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<p>The needs of schools are growing and changing. Is your current school financial software helping your office work with these changes? SchoolFinance 2k® is state of the art accounting and financial software designed specifically for schools by Optimal Solutions, a leader in the development and support of K-12 business and communication technology. Not enough simply to “keep up” with government reporting needs, SF2K simplifies these processes, ensuring worry free implementation.</p>
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<h3 align="left" class="style8">SF2k's wide range of school-specific capabilities include: </h3>
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<li>General Ledger </li>
<li>Payroll </li>
<li>Accounts Payable/Receivable </li>
<li>Budgeting </li>
<li>Full ORS and REP Implementation and File Creation </li>
<li>Full FID Compliance and Streamlined Conversion </li>
<li>Personnel Records </li>
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<p>Plus, SchoolFinance 2k® is backed by Optimal's attentive staff of technical support experts. </p>
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<h1 align="center">PositionManager</h1>
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<p><strong>PositionManager</strong> is SchoolFinance2k’s robust, fully web based position management tool designed to help your school district keep on top of the complex collection, analysis, and management of employee and applicant data. <strong>School Finance 2k PositionManager</strong> brings it all together—credentials, positions, endorsements, mentoring, professional development—to make sure your district not only meets the Highly Qualified Teachers challenge but also enables time and cost saving integrated data management within your SF2k software! </p>
<p><strong>School Finance 2k PositionManager is designed with NCLB* in mind at all levels:</strong></p>
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<p>Teaching assignments in core academic subjects</p>
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<p>Administrator assignments</p>
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<p>Para-professional assignments</p>
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<p>Education and skills assessment of career tech and non-certified assignments</p>
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<p>Tracking and reporting all professional development and new teacher mentoring hours</p>
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<p><strong>Overhead from new federal education requirements can easily overwhelm school administrators. Here are just some of the ways PositionManager can help:</strong></p>
<p><strong>Challenge:</strong> <em>Meet State reporting requirements for teacher and administrator professional development hours, with additional tracking requirements for newly assigned teachers and those working towards Highly Qualified status</em></p>
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<p><strong>► PositionManager </strong>simplifies the task of collecting employee professional development hours by offering a browser based tracking system where employees manage their own professional development hours for annual State reporting requirements.</p>
<p><strong>► PositionManager </strong>allows you to easily export reportable professional development hours by category to file or transfer directly to School Finance 2k Human Resources module for complete State REP file submission.<br />
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<p> <strong>Challenge:</strong> <em>Record school sponsored in-service days toward each employee’s individual professional development reportable hours</em></p>
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<p> <strong> ► PositionManager </strong>allows you to mass assign school sponsored in-service days towards individual professional development hours for annual State reporting.</p>
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<strong>Challenge:</strong> <em>Manage and track employee credentials, insuring that each current assignment meets NCLB Highly Qualified requirements</em></p>
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<p><strong>► PositionManager</strong> easily identifies which teachers, administrators and paraprofessionals are highly qualified and who is not for all current position assignments and future position assignments based on employee credentials.<br />
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<p> <strong>Challenge:</strong><em> Collect, track and disseminate applicant credential data (often from numerous paper records for current openings and future positions)</em></p>
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<p> <strong> ► PositionManager</strong> provides a browser based employment application form to job applicants for collecting required education and credential information.</p>
<p> <strong> ► PositionManager </strong>allows you to quickly match teacher applicant credentials with available teaching assignments and other applicant education and skills with requirements for non-certified and career tech positions.</p>
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<p> <strong>Challenge:</strong> <em>Transfer required employee demographic, education, and credential data upon hire from employee applications into your human resource and payroll software</em></p>
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<p> <strong> ► PositionManager</strong> will “auto-move” an applicant to employment status, assigning them directly to a position they are highly qualified to hold.</p>
<p><strong>► PositionManager</strong> allows you to move all employee demographic, credential, education and position assignment data between SF2k’s Human Resources and PositionManager modules eliminating duplication of data entry.<br />
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<p> <strong>Challenge:</strong> <em>Establish and track mentoring programs for newly hired teachers</em></p>
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<p><strong>► PositionManager</strong> has its own mentor tracking system, where mentor hours are automatically collected and reported with State required professional development hours.</p>
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<h1 align="center"><strong>School Finance 2k PositionManager Feature List</strong></h1>
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<p> <strong>General:</strong></p>
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<p>User-friendly browser based interface</p>
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<p>Accessible using MAC or PC workstation</p>
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<p>Run as stand-alone or take full advantage of all features running PositionManager with School Finance 2k Human Resources module</p>
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<p><strong>Employee Credential and Assignment Tracking:</strong></p>
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<p>Employee status and position assignment tracking</p>
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<p>Employee credential and endorsement tracking system for current employees</p>
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<p>Highest degrees earned</p>
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<p>Teachable majors and minors</p>
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<p>Track Current Certifications and Expiration Dates</p>
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<li>Employee Certification Report - by expiration date and certificate type<br />
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<li>Employee Major/Minor Report – by building, position type and major/minor subject<br />
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<li>Employee current assignment report by building, position type and highly qualified status</li>
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<p> <strong>Professional Development Tracking:</strong></p>
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<p>Schedule and track all school sponsored in-service professional development days</p>
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<p>Date held</p>
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<p>State reportable hours</p>
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<p>REP professional development reporting category</p>
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<p>Purpose and skill objectives with detailed event description</p>
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<p>Mass assign school sponsored professional development days to employees by building, position type and REP status</p>
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<p>All employees enter and maintain their own individual professional development hours</p>
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<p>Date held</p>
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<p>State reportable hours</p>
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<p>REP professional development reporting category</p>
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<p>Purpose and skill objectives with detailed event description</p>
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<p>Professional development consent and approval form</p>
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<p>Complete professional development reporting by building, position, event date or status</p>
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<p>Identify employee professional development duplicate or conflicting hours entered</p>
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<p>Easy exporting of professional development hours to a file. Transfer data to School Finance 2k Human Resource module for complete State REP file reporting</p>
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<h3><em><strong>Coming Soon</strong></em></h3>
<p> <strong>NCLB Highly Qualified Position Assignment and Tracking:</strong></p>
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<p>NCLB (No Child Left Behind) position analysis</p>
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<p>NCLB highly qualified status tracking and reporting for current employee assignments - Who is highly qualified? Who is not highly qualified?</p>
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<p>NCLB highly qualified status tracking and reporting for all applicants - what type of position is an applicant qualified for based on current credential and skills assessment</p>
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<p>Open position analysis reporting – query applicant or employee data to find all qualified people for a position based on current credentials and skills</p>
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<p>Historical data storage of annual professional development hours for multiple reporting years</p>
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<p>Professional Development Validation Report - based on current employment assignment and status</p>
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<p>New teacher special requirements</p>
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<p>Administrator certification tracking </p>
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<p>Track special State NCLB initiatives for teacher qualification</p>
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<p>MARTC (Michigan Alternative Routes to Teacher Certification)</p>
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<p>HOUSE (High Objective Uniform State Standard of Evaluation)</p>
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<p>Special tracking of professional development hours for employees working toward the “NCLB Highly Qualified” status</p>
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<p>Track para-professional assignment qualifications<br />
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<p><strong>Employee On-Line Lookup Features:</strong></p>
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<p>Current home address and phone numbers - electronic request form for changes</p>
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<p>Current and historical attendance details and balances</p>
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<p>Current W4 details on file – electronic W4 submission</p>
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<p>Current payroll details – pay, deductions, taxes, and benefits </p>
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<p>Payroll Reporting – YTD Earnings, Direct Deposit Details and more!<br />
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<p> <strong>Applicant Tracking:</strong></p>
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<p>On-line employment application</p>
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<p>Applicant general demographic information</p>
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<p>College degree information (received and/or anticipated)</p>
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<p>Additional coursework (subject/hours earned/college)</p>
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<p>Certifications</p>
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<p>State tests passed and endorsements received</p>
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<p>Skills assessment</p>
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<p>Prior K-12 education work experience</p>
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<p>Position(s) desired</p>
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<p>Comments</p>
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<p>Ability to attach resume, references or college transcript files</p>
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<p>Ability to move an applicant to employee status and auto-assign to open position</p>
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<p>Open position tracking<br />
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<p><strong>New Teacher Mentor Tracking:</strong></p>
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<p>Assign a mentor</p>
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<p>Track mentoring dates, hours and objectives</p>
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<p>Mentoring hours auto-update REP reportable professional development hours</p>
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<p>Mentor Report by employee, building, position type or mentoring dates</p>
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<strong>Recommended System Requirements </strong></p>
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<p>Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition</p>
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