Farmington Municipal School District Chooses ENCORE! to Manage Special Education Program; District is First in New Mexico to Implement ENCORE! Suite of Software and Service Solutions for Special Populations.TOWSON Towson (tou`sən), uninc. city (1990 pop. 49,445), seat of Baltimore co., N Md., a residential and industrial suburb of Baltimore; settled c.1750. An important suburban business and government center, the city has varied manufactures. , Md. -- Farmington Farmington. 1 Town (1990 pop. 20,608), Hartford co., central Conn., on the Farmington River; inc. 1645. It is mainly residential with some light industries. The town has a private girls' school and the Univ. Municipal School District in Farmington, New Mexico Farmington (Navajo: Tótah) is a city in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 37,844. The Census Bureau's 2006 population estimate for the city is 43,573. will transform how it manages its special education program when it replaces its paper-based system with a comprehensive, Web-based solution. The district will be the first in 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). to implement the ENCORE (Encore Real Time Computing, Inc., Melbourne, FL, www.encore.com) A computer company founded as Encore Computer Corporation in 1983 that specialized in real time systems. Encore was known for its unique Reflective Memory channel, a high-speed interconnect for up to 255 systems. !(TM) suite of software and service solutions for special populations from 4GL School Solutions Inc. (4GL), the leading provider of comprehensive management solutions for special populations in K-12 education. ENCORE! will help the district reduce the amount of time teachers spend on paperwork, manage individualized in·di·vid·u·al·ize tr.v. in·di·vid·u·al·ized, in·di·vid·u·al·iz·ing, in·di·vid·u·al·iz·es 1. To give individuality to. 2. To consider or treat individually; particularize. 3. education plans (IEPs) and automate To turn a set of manual steps into an operation that goes by itself. See automation. and streamline data collection and management. Additionally, the Web-based system will ensure compliance with state and federal requirements. "It takes a tremendous amount of time to do all the paperwork required for special education and individualized education plans," said Sandi Sandrick, director of special education for Farmington Municipal School District. "With our paper-based system, there were no compliance checks so it was easy to accidentally skip a page or leave an area blank. One of the main reasons we selected ENCORE! was the built-in compliance checks. If you leave something blank that shouldn't be, the system lets you know and won't let you finalize fi·nal·ize tr.v. fi·nal·ized, fi·nal·iz·ing, fi·nal·iz·es To put into final form; complete or conclude: "They have jointly agreed ... the document until all of the required pieces are complete. Our goal is that this will help improve compliance with state and federal regulations, and help teachers reduce the amount of time they spend on paperwork and meetings so they can spend more time in the classroom with students." The ENCORE! suite of products serves districts with enrollments of less than 2,500 through districts exceeding 250,000 students. Designed specifically for the K-12 education market, ENCORE! serves as a foundation for managing all phases of the IEP IEP In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Irish Punt. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. process for special populations. ENCORE! is a software solution that reduces the time required to plan and track student achievement while increasing the completeness, accuracy and accessibility of program information. As a result, educators can spend less time on paperwork and more time in the classroom focusing on improving student learning and performance. About Farmington Municipal School District Farmington Municipal School District in Farmington, New Mexico is located in the Four Corners region of the American Southwest. The district staff of 1,200 serves 10,200 students in 18 schools. About 4GL School Solutions Based in Towson, MD, 4GL School Solutions Inc. helps school districts more effectively manage the individualized learning process for all students receiving special services or interventions. 4GL works collaboratively with districts of all sizes to deliver scalable, easy-to-use software solutions that lift the burden of paperwork from education professionals so they can focus on the most important part of their work: educating children and improving student achievement. For more information, visit http://www.4glschools.com or call 1-800-490-84GL (8445). |
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