Improve the daily lives of administrators, faculty, staff, parents, students with SchoolTool

Features by Role

Learn the different ways a Student Management System like SchoolTool can benefit all users in your district.

SchoolTool gives administrators, faculty, and staff the power to record and report information faster and easier than ever before. For parents and students, it’s a convenient way to stay informed and connected to teachers and staff, helping to support success. 

Learn more by clicking each of the areas below:

District Staff

• School Administrators

  • Report and perform district-wide data analysis using dashboards
    
    
  • Access a powerful NYS validation report and easily track and report faculty and student data in the latest NYS reporting requirements
    
    
  • View students’ discipline and attendance history
    
    
  • Communicate with school and district personnel
    
    
  • Create user-defined screens and assessments for tracking unique district data

• Schedulers and Counselors

  • Utilize our master schedule and student schedule builders, or use our drag-and-drop tools
    
    
  • Generate report cards and transcripts
    
    
  • Manage graduation requirements and students’ course history
    
    
  • Manage Teacher Student Data Linkage (TSDL) minutes and full Student Learning Objective (SLO) data
    
    
  • Identify at-risk students and Response To Intervention (RTI) tracking with an early warning view

• Attendance Clerks

  • Process individual/group attendance entries
    
    
  • Enforce attendance policies and generate letters to send home
    
    
  • Locate teachers’ missing attendance to help enforce consistency
    
    
  • Simplify attendance submission with support for swipe technologies
    
    
  • View student attendance trends using powerful dashboards and perform detailed state reporting

• Technology Staff

  • Communicate with third-party applications using APIs, including RIC One API with SIF xPress standards and OneRoster
    
    
  • Connect to Google for authentication and allow teachers to sync grade books between SchoolTool and Google Classroom
    
    
  • Automate NYS data warehouse exports for SIRS

• BOCES Personnel

  • Support CTE/Alt Ed/Special Ed/P-TECH needs
    
    
  • Submit scores for CDOS/Employability Profile
    
    
  • Provide online registration for students
    
    
  • Simplify special education program billing
    
    
  • Access information via the Home District Portal
    
    
  • View and exchange student data between BOCES and home districts

• Medical Personnel

  • Track scheduled and unscheduled visits
    
    
  • Track immunizations, physicals, and other screenings
    
    
  • Track medical alerts, inventory, physicians, and insurance
    
    
  • Generate medical records and transcripts, and create medical reports
    
    
  • Review immunization status for tracking and reporting

• Transportation Personnel

  • Add buses and track daily pick-ups and drop-offs
    
    
  • Generate color-coded bus tags and transportation reports
    
    
  • Track alternate drop-off and pick-up points, including day care centers

• Disciplinary Officers

  • Process and track discipline referrals
    
    
  • Monitor detentions and suspensions
    
    
  • Generate discipline reports, including SSEC
    
    
  • Use dashboards to analyze trends for PBIS

Parents & Students

• Easily email teachers with the click of a button
  
  
• View schedules, grades, attendance, and discipline history
  
  
• Receive push notifications, participate in discussions, and access student data on the go with the SchoolTool mobile app
  
  
• View Teacher Pages to see course information, grading policies, and general announcements
  
  
• Track student progress and see trends using the Student View Dashboard