Passport For Good has been specifically designed to equip administrators with real-time data that drives:
Resource Allocation
With quantifiable statistics on where students spend most of their time and what their greatest interests are, major pivots can be made on how to distribute stipends and people resources.
Access to Grants and Funding
Open doors for more money to flow in by meeting submission requirements of actual data for funding and grants.
Real-time Dynamic Feedback
View student feedback in real-time through student-driven reviews and ratings of activities. Cut the fat on wasted resources that are not moving the needle.
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Initiatives to promote “whole child” development and student equity are sweeping the U.S. due to the overwhelming data showing:
1 Increased involvement in extracurricular activities correlates to better academic success.
2 More connections (actively engaging beyond the classroom) yield increased attendance and the ability to collaborate with others.
3 Depression decreases as engagement increases.
Data Lacking in Assessment of Whole Child and Student Equity
A quick Google search will show hundreds of implementation items to assist districts on the directive of focusing on the whole child and student equity – tailored curriculum, groups to get students more connected, and volunteer opportunities to promote college, career, and civic readiness.
With the focus on these initiatives intensifying, a new problem has come to the surface. Academic performance is easy to measure with traditional aptitude tests, with results readily accessible for teachers and administrators to evaluate.
But what about outside of the classroom? Which strategies are working and which are not? Where is the proof? What is the cost of a disengaged student? How is this measured?
The problem is administrators have limited access to data.
Studies suggest that civic learning not only promotes civic knowledge, skills, and dispositions but also builds the “twenty-first-century competencies” that employers value and is associated with better school climate and lower dropout rates, according to the Guardian of Democracy report.
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Cost of Missing Data
Not having access to quality, real-time data is costly.
Delays Render Obsolete Data
If a school is recording how many hours students are spending on various activities outside the classroom, it is difficult to obtain records as written logs are by and large still the go-to. Traditional paper methods mean major time delays in getting access to data. Once collected, so much time has elapsed that the data is already obsolete. This makes effective decision-making nearly impossible.
Multiple Platforms Yield Inconsistencies
Some schools use multiple measuring vehicles so when it comes time for data collection, it is pulled from various sources. Collecting all the pieces requires more time and often results in fragmented data which lacks a complete picture.
Limitations Leave Gaps
Many evaluation methods do not have the ability to filter by event types to see what students are involved in and how many total hours were spent.
Without a full scope of engagement, there may be a limited number of the student population very engaged in a few activities, but what about the missing pieces showing what they are not involved in? The lack of student engagement is an equal area of concern.
Now, more than ever, having the ability to measure student involvement is critical.
Benefits of Better Insights
Passport For Good harnesses the power of technology to engage students across place and time.
With a robust evidence-oriented SaaS (Software as a Service), Passport For Good creates a win-win:
- Students are given revolutionary tools to prepare their non-academic transcript for higher education and career preparation.
- Administrators make better decisions based on solid data of student body engagement.
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People Are Saying
“Passport For Good has brought us out of the dark ages by providing students with a paperless way to capture their engagement. We are now measuring activity outside of the classroom that previously wasn’t measurable.”
Michael Klugman
Principal, Bethlehem Central School District
“Passport for Good is a game changer by giving students a positive way to document their service experience and to reflect on the impact they are making. Its use will promote the value of learning outside the classroom and will provide schools with data they have never had before so that they can make a greater impact on our communities.”
Kaweeda G. Adams
Superintendent of Schools, City School District of Albany
“Passport for Good is aligned with our mission to develop a student body of citizens who are part of a bigger community. It provides schools with easy monitoring of service requirements, and new data to show the value and impact of student services, and to better address community need.”
Jody Monroe
Superintendent of Schools, Bethlehem Central
“Passport For Good took our digital portfolio idea and turned it into a new, student-friendly component called the P.A.S.S. Module (Projects Activities and Skills). This new feature allows students to capture and showcase their projects and activities in a digital portfolio while identifying critical skills being utilized each day.”
Michael Siebert
Haverling High School Principal
“As an educator, I value how Passport for Good helps support the mission of my school district to inspire students to “…exhibit strength of character and contribute positively to a global society.” It has offered our students and their families a way to record contributions and participation in activities and community service in a way that celebrates achievements and motivates goal setting. Students remain engaged due to the transparency of these cumulative records. They gain a sense of pride as they see their service hours grow, representing their willingness to give back to their communities selflessly. As a parent, I can see how this platform can potentially offer families a clear mode of communication between home and school to encourage community involvement that fosters a child’s interests, school engagement, and well-being.”
Claudia Rudnet
Mineola High School Teacher / Oyster Bay PTSA Co-President