Istanbul International Community School

Turkey

Clint Carlson

Director of Education Technology

Faria’s level of support has been outstanding throughout my time at IICS. I joined as OpenApply was being implemented, and made the decision to move forward with SchoolsBuddy in 2019. Never have I had a large system like this roll out so smoothly! As a medium sized school, Faria’s three core products provide an integrated solution meaning we have no need for a wider school Management Information System, saving us the headache and cost, and allowing us to gain all the benefits of their best-in-breed modular approach.

Description

Istanbul International Community School is a school of around 500 students who have been using Faria Education Group’s suite of products since 2011, gradually evaluating and implementing additional modules over the years.

Implementation History

Initially starting with ManageBac, the school wanted a single solution for managing their IB programmes that allowed all of their day-to-day teaching and learning requirements to be performed in one system and to move away from paper, improving the teachers’, students’ and parents’ Experience.

They then made the decision to add OpenApply, which supported them in moving the most paper-intensive department, Admissions, towards a similar paperless goal and helping them create a full digital user journey, from initial school enquiry through to student enrolment and beyond.

Implementation History

The Complete Solution

In late 2019, the school realised that they needed to solve the challenges they faced with complex activities management, which until now had been managed independently of ManageBac and OpenApply. They therefore implemented SchoolsBuddy, which integrates and receives student, parent and staff demographic data seamlessly from ManageBac. Additionally SchoolsBuddy collects the schools attendance data from ManageBac which creates a unified, integrated solution.

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