Annual Users Conference

February 1-2, 2010 Savannah International Trade and Convention Center Savannah, GA

Conference Guide

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Table of Contents

President’s Welcome ............................................................................... 3

Georgia Department of Education .......................................................... 4

Board of Directors .................................................................................... 5

Corporate Sponsors ................................................................................. 6

Conference Announcements ................................................................... 6

Schedule of Events ................................................................................ 7-8

Schedule of Break-Out Sessions .......................................................... 8-10

Session Descriptions ......................................................................... 11-25

Exhibitors .......................................................................................... 26-27

Georgia SIS Map ..................................................................................... 28

Conference Center Maps ....................................................................... 29

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President’s Welcome – Hubert Bennett, Newton County

Welcome to the 2010 Georgia Student Information Systems (GSIS) Users Group Conference! We are glad that YOU are here. In these economically turbulent times, you and your school system chose to invest your time and money into the continued improvement of your school system. We are thankful that you chose the GSIS Conference as the place to receive valuable information. I can assure you, we as a Board have worked very hard to reduce the cost of the conference but at the same time to bring you the BEST Conference ever. We are thrilled with the lineup of Breakout Sessions that are on hand. We are honored to have such a HUGE entourage of the DOE and other State Agencies in attendance. Bob Swiggum, Deputy Superintendent, has provided great support of the GSIS Conference and his staff has promoted the conference many, many times through the year. We look forward to an even greater involvement between the DOE and GSIS. We are thankful to have the American Red Cross (Savannah Chapter) represented, Georgia Student Finance Commission, State DOE Special Education. The economic hardships not only affected School Systems, but they have affected many of us personally. It has even been a drain on many of our Sponsors & Vendors, so we are very proud of this year Sponsors: Bridgeway, Crosspointe.net and Infinite Campus. A special thank you goes to our volunteer presenters. This conference simply would not be possible without them! Please take a moment to thank those who have volunteered their time and consider presenting yourself at your next GSIS Conference. If you have any questions or concerns during the conference, would like to volunteer to present at the next GSIS conference, or are interested in service as a GSIS board member, please feel free to see any current GSIS board member. You can identify us by the GSIS shirts that we will be wearing throughout the conference. Hubert Bennett GSIS President

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Bob Swiggum – CIO Georgia Department of Education

Hi Everyone,

I join you today in “The Challenge of Change” as my professional life has gone in a new exciting direction. After Spending 20 years leading Information Technology efforts in the private sector, I recently began my new position as the CIO at the Georgia Department of Education(GaDOE). Although it’s a big change for me, I couldn’t be more excited about the future of Georgia’s Educational system. We have a lot of work to get done in the coming months as we ramp up our Longitudinal Data System, integrate more innovation into the classroom and find technology-based solutions that can help Georgia’s schools and school systems do their jobs better, faster, and economically. To meet these challenges, we must bring all stakeholders to the table so we can share our ideas and inspiration. I am looking forward to tapping into the knowledge of Georgia’s instructional technology experts, and I value your honest feedback and wise counsel. I know that, together, we can take educational technology in Georgia to the highest levels so that our students have the tools and the knowledge they need to be successful. Thank you for all the work you are doing now and the work we will do together in the near future and beyond. Sincerely, Bob Swiggum Deputy Superintendent for Technology Services/CIO, Georgia Department of Education

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GSIS Board of Directors The Board Members serving GSIS are volunteers from many of Georgia’s finest school systems. They put in many hours planning and conducting the annual GSIS conference and other related activities.

GSIS Officers *Hubert Bennett (President) – Newton County *Anthony Swaim(President-Elect) – Hall County *Noralee Deason (Past President) – Effingham County *Theresa Beckum (Treasurer) – Bibb County Conference Committee *Priscilla Willis (Committee Chair) – Pike County Carolyn Oliver (Co-Chair) – Paulding County Public Relations Committee *Josh Griffis (Committee Chair) – Griffin-Spalding County Denise Epperson (Co-Chair) – Griffin Spalding County Corporate Sponsorship Committee *Kathy Mull (Committee Chair) – Bartow County Jesse Peavey (Co-Chair)- Bleckley County Advocacy Committee *Danna Cooper (Committee Chair) – Thomas County Jane McDaniel (Co-Chair) – Gwinnett County *Executive Board Members

The executive board invites you to use the Georgia Student Information Systems website as a resource throughout the year. View and download conference handouts, get information on next year’s conference, and contact board members. Visit us often at:

www.gsisusers.org

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Corporate Sponsors We would like to offer a special thanks to this year’s corporate sponsors. This conference simply would not be possible without their financial support! Please show your appreciation by visiting their exhibitor booths during the conference.

Announcements

Please be courteous of volunteer presenters. Turn off cell phones or place on silent mode.

Lunch is on your own. Portable Concessions are at the Main Entrance of Conference Center from 10:30 am until 3:30 pm.

Consider presenting at the next conference! The GSIS conference simply would not be possible without our volunteer presenters. Everyone has an area of expertise – SHARE YOURS! See any GSIS board member for more information.

A message board is located in the rotunda area near the entrance to the Convention Center. Visit the board frequently for any schedule changes and important notices.

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Schedule of Events

Sunday, January 31, 2010

4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Registration at Convention Center Rotunda

Monday, February 1, 2010

7:30 am – 10:00 am Registration Convention Center Rotunda

7:30 am – 8:15 am Continental Breakfast Georgia International Gallery (In Front of Ballroom C)

8:15 am – 8:50 am Welcome; Opening Remarks; Introduction of Corporate Sponsors Ballroom C

8:50 am – 9:00 am Break 9:00 am – 9:50 am Breakout Session 1

Meeting Rooms 9:50 am – 10:00 am Drink Break 10:00 am – 10:50 am Breakout Session 2

Meeting Rooms 10:30 am – 3:30 pm Lunch on Your Own

Portable Concessions (Main Entrance) 10:50 pm – 11:00 pm Break 11:00 pm – 11:50 pm Breakout Session 3

Meeting Rooms 11:50 pm – 12:00 pm Break 12:00 pm – 12:50 pm Breakout Session 4

Meeting Rooms 12:50 pm – 1:00 pm Break

1:00 pm – 1:50 pm Breakout Session 5 Meeting Rooms

1:50 pm – 2:00 pm Break 2:00 pm – 2:50 pm Breakout Session 6

Meeting Rooms 2:50 pm – 3:00 pm Break 3:00 pm – 3:50 pm Breakout Session 7

Meeting Rooms 3:50 pm – 4:00 pm Break 4:00 pm – 4:50 pm Breakout Session 8

Meeting Rooms

Tuesday, February 2, 2010 7:30 am – 8:15 am Continental Breakfast

Georgia International Gallery (In Front of Ballroom C) 8:15 am – 8:50 am Announcements & Door Prizes (Ballroom C) 8:50 am – 9:00 am Break 9:00 am – 9:50 am Breakout Session 1

Meeting Rooms 9:50 am – 10:00 am Cookies & More Break 10:00 am – 10:50 am Breakout Session 2

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Meeting Rooms 10:50 am – 11:00 am Break 11:00 am – 11:50 pm Breakout Session 3

Meeting Rooms 11:50 pm – 12:30 pm Annual Business Meeting & Door Prizes

Ballroom C

Breakout Session Schedule Monday, February 1 (AM)

Room Session 1 (9:00 - 9:50) Session 2 (10:00 - 10:50) Session 3 (11:10 - 11:50) Session 4 (12:00 - 12:50)

Ballroom C

OTH009: You Cannot Be Serious! No more FTE2? – (Bonnie Dye / Wanda Jones)

100

OTH001 - 1: Getting a Clean ID (Kathy Aspy)

OTH020 - 1: Understanding State Reporting (Betty Rickicki)

OTH002 - 1: One Edit at a Time (Wanda Jones)

101

OTH003 - 1: LDS (Bob Swiggum) OTH004 - 1: It's a Private Matter (Levette Williams)

IC014 - 1: Ad Hoc for Beginners (Carolyn Oliver)

OTH019 - 1: SIS Improving Parent/Teacher Communication (Marc Bozik)

102

IC003 - 1: Behavior (Alicia Chapman)

IC004 - 1: Making Sense of Census (Alicia Chapman)

IC009 - 1: Grading Made Easy (Marsha Lewallen)

IC010 - 1: Standards - Based Grading (Marsha Lewallen)

103

IC001 - 1: IC - User Security (Tracy Bishop)

IC013 - 1: Using Student / Parent Portal (Debi Oglesby)

IC002 - 1: IC - New Year High School (Tracy Bishop)

IC008 - All About Your Gradebook (Debra Flanders)

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OTH010 - 1: GSFC - Setup and Upload (Demi Fogle)

OTH011 - 1: GSFC - Verification Process and Signoff (Bob Lahl)

OTH013 - 1: Excel Is Your Friend (LaKeshia Mills)

OTH014 - 1: SIF Data Integration & Data Interoperability (Craig Nixon)

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OTH006 - 1: Be Red Cross Ready (Bob Rosen)

CP001: Georgia State Reporting with CrossPointe.net (Wes Drury and Sharon Armour)

CP002: Dynamic Features of the CrossPointe.net Student Information System - An Overview (Steve Hanner and Sharon Armour)

CP003: Google and ClrossPointe.net (Kevin Baird and Steve Hanner)

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TE001: Preparing for the TEMS Parent Portal (Larry Frazier)

TE002 - 1: TEMS Academic Year Roll-over (Adam Satterwhite)

TE003 - 1: Advanced Ad Hoc Reporting (Larry Frazier)

TE004: Attendance (Adam Satterwhite)

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PS004 - 1: PowerSchool Attendance Tracking and Notifications (Rose Craighead)

PS005 - 1: PowerSchool FTE Segment / Program Code Calculations (Rose Craighead)

PS003: FTE Overview & Preparation (Flora Contreras)

201

PS006 - 1: PowerSchool State Reporting (Cindy Crawford)

PS008 - 1: State Reporting Checklists and Helpful Hints (Paula Crowley)

PS008 - 2: State Reporting Checklists and Helpful Hints (Paula Crowley)

202

PS011 - 1: Linking Documents to PowerSchool (Ed Dedic)

PS011 - 2: Linking Documents to PowerSchool (Ed Dedic)

PS012 - 1: PowerTeacher Gradebook (Ed Dedic)

PS012 - 2: PowerTeacher Gradebook (Ed Dedic)

203

PS009 - 1: Elementary Scheduling in PowerSchool (Kathy Davies)

OTH022: PowerSchool Introduction and Overview (Jon Mark Glenn)

PS010: Customizing PowerSchool (Kathy Davies)

GSIS Board Use

204

PS019: Importing and Exporting Data in PowerSchool (Richard Matthews)

OTH015 - 1: Maximize FTE funding while minimizing the effort (Kaushal Sinha)

OTH016 - 1: Attendance Letter Generator (Kaushal Sinha)

OTHER / Not SIS-Specific

TEMS

PowerSchool

SchoolMAX

Infinite Campus

CrossPointe Schools Online

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SM001: Are you utilizing SchoolMAX LINC to it's full potential (Michelle Farmer)

SM002: Schedulilng in SME (Enterprise) (Michelle Farmer)

SM003: GA State Reporting in SchoolMAX LINC (Michelle Farmer)

SM009: SchoolMax Enterprise Round Table (Rita Fritz)

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Breakout Session Schedule Monday, February 1 (PM)

Room Session 5 (1:00 - 1:50) Session 6 (2:00 - 2:50) Session 7 (3:00 - 3:50) Session 8 (4:00 - 4:50)

BR - C

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OTH008 - 1: Special Education Update (Bonnie Dye)

OTH001 - 2: Getting a Clean ID (Kathy Aspy)

OTH020 - 2: Understanding State Reporting (Betty Rickicki)

OTH002 - 2: One Edit at a Time (Wanda Jones)

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OTH004 - 2: It's a Private Matter (Levette Williams)

OTH003 - 2: LDS (Bob Swiggum)

OTH012 - 1: Streamlline Student Enrollment with EZ School Regis (Patrick Maher)

IC014 - 2: Ad Hoc for Beginners (Carolyn Oliver)

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IC005 - 1: Health (Alicia Chapman) IC006 - 1: Attendance: Keeping Track of your Students (Alicia Chapman)

IC009 - 2: Grading Made Easy (Marsha Lewallen)

IC011 - 1: Report Designer (Marsha Lewellen)

103

IC015 - 1: Middle School Scheduling / IC (Terri Powers)

IC002 - 2: Infinite Campus - New Year High School (Tracy Bishop)

IC004 - 2: Making Sense of Census (Alicia Chapman)

IC003 - 2: Behavior (Alicia Chapman)

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OTH014 - 2: SIF Data Integration & Data Interoperabillity (Craig Nixon)

OTH17: Internet Safety Curriculum in Georgia (Missy Smith)

OTH013 - 2: Excel Is Your Friend (LaKeshia Mills)

OTH010 - 2: GSFC - Setup and Upload (Demi Fogle)

105

CP004: AIMS, the Analytical Information Management System, through CrossPointe.net (Steve Hanner)

CP005: Scheduling in Record Time via the CrossPointe.net Innovative Scheduler (Sharon Armour)

CP006: A Vigorous Scheduler that is User Friendly - Imagine That! (Sharon Armour)

CP007: A Strong and Friendly Teacher Gradebook delivered by CrossPointe.net (Sharon Armour or Steve Hanner)

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OTH018: You want me to do what in Excel! (Danna Cooper)

TE002 - 2: TEMS Academic Year Roll-over (Adam Satterwhite)

OTH023: Tyler District Pulse (Mark Rigsby)

TE006: Grade Book and Grade Reporting (Adam Satterwhite)

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PS002: Back to the Basics (Flora Contreras)

OTH025: eSIS By aal (Ed Clark)

PS004 - 2: PowerSchool Attendance Tracking and Notifications (Rose Craighead)

PS005 - 2: PowerSchool FTE Segment / Program Code Calculations (Rose Craighead)

201

PS018 - 1: Elemenatry Standards Reports in PowerSchool (Leanne Love)

PS018 - 2: Elemenatry Standards Reports in PowerSchool (Leanne Love)

PS006 - 2: PowerSchool State Reporting (Cindy Crawford)

PS007 - 1: Cheat Sheets for Powerschool (Cindy Crawford)

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PS013 - 1: PowerSchool Table Relationships (Ed Dedic)

PS013 - 2: PowerSchool Table Relationships (Ed Dedic)

PS016 - 1: Export and Import Templates (Ed Dedic)

OTH024: Launching Parent / Student Access (ED Dedic)

203

PS025: ODBC, Excel,and PowerSchool Oh My! (Lori Skillings) PS009 - 2: Elementary Scheduling in PowerSchool (Kathy Davies)

GSIS Board Use

204

PS021: FTE Overview and Student Record Preparation (Troy Palmer) OTH015 - 2: Maximize FTE funding while minimizing the effort (Kaushal Sinha)

OTH016 - 2: Attendance Letter Generator (Kaushal Sinha)

OTHER / Not SIS-Specific

TEMS

PowerSchool SchoolMAX

Infinite Campus

CrossPointe Schools Online

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SM004: Scheduling in SchoolMAX LINC (Michelle Farmer)

PS020: PowerSchool Dashboards and Portlets (Richard Matthews) PS024: End of Term (Lori Skillings)

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Breakout Session Schedule Tuesday, February 2 (AM)

Room Session 1 (9:00 - 9:50) Session 2 (10:00 - 10:50) Session 3 (11:00 - 11:50)

100

OTH001 - 3: Getting a Clean ID (Kathy Aspy)

OTH002 - 3: One Edit at a Time (Wanda Jones)

OTH003 - 3: LDS (Bob Swiggum)

101

OTH004 - 3: It's a Private Matter (Levette Williams)

OTH008 - 2: Special Education Update (Bonnie Dye)

OTH020 - 3: Understanding State Reporting (Betty Rickicki)

102

OTH021: Infinite Campus Overview (Brock Wilson)

IC006 - 2: Attendance: Keeping Track of your Students (Alicia Chapman)

IC005 - 2: Health (Alicia Chapman)

103

IC010 - 2: Standards - Based Grading (Marsha Lewallen)

IC011 - 2: Report Designer (Marsha Lewellen)

IC001 - 2: IC - User Security (Tracy Bishop)

104

IC007: Extending the Power of Infinite Campus (Noralee Deason)

PS022 - 1: Security in PowerSchool (Jesse Peavy)

PS022 - 2: Security in PowerSchool (Jesse Peavy)

105

IC012: Infinite Campus Messenger (Patti Murrow)

IC013 - 2: Using Student / Parent Portal (Debi Oglesby)

IC015 - 2: Middle School Scheduling / IC (Terri Powers)

106

TE003 - 2: Advanced Ad Hoc Reporting (Larry Frazier)

TE007: TEMS Customizations (Adam Satterwhite)

TE008: What's new in TEMS version 8.1 (Larry Frazier)

200

PS015 - 1: PowerSchool's Backside - The Junk in the Trunk (Ed Dedic)

PS015 - 2: PowerSchool's Backside - The Junk in the Trunk (Ed Dedic)

PS016 - 2: Export and Import Templates (Ed Dedic)

201

PS007 - 2: Cheat Sheets for Powerschool (Cindy Crawford)

PS023: Exporting with DDE and PivotTables (Lori Skillings)

202

SM005: Adding Dashboards to your SchoolMAX SIS (Michele Farmer)

SM006: GA State Reporting in SchoolMAX Enterprise (SME) (Michelle Farmer)

SM007: SchoolMAX LINC moving forward (Michelle Farmer)

203

OTH005: CPR Made Simple (Theresa Lynn)

OTH006 - 2: Be Red Cross Ready (Bob Rosen)

OTH012 - 2: Streamlline Student Enrollment with EZ School Regis (Patrick Maher)

204

CP008: Portals, Dashboards, and Data Management - Oh My! (Inayat Walli and Sharon Armour)

CP009: Information on a Parent Portal Can Improve Student Achievement (Steve Hanner)

OTH019 - 2: SIS Improving Parent/Teacher Communication (Marc Bozik)

205

OTH007 - 1: Move your students' registration forms online! (Sean Dolan)

OTH007 - 2: Move your students' registration forms online! (Sean Dolan)

OTH011 - 2: GSFC - Verification Process and Signoff (Bob Lahl)

OTHER / Not SIS-Specific

TEMS

PowerSchool

SchoolMAX

Infinite Campus

CrossPointe Schools Online

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Crosspointe Schools

Title: Georgia State Reporting with CrossPointe.net (CP001) Presenter: Wes Brury, Muscogee County Schools SIS Project Manager & Sharon Armour, CrossPointe.net Affiliation: CrossPointe System: Crosspointe Audience: All See for yourself how accurate and time-saving CrossPointe.net state reporting can be for your school system. Title: Dynamic Features of the CrossPointe.net Student Information System – An Overview (CP002) Presenter: Steve Hanner & Sharon Armour Affiliation: CrossPointe System: Crosspointe Audience: All Join us for a tour of the features that make CrossPointe.net exclusive. Title: Google and CrossPointe.net (CP003) Presenter: Kevin Baird, CEO EdLead & Steve Hanner, CrossPointe.net Affiliation: CrossPointe System: Crosspointe Audience: All A true partnership that offers you the opportunity to bring money into your school system. Title: AIMS, the Analytical Information Management System, through CrossPointe.net (CP004) Presenter: Steve Hanner Affiliation: CrossPointe System: Crosspointe Audience: All

Learn how to get the data you need, the way you want it. Discover the powerful features of AIMS – ad hoc reporting, custom extracts, charting and graphs.

Title: Scheduling in Record Time via the CrossPointe.net Innovative Scheduler (CP005) Presenter: Sharon Armour Affiliation: CrossPointe System: Crosspointe Audience: All

Scheduling Level I: Make scheduling your students less time consuming and frustrating through CrossPointe.net: Overview and Getting Started.

Title: A Vigorous Scheduler that is User Friendly – Imagine That (CP006) Presenter: Sharon Armour Affiliation: CrossPointe System: Crosspointe Audience: All

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Scheduling Level II – See all of the features tab-by-tab. Title: A Strong and Friendly Teacher GradeBook delivered by CrossPointe.net (CP007) Presenter: Sharon Armour or Steve hanner Affiliation: CrossPointe System: Crosspointe Audience: All

See CrossPointe.net’s user friendly, robust and innovative Classroom Manager that allows teachers to focus on improving student achievement rather than time consuming admin tasks.

Title: Portals, Dashboards, and Data Management – Oh My! (CP008) Presenter: Inayat Walli & Sharon Armour Affiliation: CrossPointe System: Crosspointe Audience: All

Discover the power of incorporating the latest technology to serve your school system and parents. See the Parent, Student and Teacher Portals, the dynamic DashBoard and AIMS all coming together to create a top notch information access system.

Title: Information on a Parent Portal Can Improve Student Achievement (CP009) Presenter: Steve Hanner Affiliation: CrossPointe System: Crosspointe Audience: All

How a powerful Parent Portal can provide the ingredients for improving student achievement. Presenter: Steve Hanner, CrossPointe.net

Infinite Campus Title: Infinite Campus – User Security (IC001 – 1 & IC001 – 2) Presenter: Tracy Bishop Affiliation: Hall County Schools System: Infinite Campus Audience: District

Tips and Tricks for creating and maintain User Security in Infinite Campus Title: Infinite Campus – New Year High School (IC002 – 1 & IC002 - 2) Presenter: Tracy Bishop Affiliation: Hall County Schools System: Infinite Campus Audience: High School

The steps and processes for what has to be done in order for High Schools to begin Scheduling and preparing for the next school year.

Title: Behavior (Discipline) (IC003 – 1 & IC003 - 2) Presenter: Alicia Chapman Affiliation: K12 Solutions Group System: Infinite Campus

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Audience: All Behavior: How To Get The Most Out of Behavior

Title: Census: Making Sense of Census (IC004 – 1 & IC004 – 2) Presenter: Alicia Chapman Affiliation: K12 Solutions Group System: Infinite Campus Audience: All

Census: Making Sense of Census…the Importance of “clean” Data Title: Health (IC005 – 1 & IC005 - 2) Presenter: Alicia Chapman Affiliation: K12 Solutions Group System: Infinite Campus Audience: All

Health: Maximizing Your Health Office Resources Title: Attendance: Keeping Track of Your Students (IC006 – 1 & IC006 - 2) Presenter: Alicia Chapman Affiliation: K12 Solutions Group System: Infinite Campus Audience: All

Attendance: Keeping Track of your Students…the Attendance Module Title: Extending the Power of Infinite Campus (IC007) Presenter: Noralee Deason Affiliation: Effingham County System: Infinite Campus Audience: All

Have you implemented Infinite Campus in the last few months? Are you finally coming up for air and ready to begin extending your district's use of the software? Topics will include Campus Portal, E-Mail Messenger, Surveys, Custom Report Development Using SQL Reporting Services, etc. This is an overview session outlining the possibilities for extending the use of Campus. Detailed instructions will not be provided during this session.

Title: All About Your Gradebook (IC008) Presenter: Debra Flanders Affiliation: Emanuel County System: Infinite Campus Audience: All

This session will include setting up your lesson planner and gradebook, posting grades, and various other info. Title: Grading: Grading Made Easy (IC009 – 1 & IC009 - 2) Presenter: Marsha Lewallen Affiliation: K12 Solutions Group System: Infinite Campus Audience: All

Grading: Grading Made Easy Title: Standards – Based Grading (IC010 – 1 & IC010 - 2)

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Presenter: Marsha Lewallen Affiliation: K12 Solutions Group System: Infinite Campus Audience Elementary

Standards: What’s All the Hype about Standards-Based Grading? Title: Report Designer (IC011 – 1 & IC011 - 2) Presenter: Marsha Lewallen Affiliation: K12 Solutions Group System: Infinite Campus Audience: All

Report Designer: Creating Special Reports with Report Designer. Title: Infinite Campus Messenger (IC012) Presenter: Patti Murrow Affiliation: Hall County System: Infinite Campus Audience: All

Use Campus Messenger to deliver communications via email or phone to staff, students, and parents. Title: Using Student/Parent Portal (IC013 – 1 & IC013 - 2) Presenter: Debi Oglesby Affiliation: Effingham County System: Infinite Campus Audience: All

Tips and tricks for using and encouraging parents to use Student and Parent Portal. Title: Ad Hoc for Beginners (IC014 – 1 & IC014 - 2) Presenter: Carolyn Oliver Affiliation: Paulding County System: Infinite Campus Audience: All

Having trouble with Ad Hoc? This session will make Ad Hoc simple and easy to use. Learn how to use filters and standard reports together. Other tips and tricks on shortcuts in IC.

Title: Middle School Scheduling (IC015 – 1 & IC015 – 2) Presenter: Terri Powers Affiliation: Effingham County System: Infinite Campus Audience: Middle School

Some tips and tricks for planning and scheduling Middle School classes through Infinite Campus.

Other: Non-Specific

Title: Getting a Clean ID (OTH001 – 1, OTH001 – 2, & OTH001 – 3) Presenter: Kathy Aspy Affiliation: GaDOE System: Non Specific Audience: All

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This session will start with a basic navigation through the GTID application as well as some tips and tricks that will make using the GTID application easy. We’ll spend some time talking about how to resolve near matches. We’ll also talk about best practices for getting clean data in this ID database used for comparison by all DOE data collections.

Title: One Edit at a Time (OTH002 – 1, OTH002 – 2, & OTH002 – 3) Presenter: Wanda Jones Affiliation: GaDOE System: Non Specific Audience: All

Student Record can be an overwhelming process for the new coordinator or anyone who is not familiar with the edits. This session looks a specific edits and provides guidance on error resolution. Attendees will leave with a better understanding of the edit process and knowledge of how to resolve certain errors.

Title: Longitudinal Data System & Data-Driven Decision Making (OTH003 – 1, OTH003 – 2, & OTH003 – 3) Presenter: Bob Swiggum Affiliation: GaDOE System: Non Specific Audience: All

Title: It’s a Private Matter (OTH004 – 1, OTH004 – 2, & OTH004 – 3) Presenter: Levette Williams Affiliation: GaDOE System: Non Specific Audience: All

Access to student records is protected by federal law. This session provides attendees with an overview of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and explains why it is so important to school and district staff. In addition, this session will touch on other federal reporting request for Office of Civil Rights and EdFacts.

Title: CPR Made Simple (OTH005) Presenter: Theresa Lynn Affiliation: American Red Cross System: Non Specific Audience: All

CPR Made Simple The NEW American Red Cross CPR Made Simple non-certified course provides your employees with a one-hour overview of the critical skills that may help them save a life. In this simplified training, lecture is kept to a minimum so that employees can focus on hands-on practice of CPR/AED skills.

Title: Be Red Cross Ready (OTH006 – 1 & OTH006 – 2) Presenter: Bob Rosen Affiliation: American Red Cross System: Non Specific Audience: All

Prepare your School and Students. It's important to prepare for possible disasters and other emergencies. Natural and human caused disasters can strike suddenly, at any time and anywhere. The American Red Cross encourages teaching preparedness in the classroom. Instructing students what to do in the event of an emergency can help save lives at school and at home.

Title: Move Your Students’ Registration Forms Online! (OTH007 – 1 & OTH007 – 2)

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Presenter: Sean Dolan Affiliation: InfoSnap, Inc. System: Non Specific Audience: All

Infosnap is the only provider of custom Online Registration Forms, with data delivery to multiple databases, for Pre K-12 schools. See how other school districts are simplifying their expensive, time-consuming and error-prone paper registration forms process by reducing the time and expense of printing and handling paper registrations. Learn how to put your Student Registration, Health, Emergency Contacts, etc. online and upload the data into your SIS.

Title: Special Education Update (OTH008 – 1 & OTH008 – 2) Presenter: Bonnie Dye Affiliation: GaDOE System: Non Specific Audience: All

This session will review and update data reporting requirements for students with disabilities.

Title: You Cannot Be Serious! No More FTE2 (OTH009) Presenter: Bonnie Dye Affiliation: GaDOE System: Non Specific Audience: All

Wanda Jones and Bonnie Dye will lead an informal discussion on the rationale for special education reporting changes such as the elimination FTE2 and the addition of GNETs Program Level File. Participants will discuss the implications of these changes and assist in the identification of any additional edits or documentation required to ensure timely and accurate reporting. Appreciate is expressed in advance to participants for their collaboration.

Title: GSFC – Setup and Upload (OTH010 – 1 & OTH010 – 2) Presenter: Demi Fogle Affiliation: Georgia Student Finance System: Non Specific Audience: High School

This session will discuss the Setup procedure and the Upload process.

Title: GSFC – Verification Process and Signoff (OTH011 – 1 & OTH011 – 2) Presenter: Bob Lahl Affiliation: Georgia Student Finance System: Non Specific Audience: High School

This session will discuss the process involved in Verification and Signoff of the data.

Title: Streamline Student Enrollment with EZ School Regis (OTH012 – 1 & OTH012 – 2) Presenter: Patrick Maher Affiliation: SRC-Solutions, Inc. System: Non Specific Audience: District / Board

EZSR revolutionizes the student enrollment process by eliminating manual, paper-driven student data collection and replacing it with a digital process. SRC Can customize EZ and Xerox Docushare for any type of paperless registration including HR on boarding bringing a school district complete process management. In addition to all information being kept in a digital format, EZSR tracks student information and all of the supporting documents that trail a student's registration. The results are enormous time, cost savings and clean data for the school district's SIS.

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Title: Excel is Your Friend (OTH013 – 1 & OTH013 – 2) Presenter: LaKeshia Mills Affiliation: Newton County System: Non Specific Audience: All

The presenter will focus on working with Microsoft Office Excel as it relates to input and manipulation of data. The student registrant will receive instruction on how to perform functions in Excel that will assist in the use of manipulating various forms of data. The registrant will also receive tips and tricks to become friendly with the use of the Excel application.

Title: SIF Data Integration & Date Interoperability (OTH014 – 1 & OTH014 – 2) Presenter: Craig Nixon Affiliation: Edustructures System: Non Specific Audience: All

Schools and districts in Georgia today are challenged with complicated data and data gathering procedures. SIF helps address many of these issues related to data accuracy, redundancy, and latency. We will look at schools and districts utilizing SIF technology to show how you too can leverage your data and increase operational efficiencies. SIF can help your school district integrate your Student Information System with your best-of-breed software applications such as; library automation, food service, transportation and bus routing, emergency notification, network management, and others. Come see what’s new with Schools Interoperability Framework and the SIF technology.

Title: Maximize FTE Funding while Minimizing the Effort (OTH015 – 1 & OTH015 – 2) Presenter: Kaushal Sinha Affiliation: UshaSoft System: Non Specific Audience: All

Learn how this Add-On product can ease the burden of FTE Reporting. It also provides early Data Error Checks. Find out how some School Systems have earned 100x the cost of this product.

Title: Attendance Letter Generator (OTH016 – 1 & OTH016 – 2) Presenter: Kaushal Sinha Affiliation: UshaSoft System: Non Specific Audience: All

Learn how to easily print & manage Attendance Letters. This Add-On product can help you monitor attendance problems. It can automatically create Attendance letters for students that meet your specified attendance Criteria.

Title: Internet Safety Curriculum in Georgia (OTH017) Presenter: Missy Smith Affiliation: GaDOE System: Non Specific Audience: All

Attend this session to hear the rollout of the state of Georgia’s Internet safety program with multiple state agencies, including the Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE), Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI), and Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA).

Title: You Want me to do What in Excel? (OTH018) Presenter: Danna Cooper Affiliation: Thomas County

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System: Non Specific Audience: All

No matter what student information system you use, you can manipulate the data in Excel with ease. From simple names and addresses for mail merges to creating files for import into other systems, formulas can be used to make your life easier. The presentation will be using Microsoft Excel 2007.

Title: SIS: Improving Parent / Teacher Communication (OTH019 – 1 & OTH019 – 2) Presenter: Marc Bozik Affiliation: SunGard Public Sector System: Non Specific Audience: All

Georgia school districts like Fulton County Public Schools use SunGard Public Sector's student information system to help educators and parents by providing them direct, real-time access to the most relevant student information available. Teachers and administrators can easily manage day-to-day student information and data such as demographics, scheduling, attendance, discipline, standardized tests, report cards and transcripts. Parents gain the ability to be more informed as to their child’s grades, attendance, assignments and discipline information. Superintendents, principals and other district administrators and school board members can track daily school status, student performance and progress.

Title: Understanding State Reporting (OTH020 – 1, OTH020 – 2, & OTH020 – 3) Presenter: Betty Rickicki Affiliation: GaDOE System: Non Specific Audience: All

This session provides a basic overview of state reporting. Attendees will learn the what, why, when, and how of state reporting. The session will also include a discussion of best practices for promoting data integrity and creating a culture of data quality.

Title: InfiniteCampus Overview (OTH021) Presenter: Brock Wilson Affiliation: K12 Solutions Group System: Non Specific Audience: All

Join us for a tour of Infinite Campus. Title: PowerSchool Introduction and Overview (OTH022) Presenter: Jon Mark Glenn Affiliation: PowerSchool System: Non Specific Audience: All

An introduction to PowerSchool. An overview from the administrator, teacher, parent and student perspectives. A look at the integration of PowerSchool with data analysis and assessment building products.

Title: Tyler District Pulse (OTH023)

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Presenter: Mark Rigsby Affiliation: TEMS - Tyler System: Non Specific Audience: All

Tyler's DistrictPulse acts as a district-wide information hub, accumulating data from throughout the school district, translating it into meaningful information. See how DistrictPulse, Tyler’s information warehouse, improves the entire management process in a school district.

Title: Launching Parent / Student Access (OTH024) Presenter: Ed Dedic Affiliation: PowerSchool System: Non Specific Audience: All

In this session you will understand the process of rolling out Parent and Student access. Studies show that parent involvement drives student achievement, providing this great tool successfully will endure all parties involved will be on-board and embrace this great technology.

Title: eSIS by aal (OTH025) Presenter: Ed Clark Affiliation: The Administrative Assistants Ltd. (aal) System: Non Specific Audience: All

Encompassing a wide range of student and educational data; aal’s flagship product eSIS® helps educators and administrators navigate increasingly complex scenarios to make better decisions and plans for improving student results. eSIS® is recognized as one of the most trustworthy, scalable and reliable web-based student and education information solution available today. Implemented in over 7,000 schools and serving over 5.4 million students to date; eSIS® is the solution of choice for multiple states and provinces, regional service agencies and small educational organizations across North America

PowerSchool Title: Back to the Basics (PS002) Presenter: Flora Contreras Affiliation: Buford County System: PowerSchool Audience: All

This session will focus on basic navigation through PowerSchool as well as some tips and tricks that will make using PowerSchool a success for you and your school district. Designed for the novice who is just starting to use PowerSchool. Because PowerSchool is a constant learning experience, come see what you didn't get the first time.

Title: FTE Overview & Preparation (PS003) Presenter: Flora Contreras Affiliation: Buford County System: PowerSchool Audience: All

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Buford City has been on PowerSchool since the 02-03 school year, in this session we will share our experiences with the always changing DOE requirements as well as our learning from “mistakes” experiences with PowerSchool. In sharing how we prepare for FTE 1 & 3 from pre-count day to post sign-off, we will look at DOE data file layouts and where these requirements are generated from in PowerSchool.

Title: PowerSchool Attendance Tracking & Notifications (PS004 – 1 & PS004 – 2) Presenter: Rose Craighead Affiliation: PowerSchool System: PowerSchool Audience: All

Learn about the new Attendance Tracking and Notifications functionality within PowerSchool. This presentation includes School and District setup details and covers using the UI.

Title: PowerSchool FTE Segment / Program Code Calculations (PS005 – 1 & PS005 – 2) Presenter: Rose Craighead Affiliation: PowerSchool System: PowerSchool Audience: All

PowerSchool presentation of how the FTE Segment and Program Code calculations work for FTE Fall Cycle 1 and FTE Spring Cycle 3.

Title: State Reporting (PS006 – 1 & PS006 – 2) Presenter: Cindy Crawford Affiliation: Jenkins County System: PowerSchool Audience: District / Board

How to look at your state reports, read flat files and understand how to relate it to your Powerschool.

Title: Cheat Sheets for PowerSchool (PS007 – 1 & PS007 – 2) Presenter: Cindy Crawford Affiliation: Jenkins County BOE System: PowerSchool Audience: All

Showing some shortcuts and easy ways to search in Powerschool. Title: State Reporting Checklists and Helpful Hints (PS008 – 1 & PS008 – 2) Presenter: Paula Crowley Affiliation: Liberty County System: PowerSchool

Audience: All FTE and Student Record data entry checklists and helpful hints will be discussed.

Title: Elementary Scheduling in PowerSchool (PS009 – 1 & PS009 – 2) Presenter: Kathy Davies Affiliation: Lamar County System: PowerSchool

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Audience: Elementary Overview of Scheduling in PowerSchool for standard 'homeroom only' schools, elementary schools with class changes and schools with alternating or rotating days. Ideas for scheduling to make state reporting process easier and quick look at the FTE process as it relates to scheduling. Lots to cover!

Title: Customizing PowerSchool (PS010) Presenter: Kathy Davies Affiliation: Lamar County System: PowerSchool Audience: Other

How to make changes in HTML (even if you don't know HTML), load pre-built reports and customize them in Reporting Engine or Object Reports (even if you've never used them), create custom pages, discover what all those odd wc:, x:, if statements and other PowerSchool specific commands are and how to use them, even get a few 'cheat sheets' to make PowerSchool and PowerTeacher work better for your school.

Title: Linking Documents to PowerSchool (PS011 – 1 & PS011 – 2) Presenter: Ed Dedic Affiliation: PowerSchool System: PowerSchool Audience: All

In this session you will learn how to successfully link documents to PowerSchool, PowerTeacher and Parent/Student access. Using PowerSchool as a launching pad, your staff, teachers and students will have real time up to data information.

Title: PowerTeacher Gradebook (PS012 – 1 & PS012 – 2) Presenter: Ed Dedic Affiliation: PowerSchool System: PowerSchool Audience: All

PowerTeacher advances Pearson’s vision of redefining and delivering next-generation classroom tools. Come see how Pearson has made this great tool even better.

Title: PowerSchool Table Relationships (PS013 – 1 & PS013 – 2) Presenter: Ed Dedic Affiliation: PowerSchool System: PowerSchool Audience: All

In this session you will begin to understand the structure of PowerSchool and how things relate so pulling things together and extracting data can become second nature.

Title: PowerSchool’s Backside – The Junk in the Trunk (PS015 – 1 & PS015 – 2) Presenter: Ed Dedic Affiliation: PowerSchool System: PowerSchool Audience: All

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PowerSchool Premier has great functionality, but what does having access to the back end database mean? The power is in the data, find how you can use common tools you are comfortable with to analyze live PowerSchool data in real time.

Title: Export and Import Templates (PS016 – 1 & PS106 – 2) Presenter: Ed Dedic Affiliation: PowerSchool System: PowerSchool Audience: All

In this session you will learn how to get data in and out of PowerSchool in a uniform way allowing repetitive export and import jobs to be simplified. We will learn about and construct Export and Import Templates to allow you to share data with other applications in your school, district or other districts.

Title: Standards Reports in PowerSchool (PS018 – 1 & PS018 – 2) Presenter: Leanne Love Affiliation: Gilmer County System: PowerSchool Audience: Elementary

See how to set up Standards in Powerschool. Create a Standards Based Report Card. Title: Importing and Exporting Data in PowerSchool (PS019) Presenter: Richard Matthews Affiliation: Elbert County System: PowerSchool Audience: District / Board

See how to use PowerSchool’s AutoSend and AutoComm features to transfer data between PowerSchool and other Programs. We will look specifically at Lunchbox, Destiny, and SemsTracker but what you learn here can be applied to most programs you use. We will also take a quick look at how SIF and ODBC data transfer methods compare to PowerSchool’s AutoSend and AutoComm.

Title: PowerSchool Dashboard and Portlets (PS020) Presenter: Richard Matthews Affiliation: Elbert County System: PowerSchool Audience: Other

This session will provide an overview of the PowerSchool system of Dashboards and Portlets. We will examine what it takes to tweak existing Portlets to leverage your data. We will also see what it takes to modify the Dashboard to include new Portlets you may create. This session will be geared towards PowerSchool Administrators who have some experience designing custom pages.

Title: FTE Overview and Student Record Preparation (PS021) Presenter: Troy Palmer Affiliation: Elbert County System: PowerSchool Audience: All

This session will cover the FTE reporting process through PowerSchool as well as preparation for Student Record reporting.

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Title: Security in PowerSchool (PS022 – 1 & PS022 – 2) Presenter: Jesse Pevey Affiliation: Bleckley County System: PowerSchool Audience: All

In this session, participants will explore the Page Permissions and Group Securities Functions within PowerSchool. Participants will also investigate ways to protect data and meet FERPA requirements.

Title: Exporting with DDE & Excel PivotTables (PS023) Presenter: Lori Skillings Affiliation: Consulting System: PowerSchool Audience: All

In this double-length session, you will learn how to use Direct Database Export (DDE) to export data from PowerSchool and then how to use Excel's PivotTable feature to "mine" that exported data. Topics covered in this session: PowerSchool table relationships, DDE's Match Selections feature, how to export data from related tables in DDE.

Title: End of Term Steps (PS024) Presenter: Lori Skillings Affiliation: Consulting System: PowerSchool Audience: All

In this session, you will learn about how to use the Class Roster report to run Grade Validations before storing grades, how to properly use the Permanently Store Grades process to store grades, and how to ensure your Report Card is setup to print what you expect.

Title: ODBC, Excel, and PowerSchool OH MY! (PS025) Presenter: Lori Skillings Affiliation: Consulting System: PowerSchool Audience: All

In this double session, you will learn the basics on how to setup a live Open DataBase Connection (ODBC) to your PowerSchool server, install the ODBC driver on user's workstations, and setting up REFRESHABLE REPORTS in Excel.

SchoolMAX

Title: Are You Utilizing SchoolMAX LINC to its full potential (SM001) Presenter: Michelle Farmer Affiliation: Harris School Solutions System: SchoolMAX Audience: District / Board

Title: Scheduling in SME (Enterprise) (SM002)

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Presenter: Michelle Farmer Affiliation: Harris School Solutions System: SchoolMAX Audience: All

Title: GA State Reporting in SchoolMAX LINC (SM003) Presenter: Michelle Farmer Affiliation: Harris School Solutions System: SchoolMAX Audience: All

Title: Schedulilng in SchoolMAX LINC (SM004) Presenter: Michelle Farmer Affiliation: Harris School Solutions System: SchoolMAX Audience: All

Title: Adding Dashboards to your SchoolMAX SIS (SM005) Presenter: Michelle Farmer Affiliation: Harris School Solutions System: SchoolMAX Audience: District / Board

Title: GA State Reporting in SchoolMAX Enterprise (SME) (SM006) Presenter: Michelle Farmer Affiliation: Harris School Solutions System: SchoolMAX Audience: District / Board

Title: SchoolMAX LINC moving forward (SM007) Presenter: Michelle Farmer Affiliation: Harris School Solutions System: SchoolMAX Audience: District / Board

Come and review/discuss this SIS and it's exciting changes moving forward into 2010. Title: SchoolMAX Enterprise Round Table Discussion(SM009) Presenter: Ritz Frix Affiliation: Rockdale County System: SchoolMAX Audience: All

Discuss best practices scenarios using SchoolMax Enterprise.

TEMS - Tyler

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Title: Preparing for the TEMS Parent Portal (TE001) Presenter: Larry Frazier Affiliation: TEMS - Tyler System: TEMS - Tyler Audience: All

Rolling out a parent portal can be a difficult decision and process for districts. This session will detail the ins-and-outs of rolling out the Parent Portal from a policy and functionality point of view.

Title: TEMS Academic Year Roll-over (TE002-1 & TE002-2) Presenter: Adam Satterwhite Affiliation: TEMS - Tyler System: TEMS - Tyler Audience: All

Learn the steps on how to prepare to roll your 0910 data to the 1011 academic year in preparation for master schedule building.

Title: Advance Ad Hoc Reporting (TE003 - 1 & TE003 - 2) Presenter: Larry Frazier Affiliation: TEMS - Tyler System: TEMS - Tyler Audience: All

Gain an advanced understanding of the Ad Hoc reporting utility cube relationships, how to publish reports and how to modify existing report templates.

Title: Attendance (TE004) Presenter: Adam Satterwhite Affiliation: TEMS - Tyler System: TEMS - Tyler Audience: All

Learn the tips and tricks on the various attendance views, enter absences in advance, setting up group attendance and mass updating attendance.

Title: Grade Book and Grade Reporting (TE006) Presenter: Adam Satterwhite Affiliation: TEMS - Tyler System: TEMS - Tyler Audience: All

Learn the tips and tricks on copying assignments, setting preferences, adding extra credit and the important relationship between the grade book and grade reporting.

Title: TEMS Customization (TE007) Presenter: Adam Satterwhite Affiliation: TEMS - Tyler System: TEMS - Tyler Audience: All

Learn the tips and tricks of creating custom pages and fields in TEMS.

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Title: What’s new in TEMS version 8.1 (TE008) Presenter: Larry Frazier & Adam Satterwhite Affiliation: TEMS - Tyler System: TEMS - Tyler Audience: All

Learn and discuss the major enhancements and changes coming in TEMS version 8.1.

Exhibitor Guide aal Solutions Contact: Ed Clark Email: eclark@aalsolutions.com

CrossPointe Contact: Sharon Armour Email: sarmour@crosspointeinc.com

Edustructures, Inc. Contact: Barbara Delbove Email: bdelbove@edustructures.com Edustructures, Inc. Contact: Craig Nixon Email: cnixon@edustructures.com Edustructures, Inc. Contact: Steve Setzer Email: ssetzer@edustructures.com Harris School Solutions Contact: Michelle Farmer Email: mfarner@harriscomputer.com

Harris School Solutions Contact: Charlotte White Email: cwhite@harriscomputer.com Infinite Campus Contact: Ryan Barder Email: ryan.barder@infinitecampus.com Infosnap, Inc. Contact: Ryan Barder Email: sean@infosnap.com

K-12 Solutions Group / Infinite Campus Contact: Alicia Chapman Email: achapman@k12solutionsgroup.com

K-12 Solutions Group / Infinite Campus Contact: Marsha Lewallen Email: mlewallen@k12solutionsgroup.com K-12 Solutions Group / Infinite Campus Contact: Brock Wilson

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Email: bwilson@k12solutionsgroup.com Pearson Contact: Rose Craighead Email: ros.craighead@pearson.com

Pearson Contact: Ed Dedic Email: edward.dedic@pearson.com

Pearson Contact: Jon Mark Glenn Email: jon.glenn@pearson.com

Pearson Contact: Tim Moore Email: tim.moore@pearson.com

Plasco, Inc. Contact: Roberto Alonso Email: ralonso@plascoid.com

SRC-Solutions Inc. Contact: Patrick Maher Email: wbaldini@src-solutions.com SunGard Public Sector Contact: Marc Bozik Email: marc.bozik@sungardps.com SunGard Public Sector Contact: Jeffrey Haun Email: jeff.haun@sungardps.com Tyler Technologies, Inc. Contact: Adam Griffiths Email: adam.griffiths@tylertech.com

Tyler Technologies, Inc. Contact: Larry Frazier Email: larry.frazier@tylertech.com Tyler Technologies, Inc. Contact: Mark Rigsby Email: mark.rigsby@tylertech.com Tyler Technologies, Inc. Contact: Adam Satterwhite Email: adam.satterwhite@tylertech.com Tyler Technologies, Inc.

Contact: Chris Webster Email: chris.webster@tylertech.com UshaSoft Contact: Kaushal Sinha Email: kaushal_sinha@yahoo.com Vanessa's Jewelry Contact: Vanessa Reid Email: vanessa@vanessasjewelry.com

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X2 Development Corporation Contact: Joseph Kain Email: jkain@x2dev.com X2 Development Corporation Contact: Jodi Lott Email: jlott@x2dev.com

X2 Development Corporation Contact: Amy Williamson Email: awilliamson@x2dev.com

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Convention Center: First Floor

Convention Center: Second Floor

Vendor Exhibits

Conference Office

Conference Registration

Continental Breakfast

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