"It would be the best decision they ever made, I told Skyward’s CEO Cliff King this is the easiest year I’ve had in the last 19 years. All the information is in the program, it seamlessly transfers to the state, and all of my numbers work out just fine."
“Secretaries were leading other secretaries and so forth, instead of me telling them about my expectations from the backend, We had detailed roll-out plans with expectations for our staff. Tasks were split into ‘required’ and ‘recommended,’ which we still continue today.”
“From the front desk’s perspective, the kiosks are irreplaceable, On a typical school day, the kiosks save us approximately three hours of manual documentation and data entry.”
"Skyward helps our district save a lot of time for our business office by allowing employees to have access to their personal information, such as payroll, time off, etc."
"I feel as time goes on and new [enhancements] are introduced we will see more and more of an impact concerning efficiencies, Skyward has great potential in that the possibilities of things that can be accomplished within the software seem almost limitless."
"We selected Skyward because of what we see as the benefits from the efficiency. It brought us into the 21st century as far as software goes."
“Despite our previous information system having documentation on the database fields, it was still extremely difficult to query the database. We interfaced with various systems, but it’s definitely easier in Skyward. The database schema is so well-designed that I am usually able to write an integration interface in a couple of hours.”
"Recently, I worked with Skyward’s customer service. I was provided with great expertise and I saved probably ten hours of work. I really appreciate their assistance and expertise!"
"The most important benefit to using Skyward is the immediate access it provides to parents... From paying school meals online, to seeing attendance, grades, and missing assignments, parents have a great overview of how their children are doing."
"I would recommend Skyward to other districts, Skyward is focused on the mission of providing an adaptive ERP system so that we can stay focused on educating students."
"Everyone loves being able to look at grades, discipline, and attendance in one place, Before implementing Skyward RtI, teachers created Excel spreadsheets and printed out mailing labels for the letters that were sent home to every student who had to be tested. Now, Skyward generates forms to email. If there’s no response, they send a letter. Best of all, teams of teachers have access to all of the data so they can figure out what each student needs."
“We made the switch to Skyward’s Qmlativ Education Management System because I wanted to consolidate our student and business databases and integrate all the various products that we use, With all the disparate third-party software vendors that we have, touching every account on every platform is honestly my worst nightmare, which was the unfortunate reality when we had our previous software."
“At this time, I was working in the high school library, then in 2008 I started working with our IT department in various capacities. In 2014 our IT department was dissolved by retirements and an outside company was hired for IT support. At that point I pivoted and took over Skyward and the state reporting responsibilities.”
"There Were So Many Other School Districts In The Area Using Skyward And They Were Committed To Meeting Our Tight Deadline."
"Our parents are thrilled with the Family Access portal for keeping track of student assignments, attendance and discipline. After they realized the power of knowing their grades on real-time basis, the students were equally hooked."