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“We did some additional changes with the help of training support. After that, we realized we had neglected to make the necessary changes to our attendance calling interfaces. We requested that the [PowerSchool] custom team help us with this—and of course, we were in a rush—and the custom team worked …
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“The IEP alerts are also helpful in differentiating instruction to meet each student’s needs.”
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“PowerSchool Special Education brings together systems that weren’t connected at a local level and meets the needs of the entire department. This is bringing it all together into one powerful application to share data back and forth. It has eliminated redundancies and made things much more efficient."
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“Our district needed to send every student a report at the end of the year. Normally, we would print and mail them all. In a few hours, I used PowerSchool to burst an email each student’s report. The class I took last summer paid for itself in postage we saved!”
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"It's very colorful. You can quickly see how the district is performing in key areas - if it's blue, we're in a good place. If it's red, we have some work to do. I like how user-friendly that is. It gives you a plethora of information."
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"PowerSchool has proven themselves with strong support, excellent training, and expertise in implementation."
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"PowerSchool University (PSU) far exceeded my expectations, and I came expecting it to be great. The combined professionalism and friendliness of every PSU staff member I encountered added to the positive experience. Anytime I asked a question I felt like whoever I asked was ready to go the second mile …
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"The PowerSchool ecosystem audit was an amazing opportunity for our school district. The PowerSchool team took the time to meet with all stakeholders, listen to the various concerns, and assemble a comprehensive plan which met the needs of our district. Without a doubt, we would not have been able to …
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"Parents are a lot more informed and engaged, which has made our students take more responsibility for their grades. A lot of the pressure was taken off of the teachers because students in grades 7 and above can see their grades and thus take that pressure upon themselves. Their questions …
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"The cost of hosting beats the cost of purchasing and maintaining hardware, as well as the time to manage and maintain software updates. Downtime has been almost none since hosting, and we are updated promptly when state reports are released. In addition, the peace of mind knowing our data is …
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“We call it the pajama onboarding process because they can do it at home, in their pajamas.”
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“PowerSchool is a major system for us. It’s become completely central to what we do. It’s gone from being used for attendance and grading to being integrated into everything we do with student information.”
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“Dry Creek is on the leading edge of teaching and learning. We provide innovative programs for our students. Every classroom in our district is a digital classroom. Students have access to technology devices both inside and outside the classroom.”
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“We saw discrepancies all over the place. We had teachers all over the board with different curriculum, and it was difficult to keep up with that with limited reporting and a lack of a variety of assessment item types.”
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“We all know that the devices are the easy part but changing learning and teaching in our classrooms is a much more complex process. The Schoology Blended Learning PD Program has been fantastic in providing our teachers a pedagogical approach in utilizing the strong features in Schoology. Our Blended Learning …