Penola Catholic College

Challenge

Before implementing Education360, Penola Catholic College faced challenges leveraging student data. The data was scattered across multiple sources, making it difficult and time-consuming for educators to collect and access necessary information about their students.

This abundance of data across multiple disparate systems also hindered the ability to synthesise and analyse it to gain meaningful insights. As a result, educators struggled to identify at-risk students and provide timely support, leading to potential gaps in student learning and growth.

Solution

To address the challenges faced by Penola Catholic College in effectively leveraging student data, 9X5 implemented their premier data analytics, monitoring and visualisation tool, Education360.

Utilising the powerful capabilities of Domo. Education360 serves as the centralised hub for all student data, bringing together information from various sources into one comprehensive dashboard.

Education360 was specifically tailored to address Penola’s main pain points, taking into account their unique challenges. It seamlessly integrated both on-premise and cloud-based data, ensuring that staff members could easily access and utilise the data they needed.

Additionally, the platform offered the ability to annotate within the data itself, facilitating collaboration among staff members and enabling them to hold themselves and students accountable for progress. Whether they needed a class summary or wanted to drill down to individual student profiles, the platform allowed educators to visualise and analyse data, enabling informed decision-making quickly.

Impact

Implementing Education360 at Penola Catholic College has significantly impacted the school’s ability to leverage student data and address the challenges they faced effectively.

The consolidation of data from multiple sources into comprehensive dashboards has streamlined the process of collecting and accessing student information. Educators no longer need to spend valuable time searching for data across disparate systems. The centralised hub provided by Education360 allows for efficient data retrieval, saving time and effort for educators.

“We had data in ten different places, forcing staff to go to ten different locations to find out everything they needed to know about their students. It was too much to expect.” Anthony Austin, IT Manager, Penola Catholic College

By synthesising and analysing the collected data, educators can now identify trends, patterns, and areas of improvement more effectively. This has enabled them to proactively identify at-risk students and provide timely support, closing potential student learning and growth gaps. The ability to drill down to individual student profiles has allowed educators to understand each student’s academic journey better and personalise their approach to support their unique needs.

Another positive impact of Education360 is the enhanced collaboration among staff members. The platform’s annotation feature facilitates communication and collaboration, enabling educators to share observations, strategies, and interventions within the data. This fosters a collaborative and accountable environment where staff members can work together to support student progress.

Education360 has transformed the way Penola Catholic College utilises student data. The centralised access to comprehensive data, coupled with powerful analytics and visualisation tools, has enabled educators to make informed decisions, tailor interventions, and provide targeted support to students.