PDCentral

A Kentucky School District was commended for their professional development initiative, and implementation of the software product pdCentral.
pdCentral is an innovative program to manage and provide data which is used as a tool to better facilitate the overall district professional
development experience, as well as individual school professional development programs. This made for a well rounded and comprehensive professional
development experience that is both meaningful and functional…

 
…Through the use of this software product, the district was able not only to monitor professional development,
but also to evaluate the understanding of and its effective use in the classroom setting on student performance. They were also able to
 monitor whether the professional development was tied to both the comprehensive district/school improvement plan.”

- Review of pdCentral v1.0
Kentucky School District Audit - 2006
Kentucky Department of Education, Frankfort, KY

 

pdCentral System

The KiZAN pdCentral system allows you to more comprehensively monitor and manage your Professional Development and insure your organization is realizing maximum value.

 

    Features      Benefits
    Web-based product
    • Accessible from any computer with Internet Explorer and Internet access.
    • No need to worry about data backups.
    • No additional installations or configurations needed.
      Online proposals, routing, and approval of new professional development requests
      • Paperless approval process.
      • Manage all new professional development requests in one location.
      • Professional development providers are notified instantly of their approval status.
      • EILA proposals have their own pre-approval process for EILA code assignment.
      Advertised list of all approved professional development available
      • No need to distribute paper catalogs to district employees.
      • All approved professional development is instantly advertised, giving users constantly updated list of available professional development.
      • Participants can register online with no form to be completed.
      • Participants can wait list if a professional development session is full, with automatic registration when a seat becomes available.
      Individual profiles, growth plans, and credit history
      • View online your earned and potential credit history.
      • Manage your entire profile, including certification status, biography, and growth plan.
      • Completion certificates available online for all completed professional development.
      Reports with easy filtering, printing and exporting capability
      • Generate reports for an individual professional development session, a school, or an entire district.
      • With one click reports can be easily printed.
      • All reports can be exported to Excel or PDF for additional analysis.
      • Find out what participants need additional follow-up after attending a session.
      Rosters, Evaluations and Document Libraries
      • Assign online documents to new professional development requests, including configuring security so only certain people can see the material.
      • Online roster where credit options, participants and attendance can all be managed.
      • Sign-sheets can be printed easily for the day of the session.
      • Online evaluations must be completed by participants in order to receive credit for attending the session.
      • Statistical reporting on all completed evaluations.
      All news

      ChangeBase signs agreement with KiZAN, leading US Microsoft Partner

      6/21/2010 9:51:06 AM

      London, X June, 2010 – ChangeBASE AOK Limited the global leader in automated application compatibility testing and remediation, today announces the signing of a strategic partnership with KiZAN one of the Microsoft’s leading US Gold Partners.

       

      London, June, 2010 – ChangeBASE AOK Limited the global leader in automated application compatibility testing and remediation, today announces the signing of a strategic partnership with KiZAN one of the Microsoft’s leading US Gold Partners.

       

      The partnership with KiZAN further strengthens the company’s US footprint and illustrates the demand by US organizations for a best of breed application compatibility solution to help them successfully migrate to Windows 7.

       

      KiZAN has been a strategic partner of Microsoft since the company formation in 1991, achieving the highest level of competency and experience across the majority of Microsoft solutions. The company counts many central North American organizations as its clients, combining world-class products with KiZAN’s commitment to technical delivery excellence resulting in a service which improves corporate efficiency and productivity.

      “Continually adding value to our customers is at the very core of KiZAN. Over the last year, we were increasingly being asked to engage on OS migration projects with a Windows 7 and/or virtualization focus.” Robert Steele, Managing Partner of KiZAN. “A first step to achieve this is to assess and report on the compatibility of their application estate. We reviewed a couple of solutions on the market and found ChangeBASE AOK to be the best suited to what we needed. AOK has speed and accuracy of application test and reporting but the key for us was automatic fixing. With AOK as part of our portfolio, we can enable our customers to easily and quickly migrate their application estate at a fraction of the cost, time and resource traditionally required. Our client base is already seeing the benefits of using AOK.”

      “Working with KiZAN has already yielded early fruit for ChangeBASE. The longevity of KiZAN’s relationships is evidence of the trust and success that they have with their customer base.” Said John Tate Managing Director of ChangeBASE. “To have a partner such as KiZAN taking AOK to the central North American market will be key to our US growth. They have the experience and expertise to take the unique capabilities of AOK to the market enabling organizations of every size make the successful transition to Windows 7 and beyond. We’re delighted to be working with them.”

       

      About ChangeBASE

      ChangeBASE AOK is the market leader in automated compatibility software enabling organizations to simplify and speed up the time it takes to test, remediate and manage the migration process between operating systems or deployment environments. The company has developed a suite of software applications which bring tangible benefits and reduced costs to organizations across the globe. For more information, please visit; www.changebase.com.

       

      About KiZAN
      KiZAN combines world-class products with our commitment to excellence to help companies increase their performance while improving their corporate profitability. As a local and regional technology solution provider and consulting firm, KiZAN has the experience and expertise to transform our clients' businesses by providing solutions for the most complex business issues.

       

      Download the popular ChangeBase Whitepaper:
      Migrating to Windows 7: Overcoming Application Compatibility Issues (click here)

      Mike Spence

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