Reviews of Edficiency

"Edficiency - making flex time scheduling a breeze"

Overall: I can't overstate how perfect Edficiency has been for our school. It's really a combination of the product itself and the support that comes along with it. Some of our support sessions have been less about the how-to of using the product (click here, click here) but more about how it can be molded to support our schools educational vision.

Pros: From the very first sales call, it was clear that Edficiency was designed with our exact use case in mind: balancing student and teacher needs and priorities in scheduling flexible learning sessions. Every single time we met with [SENSITIVE CONTENT], we came away with the assurance that it could handle everything we wanted it to. Each concern we had already had a feature designed to take care of it. Not only is the software great, but the support team is really outstanding as well. They are, by far, the best educational support company I have ever worked with. Not only do they understand the software, but they immediately understood our own vision for its implementation.

Cons: The software is really great at its core purpose, but the graphic design of it is dated. In high usage times, there have been severe performance issues. Additionally, there are some quirks such as changes not being reflected until users log out and log back in.

"Edficiency in Education at the Secondary Level"

Overall: Overall, Edficiency has been a cost-effective and effective tool. The customer service is phenomenal, the price is right, and while there are a few minor issues in software design, we have been very satisfied.

Pros: Edficiency remains a high-quality product for student and staff scheduling. At Cooper High, we use Edficiency to create a flex period during that today that allows students a measure of choice in what teacher they would like to receive help from during the day, and as an intervention tool for teachers looking to provide student assistance. The benefits of this system are numerous. We can easily provide academic support to students during the school day and the system itself is relatively easy to initialize.

Cons: Although the system itself is effective and provides a cost-effective solution to student scheduling, there are a few elements of Edficiency that could be improved. Edficiency requires some student and staff training, and its design is not always intuitive. For example, when students make a selection and schedule their sessions, switching between the days of the week and finding the right teacher makes for a "clunky" experience. This is not a problem in the coding of software, but rather one in design. Additionally, there is currently no easy tool that allows admin to exclude individual students from select sessions. It would also be helpful to have an attendance system that syncs with Infinite Campus.

"User friendly, efficient and excellent customer service!"

Overall: We use Edficiency for a kind of study hall/period to get help/have student meeting etc. Our previous way of doing this was not as organized, the students had to figure out where to go and resulted in a lot of unproductive time for students and it was hard to take attendance to make sure everyone was accounted for. Edficiency provides a great way to make that most out of everyone's time and to make sure everyone is accounted for by being able to request students, set up group meetings, take attendance. And the students get emailed where they should be! One of the other great thing about Edficiency is their customer service. If you ever have questions they are very quick to respond and very helpful!

Pros: Edficiency was very easy to learn how to use, you can start with the basics and build from there. It is a very user friendly program! From the admin. side set up was very easy along with updating from year to year. It is great that you can set up sessions far in advance if you would like, that you can create different templates to use if needed and pretty much customize it to fit your needs. It is easy to look up student assignments, reassign them, manage users, rooms etc. Overall, all the features are very easy to use!!

Cons: A couple drawbacks are the fact that I have to take attendance in Edficiency and then transfer it to our SIS and that during the school year I have to manually enter new students and take out ones that are leaving. It is a lot of work on my end to create the teacher rosters so I leave it up to them but I wish there was a way to make them create one otherwise when students are assigned, the teachers without rosters don't end up with many students. I also wish that I did not have to remember to apply the template each day for the next day's session.

"Edficiency is a time-saving, user-friendly scheduling program for intervention blocks."

Overall: If you want to work with a company of people who know what they are doing but also know how to talk to people about what they are doing, Edficiency is the program for you. They can help you dream of ways to use an intervention block that you never imagined were possible.

Pros: I cannot say enough positive things about Edficiency's customer service. When I send an email (and I have sent plenty!) they respond, often times, within an hour. They have gone above and beyond to help make Edficiency work to its' maximum capacity for our school. If a situation cannot be remedied via email, they will do a Zoom Meeting with me to help figure everything out. The personalities are so excited about the produce and willing to help however they can. Previously, we used a different product. This product does not even begin to compare to the quality of Edficiency. The creators of Edficiency have obviously had classroom experience or input from teachers and educators. The program seems to have every feature we could ever dream of having. It has reduced the time for scheduling students in our intervention block from an hour (every day) using the other program to less than 5 minutes per WEEK using Edficiency. The "log in with google" feature allows students and teachers to easily access the information for the day and for the weeks to come. Students were able to navigate the program independently before we even did the training with them. The priority levels for tagging students are brilliant. With this feature, we are able to allow students the opportunity to attend a club if they choose to do so, but also request help from the teacher if they need it. Students and teachers, both, picked up very quickly how to tag students appropriately.

Cons: I honestly can't say anything that iI like "least" about this program. It is so far above where the other program was that it seems to have everything! An app for the cell phone would be nice (although you can view the program through the web browser on a phone just fine).

"Edficiency Flex Scheduling Software"

Overall: We have been using Edficiency in our building for almost 4 full years now. This program is exactly what we were looking for and we haven't had any issues with the implementation and use of the program for all of our flex scheduling needs. This program has changed the culture of learning in our building for both students and staff and I would recommend it to any school district that is looking for flex scheduling software.

Pros: The ease of use, the customer service, and the continued evolution of the program to meet our student and staff needs has been exceptional.

Cons: I do not have any concerns with this software. [SENSITIVE CONTENT] team has taken all of our suggestions over the years and have found a way to implement them, when it makes sense.

"Edficiency Will Help You Support All Students"

Overall: This product will change your culture and provide you the time, space and instruction to move your building forward. I have used other programs similar to this and this is far better than any program out there to help schedule your flexible time.

Pros: One of the most useful pieces of this program is allowing for students to rank teachers and for teachers to create front rows for students. In other programs similar to this, unless students specifically sign-up, they are left wandering the building with nowhere to be. Edficiency will take the student rankings and the teachers needs and schedule every single student to a space. This is not only important for academics but for safety.

Cons: There are times in which students will be placed with teachers they don't have. This is from a user error and rosters not being loaded. There is a lot of front end work that is needed to be done by teachers in order for this to run well. With all of the demands our teachers have this can be a challenge.

"Edficiency - Flex Time Software to Enrich Your Learning Environment"

Overall: We solved the building disruptions when groups or classes were called out of learning time for meetings or distribution of information to certain students. With Edficiency, those things happen during our Flex Period without interruption. Staff can connect with students who need the intervention time with ease. I can not imaging our district going back to 'pre-Edficiency'.

Pros: Edficiency turned our disruptive Activity Days into days with a time set aside for intervention and enrichment. Our daily schedule now includes a Flex Time used for class meetings, extra study time for those who need or want it and Enrichment groups. Students can request time with selected teachers, or staff can request a student who may need the extra help. Easy to use, once set, it runs itself with little intervention.

Cons: One adjustment that could be made is once a single session is created, it is hard to edit without deleting and recreating some portions of it.

"Edficiency review"

Overall: The customer service given by Edficiency is excellent. Whenever there have been issues there is someone available to email, call, or video call. I have been very pleased with their responses and their response time.

Pros: This system made it possible for our school to offer a flex period within the school day. Students and teachers are both able to request each other on different days to get/give the assistance that is needed. It is very easy to set up classes, templates, and groups of students for sessions. There are options for having virtual and in-person students at the same time. The system notifies students of their class assignments each day via school email. Students are able to place an order of their teachers for when they are randomly assigned to sessions. Teachers are able to request students in advance and the program is designed to not allow a teacher to monopolize a student's sessions. This is both a positive and a negative. A positive so that staff cannot also "dibs" a student however it is a negative when only one teacher wants to request a student. In this event, teachers need to make a request each day for the next day. The administrative side of the program is very easy to use and navigate. I am able to teach staff how to use the program in about 10 minutes. I can access reports that tell me student sessions requests, attendance and group memberships. I can also determine if a teacher has taken attendance, created groups, and how they are making sessions, e.g. they are limiting enrollment, requiring requests to be in the session, and open seats.

Cons: A number of teachers have mentioned that they would like the ability to request a student for multiple days in a row, however it can be a problem if a teacher is able to monopolize a student's flex time. There are work arounds, teachers can create a group that automatically places the student in their section or they can request a student each day for the next day. As an administrator I would like the ability to select multiple sections at one time when having to delete multiple sections - currently I can only select either one section or delete all sessions. While I would not use this feature often, it would be nice to have. I would also like the ability to insert default information for staff for the ease of creating certain sessions.

"Edficiency - An efficient and effective tool to manage school RtI needs"

Overall: I am very satisfied with my overall experience with Edficiency. It is a great technical tool to take our RtI program to the next level in providing academic and social emotional learning support.

Pros: There isn't much that I do not like about Edficiency. It is very easy to use, tracks all of the data we need, and is flexible for many different situations that could occur on our campus. I especially appreciate how management and data is within the control of someone on-site - I can add and activate users myself, I can log in as a student and view it from their end, I can manage settings for other staff members, and print out rosters for substitutes. Multiple people have access to the info on Edficiency, so it also provides a tool for closer collaboration between our staff.

Cons: As with any system, it took us a little while to train staff and students on how to use it. The learning curve was (and can still be) steep even in our 3rd year of using the system for some users. I'm also confused by how our Aeries system doesn't automatically connect and update with Edficiency at the start of each school year - but I do not think that is an issue on Edficiency's end.

"Best Scheduling System"

Pros: The ability for teachers to make their own sessions and to have the sessions features for teachers that do not create their own sessions is incredibly helpful. In addition, when teachers can input request and also mark students “at risk” allows students that will create more of an opportunity for students to be placed with teachers that they need more support from.

Cons: It’s difficult for some students with iep/unique learning needs that need consistency to use this product. It would be helpful to have a feature that allows specific scheduling that is consistent.

"Flexible product that meets our unique needs "

Overall: Edficiency has helped us to best maximize our support times with students. Teachers and students are able to use the system to schedule directly with the people that they most need time with. Customer support has been quick, responsive an open-minded to new ideas. The cost is very comparable and fair for this service. We have been pleased with what Edficiency and their staff have been able to do for us here at LHS.

Pros: As our high school implemented a flexible Resource period two days a week, we needed a scheduling product that could be easily manipulated by both students and faculty. We needed quick turn around for daily scheduling requests, effective communication so that everyone knew where to report and customer support that was willing to work with what our school needed specifically. With Edficiency we have gotten all of that. It is a constant work in progress and Edficiency is always there to listen to our desires and concerns and work with us on the most effective solutions to keep this system effective for us.

Cons: There are pieces that need to be reconfigured as we flex with our schedules and needs here at school but overall, the Edficiency staff has been very supportive as we work together to think through logical and effective adjustments.

"The solution we needed to help students know where to be and when"

Overall: We use Edficiency to schedule a school-run testing center, remediation for our struggling students and study groups, labs, etc. for AP and Concurrent Enrollment classes. This system allows our teachers to have dedicated time for extension and remediation activities, allows students to choose a convenient time for taking exams, and allows the administration to see how all of these are working to help students.

Pros: The initial setup takes some time, however as we have changed and adapted how we run our program, Edficiency has enough options that will accommodate the different schedules and our needs.

Cons: The only downside that we have found is that we are not able to have the system email the parents of students to notify them of their child's schedule.

"Look no further"

Overall: Edficiency allows us to bring STUDENT CHOICE and VOICE into our weekly schedule. The set up and implementation has been so easy. We were able to start using Edficiency to schedule our flextime sessions even in this most challenging year of being back in person. The program is going to help us help our students.

Pros: The implementation of Efficiency software has been the easiest and most satisfying full school implementation of anything I have ever done. The Edficiency team is brilliant - they can solve problems you have and those you don't even know you have. It is clear they understand how schools work, school needs, and are invested partners. The software is super smart and is the answer to all flexible scheduling at a school.

Cons: It would be nice if students could make a back up request. Students can search by teacher, which is most often the way to go, but if we are doing full school workshops that are not related to classes, it would be nice that students would sign up by session name - not the attached adult.