the SIS?
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>> Has anyone hit a sweet spot with pre-primary, early childhood, or
>> non-traditional lower school report cards they'd like to share?
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>> We're grateful for any thoughts.
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>> Eleanor Brown
>> Director of Technology Integration
>> Pine Crest School
>> eleanor.brown@pinecrest.edu
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