End of the Year in the School Business Office A high-level look at the multi-step process SBOs use to end the year—and how a great ERP can help. #Business by Erin Werra

Summertime Fraud Watch: 10 Ways to Stay Vigilant Keep your school business office safe from bad actors within and outside the district.
  #Business by Erin Werra

Top 4 Midyear Tasks in the School Business Office As the new year starts, the SBO is knee-deep, smack-dab in the middle of theirs. Let's take a peek behind the scenes. #Business by Erin Werra

Storing Data in the SBO How can your ERP solution support record retention compliance? #Business by Erin Werra

Payroll Encumbrances Made Easier Does your ERP forecast your payroll encumbrances? If not, it should. #Business by Erin Werra

Financial Literacy Equals Freedom: Your School Business Office Can Help How school business offices can lead the way to students’ achieving financial literacy. #Business by Erin Werra


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End of the Year in the School Business Office A high-level look at the multi-step process SBOs use to end the year—and how a great ERP can help. #Business by Erin Werra

Summertime Fraud Watch: 10 Ways to Stay Vigilant Keep your school business office safe from bad actors within and outside the district.
  #Business by Erin Werra

Top 4 Midyear Tasks in the School Business Office As the new year starts, the SBO is knee-deep, smack-dab in the middle of theirs. Let's take a peek behind the scenes. #Business by Erin Werra

Storing Data in the SBO How can your ERP solution support record retention compliance? #Business by Erin Werra

Payroll Encumbrances Made Easier Does your ERP forecast your payroll encumbrances? If not, it should. #Business by Erin Werra

Financial Literacy Equals Freedom: Your School Business Office Can Help How school business offices can lead the way to students’ achieving financial literacy. #Business by Erin Werra

4 Ways to Enrich Your School Business Office Make a few tweaks and watch your team thrive like never before.  #Business by Erin Werra

Business Office Automation Changes K12 for the Better Everyone who works in schools contributes to a better environment for kids. #Business by Casey Thompson

Simplify Audits with View-Only Users Accounts It's a win-win: Auditors can't unwittingly disrupt data, and the system remains secure. Read on to learn how. #Business by Caroline Gilchrist

Does Your Pre-Hire Process Shine? Are applicants following a well-marked, automated path to hiring success? Analyze your application process to see where improvement is needed. #Business by Erin Werra

3 Ways Virtual Onboarding Strengthened One Team If onboarding a new employee from afar sounds like a nightmare, read on to discover the hidden benefits. #Business by Erin Werra

6 Edtech Tools Schools Used to Navigate a Pandemic These six tools have proven useful—and the good news is, you may already have them. #Business by Erin Werra

Less Paper, Not Paperless "Going paperless" sounds good on, well, paper. But even small steps to reduce paper usage are steps in the right direction. #Business by Caroline Gilchrist

5 Budget Curveballs for 2020 Mission: Impossible just got more... impossible. #Business by Casey Thompson

Position Control and Traveling Staff As staff travel between buildings, how are you tracking their time spent in each? Is each building sharing an equal part of the position budget? These are just a couple questions that may affect the salary negotiations, budget considerations, and time tracking for these traveling employees. #Business by Casey Thompson

3 Ways to Keep Your Credit Cards Out of The News How can administrators stay vigilant against all types of fraud? By being good stewards of reimbursement approvals. Here's how. #Business by Erin Werra

7 Things You Don’t Have to Print This Year Which processes can you shift online to move closer to a paperless office? Here are 7 ideas to consider. #Business by Lauren Gilchrist

A K12 Funding Primer for Parents Do you find yourself answering questions about funding from parents? Here's a quick, share-worthy breakdown of the basics of funding to bookmark.  #Business by Advancing K12 Staff

High-Tech HR: One-Way Video Interviews Imagine interviewing every single applicant while speeding up the first-round process. Unbelievable? Believe it! Here's how. #Business by Erin Werra

Meritorious: The Gold Standard for School Budgets Budgets: A necessary task, or an art form? #Business by Erin Werra

The Perils and Promise of K12 Crowdfunding What if you could skip the sales and go directly to donations for classroom supplies, edtech, or other initiatives? #Business by Erin Werra

The 6-Step Fraud Test Few things can be more devastating to a school district than a major fraud scandal. In this article, we explore six areas worthy of the occasional audit. #Business by Erin Werra

Guest Post: Behind the Curtain with Predictive Analytics How can we possibly account for unexpected, yet inevitable, expenses that happen within districts? Predictive analytics offer school business officers one powerful tool for peering into the future. #Business by R.J. Gravel, Ed.D.

What is ePayables? What if you could turn accounts payable into a revenue generator for your district? ePayables is emerging as a preferred payment method, and for good reason. #Business by Advancing K12 Staff

Guest Post: Introducing #EdFinChat In this guest post, #EdFinChat co-creator Chris Wildman breaks down the making of a Twitter chat and discusses Twitter’s potential as a global networking tool for helping school business leaders shift to a more strategic role. #Business by Chris Wildman, CPA CGMA SFO

The 3 Places Your Candidates are Looking Job seekers are doing the bulk of their research online before reaching the application stage. What does your digital presence say about your school district? #Business by Advancing K12 Staff

Making Budgets Beautiful School finances can be complicated, but savvy school business leaders are using design to present information in a way that makes better sense. Check out our sample budget infographic for inspiration! #Business by Nickey Pietila

The Evolution of SIS Purchasing Your district is unique, and your SIS should be, too. Spec lists are only part of the story – consider these 5 non-traditional aspects of modern SIS purchasing.   #Business by Advancing K12 Staff

5 Ways to Get Better RFP Results I responded to K12 enterprise software RFPs for more than a year. Here's what I learned. #Business by Advancing K12 Staff

Guest Post: Demystifying PCI DSS Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) is a business framework designed to protect cardholder data. Learn about 5 important points for PCI DSS compliance. #Business by Ann Dunaway

The New Business Office Can you bridge the divide between the old guard and the new and future version of the school business office? Make time for what keeps you closer to the mission and the reason for your work. #Business by Nickey Pietila

4 Ways to Save Money in EdTech Purchasing Edtech purchasers are tasked with getting the most bang for the district's buck. These four strategies are tried and true. #Business by Advancing K12 Staff

Guest Post: Why We Do What We Do in the School Business Office The business office and the classroom might seem miles apart, but they are united by a shared purpose. Read about one school business leader's quest to rediscover meaning in his day-to-day work. #Business by Brian Adesso

The Future of Onboarding: Say Goodbye to Sink or Swim Will they sink…or will they swim? Once you’ve hired the right candidates, it's important to make them comfortable and get them up to speed. Research shows that your onboarding approach makes all the difference.    #Business by Lindsey Canny

Hand-Picked: Tips for Hiring Ah, the hiring process... It can be time consuming, difficult, and inconvenient. But it’s also one of the most important elements of a successful school district. Here are some tips to keep in mind as you look to fill those open positions for next year.  #Business by Leslie Strong

3 Proven Ways to Defeat Fraud Imagine discovering that while you've been agonizing over pennies in the budget, hundreds or thousands of dollars were being inaccurately reported or rerouted with malicious intent. It happens all the time. But it doesn't have to. #Business by Advancing K12 Staff

3 Easy Ways for Your District to Go Green As you ring in the New Year, look for ways to go green and save your district time and money. Get started by electronically distributing W-2s, employee offer letters, and custom forms. #Business by Advancing K12 Staff

Is Your Budgeting Process Overly Complicated? As your budget begins to take shape for the upcoming fiscal year, take a moment to consider the process itself. Are you able to focus your time and effort on making sure that everything is adequately funded without getting bogged down in logistics?  #Business by Advancing K12 Staff

The Possibilities of Blended Hiring Blended learning has taken off in classrooms, and the same elements being used to support instruction can also be applied to district hiring. In this article, we examine 5 steps to help you attract and identify better teacher candidates through a combination of strategy and technology.  #Business by Advancing K12 Staff


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