SkyCon 2024

Adopting a new communications platform in your district can be daunting – what do you need to do to prepare? How can you ensure it helps to improve communications? How do you train staff and get them onboard? Please join district leaders as they share their experiences switching to a new communications tool. They’ll discuss onboarding, roll out, training, and how they’ve used their communications tools to improve family engagement across their districts. Plus, we will share more about how ParentSquare and Skyward’s partnership helps to improve the way schools connect and engage with students and parents. Attendees will leave with real-life examples and strategies to help ensure smooth roll out of communications tools in their districts. 

Learn how to set up and use Advanced options like Vendor ACH payments and create time-saving workflows in expense reimbursements.

The purpose of this presentation is to give users an in depth look into Arena Scheduling including the process University High School uses to implement the application. We will take a look at the timeline of events, setup procedures, and registration period. The goal of this session is to provide users an innovative approach to scheduling that is not often used in a high school setting. Participants will acquire tips and tricks on how to fully transform their scheduling process to Arena Scheduling. Not only will we do a thorough review of the application, but we will also unpack all the preregistration responsibilities to help users feel comfortable in making this transition. The intended audience is high school counselors and administrators. This session is not intended to replace the Future Scheduling session, but more so a session designed to help give schools an alternative approach to scheduling outside of the automatic schedule generation process.

Learn how YellowFolder and Skyward work seamlessly together to provide the best document management experience due to their integration and YellowFolder's simple to use system. Filing, searching, and sharing records can be done in seconds with no time wasted in filing cabinets. Save money utilizing the benefits of YellowFolder and Skyward partnership.

This session will show how to use the teacher tracking for grades and discipline referrals, automated emails to families, and attendance/discipline reports.

This session will take users through the Check and Bank Reconciliation process in SMS 2.0 and provide helpful tips on moving the entire process to a paperless format while satisfying the auditor.

Receive an update on the changes that IMRF has in store for us and how Skyward is preparing for the new reporting.

This session is for individuals curious about how e~Funds for Schools can help streamline your payment processing system with a real time integration with Skyward. Existing customers can also find out about handy new features such as our point of sale to accept credit card payments at school stores and concession stands!