Robust Software Inc (RSI) is an established provider of school administrative software for independent schools.
RSI’s Overseer Suite of applications was designed to serve the needs of any independent school. School associations may also benefit from RSI’s Overseer Reports software which supports the design of report card formats for easy distribution and use by member schools.
Overseer manages many data entities, including families, adults, children, prospects, students, staff, teachers, sessions, classes, bus routes, rooms, organizations, groups, committees, contacts and alumni.
Overseer report card features include flexible definition and integrated use of customized subject areas, subject components, subject categories and marking schemes. It also supports user-defined tests, marks, weighted averaging, subject area comments and term summary comments for each term. There are a variety of report card design elements which can be used, with a choice of three paper sizes and five layouts.
Users of Overseer include principals, administrators, secretaries, teachers, specialists and school associations. Overseer can also provide valuable information to assist a school’s Board, Promotion Committee, Finance Committee and Transportation Committee.
The Overseer suite includes gradebook software for teachers. This supports anecdotal commenting, some helpful reports for parent/teacher interviews and easy data transfer to report cards. Another application gives teachers access to student information, parent contact information, class lists etc.
A variety of reports are available for classes, students, teachers, bus routes, families, children, adults, organizations and the school calendar.
Overseer offers some unique community development capabilities for prospect tracking, fund-raising and promotion.
The school information management features of Overseer include student enrolment, advance planning of teacher assignments, class assignments, student time-tables, bus routes, attendance tracking and a centralized school calendar. Overseer prints mailing labels, manages emergency information, keeps track of parent volunteers, displays student photos and has powerful data mining tools.
