How can I manage student, teacher and class data simply?

February 12, 2010 9:12 AM

Is there anything out there to help me manage the data for a small private language school? We don't need timetable software but rather something simple to help us produce monthly records, attendance sheets, teacher hours. Bonus for cross platform or web based. Extra bonus for something in Spanish too...

The school secretary is not the most technological of people so any solution will have to be really simple, I looked at Centre SIS and it's just too complicated for her.

posted by itsjustanalias to Education (3 answers total)

I don't know if this would be too complicated for the school secretary, but I know a number of programs that use ProCare software. You might check that out.
posted by Lulu's Pink Converse at 10:03 AM on February 12, 2010

It's not the most beautiful software, but Microsoft Access was built for this kind of record keeping. I'm certain it's available in Spanish and there's quite a bit of training available on the internet.
posted by Aanidaani at 7:52 PM on February 12, 2010

Alternatively, there is a web service called Fresh Books that has a lot of the functionality you're looking for. It's not as robust as Access and I can't vouch for its usability, but it seems to have a clean interface with the capability to produce invoices, records, and so on. The site also offers a free trial, so you can see if it works for you.
posted by Aanidaani at 7:56 PM on February 12, 2010