“The Children’s Aid Society of Toronto Child Welfare Institute has recently launched PD Place to assist us in managing training and workshop registrations for both agency staff and external registrants. PD Place increases efficiencies both for staff registering for workshops and for those administering the training sessions. The system improves our ability to manage training in a more effective manner. We appreciate the service we have received from CoreSolutions and their desire to ensure the database enhances our training services. They have worked hard to have the program meet our needs.”

Debbie Schatia
Director, Child Welfare Institute

“ This year we had 40,000 registrations on the PD Place System. PD Place makes registration accessible for teachers and administrators through the online website. PD Place makes registration easy for organizing staff by creating attendance lists, handling wait lists and closing workshops when they are full. [With PD Place,] teaching and non-teaching staff alike can plan their career paths from home. They have a sense of empowerment. Principals love PD Place because it saves time explaining to staff what is being offered throughout the district. Principals also like having immediate access to staff development profiles. Program staff are extremely pleased that the New Teacher Induction Program can be tracked by PD Place and the accounting/business staff are happy with a significant reduction in operating costs realized through implementation. Thanks to Barney for introducing us to PD Place. CoreSolutions has provided excellent support in Durham.”

Andrew Harris
Executive Lead for MISA

“PD Place is an excellent product! We are very pleased with it. The benefits are quite substantial. It saves time, it saves money, it is easy to use and it significantly improves the quality of services available to all members of our staff. From the point of view of the Information Technology Department and the Learning Support Services Department, I can assure you that we appreciate the fact that it does not add to our workload. CoreSolutions staff guided us in a step-by-step implementation process. Once this was complete, further involvement was minimal. This represents quite a benefit for a busy technology team.”

Patricia Cruickshank
Manager of Information Resources

“I have managed numerous implementations over the past 25 years and PD Place was by far the easiest and smoothest I have ever experienced. CoreSolutions staff were able to easily migrate our data over, saving us months worth of grief and hard work required in other migrations. I wish all implementations were like this one.”

Frank Mastronardi
Supervisor of Systems Applications & Corporate Services

“I want you to know that online registration has changed my whole attitude toward professional development. I am in the information loop right now. I know what is going on, I know when it is happening and I know which professional development session will enable me to further develop my skills.”

Mary Fran Boom
Teacher

“PD Place has made life a lot easier for me. I no longer need to remind staff of deadlines, collect, check and submit registration forms to central office and follow-up later to ensure that staff members are registered and in the sessions they hoped to attend.”

Mary Vengeer
Secretary

“I have found that your staff is one of the best I have ever worked with. Always helpful, knowledgeable and able to resolve issues I may have. Your staff has modified the system to meet our growing needs. CoreSolutions has made PD Place a great success!”

Bruce Smith
Chief Information Officer

“We have been using PD Place for just over a year now and are very pleased with the system. The program contains what we need to track and process registrations, quickly and accurately. As a district we have shifted into using the calendar exclusively, for public and employee events in addition to workshop sessions. The support from CoreSolutions is quick when you need it and their responses are informed. The software is growing quickly with more features added at every new release. PD Place has made my job a lot easier!”

Joanne Britton
Curriculum Department

“As a PD Place supervisor I have found that PD Place is an easy to use software program. It provides instant online registration for in-services, workshops, conferences etc. I find it to be very efficient and user friendly. I especially like that it reduces paperwork. Also helpful is that PD Place can generate reports, sign-in sheets and labels which the instructors find very convenient. Therefore I feel that PD place has become an essential program and a welcomed improvement to providing professional development opportunities to YCDSB staff. ”

Nina Martino
Program Secretary, Curriculum and Assessment (York Catholic District School Board)

“Our Adult and Continuing education centre serves more than 20,000 adults and school-age youth each year. Organization and delivery on that scale is an awesome challenge. This year we implemented ContinuED®, an innovative management software package, and our operation has changed dramatically. Smooth organization, stream-lined delivery, reduction in workload and stress, and significant savings are but a few of the positive results.”

Bob Goodwin
Principal, St. Charles Adult and Continuing Education (Hamilton Wentworth Catholic District School Board

“ContinuED enabled us to organize and effectively deliver our extensive array of summer school programs with efficiency never before achieved. It is a management tool that every Con-Ed administrator should implement at their centers. The reduction in workload and stress is quite remarkable and the ability to access real-time registration numbers is a great added value. We now look forward to implementing it for all our Con-Ed programs.”

Sandi Mlekuz
Vice Principal, St. Charles Adult and Continuing Education (Hamilton Wentworth Catholic District School Board)

The Centre for Skills Development & Training needed a new website, and we needed a content management system that would facilitate a system of shared authorship. We had a vision, and we worked with CoreSolutions to bring it to life on a WordPress platform. The application developer we worked with was truly the star of the show. Our developer helped us determine which features would be best for our site, how to structure the site so it would meet our needs, and trained our web team in everything we needed to know. Our website is now an accessible communications tool that takes advantage of many of WordPress’ features, and clients continue to say good things about how easy to use and functional the site is. I highly recommend CoreSolutions to any project manager looking for a sophisticated, responsive and service-oriented developer who has a real knack for creative and effective solutions.

Maria McDonald
Manager, Communications
The Centre for Skills Development & Training

“We needed a complicated solution to unify various data sources, multiple databases and extrapolate our finite data based upon variable constraints and rigid criteria. We used to do the job manually and it required up to 40 hours monthly of staff time to compile the final reports and even then the report was not 100% accurate. When we first met with your team, they helped us map out the various steps we would need to take to achieve our final result. Once your programming staff had an idea of the scope that was involved, they built a timeline to delivery and worked closely with our staff to stay on track. We were very pleased with the knowledge and professionalism your staff exhibited throughout the whole project. The final solution your team developed allowed us to easily run reports-on-demand, which in the end gave us much better detail and freed up a week each month of staff time. Overall efficiency in our marketing department increased and the stress level of the team decreased. It would really be hard to ask for much more!”

Stephen Jeffrey
Marketing Manager, Ash Temple Ltd.

“We worked with CoreSolutions on the design and development of a custom database and have appreciated the professionalism, immediate response time and honesty of the entire CoreSolutions team. We told CoreSolutions what was needed and they developed a system to meet our exact needs. CoreSolutions have done a terrific job and provided outstanding support. The staff has even modified the system to meet our growing needs and provided helpful suggestions regarding server needs and future development in the most cost-effective manner. Many thanks for your superb implementation of our project which has helped us get up and running within all timelines.”

Hazel Dick
Reading Recovery Teacher Leader/Principal, York Region District School Board

“We needed a system to manage our warranty and product repair program between two remote offices (Toronto and Edmonton). I told CoreSolutions what I needed and they developed a system to meet our needs. CoreSolutions also gives me all the support I need in case I have questions.”

Christine Bukowski
Office Manager, Entific Canada Inc.

“We came to CoreSolutions with a fairly complex multi-tabled solution already in use to manage one of our college student services that included online booking, managing instructor schedules and appointment note taking among other things. CoreSolutions helped us take it to the next level by converting our FileMaker and IWP solution to PHP, allowing the solution to be scaled to service the entire University of Toronto campus. Our goal was to find a company with whom we could collaborate closely, so that our in-house team could continue to maintain the FileMaker side of the project. We could not be more pleased with the result, and the level of service and commitment to excellence that we have enjoyed. Everyone at CoreSolutions seems to be cut from the same cloth; they are passionate and energetic in their work. Congratulations Barney on assembling such a great team!”

Philip Cottrell
IT Director, Woodsworth College University of Toronto

“The diagnosis management system developed with CoreSolutions has virtually eliminated the need for current paper forms while reducing the duplication of data entry between various systems. It also provides enhanced communication between referring practitioners. DMS will save me thousands of dollars in dictation costs, filing time and mailing.”

Dr. David Rootman
Ophthalmologist, Toronto Western Hospital

“Enjoyed the class and the trainer. It was delivered at a level that was appropriate for me and the instructor was accommodating and patient when I need additional assistance. The training materials were excellent and his level of knowledge was beneficial to our group. I would rate the trainer as excellent and highly recommend the classroom training (especially over self-study). He kept us interested and anticipated our needs. He has everyone here who participated hyped about using FileMaker Pro.”

National Research Council
London, Ontario

“CoreSolutions provided us with a custom made training session tailored to our company needs and user levels. The instructor’s skill level with many different programs and systems helped us streamline our business processes saving us time and money. We are looking forward to a continued relationship with CoreSolutions.”

Deb Myron
Biotest Laboratories

“I really enjoyed the FileMaker training that CoreSolutions provided. The instructor definitely knows his stuff. When I left, my head was swimming with all the possibilities! Even though I have studied FileMaker for a year, I found the training was very informative, and it solidified my understanding of FileMaker Pro!”

Sharon Farrell
The Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq

“The course was fantastic, and the instructor was terrific. The trainer managed to help people at all levels of experience with ease. I am really glad that I decided to take the course, and I have a much better understanding of FileMaker Pro thanks to the instructor and CoreSolutions.”

Rena Bennett
Cottage Life Magazine

“I recently attended CoreSolutions’ Core Curriculum FileMaker Pro training in Toronto and would like to say that it was the best computer training I have taken in my career as an educator. I would highly recommend CoreSolutions’ FileMaker Pro Training to any school administrator looking to further their professional growth! The training was practical and provided me with dozens of time saving FileMaker Pro database skills and concepts. The course has already saved me hours of development time and effort. The course guide and CD were loaded with excellent information!”

Andy Lubczynski
Vice Principal, Corvette Jr. Public School (Toronto District School Board)