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2020 IN REVIEW

Thanks for another fan-tass-tic year!

2020 has been one of the most challenging, confusing and eventful years ever - particularly for the education industry.

Despite this year's chaos, the TASS Team have been busier than ever. Take a look below at everything TASS got up to in 2020.

Our office will be closed from 3:00pm 24th December to 3rd January, reopening 4th January at 8:00am (AEST).

We'd like to wish everyone a happy and safe festive season.

 

here's what we got up to in 2020!

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2,338 votes on ENHANCEMENTS

support(1)13,721 COMPLETED SUPPORT REQUESTS

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2,004 posts on the forum

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+1,000 HOURS OF TASS TRAINING COMPLETED

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40 SMALL GROUP TRAINING SESSIONs

WE LAUNCHED SOME EXCITING NEW FEATURES

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EXTRA CURRICULAR MANAGEMENT

Schools can now offer online sign-up, manage teams and coaches, and schedule private music lessons and sports practice through the Extra Curricular module.

Extra Curricular Management

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PARENT PAYMENT SCHEDULES

Finance Teams can now deploy ‘set and forget’ billing runs with automated, trackable income, while parents can setup a direct debit and schedule that suits them within the Parent Portal.

Parent Payment Schedules

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ONLINE
TIMESHEETS

Payroll teams can now digitise timesheet processing by allowing employees to submit timesheets through the staff portal, providing automated control over approval workflows and deadline dates.

Online Timesheets

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ILLNESS SELF-REGISTRATION

The Illness Self Registration system allows students to sign in and out of sickbay themselves – taking unnecessary pressure off school nurses and allowing them to do what they do best: taking care of students.

Illness Self-Registration & Version 53

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GENDER FLUIDITY

Gender Fluidity was launched, allowing customers to configure their own genders and implement them accordingly – empowering schools to autonomously decide what works best for their community.

View the Gender Fluidity FAQ

WE continued to provide excellent services

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TASS CUSTOMER HUB

1,160 customers joined the TASS
Customer Hub
- providing
customers with access to all resources in one location.

TASS Customer Hub

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INTEGRATION PARTNERS

We welcomed some new partners this year, bringing our total number of Strategic and Integration Partners to 20. 

See our Certified Integrations

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CLOUD HOSTING SERVICES

We continued to expand our Cloud Hosting Services, with 58 schools now supported and deploying through TASS Cloud. 

TASS Cloud Hosting Services

 

 

we dropped everything to support you through covid

COVID-19 presented a whole new set of challenges for schools - mainly driven by the seemingly overnight shift to online learning. To support our customers through this, the TASS team immediately shifted their efforts to help them move online and focus on safety and continuity.

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We put our development roadmap on hold and 
fast tracked enhancements to ease COVID-19 related challenges
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We opened a dedicated thread on the forum, providing an opportunity to submit enhancement requests to help with a shift in priorities.

 

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We released two new versions containing enhancements to help with the complexities of moving entire school operations online.

 

we met some new people

 

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SIX NEW TEAM MEMBERS

The TASS family grew a lot in 2020; we welcomed six new team members.

 

and celebrated our staff!

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RICARDO'S 10TH YEAR
Chief Operating Officer

We not only celebrated Ricardo's ten year milestone but also his promotion to COO - Ricardo previously led the Development team as the Development Manager.
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WENDY'S 10TH YEAR
Professional Services

Wendy is well-known as our Payroll and Finance Guru. Before joining the Professional Services team she spent eight years in Customer Support where she got to know many of our users.

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TAMMY'S 10TH YEAR
Professional Services

Tammy has a genuine love for helping people. Before joining TASS she spent six years working in TASS schools. Tammy now specialises in school administration, implementations and project management. 

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ALAN'S SEMI-RETIREMENT
Former Director

After 25 years, Alan Nowland stepped back from his leadership role to take a well-deserved break and enjoy the finer things in life.
 
Take a look back at Alan's time at TASS

THERE'S A LOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN 2021

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INFORMATION DELIVERED TO YOU

The new Scheduling Software will allow you to run reports using relative dates and schedule them for delivery straight to your inbox, providing timely digests of important information for anything from weekly attendance summaries to daily pastoral care notifications and more!

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IMPROVED BANK FEEDS & RECONCILIATION

A new bank account dashboard and automated reconciliation feature will be introduced to Finance in the New Year, providing visual insight into multiple accounts and tools to initiate import of bank transactions and bank reconciliation transaction matching.

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WAIT A SECOND, THAT'S NOT AN EXCURSION

We can see that many schools are trying to push the boundaries with how they are using the Tours and Excursion function, so we are remodelling it to accommodate different kinds of school-based events. 

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SUBSTITUTIONS IS GETTING A FACELIFT

The Substitutions solution is getting a facelift to give your staff better visuals to help solve the daily puzzle and better manage your teacher substitutions.

With day and week matrix views containing all the information and statistics you need, substitutions can now be allocated quickly and
confidently on the fly.

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ENROLMENT WORKSHEET PREDICTIONS

Project your school's student numbers years into the future using the enhanced Projected Numbers utility in the Enrolments Worksheet.

Create multiple projection templates and predict future student numbers by setting the Enrolment Stages and Probabilities for each future year - allowing you to track trends and assist with
forecasting and planning.

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TASS Conference 2021 Announcement 

Due to the continued uncertainty surrounding coronavirus, the 2021 TASS Conference has been postponed.

In it's place we will be hosting state-based events throughout the year, ensuring that we get to see and connect with everyone.

More information will follow in the coming months.

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Not sure what a TASS Conference looks like?

See what we got up to at TASSCon 2019

 

2021

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT IN 2020

WE'LL SEE YOU IN 2021!

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SEE WHat happened in 2019

2019 Year in Review

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