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In K-12 education, the phrase "other duties as assigned" is often met with a knowing smile and a heavy sigh. For district technology leaders, that line in the contract might mean troubleshooting a network issue, advising on curriculum tools, supporting cybersecurity planning, attending a cabinet meeting, or helping record a fifth-grade musical. The reality is that technology directors touch nearly everything that happens in a school system. Not consulted on half of it.
When good schools struggle, it’s rarely because of what they offer. It’s because people can’t see it, understand it, or trust it. I’ll give you an example. A few years ago, we rolled out new software for tracking both positive and negative behaviors in our district. It was supposed to streamline discipline reporting for teachers, give parents more insight into their children’s behavior, and empower principals with more oversight in their schools.
As more schools explore Video over IP cameras, IT departments like mine at the Metropolitan School District of Steuben County in Angola, Ind., are joining the effort to boost physical security at our schools. When testing IP cameras for my district, I looked for a device that would be easy for our small team to set up and manage. I had the Verkada CD62-E network surveillance camera up and running in less than 20 minutes.
Tuesday night at the April Metropolitan School District of Steuben County school board meeting Nancy Irwin thanked the school board and her colleagues after being named the new Angola Middle
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