School management system software is a tool that can more effectively manage a schools events, facilities, and school groups. School administrators have a difficult job of managing all the logistics of school events with the countless school groups and constantly changing circumstances. School management system software like Tandem for Schools makes this job easier.

Simple System For Planning and Managing School Events
Firstly, Tandem for Schools is a management system for all the schools events and brings all the different school group’s events onto a main school or district calendar that is viewable to everyone online.

It simplifies the scheduling process through a simple request and approval system. School staff send requests for a school facility at a certain time, and the school administrator approves or denies it. Once approved, the event is posted on the school’s online calendar, communicating the event to staff, students, and parents. When a proposed event conflicts with an existing event, the administrator is automatically notified and they can send a notice back to the requester to change the time and place or they can override it.

Jody Stephan from Boardman Schools liked how it made planning easier for school staff.

It allows all departments to see what is scheduled within the building so there are no surprises…We are able to see the whole picture of all building events in one place.  This prevents conflicting events being scheduled. I love the feature of not being able to schedule a conflict unless you override it.

Reduce Phone Calls to School
In addition to making it easier to plan school events, Tandem for Schools is a powerful communication medium. When events are published by administrators to the school calendar, they are visible for reference for parents. Changes are reflected in real time so parents can find out if the game time is moved back an hour, or if the baseball game has been rained out. This also prevents routine calls to the school about dates and times for school events such as early dismissal or teacher workshop days, because the parents can easily access this information by going to an easy to remember web address.

Terry Foster from Bellevue Christian School says Tandem has sharply reduced calls:

If you think about it, if we changed one game, then we’d have to communicate this to 15 – 20 players, as well as 40-50 parents. Each of them would call our office asking for the same information. That’s more than 50 calls regarding just one game change. Sometimes we would cancel 2-3 games a day. Our office just wasn’t equipped to communicate this information quickly enough.

Improved Communication Throughout School
Having an accessible online calendar is more effective than a paper calendar because changes and new events are reflected immediately. Instead of having a calendar for each group, all the events are schedules are consolidated onto a main calendar, which can be filtered or customized to an individual’s preferences.

Vicki Storey from Santa Ynez Valley Union High School

This is the greatest communication tool we have on campus. It saves me hours a week. The program itself is easy to use and the information is instantly available to our community. What more could you ask for?

If interested in learning more about Tandem for Schools, you can sign up for a 1 on 1 demo with a Tandem expert.