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PowerSummit

Steps to Building a Connected, Efficient K–12 Ecosystem

Free virtual conference with strategies to connect data, operations, and communication.

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14
Speakers
4
District leaders
8
Sessions
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Two Focus Areas, One Goal

Mix and match: Browse sessions across one or both areas based on your priorities.

1

Family Engagement

  • From Bell to Broadcast: Rethinking How Schools Communicate
  • A Smarter Approach to Attendance and Student Safety
  • Bringing Family Engagement into One Connected Experience
2

Technology

  • Mission Interoperable: Implementing Standards at Scale
  • Scaling School Choice Without the Chaos
  • Evaluating Tech Ecosystems: Are Your Platforms Pulling Their Weight?

A Full Day of Connected Learning

Join us as we walk through how a fully connected ecosystem that brings together core functions can improve daily operations, family communication, data-driven decision-making, enrollment experiences, interoperability, and security.

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Family Engagement
Technology
Opening Keynote

A Day in the Life of a Connected District

Kerry Callahan, Superintendent, Western Placer Unified School District (CA)
Dr. Michael Marassa, Chief Technology Officer, New Trier High School District 203 (IL)

Hear from school district executives who will share how a fully connected district—powered by PowerSchool SIS, Communications, and Connected Intelligence—transforms everyday challenges into seamless success.

Family Engagement

From Bell to Broadcast: Rethinking How Schools Communicate

Steven Anderson, Senior Education Value Director, PowerSchool

From the first bell to the last announcement, discover how to create communication that families rely on. Explore practical tips for building trust and consistency with every message.

Technology

Mission Interoperable: Implementing Standards at Scale

Sean Casey, Head of Partnerships, Ed-Fi Alliance
Dr. Tim Clark, VP of K-12 Programs, 1EdTech
Ed Dedic, Vice President of Education Strategy, PowerSchool

Districts want the value of a connected ecosystem without the risk of fragile, one-off integrations. Join us for a conversation between PowerSchool, Ed-Fi, and 1EdTech to learn more about current trends in interoperability standards and our commitment to investing in platform-level interoperability.

Family Engagement

A Smarter Approach to Attendance and Student Safety

Michael Goulet, Product Solution Consulting Director, Powerschool
Carl Hughes, Product Manager, PowerSchool

See how you can simplify attendance and strengthen student safety with SchoolMessenger SafeArrival. This session includes a guided product demo showing how SafeArrival streamlines daily attendance workflows, reduces manual follow-up, and gives families an easy, reliable way to report absences. We’ll highlight the value districts can realize in real time—from time savings for staff to clearer, more consistent communication with families.

Technology

Scaling School Choice Without the Chaos

Mike Wooster, Senior Product Solution Consultant, PowerSchool
Amos McCandless, Product Marketing Manager, PowerSchool

For districts with growing lottery and school choice programs, discover how a comprehensive and integrated enrollment system can reduce manual work, maintain data accuracy, and support complex processes at scale.

Family Engagement

Bringing Family Engagement into One Connected Experience

Danielle Baumert, Product Solution Consultant, PowerSchool

Bring all family communications together in a single, connected experience. This session features a guided demo of PowerSchool’s K‑12 family engagement platform, demonstrating how messaging, alerts, and engagement tools work together in a single unified space. We’ll explore how you can deliver timely, consistent communication across channels, support families at every stage, and create a more accessible, connected experience for your school community.

Technology

Evaluating Tech Ecosystems: Are Your Platforms Pulling Their Weight?

Charles Franklin, Assistant Superintendent of Technology and Information Services, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD (TX)
Jessica Preisig, Assistant Superintendent for Technology Services, School District of Pickens County (SC)
Jen Grimm, Vice President, Product Management, PowerSchool

As budgets tighten after the end of ESSER funding, districts are no longer evaluating products in isolation, they're evaluating ecosytems. Join us for a conversation with current district leaders about best practices for assessing and evaluating operational data infrastructure.

Closing Keynote

Bringing it All Together: Operations, Data, and Communication in One Connected Ecosystem

Mahdi Eltayeb, Technical Solutions Engineer, PowerSchool
Tyree Hall, Director, Solutions Sales, PowerSchool

Close out PowerSummit with a live walkthrough showing: how PowerSchool SIS serves as the hub for daily operations and communication; how Connected Intelligence preserves current and historical SIS data and how it can be leveraged with any data set across your system; and how Communications uses SIS as the source of truth for contact and enrollment data, ensuring messages are sent to families at the right time. This end-to-end demo illustrates how a truly connected ecosystem delivers clearer insights, stronger collaboration, and more confident leadership.

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