Slooch Register
Every register taken, and every absence followed up.
Every register on the teacher's phone, the office's view by 08:00, and the follow-up when a child keeps missing school.
Overview
The register out of the book and the spreadsheet.
Teachers mark only who is absent or late, on their phones, in the classroom. By 08:00 the office sees which classes are not marked, and families explain an absence from the app.
8B register | 07:45
- Submitted by Ms Dlamini
- Two absent
What it does
What Slooch Register does
Built is in the product today. Planned is not built yet, and is written as what it will do.
Every register taken, and the office's view by 08:00.
Register by exception
BuiltThe teacher marks only who is absent or late, in under a minute.Unmarked classes by 08:00
BuiltThe office sees which classes have not been marked by 08:00.Absences explained from the phone
BuiltA parent or guardian explains an absence from the app.One absence message a day
BuiltFamilies get one absence message a day, at a time the school sets.
Register
- Each learner's attendanceBuilt
- Escalation lettersPlanned
- The department's exportPlanned
Each learner's attendance
BuiltEvery learner's attendance across the year on one page.Escalation letters
PlannedLetters will go out when a learner reaches a threshold the school sets.The department's export
PlannedThe attendance export for the department will come from Slooch.
Unmarked classes known by 08:00.
Teachers mark only who is absent or late, so a register takes under a minute. At 08:00 the office sees the classes not yet marked, and knows which teacher to ask.
- Register by exception on the teacher's phone
- Every class register on one screen
- Each learner's attendance across the year on one page
Families hear once, and explain from the app.
Each family with an absent child gets one absence message that day, at the time the school set. The parent explains from the app, and the register shows it as explained.
- One absence message a day, at a time the school sets
- The arrival time as the register is taken
- Letters at thresholds the school setsPlanned
How it works
How it works, in order
A Thursday morning at an example school.
The teacher takes the register
At 07:45 Ms Dlamini opens the 8B register on her phone. Everyone starts present; she taps the two learners who are not, checks the count and submits.The office sees what is missing
At 08:00 the office sees which classes have not been marked, so Mrs Adams knows which teacher to ask.Families hear once
Each family with an absent child gets one absence message that day, at the time the school set.The parent explains
Lerato Mokoena explains Lwazi's late arrival from the parent app, and the register shows it as explained.The follow-up
By Friday the office sees the absences nobody has explained, and each learner's attendance for the year is on one page. Letters at thresholds the school sets are planned.
A school week
Moments from an example school week
At 07:45 Ms Dlamini tapped the two learners who were not in 8B and submitted the register.
Thursday | Slooch Register
An example school week
Who uses it
Where each person sees it
Every part comes with the parent and learner apps, free for every family.
Teacher app
Teachers, in the teacher app
Works with
SA-SAMS, d6, Ed-Admin and Xero are the names of their owners' products. Slooch is not affiliated with or endorsed by any of them.- Reads from SA-SAMSBuilt
- Reads from d6Planned
- Reads from Ed-AdminPlanned
Class lists come from the school's administration system. The department's attendance export from Slooch is planned.
Takes over
- Paper register books
- Register spreadsheets
- Absence phone calls
Slooch runs beside what the school uses today, and takes over only when the school is ready.
Questions
Questions schools ask
How does the teacher take the register?
By exception. Everyone starts present, the teacher marks only who is absent or late, checks the count and submits.
What if a teacher forgets?
By 08:00 the office sees which classes have not been marked, so it knows whom to ask before the first break.
Do parents get a message for every period missed?
No. Families get one absence message a day, at a time the school sets.
Can a parent explain an absence?
Yes. A parent or guardian explains an absence from the app, with a note or a doctor's letter, and the register shows it as explained.
What about learners who arrive late?
A learner who arrives late is marked late, with the time, and the front office keeps a late register at the gate.
Does it work without signal?
Yes. A register taken without signal is saved on the phone and sent when the phone reconnects.
Can we send letters when a learner misses too many days?
Escalation letters at thresholds the school sets are planned. Today the office sees each learner's attendance for the year on one page, with the absences nobody has explained.
Will Slooch send our attendance to the department?
Not yet. The department's attendance export is planned. Until then the school's administration system stays the place its returns to the department come from.
The other parts
Every part reads and writes the same families, learners and staff, so adding one is a setting.
- NoticesWho has read it, signed it and done it.Channels planned
- DocumentsReports and letters home, and who opened them.Built
- FeesEvery charge and payment matched for the bursar.Built
- AdmissionsFrom the first enquiry to the signed enrolment.Built
- SitesThe school's page, kept current by its notices.Full site planned
- AssessmentsSet, mark and give out for the whole grade.Built
- TimetableBuilt, checked for clashes and on every phone.Built
