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Rethinking K-12, Part 4:
Solutions
To Advance
Your Digital
Transformation
for the 2021/22 School Year
Learn how unified edtech can help you accelerate
student learning, simplify school operations, and support
teachers for a brighter future in education.
Continue your digital transformation
and emerge stronger.
We put together this series as a guide to help you prepare
in advance of the 2021/22 school year.
In the third part of this series, we addressed your key questions about why
now’s the time to continue your digital transformation with the right solutions
as you prepare for the upcoming school year and beyond. Now, we'll look at
technology solutions you can acquire with federal K-12 relief funds to move
education forward at your school or district.
In this part, we'll explore proven solutions for:
• Addressing learning loss and accelerating learning gains
• Continuing the learning
• Improving remote operations
• Supporting teachers
PowerSchool is enabling this transformation by investing
in technology, innovation, people, and processes.
We are partnering with other industry leaders to make sure we provide the
best guidance and support to make our customers successful. Because we
believe that overcoming challenges makes us stronger, and the past year has
prepared the entire ecosystem of K-12 education to make a quantum leap forward.
The next few years will be transformative, and PowerSchool is here to help you
overcome today’s challenges with technology you can build on for tomorrow.
Our unified solutions work together to address learning loss, empower teachers,
personalize learning, and keep districts running during COVID and beyond.
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Addressing Learning
Loss and Accelerating
Learning Gains
With Federal K-12 Relief Funds
Over the past year, shifting learning models led to missed
instructional time. Due to this unavoidable reality, many teachers are
now focusing on accelerating learning gains as they work to help students
meet their learning goals. ESSER II funds from the American Rescue Plan can support
educators' efforts to identify and address learning gaps.
Technology solutions qualify for this once-in-a-generation funding if they:
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auge students' academic progress using high-quality assessments
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ssist educators in meeting students' needs through personalized instruction
• I mplement evidence-based methods of meeting comprehensive student needs
•P
rovide information and assistance to families on how to best support students
•T
rack attendance and improve student engagement in distance education
Schools and districts can also use federal funds to invest in technology to specifically
address educational inequities. This includes supporting low-income students, students
with disabilities, English learners, racial and ethnic minorities, students experiencing
homelessness, and children in foster care.
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Get the technology solutions you need
to accelerate learning gains
You can have a comprehensive solution that aggregates all of your data—
from classroom and staff information to operational data—and gives educators,
administrators, and staff a clear view of everything in one place.
Unified ClassroomTM Performance Matters:
Help teachers gauge student progress and personalize instruction to each
student's needs.
•G
et an extensive assessment management solution
• L everage pre-made item and assessment banks aligned to state standards to
get a clearer view of instructional needs by question, standard, and DOK level
•S
upport a whole-child approach by comparing local assessment data to attendance,
behavior, third-party assessment results, and SEL survey responses
Unified InsightsTM Powered by Hoonuit:
Give teachers more insights to work with.
• Get a fully comprehensive analytics platform
•S
ee actionable insights across all aspects of student performance to better
personalize instruction for students and staff
• View intuitive dashboards made for administrators, principals, and educators
A complete view of your data also enables individualized staff development. With data
visualizations available by school, grade, course, section, teacher, and/or demographic
group, you can easily identify and support teacher and staff learning needs.
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Combining tools into a single solution helps you
focus on student learning
Unified technology is powerful. That's why our solutions provide educators and
district staff access to breakthrough analytics that integrate all K-12 system data
sources, including:
•S
IS
• L MS
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ssessment
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nalytics
Combined, your data becomes more impactful by enabling a truly holistic approach
to student learning.
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Here's what our customers say:
‘‘Most teachers are not prepared to be data scientists and
analyze data. PowerSchool allows us to organize that data
in a meaningful and visual way that's easy to use. Our
organization can ask the right questions to drive change
and significantly impact student success.’’
ANTHONY PADRNOS | Executive Director of Technology, Osseo Area Schools, MN
‘‘Hilliard City Schools has been using Performance Matters
for several years, and we continue to be impressed with how well
the system keeps pace with the increasingly sophisticated ways we
use data to drive student achievement. We're now using it to create
classroom assessments, district benchmark tests, and department
assessments. And we're beginning to create teacher-led verbal
assessments for early elementary. Our fellow Ohio districts are
going to be amazed at how quickly Performance Matters helps them
identify the actionable insights they need to shape curriculum and
deliver effective, personalized interventions.’’
RICH BOETTNER | Chief Technology Officer, Hilliard City Schools, OH
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Continuing
the Learning
With Federal K-12 Relief Funds
In response to last year's disruptions and the shift to virtual
learning, many districts are prioritizing the ability to more
quickly adjust and adapt. Adopting reliable teaching and learning
tools for the future minimizes the potential for disruptions and ensures
learning continuity.
Fortunately, districts can use ESSER funds to purchase technology solutions for:
•P
lanning for and coordinating learning during long-term closures
•S
ummer learning and supplemental afterschool programs, including providing
classroom instruction or online learning during summer months
•D
eveloping and implementing procedures and systems to improve school and
district preparedness and response efforts
•F
acilitating regular and substantive educational interactions between students
and their classroom teachers
A higher level of preparedness and the ability to deliver synchronous and asynchronous
instruction to students and staff sets your school or district up for success.
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Get the technology solutions you need
to continue the learning
With PowerSchool, schools and districts can better support teachers,
students, and families as they strive to continue the learning at home, at school,
or wherever they are. Best of all, you can access all our unified tools in one place.
Unified ClassroomTM Schoology Learning:
Provide rich, engaging content wherever students are learning.
•U
se the leading K-12 LMS that serves millions of students
•E
nable interactive, personalized learning
•P
rovide staff with built-in professional learning communities (PLCs) to increase
communication and collaboration
•S
upport in-person instruction, flipped classrooms, virtual academies,
and hybrid learning
Unified ClassroomTM Performance Matters:
Monitor instructional effectiveness with short formative and benchmark assessments.
•P
rovide students with access to assessments directly alongside additional
course materials in Schoology Learning
•A
djust instructional strategy based on real-time reporting by question, standard,
and DOK level
•C
learly identify trends in student data with views of attendance, behavior,
local and third-party assessment results, and SEL survey data
Unified InsightsTM Powered by Hoonuit:
Optimize school data operations to better serve teachers and students.
•P
rovide a comprehensive view of student data to teachers
•B
etter understand overall adoption of digital learning initiatives
•C
ombine academics, attendance, and behavior data in one view
•U
se predictive at-risk analysis to guide instructional interventions
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PowerSchool SIS:
Take advantage of the most widely used and dependable SIS.
•Y
our system of record for all staff and student data
•T
he heart of your integrated edtech ecosystem
Unified ClassroomTM Special Programs:
Enable teachers to take a whole child approach.
•C
ombine student data points for a comprehensive view
•G
et state-specific special program documentation
Combining tools into a single solution helps you
focus on student learning
The PowerSchool ecosystem saves teachers time by providing all the classroom
solutions they need in just one place. It also increases time spent on instruction
thanks to deepening integration throughout the ecosystem.
How our unified technology makes more time for learning:
•S
tudent alerts from PowerSchool SIS are available when building and delivering
instruction in Schoology Learning
•T
eachers can take PowerSchool SIS attendance directly in Schoology Learning
•A
ssignments, scores (traditional and standards-based), and categories writeback
from Schoology Learning to the PowerSchool SIS PowerTeacher Pro gradebook
•T
eachers can administer short formative and comprehensive assessments from
Performance Matters within Schoology Learning course content
•T
eachers can access special program documentation from Unified Classroom
Special Programs within Schoology Learning
•S
tudents and staff can navigate throughout their PowerSchool ecosystem quickly
and efficiently, thanks to AppSwitcher
•R
oster data from PowerSchool SIS flows throughout the PowerSchool ecosystem
to ensure that your data is accurate
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Here's what our customers say:
‘‘The ease of use of Schoology Learning and the ability for us
to bring everything together under one umbrella changed
the game for us.’’
BILL BASS | Innovation Coordinator, Parkway C-2 School District, MO
‘‘We believe Performance Matters has played a noteworthy role
in our success. [With Performance Matters], we have a platform
to create and administer assessments that are aligned to state
standards. This gives our students valuable practice, while giving
our teachers valuable data in order to revise their instruction
based on results.’
ALISSA HINGSON | Director or Teaching and Learning Services,
Lafayette County Schools, FL
‘‘[Unified InsightsTM Powered by Hoonuit] was the only option that
literally encompassed everything a school district does.’’
ADRIENNE USHER | Assistant Superintendent, Bullitt County Public Schools (BCPS), KY
www.PowerSchool.com . 1-877-873-1550 . 10‘‘We're using Schoology Learning to provide distance learning
support and instructional professional development. We also have
several discussion groups to help everyone stay connected. More
teachers are excited about the LMS now that they have seen some
of the ways it can benefit students at home.’’
SEAN COFFRON | Instructional Technology Training Specialist,
Manassas City Public Schools, VA
www.PowerSchool.com . 1-877-873-1550 . 11Preparing School
Operations
With Federal K-12 Relief Funds
Shifting to remote operations wasn't easy for most districts.
In the business office, staff struggled to accurately pay teachers
on time, process POs, pay external vendors, and track all the
unplanned expenses.
Flexible, interoperable, and scalable platforms can set schools and districts up for success
in the future. Because of this, K-12 federal relief funds can be used to purchase technology
that supports streamlined operational improvements, like:
•T
racking student attendance and improving student engagement in distance education
•D
igitizing core business processes such as payroll, purchasing, budget management,
and compliance reporting
•E
nsuring real-time access to financial and HR data to optimize decision-making
and keep everyone informed
•C
onnecting PowerSchool SIS data with your financial and HR data to better monitor
initiatives like Per Pupil Equity (PPE)
•P
roviding employee self-service access to critical functions like payroll, benefits,
purchasing, and expenses
www.PowerSchool.com . 1-877-873-1550 . 12Get the technology solutions you need to prepare
your school operations for 2021/22
Simplify student data management, finance, HR, and all school operations
with flexible, unified PowerSchool solutions that save time, money, and frustration
while supporting your unique operational needs.
PowerSchool SIS:
Flexible and configurable to simplify remote operations.
•C
reate district-defined attendance codes
•A
ssemble complex master schedules
•C
onfigure grading policies, custom reports, and new fields
•K
eep families engaged through the Parent Portal
PowerSchool Enrollment & Enrollment Express:
Customizable online enrollment to suit your school or district.
•C
ollect all required student data and documents online
•S
implify the enrollment experience for families
•E
nable automatic updating to your SIS
www.PowerSchool.com . 1-877-873-1550 . 13PowerSchool Ecollect Forms:
Easily collect the data you need throughout the year.
•B
uild custom online forms
•E
dit form templates on the fly
•C
onduct surveys, wellness checks, and more
Unified AdministrationTM eFinancePlus:
Integrate finance, HR, and payroll.
•M
ake sure everyone gets paid on time and accurately
•E
nable self-service purchases and payments
•M
ake data-driven personnel management decisions
www.PowerSchool.com . 1-877-873-1550 . 14Here's what our customers say:
‘‘It's really important to have data interoperability when you're
vetting systems. You have to make sure solutions and the
exchange of data are secure—that your students, parents, and
your teachers are going to access one platform, and that the
platform can speak to all the applications. We want to get away
from everyone having separate, disparate systems that become
a nightmare to manage. We want consolidation and one point of
entry and also security. I think it's important moving forward for
us to follow those standards of data privacy and security.’’
JULIE PEDRAZA | Supervisor, MIS, Brownsville ISD, TX
‘‘I’ve interacted with PowerSchool SIS for a long time, and I’ve
always liked it because it’s very customizable and flexible. We
researched a lot of products, and the ones that were 100 percent
integrated with PowerSchool Ecollect Forms and Enrollment
Express made the most sense.’’
JOSEPH KNIGHT | Data Coordinator, Regional School Unit 13, ME
‘‘As we continue to use eFinancePlus, we are seeing the benefits
in reduced costs and increased efficiencies from the all-in-one
software. We are happy we decided to move our district forward
with eFinancePlus.’’
DAVID BOLLHEIMER | Fiscal Support, Northwestern Local Schools, OH
www.PowerSchool.com . 1-877-873-1550 . 15Supporting Teachers
With Federal K-12 Relief Funds
Teachers lead the charge in accelerating student learning
as we recover from school closures during the pandemic.
They’ve also taken the brunt of many challenges along the way,
including learning new skills for remote teaching, increased stress,
and persistent uncertainties.
Schools and districts can take this opportunity to support teachers
by using K-12 relief funds for:
•T
echnology that makes it easier for educators to connect with their students
and provide personalized instruction
•P
roviding mental health services and supports, including SEL training
to help teachers build resilience
•P
lanning and implementing activities around summer learning and
supplemental afterschool programs
•R
ecruiting and hiring teachers to fill gaps caused by the worsening nationwide
teacher shortage
It’s time to move from the status quo to a solution that supports teachers effectively,
so they can better support their students.
www.PowerSchool.com . 1-877-873-1550 . 16Get the technology solutions you need to support teachers
An integrated solution can address all your talent management functions,
including quickly hiring qualified staff to help, scaling up effective professional
development for all, and supporting teachers with capable substitutes.
Unified TalentTM SchoolSpring Job Board:
Recruit among thousands of qualified prospects.
•T
ap into the nation’s most popular online K-12 job board
•P
ost jobs quickly and easily
•F
ind the candidates your district needs
Unified TalentTM Applicant Tracking:
Speed up the hiring process.
• I mprove efficiency through every step
•S
implify the applicant experience
•R
eview resumes and offer jobs virtually
www.PowerSchool.com . 1-877-873-1550 . 17Unified TalentTM Candidate Assessment:
Choose candidates based on science.
•U
se research-backed assessments to review candidates
•H
ire those most likely to support student success
•P
lan career development from day one
Unified TalentTM Employee Records:
Digitize K-12 HR processes.
•S
implify processes with online records management
•S
upport collaboration across departments
•K
eep all of your data safe and secure online
www.PowerSchool.com . 1-877-873-1550 . 18Unified TalentTM Perform:
Support teachers and staff with clear, collaborative feedback.
•S
implify teacher and staff evaluations
•C
onduct virtual teacher observations
•R
ecommend professional learning courses from within Perform
Unified TalentTM Professional Learning:
Help teachers and staff grow their skills.
•C
entralize professional development management
•A
utomate compliance reporting for teacher certification
•P
rovide 24/7 access to learning content from anywhere
Unified TalentTM SmartFind Express:
Keep students learning every day.
•A
utomate callouts and see real-time job statuses
• L et substitutes browse and accept jobs in our mobile app
•M
atch substitute qualifications to teacher absences
www.PowerSchool.com . 1-877-873-1550 . 19Combining tools into a single solution helps you
focus on student learning
With Unified Talent, you get our most powerful and productive talent management
tools to support your teachers.
How our unified technology streamlines K-12 HR:
•Q
uickly define your budget to enable faster recruiting and hiring decisions
•R
ecruit and hire the teachers you need from thousands of qualified prospects
•O
nboard new hires from anywhere with robust tools for training and documentation
•M
ake professional learning available from anywhere, 24/7
•S
implify substitute management to keep students learning when teachers are out
PowerSchool is your partner for data-driven, intuitive talent management that helps
fuel student achievement.
www.PowerSchool.com . 1-877-873-1550 . 20Here's what our customers say:
‘‘Our old model was very involved. We had to review resumes
by hand, sift through the information that wasn’t relevant,
and try to identify the strongest candidates... Using Unified
Talent, we have been able to streamline our recruitment
and applicant processing.’’
VICTORIA FRYE | Director of Employment & Systems, Columbus City Schools, OH
‘‘We began posting with Recruit & Hire for K-6 teaching
candidates and received over 400 applications.’’
KIA BIRDSONG | Human Resources Assistant, Del Mar Union School District, CA
‘‘ Professional learning gets assigned during the onboarding
process according to each new hire's individual needs,
creating a personalized learning experience. Evaluators can
suggest professional learning content while logging observation
results. Communication has vastly improved, with principals
and administrators able to support each teacher's unique
career growth.’’
DEBRA LANE | Director of Talent Development, Alexandria City Public Schools, VA
www.PowerSchool.com . 1-877-873-1550 . 21Our Services Team
Helps You Easily
Implement Your
New Solution
We partner with you to ensure
a smooth implementation.
Throughout the process, our goal is the same as yours:
Get your new solution up and running so you can serve teachers and students better.
Our Educational Impact Consultants are experts in:
•P
owerSchool products
•E
ducational practices
•A
doption techniques
www.PowerSchool.com . 1-877-873-1550 . 22Ongoing Training and Support
After implementation, PowerSchool offers multiple strategies to ensure
you get the most out of your solution with:
•2
4/7 access to continued training and support
•C
ommunity-based support and knowledgebase articles
• I n-depth product training at PowerSchool University
Get support and training when and how you need it. Our team is available by phone, email,
or live chat, and our worldwide community of engaged users is always eager to help.
www.PowerSchool.com . 1-877-873-1550 . 23Now’s the time to act.
Make sure you’re ready for back-to-school 2021/22,
and give every student the best chance to succeed.
To learn more, visit:
PowerSchool.com/moving-education-forward
www.PowerSchool.com . 1-877-873-1550 . 24PowerSchool is your trusted
advisor that offers:
Best-in-class, unified edtech solutions
for your entire school or district
Largest peer community for best
practices and collaboration
Highest investment in product
R&D in the industry
Unmatched expertise in supporting
schools and districts of all sizes
To learn more, visit www.PowerSchool.com, contact us
at sales@powerschool.com, or call 1-877-873-1550.
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