• Features

• Benefits

• Components
• Monthly Mentions

FastDirect provides a framework for Best Practices in schools. When you see the symbol, hover over it to find out how schools benefit from FastDirect Best Practices.

Benefits

• Administrators

  • Boost Recruitment
    • Parents seeking schools expect parent access to information
  • Enhanced communication with parents
  • Improve Academic Achievement
  • Stronger parental involvement
  • Staff focus on core responsibilities rather than on clerical and technical issues Many schools utilize their Bulletin Boards and Links section to both guide and inspire their school community. Inspirational messages, educational/spiritual documents, and helpful website links are posted on both.

  • Increase safety
  • Improved student participation
  • No surprises at report card time

• Teachers

  • Improved parent involvement
  • Improved student achievement
  • Can record grades in system from anywhere they have internet access
  • Save time (report cards done in about 30 minutes)
  • Never have to retype assignments — they are posted automatically
  • Never have to manually calculate term averages
  • Don't need to download information from their grade book to make it available for parents and students

• Home

  • Enhanced communication with parents
  • Stronger parental involvement
  • Reduced surprises at report card time

• Students

  • Helps keep track of assignments, tests and projects
  • Easier communications with teachers
  • Improve student participation
  • Helps set goals
  • Eliminate surprises at report card time

• Other School Staff

  • Staff have tools to save time, paper, and money
  • Staff focus on core responsibilities rather than on clerical and technical issues

• District Personnel

  • Efficient data collection for management and planning