“We recognized that PowerSchool Enterprise Management Service (EMS) was a great option. They were able to assist us with getting temporary applications set up in the cloud, so our users could log in and use the applications as they normally would. This allowed us to continue processing payroll, take attendance, …

“The biggest difference between the vendors we looked at was that PowerSchool Special Education had solutions already in place for what we needed. Other vendors said they could build us something, but didn’t have the solution already in place."

“We believe that [Unified Insights™ Powered by Hoonuit] will be a great tool for helping gifted teachers keep track of students who don’t qualify for a gifted program in a given year but may be good candidates for retesting in subsequent years.”

“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."

"Now that the structure is consistent across the district, we can focus more on communicating the quality of what we’re seeing to teachers. That gives us higher quality evaluations, which can lead to big gains in teacher growth."