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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Frontline Professional Growth

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AFrontline Education offers a learning management system focusing on the development goals of teachers, in Frontline Professional Growth.N/A

    Google Classroom

    Score8 out of 10
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    Pricing
    Frontline Professional GrowthGoogle Classroom
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Education Fundamentals
    $0
    per license/per month
    Google Workspace for Education Standard
    $3
    per student/per year
    Teaching and Learning Upgrade
    $4
    per license/per month
    Google Workspace for Education Plus
    $5
    per student/per year
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Frontline Professional GrowthGoogle Classroom
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsEducation Fundamentals Version - 30-day free trial for qualifying institutions.
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    Community Pulse
    Frontline Professional GrowthGoogle Classroom
    Considered Both Products
    Frontline Education
    No answer on this topic
    Google
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Would buy again
    37 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    37 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    34 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    19 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    29 Answers
    Features
    Frontline Professional GrowthGoogle Classroom
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of Frontline Professional Growth and Google Classroom
    Feature
    Frontline Professional Growth
    9.0
    4 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Google Classroom
    7.4
    60 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Course authoring9.02 Ratings8.752 Ratings
    Course catalog or library9.04 Ratings7.639 Ratings
    Player/Portal10.01 Ratings6.538 Ratings
    Learning content9.02 Ratings8.141 Ratings
    Mobile friendly7.24 Ratings7.757 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications10.04 Ratings7.244 Ratings
    Assignments9.02 Ratings7.158 Ratings
    Compliance management9.74 Ratings6.934 Ratings
    Learning administration9.03 Ratings7.346 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics9.03 Ratings6.842 Ratings
    Social learning8.03 Ratings8.751 Ratings
    Gamification00 Ratings3.98 Ratings
    Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning00 Ratings9.812 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Frontline Professional GrowthGoogle Classroom
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (4 ratings)
    8.1
    (80 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (11 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    1.9
    (14 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    2.0
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Frontline Professional GrowthGoogle Classroom
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Frontline Education
    This is perfect for the district looking to convert older physical forms to digital copies, and mitigate the tracking of forms from desk to desk. Frontline will do it all digitally. Those in the approval process can approve or deny, or even ask for more information, which sends the form back to the user who submitted it. This is also good for those looking for a way to manage professional development in their district and all that comes with it, including tracking workshops, awarding hours, etc. Most districts use Frontline programs somewhere, so this is another piece to that. However, this is cost-heavy.
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    Google
    Google Classroom allows teachers to post for daily lessons and assignments. It also allows teachers to be able to communicate with students easily outside of class. Students are able to stay connected and know where to find all information and resources easily in a streamlined manner for all of their classes.
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    Pros
    Frontline Education
    • Frontline Professional Growth is set up to organize and document all aspects of a teacher's evaluation. Artifacts are archived and can be used in multiple areas.
    • SGOs, observations, PDPs, and documentation logs can all be shared between the staff member and the administration.
    • The forms are easy to fill out, can be saved as drafts in progress, and can be referred to from year to year.
    • The Professional Development Workshop section offers a calendar of workshops in catalog format as well as calendar format.
    • As a workshop presenter, enrollment tools are easy to use and offer multiple ways to access your roster.
    • As a workshop participant, workshops are listed as in progress and completed. Hours are tabulated and saved each year.
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    Google
    • Student-teacher communication - I love using Classroom for this because my students can always go back and check what was on Classroom by looking through the stream. This way they don't have to go dig through emails to find what they're looking for.
    • Posting to multiple classes - I can post the same announcement or assignment to multiple classes at once without having to repeat the process or send separate emails.
    • Streamlining grading - when students turn work in on Classroom, it all goes to one place and then when I'm grading I can open their documents directly from Classroom or my Drive folder. This way, I'm not looking through emails and Google Doc shared files for their assignment.
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    Cons
    Frontline Education
    • Confusing sign-on processes.
    • AESOP (absence management) is not integrated with Professional Growth as advertised.
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    Google
    • The content management of the Classroom is not that good. The sub-section for notes, syllabus, or discussion is missing.
    • It doesn't have parental control feature.
    • It converts the excel output into a normal file. All the formulas and pivots got changed into plain text.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Frontline Education
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    Testing is particularly important in online learning, and Google Classroom falls far short of other learning management systems in this regard. Security is also a concern: while account control is reasonable for the account used with Google Classroom, the person controlling a particular account is often able to, for example, forward or download proprietary materials.
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    Usability
    Frontline Education
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    Simple design and seamless integration with Google tools and drive, but missing some key features. However, since it is limited in overall functions and ability to truly personalize / customize, it is quite user friendly and easy to set up and get going, other than sending out the code to your course or dropping students in via their gmail account. Users of Google Forms and sites will find the layout similar in design.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Frontline Education
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    We have had very little trouble in accessing Google Classroom. Our issues, if any, have risen from our server and not the Google servers.
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    Support Rating
    Frontline Education
    Overall, Frontline Professional Growth manages observations, SGOs, documentation logs, and Professional Development Plans. In addition to these evaluation pieces, it allows our district to manage our Professional Development Workshops (in-house), Professional Development requests (for out-of-district), and many online request forms. The only real negative is that some of the menus are a bit cumbersome, and it takes several steps to get around the system.
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    Google
    Since this platform is provided by Google, the technical support is better than any others, and we are not required to bother about the space constraints for adding the contents. If we have a good uninterrupted internet facility we can access Google Classroom without any delay or lag. They have app support in both Android and iPhone.
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    Implementation Rating
    Frontline Education
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    It was relatively easy to implement due to the simplicity of the platform. Even our more technology challenged teachers found it easy to get started with Google Classroom.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Frontline Education
    I have only used this and GCN trainings. I think it helps having more choices that hold value to your work day.
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    Google
    I haven't tested or evaluated another digital classroom website or application. I feel like Google Classroom is convenient for many reasons such as compatibility to Google docs, slides, etc. I also love the ability to link to YouTube and other sites. I don't know if there would be a site that is easier to maneuver.
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    Scalability
    Frontline Education
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    It is very easy to push out this program across our buildings. Teachers are able to use it without much trouble.
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    Return on Investment
    Frontline Education
    • We have used a lot less paper over the past few years which leads to cost savings.
    • The time it takes to submit a form and get approval has sped up since this is all digital.
    • The time it takes to track and award professional development hours has sped up.
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    Google
    • Students are able to continue learning in a remote environment
    • Parents have a single, consistent organization structure to make it easy to track assignments and progress for multiple children
    • Much better solution than the quickly assembled Zoom-and-gloom of the previous spring when school abruptly went remote with no planning
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