Cognition and Intelligence

School Intelligence Needs A Revolution To Support Leaders And Teachers

The current crisis has made it clearer than ever that traditional MIS systems need transforming to cope with learning anywhere and distance teaching trends, as well as with the emergence of multi-site trusts. It’s time to empower teachers and leaders with real-time intelligence, argues Winston Poyton

Even with a vaccination on the horizon it's clear that students will be in and out of schools for the foreseeable future. The crisis has made obvious that an EdTech shake-up is required to ensure students can continue to learn wherever they are based – whether in the classroom or at home. 

It’s also needed to give leadership teams the intelligence they need to make informed decisions on how to improve education. 

The schools and Trusts that have been unable to access critical data during the lockdown period have missed out on the crucial opportunity to analyse their school or Trust’s situation in order to create an agile strategy. One that will enable them to move forward with confidence into the next normal and support them in achieving their goals. However, amidst the chaos, there is a revolution taking place.  

Breaking intelligence out of the office

To improve the life chances of children, teachers and senior leadership teams need accurate intelligence. But this relies on access to real-time data, and the headspace to analyse it and create action plans to intervene at the point of need.  

Traditional MIS are not up to the task. This makes it exceptionally difficult for educators to support students under normal circumstances, never mind to mitigate the increasingly damaging psychological impact the ongoing pandemic is having on their mental health and learning.  

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