“Instructional time has increased significantly with the single sign-on. That means more time spent focused on the student. Having the gradebook, class pages and assessment all in one program, efforts aren’t duplicated, and monitoring the progress of the student is fluid. Communication with parents is better than it ever has …

“Don’t be afraid to tell your students we are all learning together.”

"Prior to implementing PowerSchool, our network of schools used a combination of different solutions — including other products and home-grown databases — which each housed only a small piece of student information. While we adopted PowerSchool SIS to streamline our student information and data collection, this decision has helped us …

“In the first few weeks and days of distance learning I’ve learned less is more and to keep a clear focus on the learning objective. I support educators in my role, and I stay connected with them through weekly virtual meetings, virtual professional learning, and Microsoft Teams—sharing content I’ve organized …

“I am classroom teacher. I know that teachers collaborate on an individual, department, and group level. Our school has put out a newsletter from our academic vice principal giving us updates, tips, suggestions, and places we can turn to for support. We were given a list of protocols for teachers …

“In the first few weeks of distance learning, using Schoology for homework submission, assessments, and general navigation of materials has been a huge asset during the stay-in-place order. Students are comfortable in their space and are now learning the LMS, content, and a new way of life. Schoology is their …

“In the first few weeks in a distance learning environment, I’ve learned how awesome it can be using technology to connect with my students. I’ve been using Schoology Conferences and messages to stay connected. When teaching remotely, I really work one-on-one with students. It’s kind of a dream! Students who …

“While the world around us shut down due to COVID-19, while there were so many uncertainties, we as a district were able to continue registering our students. I would need a lifetime to describe how much [our PowerSchool trainer,] Stuart Aron, means to us. We’re not computer people and needed …

"For this last year we used the Learning piece and we are currently implementing the full Unified Classroom suite of applications — PowerTeacherPro, the assessment and analytics piece, the learning, and the Unified Classroom overall dashboard. We are expecting that to impact students because twofold — one, we can use …

"SchoolSpring is one of the few job boards we still use because of the success we’ve had finding high-quality candidates and how easy and appealing the platform is for posting jobs and resume mining."

"SchoolSpring makes it easier for candidates to see what openings we have."

"We began posting with Applicant Tracking for K-6 teaching candidates and received over 400 applications."

"The integration between Professional Learning and [Unified Classroom®] Schoology Learning makes learning, tracking, and reporting so easy."

“PowerSchool’s strength is flexibility, and because of that flexibility, a school district can align PowerSchool’s presentation of information more closely to its vision for what matters to students. The information they receive from their SIS is presented not in a way that serves some prototype school district, but in a …

"Candidate Assessment allows me to have an objective measure to help in not only the screening process but also in making final decisions about which potential candidate has the best chance to grow students throughout the year."