Your Arbor Foundations Training is available via the Arbor Training Hub and will provide you with all the information you need to use your new Arbor MIS successfully.
Arbor Foundations Self-Paced
All of our Foundations Training is self paced training, which means you can complete the courses around your schedule at a time that suits you!
Pre-Go-Live Onboarding Training
These are the sessions you should complete before your migration and go live.
| Training course | Approx Training length | Recommended Attendees |
| Getting Started | 13 mins | All staff |
| Student Profiles and Adding Demographics | 90 mins |
School Administrators SENCO Attendance Officers Project Lead |
| Staff Business Roles and Permissions | 45 mins | School Administrators Head Business Mgr/Bursar Project Lead |
| Primary Attendance Management (Primary Only) | 90 mins | School Attendance Officers School Administrators Head Business Mgr/Bursar SENCO Project Lead |
| Secondary Attendance Management (Secondary Only) | 90 mins | School Attendance Officers School Administrators Head Business Mgr/Bursar SENCO Project Lead |
| Staff Absence and Cover | 75 mins | Cover Managers Head Business Mgr/Bursar Project Lead |
| Arbor MIS Management | 15 mins |
Project Lead School IT Staff School Administrators Business Mgr/Bursar Project Lead |
Post Go-Live Onboarding Training
These recommended sessions can be completed after your migration and go-live, but you can complete them earlier if you would like.
| Training course | Approx Training length | Recommended Attendees |
| Guardian Profiles | 45 mins | School Administrators Attendance Officers Project Lead |
| Staff Profiles | 90 mins | School Administrators Head Project Lead |
| Attendance Reporting | 60 mins | School Attendance Officers School Administrators Business Mgr/Bursar Project Lead |
| Communications | 90 mins | School Administrators SENCO Project Lead |
| Adding Students & CTFs | 60 mins | School Administrators SENCO Attendance Officers Project Lead |
| Single Central Record | 15 mins | School Administrators Head Business Mgr/Bursar Project Lead |
| Staff Contracts and PayScales | 75 mins | Head Business Mgr/Bursar Project Lead |
| Custom Groups | 15 mins | School Administrators SENCO Head Project Lead |
| User-Defined Fields | 10 mins | School Administrators SENCO Project Lead |
| School Reporting | 20 mins | School Administrators Office Manager Senior Leaders Head Teachers Business Mgr/Bursar SENCO Project Lead |
| Custom Report Writer | 75 mins | School Administrators Senior Leaders Business Mgr/Bursar SENCO Project Lead |
| Interventions | 60 mins | School Administrators Senior Leaders Business Mgr/Bursar SENCO Project Lead |
| Ask Arbor Overview | 10 mins | School Administrators Project Lead |
| Ask Arbor Modules | 20 mins | All staff |
Secondary Specific Onboarding Training
Timetable Management
| Training course | Training length | Recommended Attendees |
| Timetable Management | 75 mins |
Data Managers Timetable Managers Project Lead |
| Secondary Course Enrolments |
60 mins
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Data Managers Timetable Managers Project Lead |
| Post 16 - Learning Aims | 20 mins |
Data Managers Timetable Managers Project Lead |
Exams Management
| Training course | Training length | Recommended Attendees |
| Secondary Exams Setup and Entries | 60 mins |
Exam Managers Data Managers Project Lead |
| Secondary Exams Timetabling and Coursework Marks | 45 mins |
Exam Managers Data Managers Project Lead |
| Exam Results | 40 mins |
Exam Managers Data Managers Project Lead |
| In House Exams | 35 mins |
Exam Managers Data Managers Project Lead |
Please note that MAT and Central team staff get access to the Primary and Secondary Self-Paced learning path, which contains all of the above courses for you to review as necessary based on your role.
Manual Migration & Brand New Site Setup Training
Brand New Site Setup
The Brand New Site Setup Course is made up of 7 modules plus additional tests of learning, which will show you how to set your blank Arbor site up if you don’t currently use an MIS.
This training and setup must be completed before Go Live.
All modules are aimed at the Project Lead, or the person responsible for setting up the Arbor site. This is usually the School Administrator.
| Training module and length | Includes |
| Setting up your School details and Pastoral Structure (21 mins) |
Creating your Academic Year Checking your School Details Adding a Staff Member Importing Staff Profiles in Bulk Creating your Pastoral Structure Scheduling Registration |
| Adding and Enrolling Student (18 mins) |
Creating an Intake Season Adding Students Manually Adding Students via the Applicants Module |
| Managing Student Profiles (50 mins) |
Finding a Student Profile Managing information on the Student Profiles Enrolling Students from the Profile Transferring Students Unenrolling and re-enrolling students |
| Managing Guardian Profiles (31 mins) |
Finding a Guardian profile Creating a new Guardian Profile Linking a Guardian to a Student Guardian Profile Overview |
| Managing Staff Profiles (29 mins) |
Finding and Navigating Staff Profiles Managing Staff Profile Information Business Roles and Permissions Staff Working Periods, Employment, and Financial information |
| Managing Staff Absences (9 mins) |
Logging Staff Absences Analysing Staff Absence |
| Contracts and Payscales (31 mins) |
Creating Allowances Staff Checks Managing Payscales & Positions Adding Superannuation Schemes Creating Staff Contract |
Manual Migration
The Manual Migrations Course is made up of 8 modules plus additional tests of learning, which will show you how to manually move your data from your current MIS into Arbor.
This training and setup must be completed before Go Live.
All modules are aimed at the Project Lead, or the person responsible for setting up the Arbor site. This is usually the School Administrator.
| Training module and length | Includes |
| Setting up your School details and Pastoral Structure (18 mins) |
Creating your Academic Year Checking your school details Importing Staff Profiles in Bulk Creating your Pastoral Structure Scheduling Registration Sessions |
| Entity Importers (8 mins) |
Using the Entity Importer Entity Importer Validation |
| Adding and Enrolling Student (11 mins) |
Creating an Intake Season Adding Students and Managing Student Enrolments |
| Managing Student Profiles (19 mins) |
Finding existing profiles Adding and editing key information on the profiles Enrolling students from the profile Transferring students Unenrolling and re-enrolling students |
| Managing Guardian Profiles (21 mins) |
Finding and existing Guardian profile Creating a new Guardian Profile Linking a guardian to a student Guardian Profile Overview |
| Managing Staff Profiles (29 mins) |
Finding and Navigating Staff Profiles Managing Staff profile Information Business Roles and Permissions Staff Working Periods, Employment, and Financial information |
| Managing Staff Absences (9 mins) |
Logging Staff Absences Analysing Staff Absence |
| Contracts and Payscales (31 mins) |
Creating Allowances Staff Checks Managing Payscales Managing Positions Adding Superannuation Schemes Managing Staff Contract |
Meals, Payments & Parental Engagement Training
Meals & Payments
Meals and Payments training are additional training services that can be purchased if your school is looking to roll out these modules in Arbor.
We recommend you complete these courses in line with your school's plan to roll out and start using these areas of the system.
Click here to view more information about Payments Training, here to view our Payments Plus training, and here to view information about our Meals Training.
Parental Engagement
The Parental Engagement Learning Path is broken down into e-learning courses.
Click here to view more information about our Parental Engagement Training.
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