A Word From Our Clients
We meet as an entire football staff weekly with the Cox Academic Staff to chart the progress of our team. We also review a daily report which is invaluable to our staff in that we address acute issues immediately as they occur. It is no doubt that Gradesfirst has contributed to the success of our young men in the classroom as well as on the field.
Thank you for GradesFirst. Your partnership is invaluable. Seriously, I’m not sure I can begin to tell you how you have enhanced our operation. Not to mention our credibility with our own students and the CU faculty… When the first faculty Progress Report was returned 5 minutes after I sent the request… I thought I was dreaming!! We received 125 responses in the first two hours.
We are reaching more students now than we could’ve ever dreamed of a year ago. We’re making a difference in students’ lives.
GradesFirst has allowed our support staff to get real time feedback on our student athletes from professors and tutors. This is important because we are able to identify which students need additional academic support before it is too late. The system really enhances and supplements our daily work as we strive to develop these young people into independent learners.
If your university is NCAA Division II, GradesFirst will help you save hours of work because of how easy it is to use. In most Division II institutions, athletic staff wears more than one hat and GradesFirst will ease the workload on your department. Our faculty at Valdosta State University has been pleased with how easy it is for them to enter the grades and comments. GradesFirst is going to make a difference in our student-athletes success!
GradesFirst creates a clear communication channel for the academic staff and coaching staff and allows for both to stay informed of the athletes’ schedules including academic, athletic and strength/conditioning commitments. Further, it allows coaches and trainers to communicate with the athletes. It is a great recruiting tool! You cannot beat the timely and accurate reports!
I am a huge advocate for GradesFirst because it allows me to be more effective with time management. Instead of crunching numbers and typing up individual progress reports, I have more time for one-on-one student-athlete interaction.
Text messaging allows me to reach students quickly. If I need them to come and see me between classes, all I have to do is text them since many of our students do not check their email frequently.
We’ve found that GradesFirst has simplified many of the tasks we do around here, shortening work times by days in some instances. The interface is clean, the program is so simple to use, and each day, we discover a new (and very useful) function. Appointment scheduling has never been easier.
The tutor request function makes it very easy for our student-athletes to request a tutor and allows our tutor coordinator to get the information immediately and start matching the student-athlete with a tutor. If we don’t already have a tutor for that subject, she is able to start searching for one quickly.
GradesFirst has been very useful in my classwork. I’ve been able to see a huge improvement in my attendance with regard to student grades… Their grades, I would say, have improved at least a letter grade.
Tracking the student-athlete study hours has been very helpful. Coaches can receive up-to-the-minute reports. I also appreciate the immediate feedback we receive from instructors of students “At-Risk”.
The folks at GradesFirst are always asking us what they can do to improve their product to allow us to better monitor the academic progress of our students. They understand today’s demands on student academic support and strive to make our jobs, if not easier, then definitely more orderly… GradesFirst is a vital tool to connectivity and communication between academic support professionals, student-athletes, and coaches. It has allowed my staff to expect accountability from all stakeholders.
