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title: Slate Platform Features
description: Slate's software and mobile app are easy-to-use, include robust reporting methods, and provide absence management solutions.
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Staff Simply.

Your time should be spent managing people and schedules, not dealing with clunky, inefficient processes. With Slate, everything you need is in one app, giving you control with a swipe.

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# Seamless Integration + Ease of Use

### REAL-TIME ABSENCE MANAGEMENT

Manage district employee absences throughout the district on one platform that easily tracks in real-time. See potential issues and fill absences quickly from your phone, laptop, or desktop.

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![Absence_Management_Slate](https://simplyslate.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Absence_Management_Slate.png?width=495&height=471&name=Absence_Management_Slate.png "Absence_Management_Slate")

![Sub Scheduling Slate](https://simplyslate.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Sub_Scheduling_Slate.png?width=501&height=470&name=Sub_Scheduling_Slate.png "Sub Scheduling Slate")

### EASY SUBSTITUTE SCHEDULING

Slate streamlines substitute scheduling for your K-12 district. District employees easily enter absences, and then qualified substitutes can automatically be notified and can accept the assignment with one click.

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### CUSTOMIZED FOR YOUR DISTRICT

Slate isn't a cookie-cutter solution. Workflows and options are fully customizable to fit your district's policies and needs. District employees and substitutes can set their preferences to personalize the absence process.

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![District Customization Slate](https://simplyslate.com/hs-fs/hubfs/District_Customization_Slate.png?width=491&height=478&name=District_Customization_Slate.png "District Customization Slate")

![Robust ReportingSlate](https://simplyslate.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Robust_Reporting_Slate.png?width=511&height=471&name=Robust_Reporting_Slate.png "Robust ReportingSlate")

### ROBUST REPORTING

Standard reports allow you to monitor your district’s performance and identify trends, adjust schedules, and react quickly. Custom reports can also be created or data can be exported and viewed with existing district software.

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### DESIGNED FOR DESKTOP AND MOBILE

In today’s world, users need software that’s accessible anywhere. Users can accept teaching assignments, fill absences, and manage schedules from a phone, tablet or desktop.

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![Mobile Friendy Slate](https://simplyslate.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Mobile_Friendy_Slate.png?width=496&height=471&name=Mobile_Friendy_Slate.png "Mobile Friendy Slate")

![Shared Resources Slate](https://simplyslate.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Shared_Resources_Slate-1.png?width=461&height=471&name=Shared_Resources_Slate-1.png "Shared Resources Slate")

### SHARED RESOURCES AND KNOWLEDGE

We remove the frustration of poor communication and lost files by offering a platform where lesson plans, notes, feedback, training materials, and other documents can be shared.

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