We’re headed for the nation’s capital this summer and welcoming District of Columbia Public Schools to our team. The 65,000-student district has chosen our SmartFindExpress software to help manage their absentee teachers.

We’re already installing the system, which is scheduled to be up and running by the start of the new school year.

Our goal is to streamline how the district manages teacher sick days and absences.  Previously, the district used a manual method of managing absentee teachers, selecting subs and assigning the jobs at the school level. This required administrators and principals to handle the absentee needs of 4,000 teachers in the district. eSchool projects that the new automated system will reallocate resources for the district and help fight loss-learning days for students, which students can encounter when not supervised by the best possible substitute.

To learn more about what we do, visit http://www.eschoolsolutions.com/ or give us a call at 800-776-8774.

eSchool Solutions is excited to announce that we will be attending the 2010 WVASA (West Virginia Association of School Administrators) Summer Conference on July 21 – 23, 2010 in Wheeling, West Virginia.

Come & visit the eSchool Solutions booth to preview our exciting new features; like the one and only iPhone Application for our SFE Employee/Substitute Management System or some of our other state of the art tools – including our latest venture, Strategic Services, and learn why nearly half of the top 250 school districts in both the U.S. and Canada choose eSchool Solutions for their absentee management needs.

Stop by our booth and meet our National Account Representative Marina Jovic, who has been with eSchool Solutions for over 5 years.

We look forward to seeing you in West Virginia!

eSchool Solutions is excited about this year’s TASPA (Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators) conference on July 21-23, 2010. The 2010 Summer Conference will bring together educational colleagues for quality professional development & networking opportunities in a relaxed atmosphere.

Stop by the eSchool Solutions booth at the TASPA conference to preview new & exciting features such as the iPhone Application for our SFE Employee/Substitute Management Systems. You can also learn more about our latest venture, Strategic Services and learn why nearly half of the top 250 school districts in both the U.S. and Canada choose eSchool Solutions for their absentee management needs.

While at the Conference be sure to stop by our booth and meet our National Account Manager and native Texan – Billy Baggerly. You can also enter for a chance to win a prize.

We hope you’ll find the time to check out eSchool Solutions and see just how easy it is to prevent loss learning days by having the most qualified professional in the classroom.

We can’t wait to see you in Austin. Click here to check out the Agenda for the TASPA Conference.

Congratulations to Rosie Kendrick for winning our Flip Camera.

Rosie Kendrick is from the Archdiocese of New Orleans. She won a brand new Flip Camera on Monday, by visiting our booth (#788) at the ISTE Conference in Denver, Colorado.

The rest of our giveaway will be for Point 2 View Cameras.

Don’t worry ISTE attendees we have 2 more chances for prizes. Winners for the Point 2 View Cameras will be announced at 4:45 this afternoon (Tuesday, June 29, 2010) and at 1:15 tomorrow afternoon (Wednesday, June 30, 2010).

And if you aren’t one of the lucky View Camera Winners, still be sure to stop by also have free pencils, shirts, and hand sanitizers.

Rosie Celebrating Her New Prize @ The eSchool Solutions booth #788

eSchool Solutions will be attending the ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) Conference on June 27-June 30, 2010 in Denver Colorado. ISTE is a premier membership association for educators and education leaders who are advocates in improving teaching and learning by advancing the use of technology in PK-12 education. This year, we will be proudly unveiling TeacherStudio.

TeacherStudio is a visual, online resource to offer professional development for educators. It is a place for refreshing conversations & collaborations. TeacherStudio provides teachers and educators a place that can find support, as well as cost-saving tools to manage training & mentoring. TeacherStudio is a private site made only for educators.

TeacherStudio provides:
- Content from professional educators including:

  • Videos of teachers in action
  • online mentoring from model teachers
  • instructional strategies and lesson plans
  • classroom management techniques
  • technology how-to’s

- Easy-to-use tools for uploading and sharing
- A powerful search engine
- A lace to showcase your district’s best work
- Open and private group chats
- Private wiki for district-only collaboration
- A personal vault to store your favorites.

Take a look at what some of our K-12 professionals have to say about TeacherStudio:

John Tracy, Chief Information Officer – Seminole County Public School in Florida “Learning is growing as such a faster pace. Professional development has to figure out a way to keep up with it, this [TeacherStudio] is an answer.”

Diane Lewis, Director of Instructional Technology – Seminole County Public Schools“The ability for teachers to learn from others for collaboration, mentoring, learning the best practices, sharing class room examples. These are all powerful ways to really move teaching and learning forward. ”

Be sure to come and visit us at the ISTE conference and learn more about how TeacherStudio can help you. For more information, contact us today by calling 800-776-8774 or by filling out our online contact form.

Does teacher absence affect the success rate of students in your district? With the end of the school year just around the corner, now is the time to evaluate your current absentee management program and learn about the downfalls that your system and or fill rate might have on the students in your district.

According to an article published in the Associated Press on January 16, 2008, a student spends one whole year with a substitute from kindergarten through high school.  As a superintendent, how can you be sure that the students in your district aren’t losing out on quality education time due to low substitute fill rates and unqualified substitutes. eSchool Solutions offers effective strategic services from seasoned K-12 professionals. Let eSchool Solutions evaluate if you have an absentee problem and provide solutions on how to fix low fill rates.

Our strategic services can help you spot teacher absence trends in the following paid time off areas:

  • vacation
  • sick days
  • personal days
  • training / conferences
  • bereavement

With our absence management software your district is sure to get an effective and cost saving program that will benefit the teacher & substitutes, the human resource department, and the individual school.

Benefits for Teacher:

  • View current & accurate time off balances.
  • Offers a quick and easy way to report absences online

Benefits for HR Department:

  • Track staff time off
  • Review & grant paid time off request

Benefits for Individual School:

  • Improves record keeping & financial accounting.

More importantly, our substitute management software will also match an appropriate substitute teacher for each class based on their needs and subject matter. Don’t wait until the start of the next school year to evaluate your teacher fill rates.

Contact eSchool Solutions today to learn more about our strategic services. 800-776-8774.

ERO Webinars are back! At your request, and back by popular demand, eSchool Solutions has launched a series of ERO Learn and Share webinars that will highlight ERO features and answer some frequently asked questions. Our next EROwebinar will take place Wednesday, June 16, 2010 from 2:00pm – 3:00pm EDT. This a great opportunity for you to learn new functionality, get your questions answered
and share best practices with other districts!

Our electronic registrar online offers strategic staff development. Combining best practices with state-of-the-art technology, ERO enhances professional development by making it more targeted, customized and, most importantly, effective. ERO features align with National Staff Development Council standards – including administration of professional learning communities, support for program-based learning activities, automatically generated online course evaluations and communication tools for mentors.

And, because eSchool Solutions is committed to providing comprehensive solutions that help districts increase efficiency, ERO fully integrates with both SmartFindExpress® and eSS Data Link.

Click here to sign up for the next scheduled ERO Learn and Share Webinar! Feel Free to invite a few others to participate with you from your district. For more information on our Products & Services, contact us today by calling 800-776-8774.

Did You Know?
eSchool Solutions is here to help your school district get the maximum potential out of SmartFindExpress?

Our seasoned preK-12 experts are here to help your district save time and money with the following expert school consulting services:

  • Consulting Services – to help your district leverage your systems, data and processes to maximum efficiencies
  • Application Services – an array of SmartFindExpress add-on technologies and associated consulting that enables district staff to do more with less.
  • Training Services – covering operational reporting, import/export training, annual refreshers, and more.
  • Premium Support Services – a suite of premium modules, including 24/7 First Responder services, assessment of telephone line configuration and other services to assure peak performance of your SmartFindExpress system.

eSchool Solutions is much more than a software company. We’re the true “total solutions partner” who leverages technology, processes and the most experienced and knowledgeable people in the industry to improve efficiency and student outcomes for school districts of all sizes. We don’t just “talk the talk,” we deliver measurable results.

To see how the eSchool Solutions team of prek-12 experts can help your school, call us today: 800-776-8774 or visit our web site to learn more.

ORLANDO, FL, APRIL 13, 2010 — eSchool Solutions, a pioneer in substitute
management software applications for school districts across North America, has made it even easier for teachers and substitute teachers to login into eSchool Solutions’ substitute management software, SmartFindExpress, any time, from virtually anywhere. The new smartphone app will enable teachers and substitutes to login, view absences, create absences, accept sub jobs and much more directly from a smartphone.

Lisa Welton, Vice President of Marketing for eSchool Solutions, had this to say about the application: “eSchool Solutions has always strived to be a front runner when it comes to substitute management software. We pride ourselves as being the leaders in the industry and this SFE Mobile smartphone application reinforces that leadership.” Welton goes on to say: “The new SFE Mobile smartphone application will help improve overall efficiency for school districts everywhere and allow our teachers and substitutes to have more time to focus on what really matters; educating our students.”

Some of the features of the new SFE Mobile smartphone application for teachers include: the ability to view their profile, create an absence, cancel an absence, review current and upcoming absence records, as well as the ability to access a help screen with text.

Substitutes will have the ability to view their profile, search for jobs, review open jobs that SmartFindExpress authorizes them to see, view text instructions about the job, accept a job, receive a job number, decline a job after accepting and the ability to review all accepted assignments for the next 30 days.
The SFE Mobile application will be launched in mid summer for the Apple iPhone and will be available for download through ITunes. eSchool Solutions plans to roll out other versions of the software for BlackBerries and Droids in the near future. To learn more about SFE Mobile visit http://www.eschoolsolutions.com/ or call 800-776-8774.

About eSchool Solutions
eSchool Solutions is the leading provider of integrated technology solutions for the preK-12 education market. In 1987, the Orlando-based company revolutionized substitute management for school systems, completely changing the way districts managed substitutes and employee absences. Now, as a total solutions provider, eSchool Solutions provides a full suite of products and services designed to improve administrative efficiency and help school districts work smarter. The company serves more than 500 school systems, encompassing 29,000 schools in North America.

ORLANDO, FL, APRIL 9, 2010 — eSchool Solutions today unveiled a new corporate logo as the first step in presenting a new strategic vision to the K-12 market. According to eSchool Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Lisa Welton, the new logo merely sets the table for some major new product introductions scheduled throughout the balance of 2010.

“eSchool Solutions has maintained the current logo and brand template for many years and it has served us well,” Welton explained. “But we have a dramatic and exciting vision for the future that will bring great things to our customers, and we felt strongly that our ‘face to the market’ should reflect this new direction.”

Currently, eSchool Solutions is the leading provider of substitute management software the K-12 market, with a customer base that includes nearly half of the country’s top 250 school districts. According to Welton, the company intends to maintain its top market position in substitute management, but is expanding its portfolio of software and services into professional development services, data analytics and other strategic arenas in the K-12 environment.

Our expanded vision includes new software products, improvements and upgrades to existing products, and a whole new family of consulting services. Among the products already announced is TeacherStudio, an online professional learning community where teachers can see, hear, and collaborate with exemplary educators.

“All the elements of our expanded vision are focused on helping school districts save money, manage resources more effectively, and, most importantly, improve student outcomes,” said Welton. “And, while we know we can’t adequately express a promise of that magnitude just by changing a logo design, we want our new logo to be a visible symbol of our elevated commitment to the market we so proudly serve.”

About eSchool Solutions
eSchool Solutions is the leading provider of integrated technology solutions for the preK-12 education market. In 1987, the Orlando-based company revolutionized substitute management for school systems, completely changing the way districts managed substitutes and employee absences.

Now, as a total solutions provider, eSchool Solutions provides a full suite of products and services designed to improve administrative efficiency and help school districts work smarter. The company serves more than 500 school systems, encompassing 29,000 schools in North America. Learn more at http://www.eschoolsolutions.com.