What Project Management Skills Are Crucial For K12 Educational Leaders

Continued from: Why Project Management Is Crucial for the Educational Technology Leader In my current role as a Senior Project Manager leading statewide educational technology projects and Initiatives over the last…
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Why Project Management Is Crucial for the Educational Technology Leader

As an educational technology leader for a school district, a regional service center, and a state organization for over 28 years in Utah; I have found the formal Project Management…
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District Purchasing Implications and Options

The inpouring of funding from the federal, state, and local levels, such as CARES, ESSER, CRRSA, and ARP, provided school districts with emergency relief funds to address the impact of…
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CoSN District Application Inventory Worksheet

The CoSN Inventory worksheet can be used to create a catalog of school system applications and top line information. Log in to read more... (Member Exclusive)
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The Glue of IT Modernization: Interoperability

Regardless of size, all school systems benefit from infrastructure modernization. Integral to much-needed modernization efforts is interoperability—the seamless sharing of data, content, and services among systems or applications. Without interoperability,…
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Change Management and Organizational Development in Large School Systems

All large districts experience change, whether it be a new leadership structure, budget shifts, or enterprise system implementation. Investing in change management practices and organizational development structures is critical to…
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Reflections on Driving K-12 Innovation

When the opportunity to join the Driving K-12 Innovation Advisory Board for 2022 came across my social media feed, I jumped at the opportunity to support this work. Each year…
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Blaschke Report: Best Practices from CoSN’s Peer Review Program

Since 2016, CoSN has conducted 21 Peer Reviews for school districts around the country. The purpose of this research is to discover commonalities among school districts as well as distinctions…
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Selecting the Right EdTech…Every Time

In a recent panel discussion presented by edWeb.net and sponsored by Veracity Verification Solutions, I was invited to moderate a discussion regarding best practices for evaluating EdTech. It was a…
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The “P” in Project Management = The “P” in People

The “P” in project management should be interchangeable with the “P” in people. That’s because project management is just as much about the people as it is about the project.…
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