BUSINESS PARTNERS

Thank you to all our sponsors who help us put on a quality conference!

Frontline Education: Recruiting & Hiring, Absence & Time Management, Professional Growth
Frontline Central (Sapphire Partner)
Contact Name: Dawn Thompson
1400 Atwater Dr Malvern, PA 19355
dthompson@frontlineed.com
404-906-1984
Frontline Education supports the front line of education in efficiently and effectively managing everything from recruiting, hiring and absence management to professional learning, evaluation and special education.

American Fidelity (Diamond Partner)
Contact Name: Jimmy Jackson
900 Circle 75 Pkwy Suite 1340 Atlanta GA 30339
james.jackson@americanfidelity.com
770-851-6990
American Fidelity has more than 50 years of experience supporting school employers, and we understand that maintaining a competitive program within the ever-changing benefits landscape can be overwhelming. This is why we believe employee benefit design and delivery should be simple. Our goal is to provide employers and employees with benefits and services that add value, while also helping employers control costs.

PowerSchool (Silver Partner)
Contact Names: David Michalove and Bree Mickelson
150 Parkshore Dr. Folsom, CA 95630
David.michalove@powershool.com Bree.mickelson@powerschool.com
877-873-552
At PowerSchool, we believe in the simple truth that every student deserves the best opportunities in life. That is why our mission is to power the education ecosystem with unified technology that helps educators and students realize their potential, in their way. From the back office to the classroom to the home, PowerSchool helps schools and districts efficiently manage instruction, learning, grading, attendance, assessment, analytics, state reporting, special education student registration, talent, finance, and HR. Today, we are proud to be the leading provider of K-12 education application technology supporting over 45 million students in over 70 countries.

Proximity Learning (Silver Partner)
Contact Name: Jim Frenchak
13507 Mahogany Pl Chesterfield, VA 23832
jfrenchak@proxlearn.com
804-739-0728 or 804-302-3140
Proximity Learning Inc. is a fully accredited online education provider based in Austin, TX. Unlike most online programs, many of our courses are built around regularly scheduled live class sessions delivered via webconferencing. Our live instruction model closely approximates the experience of a traditional brick and mortar classroom setting.

eFMLA, Inc. (Bronze Partner)
Contact Name: Scott Macdonald
7406 Allen Station Court Suite B-210 Springfield, VA 22150
scott@macdonaldhr.com
860-064-2468
eFMLA offers a full-service FMLA administration software solution.

Frontline Education: Recruiting & Hiring, Absence & Time Management, Professional Growth
Frontline Central (Bronze Partner – Co-Sponsor of GASPA Bag)
Contact Name: Kevin Scott
1400 Atwater Dr Malvern, PA 19355
lthorn@frontlineed.com
484-328-4224
Frontline Education supports the front line of education in efficiently and effectively managing everything from recruiting, hiring and absence management to professional learning, evaluation and special education.

Kelly Educational Staffing (Bronze Partner)
Contact Names: Bobby Schorr, John Meekins, and Donnie Davis
10 Chatham Center South Suite 200 Savannah, GA 31405
bobby.schorr@kellyservices.com john,meekins@kellyservices.com donnie.davis@kellyservices.com
478-733-9263 843-637-6702 404-807-7000
Kelly Educational Staffing is the leader and most experienced provider of substitute teachers nationwide. We are a full service, cost savings solution for all your educational staffing and placement needs ... and so much more. We can even help with the management and placement of your non-educational staff such as office clerical, administrative, food service, janitors, school nurses ... you name it, our staffing services cover it.

KRONOS (Bronze Partner – Co-Sponsor of GASPA Bag)
Contact Name: Keith Martin
900 Chelmsford St Lowell, MA 01851
keith.martin@kronos.com
678-848-1646
Every K-12 employee plays an important role in student achievement — so our innovative Kronos for K-12 Education solutions are designed to create time and attendance efficiencies that let you spend less time on administrative processes and more time on academics and programs.

TeacherReady (Bronze Partner)
Contact Name: Dr. Sarah Miller
350 W. Cedar St Suite 300 Pensacola, FL 32502
sarah.miller@StuderEducation.com
850-525-6216
TeacherReady® is an online alternative teacher certification program. It is Florida state approved and is the Educator Preparation Institute of the NCATE /CAEP accredited Professional Education Unit at the Universityof West Florida. It is easily transferable to Georgia. Teachers and Paras can use their own classrooms for theirfield work. Fieldwork aligns to EdTPA. Coursework aligns to GACE. Can be completed in 9 months. Payment plans available.

Buckeye International
Contact Names: Travis McLeod and Adam Corbridge
1455 Oakbrook Dr Suite 200 Norcross, GA 30093
tmcleod@buckeyeinternational.com acorbridge@buckeyeinternational.com
678-570-2406 314-406-8044
Buckeye International Inc. was founded in 1844 and is a nationally branded manufacturer and distributor of floor coatings, hand hygiene products, and cleaning products. Buckeye has roughly 230 independent dealers throughout the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Buckeye International also has 30 company owned distribution centers, which we call Buckeye Cleaning Centers.

Campus Benefits
Contact Names: Jackie Paulk and Timerie Podell
2 Ravinia Dr Suite 1500 Atlanta, GA 30346
jpaulk@wiaonline.com tpodell@campusbenefts.com
866-433-7661 770-355-4131
Campus benefits is an employee benefits brokerage/compliance firm serving public school entities throughout the Southeast. Please stop by and say hello and enjoy this year’s session.

ComplianceDirector by Pioneer RESA
Contact Names: Fred Rayfield and Dr. Pam Kirkpatrick
1342 Hwy 254 P.O. Box 1789 Cleveland, GA 30528
pkirkpatrick@pioneerresa.org
706-6219-7513
ComplianceDirector is a user-friendly web-based training solution that helps employers meet routine and/or mandated training requirements -- without expending scarce in-service time. Rather than delivering mandated training units in face-to-face assemblies, maintaining legal records using sign-in sheets, and struggling to complete specified training by a specific date. All training and assessment modules for each system have databases behind them, recording “successful completers” and creating legal records for you. You then have the potential to sort by school, by year or by name. The training and assessment modules are either created or reviewed by experts in each field. ComplianceDirector also allows a school system to create custom modules for their specific needs, with the same legal backup databases in place as legal records.

Eagle Advantage Solutions, Inc.
Contact Name: Cindy Davison
133 Parkwood Circle Carrollton, GA 30117
cindy.davison@eagleadvantage.com
404-754-6033
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Education Solutions Services (ESS)
Contact Names: Liz Strunk and Dan McLaughlin
800 Kings Hwy N Suite 405 Cherry Hill, NJ 08034
lstrunk@ess.com dmclaughlin@ess.com
704-770-6719 609-923-2403
ESS is a leading educational management firm specializing in full service, cost effective management of K-12 staffing.

Edgenuity
Contact names: Darryl Clark and Joel Ramirez
8860 E Chaparrel Rd Scottsdale, AZ 85250
darryl.clark@edgenuity.com joel.ramirez@edgenuity.com
678-6428516
Edgenuity provides online and blended learning solutions for grades K-12 that propel student success, empower teachers, and enable schools to meet their academic goals.

Educational Management Solutions (EMS)
Contact Names: Fred Corn and Don Cooper
119 West Iron 3rd Fl Salina, KS 67401
fred@emsaccess.com don@emsaccess.com
(760) 889-9591 or 855-840-2100
Specializing in Classification and Compensation Studies, Job Description Design, Reclassification Processes, Staffing Studies, Employee Performance Appraisals, and HR Department Audits, EMS helps educationalsystems develop the foundational HR structures needed to make better decisions faster. Let our trained andexperienced school HR experts guide your educational system through the process of developing, understanding, and utilizing the foundational HR data that your organization needs to be truly successful.

Elevate K-12
Contact Names: Allie Hudson and Sierra Nichols
311 W. Superior St Chicago, IL
(512)963-7724
allie.hudson@elevatek12.com sierra.Nichols@elevatek12.com
Elevate K-12 is your high quality instructional Partner. Our instruction classes are delivered in schools for intervention, acceleration and enrichment. It helps at-risk, gifted, talented, and all students in between achieve success with Tier l classroom instruction and Tier ll small group intervention classes. Elevate K-12 is outcome driven and focuses on fidelity of implementation to get results for students!

Horace Mann
Contact Names: Bubba Southall and Charlotte Hopkins
1 Horace Mann Plaza D203 Springfield, IL 62715
217-788-5341
bubba.southall@horacemann.com charlotte.hopkins@horacemann.com
229-561-2960 217-709-2500
Founded by Educators for Educators® and dedicated to helping America’s educators both in and out of theclassroom, Horace Mann offers auto, home and life insurance as well as retirement annuities and financial services.

Intalage
Contact Names: Tarique Haque and Dr. Patti Reed
3353 Peachtree Rd Suite 550 Atlanta, GA 30236
tarique@intalage.com pattireed1019@gmail.com
470-355-7107 770-330-8057
Intalage, as a designated sponsor of the Exchange Visitor Program, providing international teachers in all critical areas such as mathematics, science, special education, and foreign languages to public schools, K-12 in the U.S. Intalage is dedicated to assisting schools and educational organizations ensure that their students and employees are global-conscious citizens.

PSST, LLC
Contact Names: Matt Simons and Tiffany Spahl-Nally
303 Middletown Park Pl Suite B Louisville, KY 40243
matts@psst.com tiffanyn@psst.com
502-649-5374 502-492-5840
PSST reduces the overall cost associated with operating a school district by creating efficiency in the business office. Districts typically seek PSST for help with the Affordable Care Act compliance, data integration between disparate systems and maximizing the power of Tyler Munis. Our solutions are seamless, intelligent and bi-directional. We currently assist over 250 school districts in 20+ states, including Georgia. Munis Integration and ACA Complaisance.

ShawHankins, Inc.
Contact Name: Todd Hooper
351 Washington Ave Suite 120 Marietta, GA 30060
toddhooper@shawhankins.com
770-382-0951
ShawHankins is a privately owned, full-service benefits brokerage and consulting firm based in Marietta, Georgia with offices across the state. We have been in business since 1963, and are the consultant for more than50 public and 200 private employers in Georgia. Our firm is built upon the fundamental belief that ourextraordinary people, strategic industry relationships, market leading technology, compliance services and dedication to our clients differentiates ShawHankins from any other firm specializing in employee benefits.

Totem Solutions
Contact Name: Annette Griffin
11330 Lakefield Dr Suite 150 Johns Creek, GA 30097
annette@totemsolutions.com
770-295-1607
Totem Solutions is a benefits consulting firm offering highly specialized benefits and administrative services to Georgia school district customers. Our in-house bi-lingual Benefits Service Center provides year-round nonscripted support for all aspects of benefits and HR, from new hire orientations to exit interviews. This support includes benefit plan education, enrollment, life events and eligibility management, payroll reporting, claims support, and other administrative needs. State Health Benefit Plan services include employee education, claims and appeals assistance, ID Card assistance, payroll reporting, and ACA reporting at no cost. Totem’s absence management solutions include self-funded short term disability with payment advice, Family Medical Leave administration, and leave without pay billing. We provide value-add services not offered by other firms while simplifying administration and improving the employee experience.

Troops to Teachers (GaPSC)
Contact Name: Bradley Golub
Georgia Professional Standards Commission 200 Piedmont Ave Suite 1702 Atlanta, GA 30334
bradley.golub@gapsc.com
404-232-2591
Georgia Professional Standard Commission (GaPSC) is the state agency responsible for the preparation, certification, and professional conduct of educators and educator candidates in Georgia. The GaPSC Certification Division, supported by a federal grant awarded by the Department of Defense, recently launched a Troops to Teachers program that will attract and recruit transitioning service members into teaching, as well as offer ongoing support to the program participants from start to finish.

Tyler Technologies
Contact Names: Todd Mykleby and Taylor Rednose
5101 Tennyson Pkwy Plano, TX 75024
todd.mykleby@tylertech.com taylor.rednose@tylertech.com
800-772-2260
Tyler Technologies’ financials, student information, student transportation and data analytics software/services empower schools to spend more time with students and less with data.

VALIC
Contact Names: Joseph Coffield and Jason Shearer
125 Plantation Centre Dr Suite 200 Macon, GA 31210
joseph.coffield@valic.com jason.shearer@valic.com
478-405-5005
VALIC has more than half a century of experience helping Americans plan for and enjoy a secure retirement. We provide real solutions for real lives by consistently offering products and services that are innovative, simple to understand and easy to use. We take a personal approach to retirement plans and programs, offering customized solutions for individual needs.