Welcome to the School Office

This free half day course is for new school administration staff. It introduces the various ICT systems in use in school offices. It will include:

·                Aspects of the office MIS system with a brief overview of SIMS. 

·                ‘Wired’ familiarisation and useful web sites. 

·                Diary of returns schools make to the LA and DCSF, and the jargon used. 

·                Typical school computer folder structure.

·                Email systems using OWA (Outlook Web Access)

Delegates must have mouse and keyboard skills. 

Delegates will develop insights that will enable them to access school administration systems assist with the following tasks. 

·                Request passwords to school systems.

·                Navigate school systems to store and retrieve information.

·                Obtain help from ICT Services (Schools) by logging calls through the School Service Desk.

·                Gain an overview of the main school software packages.

·                Access the LA Wired information and communication portal.

·                Access local and LA based systems to manage pupil/student and financial information.

·                Use the search facility on Wired to access information

·                Understand some of the school related jargon.

·                Investigate other useful web sites.

 

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