Bloomfield, NM Schools to Streamline Operations Through New Online Administrative and Instructional Programs.Business Editors/Education & High-Tech Writers MESA, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2003 Rural New Mexico New Mexico, state in the SW United States. At its northwestern corner are the so-called Four Corners, where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah meet at right angles; New Mexico is also bordered by Oklahoma (NE), Texas (E, S), and Mexico (S). School District Licenses Concert(TM) Instruction and Assessment, and Concert(TM) Business Web-based Applications See Web application. for Both the Classroom and Business Office One of the most technologically savvy school districts in New Mexico  This is a complete listing of school districts in the State of New Mexico. is preparing to blaze a new trail between the classroom and the K-12 business office. The rural Bloomfield School District Bloomfield School District (Bloomfield, IN)The Bloomfield School District is located in Greene County, IN. Bloomfield School is located in Bloomfield, IN. There is another school that, according to the state, is in the Bloomfield School District, but it is not in Bloomfield, , located in the northwest corner of New Mexico near the "Four Corners," is the first school district in the nation to purchase a license to both Concert(TM) Instruction and Assessment, and Concert(TM) Business. Developed by Pearson Education Pearson Education is an international publisher of textbooks and other educational material, such as multimedia learning tools. Pearson Education is part of Pearson PLC. It is headquartered in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. Technologies, the Concert online education community is the first all-inclusive family of integrated Web-based applications for K-12 education. Concert links together all the functions of a school district, enabling school district leaders to manage their entire educational enterprise effectively and efficiently. "In a small school district like ours, many people wear many hats. We need to make it as easy as we can for people to do their jobs -- without having to learn multiple systems," said Sondra Adams, director of technology for the Bloomfield School District. "Implementing Concert on the instruction and business sides concurrently will help us streamline our operations and provide people with easy access to the information they need to make data-driven decisions." Concert Instruction and Assessment Concert Instruction and Assessment combines standards-aligned instruction, lesson planning, assessment, and educational content to help students, parents, teachers, and administrators achieve success. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Adams, the Bloomfield School District will use Concert Instruction and Assessment to provide teachers with access to online lesson planning and curriculum resources in the classroom and at home -- whenever they need them. In addition, the district will utilize Concert to meet state requirements in testing, performance, and data-driven decision making. "The state of New Mexico is moving toward performance-based education and performance-based budget planning. They call it 'PB squared,'" said Adams. "As a result, we need to be able to better track our testing and provide teachers with long-term assessment results on every child so they can make better instructional plans. Concert Instruction and Assessment will allow us to pull lesson planning, instruction, assessment and student performance management into one system to help us become more efficient and effective in our instruction. Concert Business will help us gather the data we need for the performance-based program budgeting piece required by the state." Concert Business Concert Business is a Web-based suite of integrated applications designed specifically for the K-12 business office. Part of the Concert online education community, Concert Business is comprised of three application suites: Finance, Procurement, and Human Resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. . "Concert Business will help us streamline labor-intensive processes, electronically distribute more information to more people, and reduce paperwork and printing issues. In addition, by tying human resources to finance and procurement, it will eliminate duplicate data entry and potential errors," said Adams. The Bloomfield School District will begin to roll out Concert Instruction and Assessment, and Concert Business in 2003. Pearson Education Technologies will provide implementation management, installation, training, and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services . About the Bloomfield School District The Bloomfield School District serves 3,315 preK-12 students across eight schools. Bloomfield Schools' attendance area covers approximately 1,500 square miles A square mil is a unit of area, equal to the area of a square with sides of length one mil. A mil is one thousandth of an international inch. This unit of area is usually used in specifying the area of the cross section of a wire or cable. . The district's student population is approximately one-third Caucasian, one-third Hispanic, and one-third Navajo. More than 60 percent of students receive free and reduced-price lunches. About Pearson Education Technologies With more than 40 years of experience in developing, delivering, and supporting curriculum, assessment, and enterprise data management products, Pearson Education Technologies is the leader in offering comprehensive solutions for preK-12 education. Reaching more than 10 million students annually, our products include the SASIxp(TM) student information system, SuccessMaker(R) Enterprise and NovaNET(R) comprehensive courseware systems, and Concert(TM), the online education community. Pearson Education Technologies is part of Pearson Education (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :PSO PSO - Oracle Parallel Server ), the world's leading integrated education The Integrated Education movement in Northern Ireland is an attempt to bring together children, parents and teachers from both Roman Catholic and Protestant traditions, the aim being to provide a balanced education, while allowing the opportunity to understand and respect all company. For more information, please visit http://www.PearsonEdTech.com or call 1-877-EdTech1. |
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