Sumbits from MBA

We're doin' it live!  Since we were all in person at the same conference, ACME, we knew we had to record an episode.  Drinks in hand and joined by a bunch of folks that attended ACME, we talk about the origins of ACME, what has come out of it so far, and what is coming out of this year’s. PLUS use discount code: Sumbits26 for exclusive savings to the July PSUG in Las Vegas! Sumbits is br...

Stacy Royster, Program Coordinator for Alabama's Statewide Student Information System, joins us and talks about how she came to become the lead person in Alabama's statewide implementation and how decisions are made to solve Alabama district's pain points, whether it's from customizations, trainings, compliance and more. Sumbits is brought to you by MBA. At MBA, we enhance the...

Shauna Fitzke, VP of Production Management at MBA, joins Sean, Eric and Ryan for a broad conversation about security around how we handle support tickets, differences and similarities between plugin development and customization development, and how enhancement requests are handled. *** Sumbits is brought to you by MBA. At MBA, we enhance the power of PowerSchool with plugins, customizations and p...

Sumbits is back. MBA experts Sean Cawby, Eric Schaitel, and Ryan Cockrem sit down (this time with coffee-instead-of-whiskey energy) and catch up on what's been happening while the microphones were off, then get into what's new in PowerSchool since they last joined us. They talk AI (from skepticism to daily tool), the new UI and navigation, security and SSO, data dictionary changes, page...

We are honored to have The PowerSchool Evangelist join us and share with us a little about his history with PowerSchool. Featuring Sean Cawby, Eric Schaitel and Ryan Cockrem Sumbits is brought to you by MBA. At MBA, we enhance the power of #PowerSchool with plugins, customizations and professional development, transforming your PowerSchool #SIS experience without creating more administrative overh...

We talk with Adam Larsen and Jerome Ohnui about what happened at the recent PSUG ACME Conference in Orlando. Featuring: Sean Cawby, Eric Schaitel, Ryan Cockrem, Adam Larsen, Jerome Ohnui htttps://www.easyregpro.com/acme.php Sumbits is brought to you by MBA. At MBA, we enhance the power of #PowerSchool with plugins, customizations and professional development, transforming your PowerSchool #SIS exp...

Carla and Alicia join us to discuss what big things MBA has done in 2022 and get a preview of what is coming in 2023! Sumbits is brought to you by MBA. At MBA, we enhance the power of #PowerSchool with plugins, customizations and professional development, transforming your PowerSchool #SIS experience without creating more administrative overhead. Learn more at MBA-link.com

Together again!  This episode was recorded live at the PSUG-Wisconsin Conference in the Wisconsin Dells where we talk a little about cleaning up customizations through PowerSchool versions and watch us get a little stumped by questions from the audience - did you do better than us at naming the PowerSchool tables in numerical order?! Sumbits is brought to you by MBA. At MBA, we enhance the power o...

We are lucky to have Becky and James Cowart join us and give us their perspective of PowerSchool development coming from a development background. Sumbits is brought to you by MBA. At MBA, we enhance the power of #PowerSchool with plugins, customizations and professional development, transforming your PowerSchool #SIS experience without creating more administrative overhead. Learn more at MBA-link...

What are you doing in regards to FERPA in your district?  We talk with Tammy Todd, self proclaimed "security geek", about FERPA and some things you may want to discuss at your own districts.  Additional resources: * https://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html?src=rn * https://studentprivacy.ed.gov/frequently-asked-questions  Sumbits is brought to you by MBA. At MBA, we enha...

We are back with a guest this week, Rob Staats, one of the people behind PSCB Reports and PSCB Customizations, and chat about how PSCB has evolved over the years and what the future of PSCB looks like.  https://pscbdevelopment.com/ Sumbits is brought to you by MBA. At MBA, we enhance the power of #PowerSchool with plugins, customizations and professional development, transforming your PowerSchool...

After realizing we have released 25 episodes, the Sumbits crew took yet another trip down memory lane at the PowerSchool API and the dreaded days of multiple logins for one teacher for multiple schools. Sumbits is brought to you by MBA. At MBA, we enhance the power of #PowerSchool with plugins, customizations and professional development, transforming your PowerSchool #SIS experience without creat...

We took advantage of being together at the Southeast PSUG and chatted about a lot of the abbreviations that we deal with in PowerSchool. Sumbits is brought to you by MBA. At MBA, we enhance the power of #PowerSchool with plugins, customizations and professional development, transforming your PowerSchool #SIS experience without creating more administrative overhead. Learn more at MBA-link.com

We got Greg Satterwhite, the King of PowerScheduler, to talk scheduling with us amidst his (virtual) world travels. Sumbits is brought to you by MBA. At MBA, we enhance the power of #PowerSchool with plugins, customizations and professional development, transforming your PowerSchool #SIS experience without creating more administrative overhead. Learn more at MBA-link.com

On this episode we take advantage of another opportunity with multiple people from the PowerSchool community being in one place to reminisce and talk to the importance of networking amidst the community.  We are joined by Ryan Cockrem as always, as well as some of the people from the PSUG-Middle East and Africa conference, including Eric Schaitel, Carla Dancz, Romy Backus, Roger Sprik, and Greg Sa...

And we're back! Today we welcome Mark Heinig to Sumbits and discuss a variety of things that all PowerSchool Admins should know - even if you don't have development knowledge! Sumbits Swag Now Available!! mba-link.com/podcast Sumbits is brought to you by MBA. At MBA, we enhance the power of #PowerSchool with plugins, customizations and professional development, transforming your PowerSch...

We're back! We finally get together in person, in front of a live audience at PSUG Orlando!  We chat with Joe Miller and hear from others about where the PSUG Events began and how much these conferences mean to all of us. Sumbits Swag Now Available!! mba-link.com/podcast Sumbits is brought to you by MBA. At MBA, we enhance the power of #PowerSchool with plugins, customizations and professiona...

We invited Adam Larsen back on to chat about ways to integrate third party applications with PowerSchool. Sumbits Swag Now Available!! mba-link.com/podcast Sumbits is brought to you by MBA. At MBA, we enhance the power of #PowerSchool with plugins, customizations and professional development, transforming your PowerSchool #SIS experience without creating more administrative overhead. Learn more at...

We chat with Peter about things to look out for at the start of the year in PowerSchool and get to hear about some of the customizations that Peter has done for his districts. Sumbits Swag Now Available!! mba-link.com/podcast Sumbits is brought to you by MBA. At MBA, we enhance the power of #PowerSchool with plugins, customizations and professional development, transforming your PowerSchool #SIS e...

We chat with Jim Parsons about the PowerSchool API.  Join us as we discuss how and why the PowerSchool API is used in not only external applications, but right within PowerSchool as well! Sumbits Swag Now Available!! mba-link.com/podcast Sumbits is brought to you by MBA. At MBA, we enhance the power of #PowerSchool with plugins, customizations and professional development, transforming your PowerS...

We are back with a guest this episode, Eric Miletich, and we discuss some challenges that Covid presented and how they were resolved. Sumbits Swag Now Available!! mba-link.com/podcast Sumbits is brought to you by MBA. At MBA, we enhance the power of #PowerSchool with plugins, customizations and professional development, transforming your PowerSchool #SIS experience without creating more administra...

We are joined by Vance Allen and have a discussion about some ways to plan PowerSchool training within your own district.  Also, we surprise Vance with a little trivia! Sumbits is brought to you by MBA. At MBA, we enhance the power of #PowerSchool with plugins, customizations and professional development, transforming your PowerSchool #SIS experience without creating more administrative overhead....

After the last episode, we decided we had more ideas for all of you to look into accomplishing during the summer months, so here's a Part 2! Sumbits is brought to you by MBA. At MBA, we enhance the power of PowerSchool with plugins, customizations and professional development, transforming your PowerSchool SIS experience without creating more administrative overhead. Learn more at MBA-link.co...

The three of us talk about some items that can be tackled during the summer while students and staff are away for break. -- Sumbits is brought to you by MBA. At MBA, we enhance the power of PowerSchool with plugins, customizations and professional development, transforming your PowerSchool SIS experience without creating more administrative overhead. Learn more at MBA-link.com   *** Sumbits Swag N...

We invite Richard Moeller (a viewer that brought this episode idea to us) to discuss ways of Automating tasks within PowerSchool. Sumbits is brought to you by MBA. At MBA, we enhance the power of PowerSchool with plugins, customizations and professional development, transforming your PowerSchool SIS experience without creating more administrative overhead. Learn more at MBA-link.com   *** Sumbits...