Enough of cutting corners, what about cutting down the time it takes to keep a school running? Who wants a heavier workload or more paperwork? Merlin can help you save precious time and resources, so that you can focus on teaching and learning.
Head teachers enjoy working more efficiently with governor boards and school leadership teams. You can get a discussion going, conduct surveys, organise votes, distribute data, integrate calendars, publish staff rotas and share targeted news – without being swamped by meetings and piles of paper. And there’s nothing like a head teacher’s blog for getting good news to the world in one fell swoop.
Teachers spend lots of holiday or home time planning and preparing for school. With Merlin, you can exchange resources with other schools and save your work online. You can manage your diary, receive students’ work submissions and get targeted news. Anywhere you like. Any time you like. You might be a supply teacher needing access to current learning plans. You might be a teacher here, a governor there, and a parent at another school. With one simple username and password, Merlin speeds you to the info you need for each role. (This is Shibboleth in action.)
The big digital idea? You upload once across multiple dynamic systems that interact. After that, updates are quick and easy. You avoid duplication, paperwork, errors. Merlin combines seamlessly with management information systems (MIS), virtual learning environments (VLEs) and almost any other acronym you throw at it. (Meet SIF, your Systems Interoperability Framework.) From admin to assessment, from timetables to targets, you can help yourself to whatever helps.
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