Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) Launches Interactive Job Board for Education Technology Community

Ted Richane
The Fratelli Group
202.822.9491
trichane@fratelli.com

Washington, DC (January 17, 2006) – The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) today announced the CoSN Career Center, a new interactive job board to match employers and recruiters with education technologists from around the country. As the demand for highly qualified candidates and the appreciation of the value of technology in schools grow, the new job board will be a valuable resource for the entire education technology community.

“As someone responsible for the technology decisions of a large public school district, I recognize the challenge of finding qualified candidates to fill mission critical positions,” said Sheryl Abshire, District Administrative Coordinator of Technology for Calcasieu Parish Public Schools in Lake Charles, Louisiana and Chair of the CoSN Board of Directors. “This new career center will be an excellent resource for CoSN members and the entire ed tech community. We are excited to have the opportunity to provide this service.”

Job seekers, who can participate in the service for free regardless of membership status, can track up to 100 jobs and can apply online for available positions at their convenience. With new RSS (Really Simple Syndication) capability, job seekers can also receive notifications of new jobs in real time, without repeated visits and searches on the site.

Employers using the CoSN Career Center can post positions that will be seen by their target audience of education technology industry professionals, reducing the workload when applications arrive. The Center features easy online job management, allowing employers to enter job descriptions, check the status of postings, edit information, renew or discontinue postings and even make payments online. With a paid job listing, employers can search the Center’s database of resumes and proactively contact qualified candidates, and can use an automatic notification system to receive email when new resumes match their chosen criteria.

Member and non-member pricing information for listing jobs is available at careers.cosn.org/rates.cfm. Special introductory pricing discounts are now in effect.

CoSN developed the CoSN Career Center in partnership with Boxwood Technology, Inc., the leading provider of career center services for the association industry. Boxwood is the only such provider endorsed by the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE). In addition to hosting feature-rich online career centers, Boxwood also provides technical support, customer service, accounting, content management and ongoing product development. For more information about Boxwood’s products and services, visit www.boxwoodtech.com or call 800-331-2177.

About the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN)

Founded in 1992, the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), a national non-profit organization, is the premier voice in education technology leadership. CoSN’s mission is to serve as the national organization for K-12 technology leaders who use technology strategically to improve learning.

CoSN leadership initiatives include: Accessible Technologies for All Students (www.accessibletech4all.org); Cyber Security for the Digital District (www.securedistrict.org); Data-Driven Decision Making (www.3d2know.org); Safeguarding the Wired Schoolhouse (www.safewiredschools.org); Taking Total Cost of Ownership to the Classroom (www.classroomtco.org); and the development of the Council of School District Chief Technology Officers (CTO Council).

CoSN’s membership includes a unique blend of technology leaders from the public and private sectors. Our audience includes key technology leaders (often called Chief Technology Officers—CTOs) in leading-edge states and districts, as well as those technology leaders who wish to accelerate their districts’ or states’ systemic technology use. Visit www.cosn.org or phone 866.267.8747 to find out more about CoSN’s programs and activities supporting leadership development to ensure that information technology has a direct and positive impact on student learning in elementary and secondary schools.