Sahel EDU

Struggling students: bringing the signals together to act before the class council

A student who is slipping sends signals well before the class council: absences piling up, late arrivals, a falling average. The trouble is that these signals are scattered between the supervisor, the teacher and the school office. With Sahel EDU, software for tracking at-risk students, they are brought together in one work list, with the log of calls to families, so that someone acts in time.

The signals that announce a difficulty

Dropping out almost never happens all at once. It is announced by signs that can be spotted if they are looked at together, and missed if they are looked at one by one.

Here are the most common signals, to watch whatever the tool.

Unexcused absences that repeat, especially on certain days or in certain lessons.
Late arrivals that become more and more frequent.
An average that falls from one sequence to the next, or a subject that collapses.
A change in behaviour reported by a teacher or the supervisor.
A family that is hard to reach.
Sanctions that pile up.

Why difficulties are found too late

In many schools, each signal lives in its own notebook. Nobody has the full picture before the council meets, when the marks are already closed.

Absences are kept by the supervisor, marks by the teachers, sanctions by the discipline office.
The form teacher has to gather the information by hand.
Calls to families are not recorded, and two people phone the same family.
The class council discovers the situation when it is too late to help the student.

The “At-risk students” list in Sahel EDU

Sahel EDU brings the signals together in a work list: unexcused absences, a low or falling average, a family to call. The list is open to the deputy head, the senior supervisor and the academic follow-up staff, who use it to decide whom to call first.

Each call is recorded in a log: reason, outcome, remark. The latest call shows on the student’s row, which avoids calling for nothing or forgetting a family. The form teacher has “My class”, with the students, their signals and the family’s phone number, and records only the calls for that class.

The signals come from the register, validated marks and discipline: nothing needs retyping.
The call log keeps a trace of every contact with the family.
The student’s 360° view shows the success index, the curve of results, the school path and discipline.
A teacher sees only the students of their own classes.
Families see their child’s form teacher in their space.
The list is for working: it does not sort students into good and bad.

From absences to action: thresholds, summons and follow-up

Absences are counted in hours, excused or not. The scale in the school regulations, which the school can adjust, sets thresholds: when one is reached, the system proposes the matching measure, but the senior supervisor or the management decides. There is never an automatic sanction.

A parent can be summoned by the discipline office, with the reason, the day and the place; the family sees the summons in its space, and the outcome is recorded. For academic support, a remediation register and individual follow-up sheets keep track of what has been put in place.

A threshold reached is a proposal, which can be set aside by writing the reason.
Decisions are kept and logged.
The family is told in its online space.
Remediation sheets follow each student receiving help.
Students with special needs have their own follow-up.

Limits of alerts, and where to start

A signal is not a verdict: it is a reason to look closely and talk to the student and the family. The software does not predict a child’s future.

To get started: take the register at every session, validate the marks of each sequence, then open the list every week and record the calls.

The list is only as good as the data entered: a register not taken produces no signal.
There is no phone notification: the list is something you open and read.
Families are told in their online space; text messages are a separate paid option, switched off by default.
The decision to help, to summon or to sanction stays human.

Frequently asked questions

Which signals does the software bring together?

Unexcused absences, a low or falling average, and the family to call. They come from the register, validated marks and discipline.

Does the software sanction a student on its own?

No. When an absence threshold is reached, the system proposes a measure, and the senior supervisor or the management decides.

Who can record a call to a family?

The deputy head, the senior supervisor and the academic follow-up staff, and the form teacher for the families of their class.

Does a teacher see every at-risk student in the school?

No. A teacher sees only the students of their own classes.

Can we try it before committing?

Yes. The free trial lasts 30 days, with no commitment. The price is then negotiated with each school and can be read on the Pricing page.

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