St Dominic’s College is an independent boys’ school located in Kingswood, Western Sydney. With a rich history dating back to the 1950s, it is a thriving community dedicated to fostering the growth and development of young minds.
Student Count: 1017
Staff Count: 193
Location: Kingswood, Penrith NSW
About St Dominic’s College
St Dominic’s College is an independent boys’ school located in Kingswood, Western Sydney. With a rich history dating back to the 1950s, it is a thriving community dedicated to fostering the growth and development of young minds.
St Dominic’s College is an accepting and welcoming community that fosters nurturing relationships and is committed to the well-being and welfare of our students and the wider College community. As a Catholic Community, all members can learn and celebrate in their faith. St Dominic’s College has been providing excellence in education and its thriving sports program for over sixty years.
“Overall, I can say that moving to Compass was the best thing we did as a college. Our parent engagement has increased exponentially and our staff are more confident in our processes, as everything is much more streamlined.”
Daniel Khoury, Director of Pastoral Care
St Dominic’s main priorities
Standardised incident management reporting
Improving incident communications and announcements
Streamlining college communications
College letterheads and templates
Enhancing communication with parents via the Compass app
Finding the right software partner
We selected Compass because it was user-friendly and easy to get staff on board. We also found that the behind-the-scenes building and customisation were simple.
“Compass is very much plug and play, it’s easy for staff to get on board.“
Daniel Khoury, Director of Pastoral Care
Getting going with Compass
Initially, our biggest concern was improving and streamlining communication with parents. We previously worried about parents being overwhelmed by too many emails. However, we are using Chronicle to customise email and dashboard notifications for individual students, which has been beneficial in improving communication with parents. The implementation and transition to Compass have gone very smoothly. Staff feel empowered by the ease of communication with parents.
“We were able to get staff on board really quickly. We were able to get students understanding the system and parents having that real-time feedback – that was a real positive start for us. Staff engagement was great, and the Compass team was very helpful throughout the transition period.”
Daniel Khoury, Director of Pastoral Care
Parents feel better informed when they arrive at teacher interviews and are aware of their child’s performance in each subject. The live feedback has been very beneficial to parents, as it helps them know where their child is.
“With the Compass App, parents are up to date with information on their child’s learning, behaviour and activities at all stages of the day… parent feedback has been really positive.”
Nathan Zannet – Learning Technology Coordinator
Students can actively track their progress through Compass, giving them real-time visibility into their academic achievement, merits, and house points earned. This motivates them to stay engaged and encourages a sense of ownership over their accomplishments and behaviour.
For administrators, Compass provides a clear and accessible overview of student activity via Chronicle entries. This allows them to track student information and respond proactively to contribute to a more cohesive and supportive school environment.
A better connected school community
Here are some of the core aspects we appreciate about Compass.
Chronicle allows teachers to write observations of behaviour and on classwork.
“The Chronicle feature, which includes the ability to build templates, automate emails to parents and students, as well as automate triggers based on student data, has been the greatest feature for our Pastoral Team.”
Daniel Khoury, Director of Pastoral Care
Customisable templates
Enhances communication with parents without creating more work
Coaches can help athletes and monitor their schoolwork
Pulse helps track attendance, performance, and house points, and it easily generates reports
“Using the Pulse feature allows us to analyse this data and identify areas of strength and improvement.”
Daniel Khoury, Director of Pastoral Care
Impact of Compass so far
Compass is helping us streamline workflows and significantly reduce costs, supporting our school’s long-term goals.
“In our first year, we eliminated the need for student planners – saving around $25,000 by shifting to Compass’s built-in tools like “My Tasks” for student planning.”
One of our favourite modules so far is the wellbeing module, Chronicale. Chronicle has improved tracking student behaviour and identifying areas for improvement. Its user-friendly templates allow staff to complete forms easily by ticking boxes, and the automation of certain forms streamlines internal administration.
By using Compass, we have reduced our reliance on multiple external platforms, such as our school management applications, Consent2Go, and My Maintenance. Compass enables us to manage everything in one place, aligning with our vision of creating a better communication, cost-effective and streamlined way of operating in the school environment.
“We were using many external programmes — we’re not having to subscribe to all different things. By not having to worry about those, we’re able to streamline everything into one space.”
Daniel Khoury, Director of Pastoral Care
Streamlined for staff, trusted by parents
“I would 100% recommend any school to make the transition to Compass. I have been trying to get all EREA schools in our network to join Compass, as it, when used properly, is easily the best platform on the market.”
Daniel Khoury, Director of Pastoral Care
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