Hello 

Welcome to September's Training Newsletter, the first of this new academic year. Three main sections to this month's email, and a reminder of the free online resource available to all Scomis customers, ScoLearn.

First of all - the next two months' upcoming training, with links for you to book. We've split them by phase, by customer need, and by job role, to help you navigate your way to the right course. 

Next we have an update on our fantastic Training Panel.

Then we have 'Meet your trainer,' a feature that we introduced as an outcome from our Training Panel's insights. 

And if you know what you're looking for, or want to browse our training courses for inspo, you can go straight to our training course timetable. 

Our team of experienced trainers offer bespoke and onsite training for your school or trust. Please contact us directly if you'd like to discuss your requirements and explore the most impactful and cost-effective training for your establishment.

Upcoming courses

The next two months' training courses, with links to find out more and save your spot.

COURSES ORGANISED BY PHASE

Primary

26^th September – SEND in SIMS for new users

3^rd October – Session 1 of SIMS New User Course

4^th October – Session 2 of SIMS New User Course

4^th October – Attendance in SIMS

31^st October – SIMS New User – FULL DAY Classroom Based Course

Secondary

26^th September – SEND in SIMS for new users

28^th September – Producing the School Census for Secondary Schools in SIMS

3^rd October – Session 1 of SIMS New User Course

4^th October – Session 2 of SIMS New User Course

4^th October – Attendance in SIMS

10^th October – Domestic Examinations

12^th October – Maintaining the Timetable in NOVA T6

31^st October – SIMS New User – FULL DAY Classroom Based Course

7^th November – Introduction to Timetabling in NOVA T6 using SIMS

7^th November – Assessment and Progress for Secondary Schools using SIMS

8^th November – Options Online in SIMS

MANDATORY PROCEDURES

Statutory Returns

28^th September – Producing the School Census for Secondary Schools in SIMS

3^rd October – Producing the School Workforce Census

NEW USERS

SIMS Essentials

3^rd October – Session 1 of SIMS New User Course

4^th October – Session 2 of SIMS New User Course

4^th October – Attendance in SIMS

31^st October – SIMS New User – FULL DAY Classroom Based Course

COURSES ORGANISED BY JOB ROLE

School Administrators

26^th September – SEND in SIMS for new users

4^th October – Attendance in SIMS

31^st October – SIMS New User – FULL DAY Classroom Based Course

1^st November – Advanced Reporting with Excel Analysis in SIMS

Senior Leaders and School Improvement

12^th October – Maintaining the Timetable in NOVA T6

1^st November – Advanced Reporting with Excel Analysis in SIMS

7^th November – Introduction to Timetabling in NOVA T6 using SIMS

7^th November – Assessment and Progress for Secondary Schools using SIMS

8^th November – Options Online in SIMS

8^th November – Recording Positive and Negative Conduct in SIMS

Exams Officers

10^th October – Domestic Examinations

17^th October – Setting up Examinations Organiser (Session 1 of 3 Examinations Organiser)

17^th October – Base Data Entries Submissions (Session 2 of 3 Examinations Organiser)

18^th October – Seating, Reports, Timetables (Session 3 of 3 Examinations Organiser)

Personnel Officers

27^th September – Personnel for New Users in SIMS

3^rd October – Producing the School Workforce Census

Scomis' Training Panel

Contributing to our commitment to continuous improvement in February we recruited a panel of customers who agreed to help us improve our Training provision. The panel were asked what depth of research they were able to help us with – many opted to take part in quick polls, others agreed to be interviewed over Teams in more detail.

The insights our panel have shared with us have led to productive outputs, and we wanted to update you on the changes we’ve made to date. They include

• We’re reinstating classroom-based training for the first time since the pandemic, starting with the New User in SIMS course on 31st October 🎃 between 9.30am and 3.30pm
• Trialling bite-sized, pick’n’mix courses of one to two hours
• This monthly Training-focused customer email
• Scomis’ fortnightly customer newsletter will now always feature the two upcoming months of training courses, because most courses are booked one to two months ahead of the date
• We will contact all customers who click through to a course, to follow up with additional information to assist customer decision-making
• We have introduced ‘meet the trainer’ emails for course attendees so that they feel they know a bit about the trainer and their teaching style before the course begins

All of this work also supports Scomis’ valued and valuable Customer Support Excellence certification.

Find out more about the Training Panel

Many thanks to everyone who has contributed so far from everyone at Scomis.

Meet your trainers!

Jane McFall - Scomis Product and Education Specialist

Sue Donkersley - Scomis Product Specialist

Self-directed courses - free for all customers

Scomis provides free customer access to self-directed digital learning courses on our ScoLearn platform covering core aspects of using SIMS so you can learn any time, any place and at your own pace.

How to access courses on ScoLearn

You do not need to make a booking for any courses on ScoLearn. Simply sign up for an account! Here's your short guide to setting up an account and getting started.

Finally, don't forget you can watch any of our 30-minute masterclasses on our YouTube channel in our 30-Minute Masterclasses playlist.