Paperless Applicant Tracking System

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Paperless Applicant Tracking System

• SearchSoft Solutions
• Selected as ALSDEs Partner

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SearchSoft Solutions believes

• Teacher quality is without question one of the
  primary factors in the continuous growth and
  achievement of children.
• SearchSoft Solutions delivered their first school
  district in 1996 under this K-12 education premise

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SearchSoft Solutions Benefits

• A single coherent web-based solution optimized to
  EXPEDITE the recruitment, selection, and hiring
  of Highly Qualified Teachers and Administrators
  in Alabama
• Allows 24 by 7 by 365 access by candidates to
  apply using the TeachinAlabama Web Site
• Allows proactive marketing to attract teachers
• Ability to export data (for example, McAleer)

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SearchSoft Benefits (continued)

• An intuitive and robust search engine for HR
  Directors to data mine the candidate database
  to select the Highest Qualified Teachers (as
  defined by ALSDE rubric)
• A tool to establish streamlined business
  practices to enhance communications and
  satisfaction between Human Resources our most
  valuable clients - our principals

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Our Real Benefits Include

• Concentrate principals selection focus upon the
  Highly Qualified Teachers to allow for timely,
  efficient hiring approval
• Improve HR effectiveness by shifting job duties
  from mundane clerical tasks to value added
  services focused on first second year teacher
  retention and a new emphasis on recruiting
  teacher talent

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Why SearchSoft?

• Proven track record since being established in
  1996
• Exclusively markets to K-12 districts with over
  1,300 clients
• Knowledge Expertise in Education and NCLB
• Superior references from their clients
• Optimized eApplication with ALSDE branding
• Policies to protect ALSDE from hidden charges
• Exclusive ownership of our teacher candidate
  database

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SearchSoft Clients - Southern USA

• Alabama
• Alabama State Department of Education
• (All 138 School Districts Statewide Receive Named
  User License)
• Birmingham City Schools
• Arkansas
• North Little Rock School District
• Florida
• Citrus County Schools
• Clay County Schools
• Desoto Schools
• Flagler County Schools
• Florida Virtual School
• Gadsden County Schools
• Glades County Schools
• Hardee Schools
• Heartland Educational Area Consortium
• Hendry County Schools
• Hernando County Schools
• Highlands County Schools

Texas Argyle ISD Bridgeport ISD Canutillo
ISD Capital Area School Personnel
Cooperative Channelview ISD Columbia - Brazoria
ISD Commerce ISD Crosby ISD Eanes ISD Fort Worth
ISD Frenship ISD Garland ISD Goose Creek
Consolidated ISD Humble ISD Hutto ISD Joshua
ISD Lamesa ISD Little Elm ISD Lovejoy
ISD Northwest ISD Pilot Point ISD Sheldon
ISD Taylor ISD Tomball ISD Troup ISD Waxahachie
ISD Virginia Accomack City Schools Augusta County
School District Campbell County School
District Charlottesville City School
District Culpepper County Public Schools Greene
County Schools Louisa County Schools Mecklenburg
County Public Schools Roanoke Schools Rockingham
County Public Schools Staunton City
Schools Shenandoah Count Schools York County
School Division
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ALSDEs Recommendation

• After considering multiple vendors, SearchSoft
  Solutions design, ease of use, expertise,
  support, and economics met and surpassed our
  criteria as a proven software developer in the
  K-12 market who will ensure that our education
  mission will be fulfilled with sophisticated yet
  intuitive internet-based software

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Implementation Schedule

• November 2006 Contract
• November Design Certified December eApplicat
  ion with NCLB
• January 2007 SearchSoft Delivers and ALSDE
  Launches TeachinAlabama
• January 2007 Presentation to Alabamas Superi
  ntendents AASPA
• January 2007 Go Live
• February 2007 Training in Montgomery

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Implementation Technique

• ALSDE has formed an advisor committee of eight
  districts to work with Debra Williams, project
  manager, to design the new TeachinAlabama
  Internet eApplication
• Sanford Cohen from SearchSoft is personally
  visiting our school districts to demonstrate the
  solution, gather design considerations (i.e.,
  assessment questions), and answer questions
• January 2007 AASPA meeting will allow every
  district to comment on the new TeachinAlabama
  statewide eApplication and business rules
• ALSDE has contracted for SearchSoft professional
  training for every district in Montgomery

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Summary

• TeachinAlabama offers a uniformed, statewide
  paperless application on the Internet with
• Advanced Recruiting Techniques
• Proactive Marketing
• Data Mining of HQT candidates and
• Acceleration of the Selection Hiring Process
• TeachinAlabama will enable us to attract and then
  expedite hiring, especially of our home grown
  students seeking to teach the next generation of
  Alabama students

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Conclusion

• ALSDE looks forward to providing state of the art
  technology to establish a competitive edge in the
  recruitment, selection, and hiring process
• This is a collaborative effort with all of the
  Alabama AASPA districts
• Upon implementing the new Alabama statewide
  Certified eApplication, ALSDE looks forward to
  your input on future directions to enhance
  additional hiring process (i.e., classified)