147 Skyward Testimonials

“No one expected a pandemic to occur, but as our schools shut down, our conversion and conversations with Skyward ramped up, Until July, every single training I did was from home."

"Tardy students were a constant issue, Staff lost a lot of instructional time checking students in.”

“My advice to other districts is to give your staff, especially your office staff, plenty of time to learn and experiment with the system while implementing. The more comfortable they are once school starts, the better."

"I think the biggest challenge that we faced had to do with interfacing and getting different systems to play nicely with each other, And the amount of time and energy it took to get things together – to work as efficiently as we wanted them to – was a huge thing. It affected the efficiency of the office for sure, and we got to a point where I think it was affecting our performance here."

"The stack of papers we used for these processes was over half a foot high, Now with True Time, the same process that took weeks takes a maximum of three days and the stack of papers is all but gone."

"We had recently moved to a new campus and our information was everywhere. Every office has to have each student in hundreds of places. Skyward has brought all of that together, in one, making our lives much easier."

“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.”

"I get instant feedback if I make a call or place an online work ticket. And Skyward continually gives us SIF updates and software updates."

"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."

“I once worked at a district using multiple databases, each of which didn’t always easily communicate well with the other. That alone makes Skyward stand out, because it interacts and integrates so much easier. From a superintendent perspective, the time savings alone have been key. I am responsible for approving many items and the more I can do with the click of a button, the easier my job is.”

"It is reliable, dependable, full-featured, and the core users love it and are able to pick it up easily. It's everything you want out of your student management system to help your school run efficiently and smoothly."

“There was no way to provide total employee information such as salary, time off balance, and check history all in one place, Work was duplicated since employee information had to be entered in both systems.”

"The consultant finds out how procedures are currently being done, what works, what doesn't work, and then uses that information to build the program to fit our needs!"

“Skyward was the first system teachers were able to grasp, and it’s more user-friendly than what was used in the past. Being able to access Skyward from home is also a very big benefit. Now they can just log in from any computer and work at their leisure since it’s web-based.”

"They see it as very simple for them to use – it’s pretty intuitive, and I think they feel comfortable using it, We don’t get a lot of questions on ‘how do I do this’ or ‘how do I do that’ – they can easily log in, and with the options for them to choose from, the system is not overwhelming."