ClassLink Announces New York BOCES ClassMate® User Group A Unique Collaboration where the User Guides the Software Design
Clifton, NJ, June 9, 2009 – ClassLink, creator of multiple award winning educational technology products, is pleased to introduce the first Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) user group for ClassMate in New York State. User groups provide intense collaboration between the users and software engineers, allowing ClassMate to have the ultimate functionality and flexibility that is so important to Career and Technical Education. The New York State group will provide invaluable direction to the customization of ClassMate for BOCES.
“ClassLink is so responsive; they bring Career and Technical schools together to talk about common issues. ClassLink listens to us and modifies the product to better meet our needs. It is a perfect match,” said Denise Sullivan, Director of Career and Technical Education, Sullivan County BOCES, NY. “With ClassMate we finally have a database management system that is specifically designed for Career and Technical Education.”
ClassLink ClassMate is the only student administration and curriculum management software exclusively designed for Career and Technical Education. Developed in partnership with career and technical administrators, teachers, and counselors, ClassMate features a wide array of functionality to help establish standardized policies and procedures within an organization. ClassMate provides CTE schools the ability to organize and analyze student performance, assessment, and curriculum mapping data. ClassMate is the winner of the 2009 SIIA CODiE for Best Classroom Management Solution.
“I am pleased to have a New York user group to help tailor ClassMate to BOCES’ unique needs. We remain deeply engaged with all of our customers to insure that our products deliver what the customer wants,” states Berj Akian, ClassLink CEO. “ClassMate’s entire development cycle is customer driven and very dynamic. The user groups tell us what their specific needs are for their management software and this functionality is incorporated into ClassMate. There is not another product in the marketplace that has this level of customization for the BOCES of New York State.”
About BOCES
In 1948 the New York State legislature created Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) to provide shared educational programs and services to school districts within the state. Today there are 37 BOCES, incorporating all but nine of the state’s 721 school districts. BOCES partner with districts to provide a broad range of services that help meet the evolving educational needs of students.
Prepare diverse populations for roles in the global economy.
Provide cost-effective shared services to school districts.
Initiate collaboration to close gaps in student achievement.
The BOCES network is capable of including municipalities and divisions of the state with school districts in the provision of cost-effective services.
About ClassLink
Founded in 1998, ClassLink’s mission is to empower educators to improve learning through innovative systems and services. ClassLink has a proven record of delivering high quality technology solutions designed to meet the unique needs of the K-12 instructional setting. Engineered for students and teachers, ClassLink’s products are simple to use yet help raise student achievement by providing anytime anywhere learning access. ClassLink solutions provide administrators tracking and usage information to allow for informed decision making which lowers the overall cost of technology.
ClassLink LaunchPad™ delivers 24/7 access to a school's full array of instructional software resources from any computer in the school, community and from home. ClassLink ClassMate® is the only student administration and curriculum management software designed for Career and Technical Education. ClassLink Inquiry™ provides administrators with comprehensive and customizable real-time software and hardware utilization reports. With an extreme commitment toward customer satisfaction, ClassLink continually partners with its customers.
