Lynx Education and AASB: Partnering with Districts to Achieve their Goals
Jesse Carnahan, CEO, Lynx Education
Getting quality, timely and reliable assistance with your district’s technology goals has become increasingly difficult in recent years. Finding qualified local technical staff who can support existing classroom and curriculum needs and navigate the complex cybersecurity and future planning areas is particularly challenging in larger communities and even more daunting in smaller villages.
Add to this the quick turnover often seen with technology staff, and it becomes apparent that keeping critical programs running from year to year with institutional knowledge requires a new way of thinking. Rethinking how we plan, implement, deploy and support technology in the classroom has never been more critical for success.
Lynx Education has successfully worked with districts across Alaska to determine the administrative support level they lack and develop action plans that are cost-effective and sustainable. With our technology support solutions, districts can choose from a variety of options depending on the situation they are facing. Lynx Education provides everything from full-time technical staff performing all aspects of administrative, site and classroom support to individual mentoring and project support.
During COVID, while schools were scrambling to provide home learning in a structured and rigorous way, our team worked with sites to provide unique solutions that could ensure that learning continued while the classrooms were empty. Community wireless, drive-through device update centers, distance delivery devices, and other innovative solutions were brainstormed, designed, and delivered, assisting faculty in continuing to reach the students.
Technology is now part of everything in school districts, and we understand how these differing systems need to be supported. The Lynx team has over 100 years of combined experience providing support to school districts, and we can speak to issues in maintenance, infrastructure, administration, and the classroom. Our team will be readily available to assist yours whenever they need help and are uncertain about what to do next. We aim to reassure your staff that they can concentrate on the business of education while our team handles the rest.
Here’s one example of how Lynx Education can help. We recently received a request from a district for assistance with a critical project. They needed to transport and set up large touchscreen video conferencing devices for distance learning in seven remote villages under a tight deadline. Our logistics team swiftly identified the most effective travel routes to each site and ensured the timely delivery of the devices to meet the installation schedule. We also conducted professional development sessions. As a result, the equipment was put to immediate use, avoiding any downtime or storage, and classrooms received needed resources without delay.
Let us know what your challenges are. We can assist in developing innovative, cost-effective solutions to achieve your district’s goals!
Learn more about the growing partnership between Lynx Education and AASB by visiting our websites at lynxak.com and aasb.org.