The ways to harness technology to make your school run more smoothly and more safely are expanding quickly.  Just a couple decades ago, it was still standard to see school districts doing most of their record-keeping by hand:  drawing bus routes with lines on a map, doing attendance on paper, and still keeping class scores in physical grade books.

How are you going to be managing the thousands of students, faculty, and other staff in your school system for next year? While you could continue to go with the old fashioned way of lots of paperwork and numerous headaches, there are much simpler solutions being developed constantly that are very inexpensive and easy to implement into your own school's managing structure. In fact, there is technology out there that takes most of the guesswork out of figuring out how to manage your school, your bus routes, and your students at the fraction of the time it would take you using the "old ways." An online school management system isn't just software that will replace your job, it is a tool that will help better your job and here's why.

Easier Student Tracking

Every day, millions of students get on board school buses, making them the most precious - and vulnerable- cargo on the road. One of a school's first and most important duties is ensuring those students reach their destination safely every time.

For hundreds of years, field trips have been a tried and true teaching technique. Taking students out of a classroom and into a "real world" situation has always been a good way of reinforcing the lessons, and showing that they aren't just abstract exercises.

Are you still managing your student information on paper? Or are you still juggling Excel files, rather than investing in a true database solution?

Currently, bullying is a hot topic at schools across the nation.

Is your school district putting its transportation supervisor to the best possible use? Although creating bus schedules is a key task for these types of personnel, it's only a fraction of what you could be using them for. To help you get the most value from your transportation supervisor, here are four important job responsibilities that he or she can work to carry out. 

Being able to find and employ some of the best school bus drivers in the area no longer means having to go through countless resumes with no rhyme or reason. There is a system in which you can find key drivers that will be able to stay focused on the road, will be on time, and be able to keep the students safe under their care. All it takes is knowing what makes a stellar school bus driver so great. This usually means picking up on cues that show they are able to take on such a huge task, while also being highly professional. Thankfully, all of these traits can be streamlined into a list that you can use to find quality school bus drivers.