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St. Petersburg College – $1 Million saved in Electricity Costs Since Implementing SchoolDude’s UtilityDirect

Energy efficiency became a high priority to this Florida college with the opening on a brand new LEED designed facility. With conservation measures and tracking of utility costs with UtilityDirect, the college saved the equivalent of removing 679 cars from the road.

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Christian Academy, KY – Case Study

This Louisville, Kentucky institution implemented SchoolDUde’s preventive maintenance and work order solutions and saved thousands of dollars while better maintaining the facilities.

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Cincinnati Tech, OH – Case Study

Read the Q&A from Christine Barrow, Facilities Technical Assistant and Data Specialist as she relates her impressions of SchoolDude software.

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Collins Career Center, OH – Case Study

This regional educational center improved IT service response and efficiency with SchoolDude’s ITDirect which helped the department justify budget and staffing needs.

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Coopersville, MI – Case Study

Coopersville Area Public Schools successfully integrating facility scheduling (SchoolDude’s FSDirect and FSAutomation) with their existing Honeywelll Building Management System for improved energy management.

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Crete-Monee, IL – Case Study

This public school district in suburban Illinois implemented ITDirect for a more efficient process of managing and tracking IT trouble ticket requests.

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Dickenson College, PA – Case Study

Donald Lindemuth from Dickenson College in Pennsylvania shares how SchoolDude solutions for preventive maintenance, work order management and utility tracking helped them “achieve great customer service”.

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Elgin College, IL – Case Study

Read the Q&A interview with Cal Byrd, Manager of Plant Operations & Custodial Services at this multi-campus community college as he talks about his SchoolDude experiences.

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Franklin-McKinley, CA – Case Study

This California public school district had outgrown an email and spreadsheet solution for tracking IT trouble tickets and work performed. SchoolDude’s ITDirect improved staff responsiveness and offered a wealth of tracking and reporting capabilities.

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Georgetown ISD, TX – Case Study

Georgetown Independent School District chose SchoolDude’s integrated IT operations management software for tracking IT trouble-ticket requests, IT assets and license compliance.

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Gersham-Barlow, OR – Case Study

Implementing SchoolDude’s Capital Planning meant an easy-to-use, affordable solution that could provide facility assessment data in real time, and integrate with a work order management solution to perform the work.

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Loyola Marymount, CA – Case Study

This California University went from an inefficient paper-based work order system to SchoolDude’s online Maintenance Direct, improving customer service and responsiveness.

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Old Dominion U, VA – Case Study

Facility work order call volume was reduced while improving service and accountability with the implementation of Maintenance Direct and PMDirect in this Virginia university.

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Kirkwood College, IA – Case Study

SchoolDude IT help desk and asset management solutions improve IT service efficiencies at this public community college.

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Lakewood CS, OH – Case Study

Read how SchoolDude’s Facility Schedule Automation integrates with Lakewood City School District’s Trane building automation system to help them achieve maximum efficiency and savings through well-conditioned buildings and event scheduling.

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Lewis-Palmer, CA – Case Study 2

This in-depth study explores how this Colorado school district achieved “the most efficient building in the state” with the help of SchoolDude utility tracking software.

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Lewis Palmer, CO – Case Study

This Q&A interview was conducted with clients Jim Carter and Ann Taylor of the Maintenance and Operations departments for the school district. They relate perspectives of their SchoolDude experience.

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Millcreek Township SD, PA – Case Study

This case study explores how Millcreek Township School District takes IT service and accountability to the next level of performance with SchoolDude software.

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New Ulm PSD, MN – Case Study

With utility costs representing 16% of a school’s “controllable” costs, this district sought a solution for utility tracking and energy management. SchoolDude’s Utility Direct coupled with our facility operations software allowed them to maintain their buildings while reducing energy consumption.

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Ocean County, NJ – Case Study

This Datatel client, Ocean County community college needed a new work order and facility operations solution to replace an inadequate existing system — one that was easy to use, implement and support.

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Perris Union HS, CA – Case Study

Maintenance and Operations Supervisor Hector Gonzales is interviewed in the Q&A about the implementation of Maintenance Direct and PMDirect into the district for a more efficient facilities maintenance program.

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Olivet Nazarene, IL – Case Study

Read how this 4-year private university chose SchoolDude’s automated work order process on the recommendation of it’s trusted technology provider Datatel, and how the integration and implementation went smoothly.

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Pinon Unified, AZ – Case Study

Technology Director Steve Huxhold shares his success with SchoolDude technology and other facilities solutions in this Q&A format case study.

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Pleasant Hill, MO – Case Study

This in depth study explores how SchoolDude puts high efficiency into this school district’s “lean and mean” approach to IT management with an online process solution.

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Shaker Heights, OH – Case Study

April Abbott explains the success of facility scheduling with SchoolDude’s FSDirect in this Q&A interview.

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Snoqualmie Valley, WA – Case Study

Snoqualamie Valley School District #410 takes it’s one-man show online for increased productivity in facilities management.

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Springfield SD, PA – Case Study

This public school district in Pennsylvania, known for it’s forward-thinking in technology, needed a way to manage a large library of technology-related inventory. It turned to SchoolDude for help.

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St. Charles Parish, LA – Case Study

Read the Q&A interview with Cherie Thibodeaux, Assistance Director of Maintenance at this public school district that implemented several facilities management solutions from SchoolDude.

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Portales SD, NM – Case Study

The Technology department at Portales School District maximizes IT resources with SchoolDude’s asset management software, saving the district $40,000 annually.

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St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes, VA – IT Case Study

This Q&A discusses the use of technology products for these joint independent school campuses through interviewee Mary Rivera, Technology Coordinator.

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St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes, VA – Case Study

Read this Q&A interview with Johnny Rivera, Assistant Plant Manager at these independent schools in Virginia. This case study discusses several facilities and event management SchoolDude solutions.

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Susquehanna Valley, NY – Case Study

This in-depth case study shows how one school district has been able to manage extensive technology assets with SchoolDude’s online asset management software.

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Cape Cod Academy, MA – Case Study

This small independent school in Massachusetts switched from a paper-based system to SchoolDude’s on-demand, automated facility scheduling system, improving efficiency and communication.

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Brick Township, NJ – Case Study

Read this one-page Q&A case study interview with Brick Township Public Schools’ Director of Information Technologies Leonard Niebo. This district uses IT, work order and maintenance software from SchoolDude.

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Washington Elementary, AZ – Case Study

Sue Pierce, Director of Facility Planning & Energy at Washington ESD explains the district’s success with tackling an energy program using SchoolDude’s Utility Direct in this Q&A interview.

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Chandler USD, AZ – Case Study

Read the Q&A interview with the Chandler team, how they implemented multiple SchoolDude solutions to improve efficiency and transform their back-end operations, while overcoming communication challenges.

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Central Buck SD, PA – Case Study

This Q&A interview is with Director of Operations Scott Kennedy who implemented four software solutions for facility operations in this large public school district.

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Wayne-Westland, MI – Case Study

SchoolDude’s Facility Schedule Automation was the next logical step for this Michigan school district to add to it’s Metasys building management solution from Johnson Controls.

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Trine University, IN – Case Study

Formerly Tri-State University, Trine makes a timely switch from a third-party maintenance service to an in-house team and a web-based automated work order solution.

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Northern Iowa University – Case Study

Facilities Manager for the Department of Residence, David Fuller, explains the SchoolDude advantages to automated work order management in this Q&A format Case Study.

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Westerville City Schools, OH – Case Study

Jenna McDevitt, Director of Business Services & Purchasing is interviewed in this Q&A about SchoolDude solutions for work orders, preventive maintenance, inventory and IT.

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Understanding the Value of SchoolDude’s Maintenance Management Solutions

Combining work order management and preventive maintenance tools can be a powerful resource in achieving optimal building efficiency for the long-term. See how SchoolDude products work together to help you.

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The Value of SchoolDude’s Operations Management Solutions – CA

The Datasheet explores the value of bundling facility scheduling (FSDirect), utility tracking (UtilityDirect) and work morder management (MaintenanceDirect) to achive maximum savings and building efficiency. California success and clients are cited.

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Understanding the Value of SchoolDude’s Facility Scheduling Solutions

Facility Schedule Automation is an add-on solution for FSDirect that enables the sharing of data with your building automation system. The savings associated with FSAutomation are $15 per student. See how it can help you.

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Utility Direct: Online Utility Tracking & Analysis Application

Utility Direct is a bill management and reporting tool that audits, tracks, and analyzes utility consumption and costs to identify savings opportunities.

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Trip Direct: Online Trip Planning & Management System

This trip planning and management software helps streamline the educational trip workflow process from request and approval to vehicle and driver scheduling.

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PMDirect: Preventive Maintenance Scheduling System

This powerful, on-demand PM scheduling tool helps create, assign, and manage recurring maintenance tasks efficiently.

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Renew or Replace? Time to Erase the Old Method of Capital Planning for a Better Way!

After years of having few alternatives to an expensive traditional facility condition assessment, SchoolDude’s Planning Direct is an easy-to-implement, affordable alternative. See how SchoolDude can help you win the budget conversation.

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Planning Direct: Online Capital Planning and Budgeting System

This on-demand facility renewal and forecasting tool simplifies strategic planning for your educational institution’s future capital needs.

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MD Wireless: Wireless Work Order Management System

This integration tool works with Maintenance Direct enabling mobile maintenance and operations professionals to receive and complete work in the field via a wireless/mobile device.

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Maintenance Direct: Online Work Order Management Solution

This on-demand work order management software streamlines the entire work order process from request to completion.

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IT Wireless: Wireless Help Desk Management System

This wireless integration works with SchoolDude’s IT Direct enabling IT staff to receive and complete technology incidents via a wireless/mobile device.

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TI Direct: Technology Help Desk Management Application

This software streamlines the entire workflow process from incident request to resolution and reporting.

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ITAM Direct: Information Technology Asset Management System

ITAM Direct can streamline all aspects of your IT asset administration from monitoring and reporting to planning and life cycle costing.

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Information Technology Director’s Dilemma: Infinite Demand Meets Limited Resources

Are you struggling with too much IT stuff, not enough staff? Need to manage your IT trouble ticket requests to improve response time and accountability? Is your institution protected from possible software license violations?. See how SchoolDude solutions can help.

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Inventory Direct: Online Inventory Management System

Inventory Direct helps you streamline the process of requesting, ordering, issuing and tracking supplies and tools.

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The Only Feasible Solution Designed Specifically for Higher Education

With limitless demand and limited resources, today’s institutions for higher education must work harder to attract and retain students and faculty. Maintaining a safe, comfortable, efficient environment can be the challenge of Physical Plant and IT Directors. See how SchoolDude’s solutions for higher education can help.

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SchoolDude Products for Higher Education and Independent Schools

SchoolDude offers software technology for managing your physical plant and your IT operations that is as easy to get started as it is to use. See which products can help you.

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FSDirect: Online Facility Usage Scheduling Application

FSDirect is an on-demand facility usage scheduling tool for managing educational facility usage requests, tracking event schedules, and accounting for usage expenses.

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Facility Schedule Automation: Bridging the Gap Between Applications and Educational Facilities

This integration software connects and enables data exchange between your building automation system (BAS) and other intelligent building technologies, with SchoolDude’s FSDirect facility usage scheduling system.

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Achieve Excellence in Event Management with an Enterprise-wide Solution

Learn how SchoolDude can help you balance an increasing demand for the community use of your facilities with shrinking resources and budgets to cover the resource costs associated with community use. SchoolDude offers an event management suite of products to meet your needs for total event management.

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Edline and SchoolDude Join Forces

Together, SchoolDude and Edline are providing the first integrated platform of web, portal and learning management solutions, coupled with support services management solutions.

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Data Center Operations: Providing the highest level of security and reliability

10 Reasons why SchoolDude’s Data Center Operations assure a viable solution for educational institutions: backup, storage, physical security, reliability, fire protection, disaster recovery, data security, access, power backup, and server fail-safes.

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Community Use: Online Community Facility Use Scheduling Calendar System

This software manages the community use requirements of facility use on your campus. Through integration with FSDirect, Community Use streamlines the process of managing facility use programs by outside groups, including event requests, risk assessment, costs, invoicing and payment.

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SchoolDude Corporate Profile

This 2-page profile outlines who we serve with what products within the educational enterprise.

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SchoolDude Corporate Capabilities Brochure

It all began with a mission to serve our schools. Read how SchoolDude began by fulfilling a need in educational organizations across the country. This brochure gives an overview of who we serve, what types of institutions, what products and what our clients are saying about us.

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Conserve Direct: Online Energy Conservation and Management Tool

Conserve Direct software integrates with Utility Direct to provide information about your utility spending, including greenhouse gases, ENERGY STAR ratings and utility use.

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Critical Alarm Automation: Work Order and BAS Alarm Integration System

This software provides a communication bridge and enables data exchange between your building automation system (BAS) technology and SchoolDude’s Maintenance Direct work order management software.

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SchoolDude: Serving those who are behind the scenes, dedicated to education in K-12

SchoolDude’s offers a range on products that serve folks in the operational support roles within our schools – facilities management, event management, energy management and IT operational support. See which product can help you.

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White Paper: Florescent Vs. Metal Halide in Hi-Low Bay Applications

This paper explores the common practice of installing inefficient metal halide lighting units. Conservation methods for these buildings, including school facilities, include replacing these lights with energy efficient florescent lighting.

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Understanding Energy Demand and Demand Charges

Provided by The Energy Cooperative, this resource paper explains terminology frequently used by large commercial energy conservationists.

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The Journal: Out of Site, Out of Mind

Dian Schaffhauser of The Journal writes about several districts who have embraced software as a service, which puts burdensome administrative tasks into the hands of a web-based host instead of in-house staff.

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Software as a Service for Education: Do More for Less, Faster

This White Paper report by Karen Greenwood Henke of Nimble Press explores how education is embracing software as a service as an affordable alternative to cost and resource-intensive traditional technology.

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Research from Georgia and IASBO: School Facilities Project Resource List and Inadequate Facilities Impact Report

This research data was compiled from numerous sources from 1989 to 2010.

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DOE: EnergySmart Schools National Financing Roundtable II Key Outcomes

This follow-up to the Guide to Financing EnergySmart Schools documents the Roundtable event which brought together individuals with diverse knowledge to discuss issues and options to achieve high-performance status.

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DOE: Guide to Operating & Maintaining an EnergySmart School

The U.S. Department of Energy’s EnergySmart Schools Program promotes a 30% improvement in existing school energy use. This guide will help you to discover how to assist decision-makers in planning, financing, operating and maintaining high-performance schools.

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DOE: Guide to Financing EnergySmart Schools

An energy-efficient school district with 4,000 students could save as much as $160,000 a year in energy costs. This guide explores how to become a high-performance school and experience the lasting benefits for students, communities, and the environment.

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Conserving Energy through Behavior Change: Benefits and Opportunities

This presentation slide deck was presented by Pete Colverson, MA and Ondine Wells, MS of Pandion Systems, Inc; July 2009.

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21st Century School Fund Report: Repair for Success

This is an analysis of the need and possibilities for a Federal Investment in PK-12 school maintenance and repair, prepared by the 21st Century School Fund in 2009.

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Building Energy Audit Checklist

Download this free energy audit checklist.

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Sample School District Facility Use Policy

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Guidelines for Cost Recovery for Community Use of Schools

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Community Use of School Facilities Application and Contract

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Classification of Users Template

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Sample of Newport-Mesa Unified School District Fee Schedule

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Sample of the Orange County School District Fee Schedule

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Sample Hacienda La Puente USD Fee Schedule

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Sample Facility Use and Fee Guidelines for Clarkston Community Schools

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Sample – Walnut Valley Personnel Rates

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Sample of Walnut Valley Fee Schedules

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Sample of San Dieguito Field Lining Fee Schedule, 2008

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Sample of Anaheim Union HSD Fee Schedule

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Sample – Agua Fria Facility Use Rental and Fee Schedule Sheet

Example rate sheet for community use of school facilities from Agua Fria Union High School District No. 216.

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Sample – Facility Use Fee Structure

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SchoolDude Work Order Savings Calculator

How much can an automated work order system like Maintenance Direct save you? This spreadsheet worksheet allows you to input the number of students and average work orders yo perform and calculate your projected savings.

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Energy Cost Calculator

This extensive spreadsheet worksheet allows you to calculate your energy costs per day and per year by inputting appliances including food prep, comfort conditioning, audio visual, laundry, plus health and beauty.

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Sample Facility Use Contract: Agreement to Comply

This is a sample facility use contract from William F. Weber Performing Arts Center, South Redford, SD, including rules and regulations compliance.

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Sprinkler Fire Alarm Quick Check PM Work Order

This is a sample preventive maintenance work order on the sprinkler alarm system generated by SchoolDude’s PMDirect.

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Theater Safety: Pre-Performance Safety Policy & Checklist

This detailed checklist is for conducting a safety inspection prior to each performance in your theater or auditorium.

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Auditorium Electrical Safety: Company Switches, Feeder Tail Use & Storage

This document outlines the safety procedure for the use and storage of feeder tail cable.

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Emergency Response Plan from the University of Wyoming

This comprehensive emergency response plan sample can be used as a template to create your own plan.

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Performing Arts Center Facility Use Policy & Rules & Regulations for Licensees and Users

This is a sample facility use policy from South Redford School District in Michigan.

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High School Auditorium Facility Rental Guidelines

This document provides rules and regulations for the use of Oyster River High School Auditorium and can be used as a template for creating your own rental guidelines.

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General Health & Safety Checklists by School Areas

This checklist excerpted from the Occupational Health & Safety Information Package includes checklists for the areas of general family studies, libraries, computer labs, physical education areas and auditoriums.

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Safety Inspection Checklist

This is a comprehensive example of a general safety inspection checklist.

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Special Event / Theatrical Safety Checklist

This safety checklist was compiled by South Burlington School District, VA to be performed by the head custodian at each respective building.

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School Fire Safety Checklist

Compiled by North East Independent School District and the San Antonio Fire Department, this checklist is designed as a guide for a general safety inspection.

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Auditoriums & Theaters: Building a Safety Program within Your Theater Curriculum

This TeqNote from Teqniqal Systems offers suggestions for incorporating safety practices into the theater curriculum.

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Auditoriums & Theaters: Smoke & Fire Control Systems

This TeqNote from Teqniqal Systems offers safety best practices and checklists for smoke and fire protect in theaters and auditoriums.

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Safety Note: Eye Protection Around the Stage

This TeqNote from Teqniqal Systems offers a safety information to protect students and staff from harmful exposure to UV.

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Auditorium Safety Checklist

This TeqNote from Teqniqal Systems offers a detailed preventive maintenance checklist to ensure safe auditorium best practices.

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Accident Prevention – Ladders & Fall Protection

This TeqNote from Teqniqal Systems offers fall protection safety advice for staff or students working with ladders or other heights, typical around the auditorium. Includes resource links from OSHA and NIOSH.

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Accident Prevention & Systems Design – Auditorium Rigging Runaway

This TeqNote from Teqniqal Systems’ Theater Safety Blog offers safety maintenance advice for proper foot gear to students and staff working around the stage.

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Accident Prevention & Systems Design – Auditorium Rigging Runaway

This TeqNote from Teqniqal Systems’ Theater Safety Blog offers preventive maintenance advice to protect students and staff from auditorium rigging failure.

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Indoor Air Quality Administrative Staff Checklist

This checklist can be used by administrative staff to perform a preventive maintenance inspection on the administrative offices and facilities as they relate to air quality and facility conditions.

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Indoor Air Quality Building & grounds Maintenance Checklist

This checklist can be used by building and grounds maintenance staff to perform a preventive maintenance inspection on the campus and facilities as they relate to air quality and facility conditions.

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Indoor Air Quality Food Service Inspection Checklist

This checklist can be used by food service staff to perform a preventive maintenance inspection on the cafeteria and food preparation areas as they relate to air quality and facility conditions.

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Indoor Air Quality Health Office / School Nurse Inspection Checklist

This checklist can be used by health officers and nursing staff to perform a preventive maintenance inspection on students health and school policies as they relate to air quality and facility conditions.

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Maintaining Good Indoor Air Quality While Conserving Energy

This report by the Connecticut School Indoor Environment Resource Team provides suggestions and a checklist for maintaining good air quality while ensuring energy performance of your buildings.

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Indoor Air Quality PM Work Order Sample and Ventilation / Outdoor Air Inspection Checklist

This PMDirect sample work order and checklist can be used to perform a preventive maintenance inspection for indoor air quality to determine the efficiency of your HVAC equipment and related facility conditions.

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Indoor Air Quality Teachers’s Classroom Inspection Checklist

This checklist can be used by teachers and staff in the classroom to perform a preventive maintenance inspection o determine the health and performance of your air quality and related facility conditions.

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Indoor Air Quality Ventilator / Air Handling Unit Inspection Checklist

This checklist can be used to perform a preventive maintenance inspection on your air ventilators and air handling units to determine the health and performance of your air quality and related facility conditions.

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Indoor Air Quality Walkthrough Inspection Checklist

This checklist can be used to perform a preventive maintenance inspection for indoor air quality to determine the efficiency of your HVAC equipment and related facility conditions.

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Integrated Pest Management: State School Requirements

This matrix provides a state-by-state list of requirements for schools as of April 2009.

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Integrated Pest Management: Strategic Plan & Learning Resource for Schools

This publication by the Arizona Cooperative Extension and the University of Arizona provides an overview to build awareness of pest management in our schools and a recommended plan of action.

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Integrated Pest Management Program Activity Book

This fun activity book can be used as a teaching aid for children to ensure a safe and healthy environment. Produced by Purdue University with a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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Integrated Pest Management: Pest Sighting Log

This template log can be used to track pest sightings on your campus, as part of an integrated pest management program for schools or universities.

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Integrated Pest Management Sample Work Order for Higher Education

This is a sample preventive maintenance work order for pest management inspection as seen in SchoolDude’s PMDirect.

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Commercial Roof Inspection Form

This standard inspection form is from the Midwest Commercial Roofing Contractors Association.

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Facility Renewal or Replacement Schedule

This facility condition schedule provides predictive data for standard facility equipment from Alaska’s Washington School District.

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School Facility Condition Survey Form Sample

This sample facility condition assessment form is from Mid-Alaska School District.

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PM Work Order Sample – Yearly Bleacher Inspection

This is a sample of a typical preventive maintenance work order for bleacher safety in SchoolDude’s PMDirect.

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Energy Cost Matrix

This energy and power management matrix lists project types, costs, savings and details involved in tackling that type of conservation measure. A resource list is also included.

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Energy Plan Template & Checklists

This document template offers a format to create your own Energy Plan, including five plan component checklists.

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PM Template – Michigan Sample Quicklist Work Order

This spreadsheet illustrates typical preventive maintenance work order sample and building checklist — add-on templates available for SchoolDude’s PMDirect.

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PM Template: Monthly Work Order for Playground Inspection

This is a typical preventive maintenance work order for playground safety from SchoolDude’s PMDirect.

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PM Template – Playground Safety & Inspection Checklist

This is a sample of a typical safety and inspection checklist for playground preventive maintenance.

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PM Template: AED Monthly PM Schedule Template

This is a typical equipment preventive maintenance schedule template for semi-automatic external defibrillators (AEDs).

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PM Template: Monthly Boiler PM Schedule Template

This is an example of a typical mechanical preventive maintenance schedule for monthly boiler checks.

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PM Template: Exit Lights Monthly Check

This is a typical preventive maintenance schedule for electrical lighting.

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Sample Work Order for Preventive Maintenance: Air Handling Unit

This ia a sample of a PM work order generated by SchoolDude’s PMDirect.

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Work Order Status Summary Reports from the Sitka Borough School District

This spreadsheet includes several reports, data and charts from work order data compiled in 2004-5.

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Energy Conservation Guidelines for the Washington Elementary School District

Published in 2010, these revised guidelines provide an excellent example of an energy program policy.

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Facility Masters Webcast Series on roofing best practices. Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Gary Patrick (Inspec.com) and John Dufay (Albuquerque Public Schools, NM)

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Facility Masters Webcast Series on roofing best practices. Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Gary Patrick (Inspec.com) and John Dufay (Albuquerque Public Schools, NM)

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Learn how PMDirect from SchoolDude helped Freeport School District #145 make preventive maintenance a priority and a reality with quick start up and easy to use customizable templates.

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Learn how PMDirect from SchoolDude helped Freeport School District #145 make preventive maintenance a priority and a reality with quick start up and easy to use customizable templates.

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Facility Masters Webcast: Playground Safety Best Practices and Preventive Measures for Reducing Risk

Learn how to identify common playground safety hazards and how to perform regular inspections and preventive maintenance to keep playgrounds safe.

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Facility Masters Webcast: Playground Safety Best Practices and Preventive Measures for Reducing Risk

Learn how to identify common playground safety hazards and how to perform regular inspections and preventive maintenance to keep playgrounds safe.

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Automate Extracurricular Trip Management Processes for Efficiency and Savings

Learn hear how your peers from Gravette School District have achieved savings and improved productivity by reducing the time and effort required to manage extracurricular trips using SchoolDude’s TripDirect trip management system.

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Facility Masters Webcast: Keys to Developing a More Efficient and Sustainable Campus

Learn the significant role energy plays in campus carbon footprints and take away specific strategies to address sustainability challenges faced by higher education professionals.

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Facility Masters Webcast: Keys to Developing a More Efficient and Sustainable Campus

Learn the significant role energy plays in campus carbon footprints and take away specific strategies to address sustainability challenges faced by higher education professionals.

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UD Webcast: Lower your Energy Bills by Raising Energy Awareness and Efficiency

Learn how your peers from Clarkston Community Schools use SchoolDude’s UtilityDirect tracking and analysis system to monitor consumption, identify savings opportunities and evaluate the results of their energy conservation programs.

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UD Webcast: Lower your Energy Bills by Raising Energy Awareness and Efficiency

Learn how your peers from Clarkston Community Schools use SchoolDude’s UtilityDirect tracking and analysis system to monitor consumption, identify savings opportunities and evaluate the results of their energy conservation programs.

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Effective Energy Management – Save on Cost and Consumption
Featuring Michael Glines and Rachael Buchanan from Schooldude.com,  and Gene Matthews of Case Western Reserve University

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Effective Energy Management – Save on Cost and Consumption
Featuring Michael Glines and Rachael Buchanan from Schooldude.com,  and Gene Matthews of Case Western Reserve University

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Facility Masters Webcast: Effective Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for Bed Bugs and Lice in the Educational Environment

Learn best practices for performing regular inspections and preventive measures to reduce contributing factors for bed bugs and lice, as well as proven methods for responding to and eliminating infestations.

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Facility Masters Webcast: Effective Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for Bed Bugs and Lice in the Educational Environment

Learn best practices for performing regular inspections and preventive measures to reduce contributing factors for bed bugs and lice, as well as proven methods for responding to and eliminating infestations.

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Assess and Address Capital Renewal Costs and Needs with a Coordinated Plan

Techniques to prioritize capital projects and analyze budget impacts. Featuring Mark Gazette from Pueblo City Schools.

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Assess and Address Capital Renewal Costs and Needs with a Coordinated Plan

Techniques to prioritize capital projects and analyze budget impacts. Featuring Mark Gazette from Pueblo City Schools.

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Facility Masters Webcast: Best Practices for Managing Visitor Access

Security and Safety Best Practices for Managing Visitor Access to Educational Facilities (January 2012) Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Paul Timm (RETA Security, Inc.) and Steven Young (Indianapolis Public Schools, IN).

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Facility Masters Webcast: Best Practices for Managing Visitor Access

Security and Safety Best Practices for Managing Visitor Access to Educational Facilities (January 2012) Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Paul Timm (RETA Security, Inc.) and Steven Young (Indianapolis Public Schools, IN).

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 Coordinate Your Organization’s Capital Needs into a Successful Multi-Year Plan (PDF)

Learn how your peers from Pueblo City Schools developed and coordinatee a successful, organization-wide capital plan that addresses renewal needs and justifies funding requests.

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 Coordinate Your Organization’s Capital Needs into a Successful Multi-Year Plan 

Learn how your peers from Pueblo City Schools developed and coordinatee a successful, organization-wide capital plan that addresses renewal needs and justifies funding requests.

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Facility Masters: Capital Planning

Hosted by Roger Young, featuring John Garcia from Alpha Facilities Solutions and Wayne Blazek from Douglas County School District, CO.

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Facility Masters: Rooftop Units – Capital Planning and PM Practices that Reduce Costs and Improve Educational Quality

Learn preventive maintenance activities, life cycle modeling and capital needs forecasting best practices for rooftop HVAC units that will help you achieve cost savings, extend equipment life and provide a quality learning environment.

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Facility Masters: Rooftop Units – Capital Planning and PM Practices that Reduce Costs and Improve Educational Quality

Learn preventive maintenance activities, life cycle modeling and capital needs forecasting best practices for rooftop HVAC units that will help you achieve cost savings, extend equipment life and provide a quality learning environment.

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Justify Capital Funding Requests with Life Cycle Modeling

Learn how your peers from Lewis-Palmer School District are using Life Cycle Modeling to affordably project capital needs, justify funding requests, and track the cost of deferred maintenance with Planning Direct from SchoolDude.

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Accurately Project Facility Capital Needs with Life Cycle Modeling

Featuring Kevin Anderson, Facilities Director and Taylor Iascone, Associate Director at Berklee College of Music the webcast explores why capital planning is more important today than ever before and provides a case study of success at Berklee with Planning Direct.

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Accurately Project Facility Capital Needs with Life Cycle Modeling

Featuring Kevin Anderson, Facilities Director and Taylor Iascone, Associate Director at Berklee College of Music the webcast explores why capital planning is more important today than ever before and provides a case study of success at Berklee with Planning Direct.

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Justify Your Facility Capital Requests

Learn a new methodology to develop accurate, long-range capital plans at a fraction of the cost and in a fraction of the time required for traditional facility condition assessments. Hear industry renewal modeling expert Catherine Gardner from Pacific Partners and your peer Randy McGrew from Northwestern College discuss a new approach to accurately forecasting the timing and cost of facility capital expenditures.

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Facility Masters: Capital Planning & Forecasting for Educational Facility Funding Needs

Industry expert John Garcia of Alpha Solutions reviews how to successfully develop, manage and coordinate long-range capital plans.

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New Solutions for Facility Capital Planning

Hear your peer, Wayne Blazek, Facilities Maintenance Manager at Douglas County School District, CO discuss how he has successfully begun the implementation of SchoolDude’s newest solution, PlanningDirect, that includes a predictive model to accurately forecast timing and cost of facility capital expenditures.

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What’s on your Radar? Facility Capital Planning for YMCAs

Hear Al Tursi, Property Development Specialist with YMCA Property Development and Kent Hudson, CEO, SchoolDude.com as they discuss how to use capital planning to defend your facilities in the 21st Century.

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Get More Capital For Your Capital Plan

With Dave Kornegay, and Peyton McAliley, featuring SchoolDude.com client, Kris Garnhart of Colorado Springs School District #11.

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The Little Big Things: 6 Ways to Achieve Excellence in Technology Management

This amusing overview offers technology providers a way to tackle six little ways to improve efficiencies with a big impact using ITDirect and ITAMDirect.

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The Little Big Things: 6 Ways to Achieve Excellence in Technology Management

This amusing overview offers technology providers a way to tackle six little ways to improve efficiencies with a big impact using ITDirect and ITAMDirect.

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Tech Insight: Cloud Computing – Leveraging Technology to Do More for Less

Hear the district perspective from Annamaria Schrimpf, Dan Vigeant and Matthew Stone from Massachusetts school districts about embracing cloud technology.

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Tech Insight: Cloud Computing – Leveraging Technology to Do More for Less

Hear the district perspective from Annamaria Schrimpf, Dan Vigeant and Matthew Stone from Massachusetts school districts about embracing cloud technology.

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Tech Insight: Safeguarding Your Technology – Disaster Recovery Planning

Importance of Safeguarding Technology by Roger Young Risk Assessment by Lee Rabbitt Distaster Planning/Recovery by Stephanie Steib Software Demostration by Darlene Nyce.

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Boost the Efficiency of your IT Staff with SchoolDude

Featuring Doug Hawkins of Hanford Joint Union High School District discussing his experience with implementation improved work flow and better communication with ITDirect.

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Boost the Efficiency of your IT Staff with SchoolDude

Featuring Doug Hawkins of Hanford Joint Union High School District discussing his experience with implementation improved work flow and better communication with ITDirect.

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Justifying IT Staffing with Data

In this recorded webcast, Dr. Connie Bain, technology director at the Vestavia Hills City School District, discusses how she utilized real data from SchoolDude’s ITDirect to justify her technology staff.

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Justifying IT Staffing with Data

In this recorded webcast, Dr. Connie Bain, technology director at the Vestavia Hills City School District, discusses how she utilized real data from SchoolDude’s ITDirect to justify her technology staff.

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Simplify your Help Request Process with ITDirect

Leonard Niebo discusses how his team utilizes SchoolDude’s ITDirect as their “sixth man”, allowing them to provide quality service to their customers – the teachers and staff of Brick Township School District in New Jersey.

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Simplify your Help Request Process with ITDirect

Leonard Niebo discusses how his team utilizes SchoolDude’s ITDirect as their “sixth man”, allowing them to provide quality service to their customers – the teachers and staff of Brick Township School District in New Jersey.

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Tech Insight – Leasing vs. Buying IT Assets

This webcast, hosted by Bev White Consulting, in partnership with SchoolDude.com, discusses the pros and cons of leasing and buying IT assets as we talk to the technology leaders of two organizations – each with a different position.

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Tech Insight – Leasing vs. Buying IT Assets

This webcast, hosted by Bev White Consulting, in partnership with SchoolDude.com, discusses the pros and cons of leasing and buying IT assets as we talk to the technology leaders of two organizations – each with a different position.

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Tech Insight: Effective Technology Training

This webcast, hosted by Bev White Consulting, in partnership with SchoolDude.com, discuss the tried-and-true, standard methods of training delivery and compares those to newer options technology has made available. Also, you’ll find the best way to assess your training practices to make sure you are truly making an impact.

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Asset Inventory Made Easy with ITAMDirect

See how Joseph Piazza from Lynnfield Public Schools, MA reports on all the details of his technology assets without the hassle of going manually room to room, building to building.

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Help Desk & Asset Management Success at Susquehanna Valley CSD (PDF)

Don Gerlach, Director of Technology/CIO, and Frank Regulski, Network Specialist, at Susquehanna Valley Central SD as they detail how their team is successfully leveraging IT asset and incident management tools delivered as a service (SaaS).

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Measuring the Value of Investment (VOI) on Technology

Rich Kaestner from CoSN discusses approaches and tools to help save the technology department budget and help school leaders make informed decisions concerning proposed projects.

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Choosing a Help Desk Solution at Hodges University

Director of IT from Hodges University, Wendy Gehring, discusses the criteria for selecting a better IT management process/solution and how Software as a Service reduced their infrastructure, personnel and customization expenses.

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Making Smarter IT Decisions by Calculating Total Cost of Ownership

In this timely webcast, Rich Kaestner from CoSN discusses approaches and tools to help protect the technology department budget and help you make smart use of your stimulus funds. The discussion is framed around CoSN’s Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and Mastering the Moment Initiatives.

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Justifying your 2010-2011 Budget Plan using ITDirect and ITAMDirect Data

Learn how you can plan your work using data from SchoolDude’s ITDirect and ITAMDirect solutions and justify your fiscal year 2010-11 budget. See how to easy it is to pull data regarding technician work load and response time; asset replacement and upgrades; and software compliance issues.

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Help Desk and Asset Management at Susquehanna Valley

Hear from Don Gerlach, Director of Technology/CIO, and Frank Regulski, Network Specialist, at Susquehanna Valley Central SD as they detail how their team is successfully leveraging IT asset and incident management tools delivered as a service (SaaS).

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2009 Annual Benchmarking Survey Results Revealed – The Unique Challenges Facing the IT Professional in K-12 Education

This webcasts discusses the results of the survey and how you can use this quantitative data to justify the issues you know to exist and get tactics to conquer the IT challenges you face each day. This webcast features Keith Krueger, CEO of the Consortium of School Networking (CoSN).

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Tech Insight: Effective Technology Training

This webcast, hosted by Bev White Consulting, in partnership with SchoolDude.com, discuss the tried-and-true, standard methods of training delivery and compares those to newer options technology has made available. Also, you’ll find the best way to assess your training practices to make sure you are truly making an impact.

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Survivor Series: Reduce Energy Usage and Costs Now with Effective Tracking and Analysis

Hear your peer Larry Harvey from Garland ISD and SchoolDude experts discuss how to implement an energy management program that improves tracking and efficiency while also raising energy awareness, including best practices for monitoring consumption, setting conservation goals, implementing energy policies and achieving savings.

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Survivor Series: Reduce Energy Usage and Costs Now with Effective Tracking and Analysis

Hear your peer Larry Harvey from Garland ISD and SchoolDude experts discuss how to implement an energy management program that improves tracking and efficiency while also raising energy awareness, including best practices for monitoring consumption, setting conservation goals, implementing energy policies and achieving savings.

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Facility Masters: Saving Energy Dollars while Providing an Optimal Learning Environment

Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Ronald Willhite (Kentucky School Boards Association), Jim McClanahan (Scott County Schools, KY), Cheryl Semmel (United School Administrators of Kansas), Dave Hill (Blue Valley School District, KS), Darin Headrick (Kiowa County School District, KS), and Sue Pierce (Washington Elementary School District, AZ).

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Facility Masters: Saving Energy Dollars while Providing an Optimal Learning Environment

Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Ronald Willhite (Kentucky School Boards Association), Jim McClanahan (Scott County Schools, KY), Cheryl Semmel (United School Administrators of Kansas), Dave Hill (Blue Valley School District, KS), Darin Headrick (Kiowa County School District, KS), and Sue Pierce (Washington Elementary School District, AZ).

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Managing Your Utility Bills: The Cost of Doing Nothing and Where to Start

In today’s economy, protecting your budget is crucial. This web clinic focuses on how to track your utility costs, which key performance indicators to track, and how to present that information to your key budget decision makers.

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Managing Your Utility Bills: The Cost of Doing Nothing and Where to Start

In today’s economy, protecting your budget is crucial. This web clinic focuses on how to track your utility costs, which key performance indicators to track, and how to present that information to your key budget decision makers.

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Improve Utility Efficiency to Reduce Costs without Reducing Educational Quality

View this peer best practices webcast to hear how measuring and monitoring utility use with SchoolDude’s Utility Direct tracking and analysis system helped your colleagues from Virginia Beach City Public Schools uncover hidden utility savings by easily identifying inefficiencies and savings opportunities.

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Improve Utility Efficiency to Reduce Costs without Reducing Educational Quality

View this peer best practices webcast to hear how measuring and monitoring utility use with SchoolDude’s Utility Direct tracking and analysis system helped your colleagues from Virginia Beach City Public Schools uncover hidden utility savings by easily identifying inefficiencies and savings opportunities.

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Uncover Hidden Utility Savings and Cut Costs

Featuring Jim Waechter, Facilities Director, and Diana Wright, Energy Manager, St. Petersburg College, FL. This webcast reveals the steps taken by St. Petersburg to set benchmarks and achieve energy savings using Utility Direct.

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Facility Masters: Energy Cost Cutting Strategies in K–12 Operations and Maintenance

Margo Appel of the U.S. Department of Energy and Roger Young of Roger Young and Associates discuss strategies from the new Guide to Operating and Maintaining EnergySmart Schools.

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Effective Utility Management in Colorado Schools

Hear the utility savings success story of your Colorado peer Jim Carter from Lewis Palmer School District. Learn how the district was recognized by Governor Rittner after accounting for $60,000 in energy savings and increased efficiency from September to December 2008 using SchoolDude’s Utility Direct tracking and analysis system.

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Energy Management and Cost Control in Florida Schools

Hear how Pete Myles, Energy Manager and Mike Corr, Maintenance Director from Lake County Schools, FL, learned to effectively measure/report on energy usage, raise awareness with building occupants and implement cost saving strategies.

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Find Energy Savings with an Effective Conservation Program

Learn how Rich Krumrine from Great Valley School District in Pennsylvania, used SchoolDude’s Utility Direct tracking and analysis system to help implement an Energy Conservation program that created significant energy savings by reducing consumption and lowering costs.

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Easy Energy Management: Save Energy Now, Save Money Now

Hear how Dan Caley from Rogers Public Schools, AR, used SchoolDude’s Utility Direct tracking and analysis system to help implement an Energy Conservation program that created significant energy savings by reducing consumption and lowering costs.

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Find Hidden Utility Savings by Analyzing Consumption and Costs

Hear how Tom Fressilli and College of Charleston are using SchoolDude’s Utility Direct tracking and analysis system to uncover hidden utility savings by easily identifying inefficiencies and billing errors.

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Energy Conservation – School Buildings and Grounds Association (SBGA)

Energy Conservation rountable discussion with Joe Hammond, SBG at Liverpool Central SD; Chris Ouderkirk, SBG at Sandy Creek CSD; Bruce Wanlass, Department Manager at C&S Engineers; Brian Annicharico, Engineer at C&S Engineers; and James Day, Treasurer at Day Automation Systems.

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Achieve Savings with Effective Utility Consumption Tracking and Analysis

Learn how Darron Cole from Killeen ISD is using SchoolDude’s Utility Direct tracking and analysis system to uncover hidden utility savings by easily identifying inefficiencies and billing errors.

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Reducing Energy Consumption in Schools

Hear school experts from the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) and Washington Elementary School District, AZ review successful energy saving strategies for schools. Learn how to develop and implement energy conservation initiatives that produce measurable savings.

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Facility Masters: Managing Community Use of Educational Facilities for Efficiency and Savings

Learn how to establish and manage a facility use program that meets the needs of your community while also documenting and recovering the related costs incurred by your organization, including how to develop and gain buy-in for a program that maximizes utilization, increases cost recovery and reduces liability.

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Facility Masters: Managing Community Use of Educational Facilities for Efficiency and Savings

Learn how to establish and manage a facility use program that meets the needs of your community while also documenting and recovering the related costs incurred by your organization, including how to develop and gain buy-in for a program that maximizes utilization, increases cost recovery and reduces liability.

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Finding Savings in your Event Scheduling and Facility Use Programs

Learn how your peers from Clarkston Community Schools have collected $850,000 in usage fees and saved $2 million in energy costs using FSDirect from SchoolDude to manage facility requests and approvals, as well as invoice and recover facility use costs.

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Finding Savings in your Event Scheduling and Facility Use Programs

Learn how your peers from Clarkston Community Schools have collected $850,000 in usage fees and saved $2 million in energy costs using FSDirect from SchoolDude to manage facility requests and approvals, as well as invoice and recover facility use costs.

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Survivor Series: Cost Recovery

Find Budget Relief by Recovering Costs for Community Facility Use Hear Melody Temple from Chesterfield County Public Schools and SchoolDude experts discuss how to overcome common roadblocks and implement a successful cost recovery program for after-hours facility use, including best practices for automating event processes, tracking costs, justifying fees, invoicing, and gaining support.

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Survivor Series: Cost Recovery

Find Budget Relief by Recovering Costs for Community Facility Use Hear Melody Temple from Chesterfield County Public Schools and SchoolDude experts discuss how to overcome common roadblocks and implement a successful cost recovery program for after-hours facility use, including best practices for automating event processes, tracking costs, justifying fees, invoicing, and gaining support.

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Reduce Extracurricular Trip Costs Without Reducing Student Programs

Hear how your peers from Warren Woods Public Schools have saved money and improved productivity by reducing the time and effort required to manage extracurricular trips using SchoolDude’s TripDirect trip management system.

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Streamline Your Inventory Tracking and Management with Inventory Direct

Featuring Randy Gholson, Distribution Supervisor Pflugerville ISD, TX and Jed DeGroote, Success Operations Manager at SchoolDude.com

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Streamline Your Inventory Tracking and Management with Inventory Direct

Featuring Randy Gholson, Distribution Supervisor Pflugerville ISD, TX and Jed DeGroote, Success Operations Manager at SchoolDude.com

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Getting Your Facilities to Run Themselves – A New Solution to Integrate FSDirect and your BAS

Hear how FSDirect clients have successfully implemented SchoolDude’s newest solution, Facility Schedule Automation, an integration tool that connects and enables data exchange between your building automation system (BAS) and SchoolDude’s FSDirect facility usage scheduling system.

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More Efficiently Manage Community Facility Requests with FSDirect plus CommunityUse

Learn how you can save additional time, effort and money by using your FSDirect system with Community Use from SchoolDude to receive external/community facility requests online and automatically route them for approval – very similar to how you already process internal event requests with FSDirect!

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More Efficiently Manage Community Facility Requests with FSDirect plus CommunityUse

Learn how you can save additional time, effort and money by using your FSDirect system with Community Use from SchoolDude to receive external/community facility requests online and automatically route them for approval – very similar to how you already process internal event requests with FSDirect!

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Achieve Savings by Automating Extracurricular Trip Management Processes

Hear how your peers from Fayetteville Public School District saved money and improved productivity by reducing the time and effort required to manage extracurricular trips using SchoolDude’s TripDirect trip management system.

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Finding Relief: Recovering Costs for Facility Use (TX)

Learn from cost recovery champion Merry Dunphy of Coppell ISD, TX as she discusses how she implemented a successful cost recovery program.

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Finding Relief – Cost Recovery for Community Use of Your Schools (NAT)

Hear cost recovery champions Denine Kysar of Douglas County SD, CO; Merry Dunphy of Coppell ISD, TX; and Alan Peterson of Pembroke Public Schools, MA as they discuss strategies for implementing a successful cost recovery program.

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Finding Relief: Recovering Costs for Facility Use (CA)
Learn from cost recovery experts, Caroline Roberts of San Dieguito UHSD and Desone Parker of Tamalpais UHSD, about concepts/policies behind facility use and strategies for success.

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The Roadmap to a Successful Event Management Program (CA)

Join your peer, Cindy Nordahl from Turlock USD, (CA) to learn how you can implement proven tactics to successfully manage after-hours events and uncover hidden dollars related to the community use of your facilities.

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Recovering Costs for Community Use of School Facilities

Learn how successful events program administrator Lauri Rainwater from Clayton School District (2,600 students) is recovering approximately $88,000 annually – an equivalent of $32.20 per student!

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The Roadmap to a Successful Event Management Program

Join peers from Kettering City Schools and Hudson City Schools (OH) to learn how you can implement proven tactics to successfully manage after-hours events and uncover hidden dollars related to the community use of your facilities.

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From Paper to Progess – Streamlining Trip Management for Public K-12 Schools

John Neilson, Technology Adminstrator at Murray School District, progressed from paper-based method of trip management to a streamlined electronic online system – allowing them to streamline the educational trip workflow process from request and approval to vehicle and driver scheduling.

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Recovering Costs for Community Facility Use and Improving Event Scheduling Efficiency

A best practices webcast for K12 school event scheduling professionals, featuring Eanes ISD, TX and methods to track and recover costs from the community use of your facilities, including invoicing and FSDirect.

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Facility Masters: Preventive Maintenance – Its Importance and Its Best Practices

Learn to extend the life of their facilities and protect your capital investments by implementing a preventive maintenance program.

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Facility Masters: Preventive Maintenance – Its Importance and Its Best Practices

Learn to extend the life of their facilities and protect your capital investments by implementing a preventive maintenance program.

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Facility Masters: Protecting the Capital Investment in Schools

Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Kathleen Anderson (Coupeville School District, WA), Tom Kuehn (Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction), Dan Modrall (Evergreen Public Schools, WA), and Stephen Story (Bethel School District, WA)

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Facility Masters: Protecting the Capital Investment in Schools

Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Kathleen Anderson (Coupeville School District, WA), Tom Kuehn (Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction), Dan Modrall (Evergreen Public Schools, WA), and Stephen Story (Bethel School District, WA)

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Achieve M&O Savings with an Effective Preventive Maintenance Program

Implement a PM Program to Achieve Savings and Improve the Learning Environment. Learn how Randy Dewing from Indiana Wesleyan University was able to prioritize preventive maintenance and implement an effective PM program despite limited resources with SchoolDude’s PMDirect preventive maintenance system, as well as become one of the nation’s leaders in completing preventive maintenance.

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Achieve M&O Savings with an Effective Preventive Maintenance Program

Implement a PM Program to Achieve Savings and Improve the Learning Environment. Learn how Randy Dewing from Indiana Wesleyan University was able to prioritize preventive maintenance and implement an effective PM program despite limited resources with SchoolDude’s PMDirect preventive maintenance system, as well as become one of the nation’s leaders in completing preventive maintenance.

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Facility Masters: Preventive Maintenance for Boilers

Industry expert from Hartford Steam Boiler discusses how regular boiler inspection and maintenance can help your school improve efficiency and reduce losses – ultimately providing savings directly to your budget.

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Reduce Risk with new Demand Response Technology

This webcast illustrates how SchoolDude is helping Fred Hayward, Maintenance Supervisor at Kent ISD more efficiently document and prioritize BAS alarm notifications.

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Facility Masters: Effectively Presenting to Decision Makers

Ed Hamer from The Maderia School, VA discusses how to gain insight into the data you need to present at administrative meetings, as well as what methods you can use to effectively measure, track, analyze and report on that information.

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Facility Masters: Air Conditioning System Maintenance

Industry experts from Hartford Steam Boiler discuss how a comprehensive, scheduled maintenance program for air conditioning systems can help your school improve energy efficiency and reduce capital losses – ultimately providing savings directly to your budget.

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Facility Masters: Air Conditioning System Maintenance

Industry experts from Hartford Steam Boiler discuss how a comprehensive, scheduled maintenance program for air conditioning systems can help your school improve energy efficiency and reduce capital losses – ultimately providing savings directly to your budget.

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Facility Masters: Energy Cost Cutting Strategies in K–12 Operations and Maintenance

Margo Appel of the U.S. Department of Energy and Roger Young of Roger Young and Associates discuss strategies from the new Guide to Operating and Maintaining EnergySmart Schools.

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Facility Masters: Bleacher Safety and Maintenance

Industry expert from Hussey Seating Company reviews the essentials of properly maintaining bleachers to ensure safety. You’ll learn how regular bleacher inspection and maintenance can help you reduce costs and legal risks while ensuring the safety of students and community members.

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Facility Masters: Indoor Air Quality Essentials for Schools

Industry experts from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) review the essentials of proactively managing indoor air quality to positively impact teaching and learning in your schools. You’ll learn how increasing IAQ can help you improve the learning environment for students and teachers while also reducing costs and legal risks.

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Internet Maintenance Management Systems (IMMS)

Join Erin Miller from Colorado School of Mines to hear how she was able to get her facility maintenance system running and producing results in 14 days. Learn to increase operational efficiencies, begin communicating with your requesters, improve response times and customer service, and easily track facility data and generate reports.

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Finding Maintenance Savings by Improving Efficiency and Communication

Read how Jim Rich, Director of Operations at Park Hill School District, was able to open the lines of communication between requesters and the maintenance staff, as well as improve response time efficiency, using SchoolDude’s Maintenance Direct work order management system.

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Finding Maintenance Savings by Improving Efficiency and Communication

Learn how Jim Rich, Director of Operations at Park Hill School District, was able to open the lines of communication between requesters and the maintenance staff, as well as improve response time efficiency, using SchoolDude’s Maintenance Direct work order management system.

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Facility Masters: Integrated Pest Management Essentials For Schools

Industry experts from the University of Arizona and EnviroSafe review the essentials of an effective Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program. You’ll learn how IPM can provide significantly better pest management with less pesticide use and no increase in cost.

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Facility Masters: Auditorium and Theater Safety for Schools

Industry experts from the State of New Mexico and Teqniqal review the essentials of properly maintaining auditoriums and theaters to ensure safety. Learn how performing and documenting regular inspections and maintenance can help you reduce the risk of litigation while protecting the health of students, employees and community members.

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Work Order System Implementation Made Simple

Discover how Jimmy Beach, Assistant Director of Maintenance at Garland ISD, was able to efficiently implement SchoolDude’s work order system and start producing results and savings quickly.

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Facility Masters: Benchmarking School Operations and Maintenance

Industry expert from Benchmark4Excellence and a peer from Keller ISD, TX review the essentials of benchmarking your maintenance and operations efforts. Learn best practices for accurately measuring and analyzing your work, as well as how to develop an improvement plan and assess your progress.

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Facility Masters: Getting Ready for Spring Sports

Hear industry and school experts from Riggs Site Development and the School District of Superior, WI review best practices for effective athletic field preparation. Learn how to develop and implement a cost-effective athletic field maintenance plan that protects your investment and improves the overall condition of your fields.

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Facilities Management in a Google Era – Leveraging your Data

This webcast addresses the collaborative work environment and how this environment improves customer response and eases the burden on limited staff. This change is driven by technology but requires leadership and the courage to change. Speakers: Andrew Fronczek, Director of Auxiliary Services, John Carroll University, OH; Dennis P. Dragich, Vice President for Operations, Niagara County Community College, NY; Sue Fusco, Facilities and IT Liaison, Ocean County College, NJ.

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Facility Masters: Smart Cleaning for Schools

School experts from Fraser Public Schools, MI and Blackhawk School District, PA review Smart Cleaning policies and processes for Schools. Learn how to develop and implement a Smart Cleaning program that improves the educational environment while helping you save money and time.

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Facility Masters: Smart Cleaning for Schools

School experts from Fraser Public Schools, MI and Blackhawk School District, PA review Smart Cleaning policies and processes for Schools. Learn how to develop and implement a Smart Cleaning program that improves the educational environment while helping you save money and time.

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Facility Masters: Playground Safety

David Parker, a National Playground Safety Instructor for NRPA, reviews the essentials of building and maintaining safe playgrounds. Learn how regular playground inspection and maintenance can help you reduce legal risks while protecting the school’s most valuable assets – your students!

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Facility Masters: Preventive Maintenance for Roofs

Tremco, a leading provider of roofing solutions, reviews the essentials of preventive maintenance for roofs, including the most common maintenance and repair issues. Learn how regular roof inspection and maintenance can help your school improve efficiency and reduce losses – ultimately providing savings directly to your budget.

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Facility Masters: Preventive Maintenance for Roofs

Tremco, a leading provider of roofing solutions, reviews the essentials of preventive maintenance for roofs, including the most common maintenance and repair issues. Learn how regular roof inspection and maintenance can help your school improve efficiency and reduce losses – ultimately providing savings directly to your budget.

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Facility Masters: Find Hidden Savings with Effective Inventory Management

Discover how your peers from Northern York County School District (3,100 students) have saved at least $10,000 annually on custodial supplies by using Inventory Direct from SchoolDude to more effectively manage inventory processes – from requesting and ordering to issuing and tracking.

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Facility Masters: Find Hidden Savings with Effective Inventory Management

Discover how your peers from Northern York County School District (3,100 students) have saved at least $10,000 annually on custodial supplies by using InventoryDirect from SchoolDude to more effectively manage inventory processes – from requesting and ordering to issuing and tracking.

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Facility Masters: Inventory Management Essentials for Success and Savings

Hosted by Roger Young, this best practices presentation explores developing and implementing an efficient inventory management program. You will learn how more effectively tracking and managing your inventory can help you save money and time, as well as improve the educational environment.

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Facility Masters: Inventory Management Essentials for Success and Savings

Hosted by Roger Young, this best practices webcast explores developing and implementing an efficient inventory management program. You will learn how more effectively tracking and managing your inventory can help you save money and time, as well as improve the educational environment.

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Budget Cuts and Limited Staff Aren’t Reasons to Delay Implementing a Maintenance Management System

With your resources limited and your internal customers’ expectations always on the rise, view this webcast to learn how your Pennsylvania peers – John Clark, Assistant Supervisor of Facilities and his staff at Woodland Hills School District – have overcome these challenges.

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Budget Cuts and Limited Staff Aren’t Reasons to Delay Implementing a Maintenance Management System

With your resources limited and your internal customers’ expectations always on the rise, view this presentation to learn how your Pennsylvania peers – John Clark, Assistant Supervisor of Facilities and his staff at Woodland Hills School District – have overcome these challenges.

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Affordably Forecast and Justify Facility Capital Needs with Life Cycle Modeling

This peer best practices Webcast for K12 school districts and independent schools looks at life cycle modeling as the basis for a new, affordable, predictive-data based means of facility assessment for capital planning.

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Affordably Forecast and Justify Facility Capital Needs with Life Cycle Modeling

This peer best practices Webcast for K12 school districts and independent schools looks at life cycle modeling as the basis for a new, affordable, predictive-data based means of facility assessment for capital planning.

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Facility Masters: Finding Energy Savings in Education

Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Ronald Willhite of Kentucky School Boards Association (KSBA), John Clemons of Jessamine County Schools, KY and Andrea Rock of Bullitt County Schools, KY.

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Facility Masters: Finding Energy Savings in Education

Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Ronald Willhite of Kentucky School Boards Association (KSBA), John Clemons of Jessamine County Schools, KY and Andrea Rock of Bullitt County Schools, KY.

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Facility Masters: Making Sense of Data to Save School Operations Dollars

Hosted by Roger Young featuring Lewisville Independent Schools and TASBO eFacts, this presentation looks at industry data collection methods and examines data from SchoolDude’s work order management solution.

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Facility Masters: Making Sense of Data to Save School Operations Dollars

Hosted by Roger Young featuring Lewisville Independent Schools and TASBO eFacts, this presentation looks at industry data collection methods and examines data from SchoolDude’s work order management solution.

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Achieve Time and Budget Savings with Efficient Work Order Management

Learn how Carl Larson from Snoqualmie Valley School District was able to overcome increasing workloads and shrinking budgets by reducing administrative time in the work order process and completing requests faster.

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Achieve Time and Budget Savings with Efficient Work Order Management

Learn how Carl Larson from Snoqualmie Valley School District was able to overcome increasing workloads and shrinking budgets by reducing administrative time in the work order process and completing requests faster.

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Facility Masters: Identify and Control Chemical Safety Risks

Roger Young, featuring Dave Waddell from the North American Hazardous Materials Management Association, Joanie Arrott from TASB and Dale Zabel from School District of Kettle Moraine, WI.

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Facility Masters: Identify and Control Chemical Safety Risks

Roger Young, featuring Dave Waddell from the North American Hazardous Materials Management Association, Joanie Arrott from TASB and Dale Zabel from School District of Kettle Moraine, WI.

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Facility Masters: Floor Care Essentials for a Clean and Healthy Learning Environment

Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Steve Stalker from Stalker Flooring and Greg Lookabaugh from L&S Associates.

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Facility Masters: Floor Care Essentials for a Clean and Healthy Learning Environment

Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Steve Stalker from Stalker Flooring and Greg Lookabaugh from L&S Associates.

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Facility Masters: Chemical Inventory Control & Storage Essentials for a Safe Educational Environment

Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Dave Waddell (North American Hazardous Materials Management Association) and Dr. Irene Cesa (Flinn Scientific Incorporated), this webcast examines best practices for chemical storage, inventory and disposal.

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Facility Masters: Chemical Inventory Control & Storage Essentials for a Safe Educational Environment

Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Dave Waddell (North American Hazardous Materials Management Association) and Dr. Irene Cesa (Flinn Scientific Incorporated), this webcast examines best practices for chemical storage, inventory and disposal.

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Facility Masters: Safely Managing Chemical Spills and Disposal in the Educational Environment

Hear industry experts from the North American Hazardous Materials Management Association, Flinn Scientific and WC Environmental discuss best practices for managing chemical spills, from absorption and containment to cleanup and disposal, as well as fundamentals for safely storing chemical waste and properly disposing of chemicals that are spilled, old or unused.

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Facility Masters: Safely Managing Chemical Spills and Disposal in the Educational Environment

Hear industry experts from the North American Hazardous Materials Management Association, Flinn Scientific and WC Environmental discuss best practices for managing chemical spills, from absorption and containment to cleanup and disposal, as well as fundamentals for safely storing chemical waste and properly disposing of chemicals that are spilled, old or unused.

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Facility Masters: Floor Care, Maintenance & Protection

Best Practices that also Protect your Capital Investment. Hear flooring industry experts share the importance of proper floor cleaning, stripping and refinishing, as well as how to select furniture glides that protect your floors from unnecessary wear and damage.

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Facility Masters: Floor Care, Maintenance & Protection

Best Practices that also Protect your Capital Investment. Hear flooring industry experts share the importance of proper floor cleaning, stripping and refinishing, as well as how to select furniture glides that protect your floors from unnecessary wear and damage.

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Achieve Savings by Improving Inventory Tracking & Audit Accountability

Learn how your peers from Monmouth University saved nearly $10,000 in less than six months using Inventory Direct from SchoolDude to computerize their inventory processes, as well as improve accountability, inventory accuracy, and delivery turnaround.

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Achieve Savings by Improving Inventory Tracking & Audit Accountability

Learn how your peers from Monmouth University saved nearly $10,000 in less than six months using Inventory Direct from SchoolDude to computerize their inventory processes, as well as improve accountability, inventory accuracy, and delivery turnaround.

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Save Time & Money with Efficient Work Order Management Technology

Learn how your peers from Glen Rock BOE, NJ reduced the time needed to process a work order more than 75% by improving efficiency with Maintenance Direct, as well as how the district uses the system to generate reports to document increased productivity and cost savings.

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Save Time & Money with Efficient Work Order Management Technology

Learn how your peers from Glen Rock BOE, NJ reduced the time needed to process a work order more than 75% by improving efficiency with Maintenance Direct, as well as how the district uses the system to generate reports to document increased productivity and cost savings.

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Asset Inventory Made Easy

This presentation features Dale Rapp from Parkway School District, MO and discusses how the K-12 district switched from an ineffective solution to quickly implementing an online asset tracking system which streamlined the process while provided robust reporting capabilities.

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Software as a Service: A Powerful Tool for Today’s School Facilities Management

This white paper examines how the internet has changed customer expectations and how this impacts the level and of service provided by operations staff in schools, colleges and universities. Could SaaS be the future?

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The Demand for On-Demand: Why School & University IT Departments Should Consider Software as a Service

This white paper examines how the internet has changed customer expectations and how this impacts the level and of service provided by operations staff in colleges and universities. Could SaaS be the future?

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Executive Summary of the 2010-2011 Survey Results: The Unique Challenges Facing the IT Professional in K12 Education

This executive summary offers top conclusions from the full survey report. See also the full report on the research survey conducted by SchoolDude in partnership with CoSN.

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2010-2011 Survey Results: The Unique Challenges Facing the IT Professional in K12 Education

This paper examines conclusions taken from the 2010-2011 research survey conducted by SchoolDude in partnership with CoSN. See also the Executive Summary.

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An Once of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure

This white paper examines the results of a study examining data from thousands of educational institutions currently performing preventive maintenance to determine criteria for “the best of the best.”

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Changing the Conversation in Capital Planning and Forecasting

This white paper examines the use of predictive data in life-cycle modeling to create an affordable alternative to capital planning.

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Capital Planning and Forecasting for School Facility Funding Needs

This white paper examines the use of predictive data in life-cycle modeling to create an affordable alternative to capital planning.

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Recovering Costs for the Community Use of Our Schools: A Four Year View

This white paper examines four years of data collected from more than 1,000 educational institutions, and summarizes the advice and best practices for cost recovery.

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Getting Ready for Spring Season: Maintaining Sports Fields is a Team Effort

Read the paper for recommended best practices for maintaining all the sports fields on your campus to ensure a safe and playable environment.

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Reducing Energy Consumption in Schools

Not sure how to begin an energy program? Read these best practices shared by your peers: twelve tips for tackling an energy management program. See how SchoolDude’s Utility Direct can get you started.

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