PeopleAdmin, McREL partner to bring K-12 districts evaluation technology and actionable data to improve staff performance

Fast-growing leader in strategic talent management becomes the exclusive technology partner for the recognized leader in framework-based evaluation systems; offers a unified tech solution for evaluating teachers and principals

AUSTIN, Texas — April 13, 2016 — PeopleAdmin, the leader in talent management software for education, and McREL International, the leader in research-based evaluation and professional development systems, announced an exclusive partnership today that empowers K-12 administrators to more easily use technology and data to improve teacher and principal effectiveness and focus on improving student outcomes.
The two companies form a significant partnership. This is critical in education today as many districts anticipate changes to their teacher evaluation models in light of the recently passed Every Student Succeeds Act. The new law shifts the federal oversight of teacher supervision, performance and professional development back to the states.
The partnership combines the research strengths of McREL and its experiences transforming districts through consultative services with the proven evaluation technology of PeopleAdmin’s TalentEd Perform, the most comprehensive and flexible performance evaluation tool used by districts across the country.
“Through this collaboration, administrators will gain easier access to the combined strengths of our two organizations,” said Kermit S. Randa, CEO of PeopleAdmin. “It brings a great advantage to our customers and to K-12 administrators who recognize the importance of having an easier, effective way to evaluate educators and staff using proven technology and research-based expertise.”
Administrators can leverage TalentEd Perform’s easy-to-use technology to simplify and automate supervision tasks, processes, workflows, reminders, recordkeeping, and compliance requirements. They can also gain valuable insights through McREL’s actionable data and powerful reporting tools for analyzing educator effectiveness, school improvement, program implementation progress, and targeted professional development planning.
“Our evaluation systems focus on the professional growth of teachers and education leaders, using research-based, practice-proven rubrics that help educators hone their abilities to help students flourish,” said Bryan Goodwin, CEO of McREL International. “By partnering with PeopleAdmin, we are able to bring these great practices to even more educators.”
“The passion, research orientation and sense of duty that the McREL team has is extraordinary,” Randa added. “Many customers have benefitted from our past integration. By taking that even further, our partnership has the potential to help thousands of schools currently leveraging our solutions.” McREL is recognized globally for its research-based evaluation frameworks for teachers, principals, superintendents and central office leaders, and has for decades conducted educator effectiveness research.
PeopleAdmin, which last year acquired Netchemia and SearchSoft Solutions, serves a third of all educators and administrators across the U.S. education spectrum, who in turn serve more than 30 percent of all students in America. It was founded in 2000.
The partnership evolves from McREL’s previous relationship with SearchSoft Solutions and deepens both companies commitment to excellence in education and helping schools and districts achieve higher levels of performance.
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About PeopleAdmin
PeopleAdmin is the leading provider of cloud-based talent management solutions for education and government. Its software enables clients to streamline the hiring process, onboard new employees, efficiently manage positions and employee performance, develop compliant and defensible audit trails, and use industry-leading reporting and metrics. PeopleAdmin’s integrated talent management suite includes applicant tracking, faculty search committee management, position management, onboarding, and performance management. PeopleAdmin solutions are rapidly deployed, easy to use and supported through a world-class customer service organization.
About McREL
McREL International is a private nonprofit, nonpartisan organization committed to high-quality applied research, development, and service to educators across the U.S. and around the world. By translating information into knowledge, knowledge into action, and action into results, McREL helps transform mindsets, collaborating with educators and system leaders to help students flourish.