Technology Management Systems Why it matters: Without a central system, technology is fragmented and reactive. With one, schools gain visibility, efficiency, and confidence. Streamlines operations – reduces friction and frees educators from administrative headaches. Enables instructional agility – teachers adopt new strategies knowing tools will work reliably. Drives evidence-based decisions…

Every day, school districts make countless decisions about technology—approving new apps, renewing software licenses, storing sensitive student data. But far too often, these decisions happen without full visibility, consistency, or control. And that’s a growing problem. The Risks You Can’t Afford to Ignore Across the country, districts are facing serious…

In K-12 today, most stakeholders (in any size educational institution) note disparate systems, inconsistent processes, and redundant requests as primary factors for the overwhelming sentiment around onboarding digital tools. This brief guide offers examples and actionable takeaways for consistency, compliance, and collaboration in onboarding educational technologies (edtech)…and these tactics can…

Managing the onboarding and offboarding of digital tools has become a daunting task for educational institutions as technology teams aim to enable school purchasing autonomy while protecting student data. From purchasing systems that produce the same results (redundancy) to unintended contract renewals, many challenges are present throughout the life cycle.…

Many factors, including the loss of ESSER funds, are impacting budgets in our educational institutions today, resulting in staff turnover or transition, purchasing freezes, and non-renewal of edtech tools. Despite such loss, the stakes are higher than ever before. It’s a critical time to pivot the mindset from “there’s no…

You’ve determined your district or campus needs a technology management system and successfully gained buy-in with a strong business case, so what’s next? With the greatest challenge – the budget – still ahead, you’ll need to thoroughly prepare for common objections and perhaps present new budgeting strategies not previously considered.…

If your district or campus is considering a new technology management system and you’ve engaged the appropriate stakeholders, the next step is preparing the business case. Skipping the first step could be a costly mistake if you attempt to build your case without interviewing others and capturing every problem the…

Is your district or campus considering a new technology management system? Like any new edtech purchase, the process of researching, validating, and acquiring a system – that involves many stakeholders – can be long and convoluted. With the right strategies in place, you can avoid common roadblocks and navigate a…

Words like “management system”, “automation”, and “workflows” can be intimidating and often perceived as costly. Instead of learning and adapting to these concepts and technologies, it can be easier to avoid the risk and give in to self-doubt and myths often associated with adopting anything new. A technology management system…

The act of approving and acquiring new technologies in K-12 school districts today is a convoluted mess of forms, emails, and broken or ignored processes. Admittedly, a “process” is, unfortunately, non-existent in many. Most of this burden has fallen into the hands of the Technology Director since the technology team…