Making school management easier and more efficient
We offer a wide range of software and solutions to help school administrations fulfil their educational mission. Our applications cover the entire gamut of school operations, including the management of student records, stay-in-school initiatives, daycare programs, human resources, educational technologies and more. At Société GRICS, we are dedicated to making your workload lighter—every day.
How many students are enrolled in daycare? How many use lunch supervision? AVANT-GARDE can answer these questions and others quickly and easily. It represents an effective solution for managing every aspect of daycare operations (student files, costs of supervision and activities, invoicing, deposits, payments, tax receipts, etc.). And because all functions are linked directly to the school's GPI database, there's no danger of losing any information!To find out more...
This is the central system that manages all student information, including marks, schedules, school supplies lists, absences and more. Authorized staff members—the principal, teachers, secretaries and specialists—can use it to find, enter and share information.To find out more...
This collection of
43 online tutorials was developed in partnership with the Commission scolaire de Laval. The tutorials are intended to help new employees and replacement staff in elementary and secondary schools become more independent and better skilled at using certain GPI system functions. The tutorials are also intended for employees who use the GPI system on a daily basis, as a way to reinforce previous training. Use of the tutorials will help reduce the amount of first-level support provided by school board staff to schools. With these tutorials, employees can evaluate what they have learned and develop their skills in using the various tools available in GPI.To find out more...
As an administrator, you are required to supervise your teachers’ educational, complementary and personal activities. GTE is an on-line application that records the time spent on various activities precisely and effectively with a flexible, easy-to-use interface.To find out more...
If your school uses an individual teaching approach, Horaires individualisés can make your work much easier by quickly creating a personalized timetable for each student and facilitating the management of teachers’ schedules.To find out more... (in french)
This tool is more than a simple on-line class register! Users can log in from school or home at any time, not only to post grades but also to enter personal comments, coded messages, notes, absences, homework assignments, lesson materials and more.To find out more...
SPI, an application available through GPI-Internet and Édu-groupe, can help you determine which students require assistance, keep a record of all the corresponding information and draw up an intervention plan when one is required. It features an alert box, which is very useful in calling attention to particular situations. The system can also serve as a tool for positive reinforcement by identifying students whose performance deserves special recognition.To find out more...
Effective management of a school’s stockroom can be a daunting challenge. La Procure is here to make the task simpler. In connection with other solutions (ACHAT, TOSCA and DOFIN), La Procure offers adult education and vocational training centres the tools they need to manage their supplies (articles sold, rented or on loan, commonly used items, invoicing, etc.).To find out more...
TOSCA provides a full set of tools to enable adult education and vocational training centres to manage student files in a comprehensive, flexible and reliable way. Its versatility means it can be used in conjunction with non-standard management approaches, such as those associated with individual or traditional programs.To find out more...
It’s important to be ready when tax season comes around! This module is an essential tool for preparing and issuing tax receipts, including the full-time postsecondary tuition fee form (Relevé 8) and the certificate needed for claiming the tuition, education and textbook tax credit (T2202A).To find out more...
As an administrator, you need to supervise your teachers' educational, complementary and personal activities. GTE is an on-line application that records the time spent on various activities precisely and effectively with a flexible, easy-to-use interface.
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TOSCA.net — Student Monitoring component is an on-line prevention and assistance tool that makes it possible to monitor the progress of individual students in adult education or vocational programs. It offers a series of electronic tools that quickly identify students who need particular assistance and establish, as required, a strategy for working with them to achieve their goals.To find out more...
BIM gives teachers of academic or vocational programs for children or adults all the tools they need to evaluate their students. The application contains a wide array of ready-to-use evaluation scenarios consistent with the requirements of the pedagogical renewal initiative for all elementary school cycles and the secondary
system. Click here to find out more... or visit the
BIM Web site.
Interested in a set of helpful, reliable resources designed to facilitate and enrich the development of student competencies? Then the Carrefour éducation site is for you! It provides preschool, elementary and secondary teachers with FREE, quick and easy access to an impressive selection of teaching aids.To find out more...
If a picture is worth a thousand words, just think what you can do with 3,200 videos! This collection boasts quality audiovisual materials whose themes are closely linked to the content of the Quebec Education Program. Accessible on-line, the collection features a search engine, excerpts, companion documents and downloads—everything you need to bring your lessons to life!To find out more...
Evaluating students’ reading and writing skills is not always easy to do. Mon profil allows you to identify your students’ strengths and weaknesses in those areas by benchmarking their results against those of other students their age. It also provides suggestions on potential courses of action.To find out more...
This is an integrative portal that comprises a tele-collaborative, all-Web platform, a set of powerful tools and a variety of resources. Edu-group features a customized work environment (calendar, e-mail, files, pedagogical resources, bookmarks, etc.) as well as dynamic shared workspaces (files, discussion forums, chat application, virtual classrooms, event log, videoconferencing tool, etc.). Everything you need to build the classroom of tomorrow—today!To find out more...
A Web site with absolutely EVERYTHING (information on professions, training programs, job placement statistics, etc.) you need to help your students plot out their academic and professional paths. The site offers a Webfolio to store students’ searches and explorations as they pursue their education. It also provides them with access to a series of interactive activities designed to provide guidance on school and career choices (Lazuli, J’me PIF un secondaire!, Mon PIF PRO!, Un PIF BRANCHÉ!, SOS—Stratégies d’orientation scolaire (CURSUS), Exploration des professions par disciplines scolaires
and
IVIP-Inventaire visuel d'intérêts professionnels).To find out more...
Our data warehouse and dashboard software makes it possible to track student performance. It compiles and aggregates select data from the GPI system in order to drill-down and analyze key statistics. Data is stored in a way that ensures rapid subsequent retrieval and analysis, despite the massive amount of information involved.
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Describing the socio-educational environment of a school is not an easy thing to do. Enter QES-Web, a joint initiative of Société GRICS and the Centre de transfert pour la réussite éducative du Québec (CTREQ), which features questionnaires tailored to specific groups (elementary/secondary, students/staff). The resulting data makes it possible to compare perceptions and identify potential courses of action.
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This system addresses all of the stages involved in managing a school success plan. It allows users to describe a specific situation, develop guidelines and goals, make use of a directory for choosing or creating indicators, set points of reference, customize the way results are displayed, compile and analyze results and produce a variety of reports.
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Developed as a result of a partnership between Société GRICS and the Centre de transfert pour la réussite éducative du Québec (CTREQ), this on-line application is designed to help identify students at risk of dropping out of school and determine what the main factors behind their problems are (lack of interest/motivation, behaviour problems, hidden antisocial problems, depressive tendencies).
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Keystone is a comprehensive, secure and versatile system designed for organizations of any size and operating in any sector. It allows users to file, store, distribute and manage the life cycle of documents, from creation to disposal. To find out more...
Interested in introducing a specific book to your students? Want to have a copy set aside for your next trip to the school library? Then you may well want to find out more about using Regard, an application that can help you effectively manage your library resources—books, CDs and even on-line materials.
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Facilitating personnel management
PAIE and GRH - Online PAIE and GRH tutorials
The set of
52 tutorials was developed in association with the Commission scolaire de la Région-de-Sherbrooke. The tutorials are aimed at school support staff and focus primarily on the functions designed specifically for their usage, including entering payments and absences (through the DÉCENTRALISATION and HORAIRE modules), finding substitute teachers and generating files.
Using these tutorials, employees can work more independently and further develop their skills with respect to data entry and various features of the PAIE and GRH system. And the application lets them access online assistance whenever and however often they feel the need.
School administrators can use Decentralization et plus to manage their personnel files directly. With this application, they can modify certain data, including identifying information, manage absences, make payments and produce various lists.
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Dealing with classroom overflow can be a very demanding task. GDE is an excellent way to get a handle on the situation, as it takes into account all of the variables used in calculating compensation and carries out all operations automatically using data from the GPI (when available) and PAIE systems.
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Need a substitute teacher? Candidature can help you find one in a snap. The software processes job applications and speeds up the candidate identification process using a range of on-line services. Candidature can also be helpful during the hiring process in evaluating applicants (all categories of personnel).
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Here's a hassle-free way of creating employee files for new hires! Générateur uses templates and default values to produce new files and job descriptions quickly, easily and securely.
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This is an exceptional source of schedule-related information, including a summary of all of the activities assigned to a given employee (i.e., regular tasks, occasional work periods, absences and availability times).
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Has your paycheque been deposited? With Performa, you can find out right away! Performa is a suite of Web services available 24/7 to all employees. It provides access to pay statements, absence reports, attendance sheets and other information.
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DOFIN is a solution for overseeing your financial and budget information that incorporates all essential functions: general ledger, petty cash, bank reconciliations, provincial and federal taxes and more. There is also DOFIN-École, a valued-added application that lets users customize their work sessions and make it easier to enter and retrieve accounting data for a given school.
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INFINI enables authorized staff members to go to a school board’s Web site and call up information on financial management (DOFIN), payroll (PAIE & GRH) and procurement (ACHAT).To find out more...
ACHAT is a great way to keep track of all your procurement practices. In addition to being compatible with suppliers’ communication tools (fax, Internet, e-mail), the software is directly linked to the DOFIN financial software.
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A washroom is out of order. A door is broken. Heavy winds have caused property damage. Use GRDS to submit an on-line request for maintenance—with just a few clicks of a mouse. GRDS can even provide updates on the status of your requests.
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