AfterSchool21 (AS21) keeps parents and out-of-school-time (OST) program staff safe while preserving the accuracy of attendance records with new user-friendly, mobile drop-off/sign-in and sign-out functionality.
AS21 is the most customizable and advanced after-school program data management software available. Twelve State Departments of Education and hundreds of grant-funded or parent-pay programs across the United States have trusted AfterSchool21 for 25 + years to simplify reporting on after-school outcomes for grant-funded and parent-pay programs alike.
The Spring 2021 release is based on customer feedback during the pandemic and provides several key innovations to support safety and data-driven analysis of programmatic outcomes.
A core component of the pick-up and drop-off routine is the “sign-in” and “sign-out” process, which can be the most dangerous for a program's staff because it involves frequent face-to-face interactions. To minimize the possibility of COVID-19 spread, many centers temporarily only allow children into the building or severely limit the number of people in the building at any given time.
AS21 helps mitigate in-person transmission of COVID-19 without slowing down pick-up and drop-off operations by offering two options for mobile attendance tracking:
State and program administrators will spend less time analyzing their data with 12 new dashboard charts. The new admin dashboard visually displays key metrics. Users can use these charts to explore the data for quick insights without exporting and filtering:
Contact a team member to learn more about these feature improvements and how AS21 can help after-school program centers reach program goals while making reporting requirements less onerous.