Overview

Berwick Primary School has been using Class Creator for over a decade, making them one of the original adopters. Prior to implementing Class Creator, the process of building class lists was time-consuming, fragmented and heavily reliant on manual effort from leadership and teachers.

School Profile

  • School: Berwick Primary School
  • Location: Berwick, Victoria
  • Type: Government
  • Students: 882
  • Staff: 90
  • Key Challenges: Lost learning time and time-consuming admin from manual processes, high level of separations within the school

Spread across four days and additional planning meetings, each classroom would be printed out in a different color depending on the grade. Each student’s name would be printed on paper and cut out before teachers would begin the task of putting the puzzle together. Once the teachers were happy, every list would be shared with leadership to ensure it met the school’s standard for balance and equity, adding more admin for staff. As a school with a high level of separations, the exercise of balancing classes would take multiple sessions.

Using this old process, learning time and quality of teaching was being heavily impacted as class placements were taking away from lesson planning and supporting students.

The Solution

In comes Class Creator to automate class list creation by balancing academic performance, behavior and social needs. Getting started was easy with on-hand support and a library of tutorials to run administrators through the platform and its features.

One standout feature that proved especially valuable for the school was the sociograph – a visual map of student relationships and interactions. It enabled the school to uncover social dynamics early and equip teachers with insights before the academic year begun.

The Results

Ten years on from implementing Class Creator, Berwick has consistently seen a positive impact as a result of streamlining their class placement process. Here are the key outcomes the school has experienced:

Organizational Impact

Being able to convert the final surveys into a CSV has streamlined organization for Berwick across departments

Time Saving

Class Creator has saved 10 hours of time per teacher, equating to over 800 hours across all teaching staff

Parent Communication

Parent communication has improved as it puts class decisions down to the algorithm

Enhanced Staff Wellbeing

Taking away administrative tasks like class list creation has given more balance to staff

Balanced Classes

Class Creator has helped develop and enable a better spread of skills and personalities of the children across classes