Optimizing your investment in technology starts with understanding your current situation. This is why K12TW has spared no effort to bring the very best practices in technology review and assessment to the K-12 community. Our services in this area are unparalleled. Please read below to understand what sets us apart, and when you're done, you can take a look at the foundation of our Technology Improvement Program.

Trust – In order to get the full benefit of a technology audit, you must have complete trust in the audit team to provide an impartial assessment of your systems and practices. Being a truly impartial third-party, we have no interest in doing anything but helping you to understand how you can get more from your investment in technology.

Objectivity — One of the dangers associated with third-party audit services is that the assessments they offer are all too often extremely subjective. This factor is the unavoidable result of engaging with an audit team who, no matter their level of expertise, does not use a standardized rubric in the performance of their assessment. At K12TW, all audits are, at their core, based upon adopted systems for best practice in technology management. Using frameworks such as Cobit and ITIL ensures the highest level of objectivity for every audit we render, without requiring that our customers adopt any such standard.

Planning — Offering an audit without an improvement plan is like giving out report cards without Individualized Learning Plans. It may be a standard practice, but that doesn’t make it a good one. Every audit performed by the K12TW team is augmented with an improvement plan that’s designed to reflect the priorities of the contracting agency.

Expertise — K-12 Technology Work’s team of education sector CTOs and high-level technology professionals form exactly what’s required to set any concerns to rest. With decades of experience leading K-12 technology efforts in agencies just like yours, K-12TW has the experience and know-how required to ensure that every audit is of the highest caliber.

Customization — Not all audits are created equal. Different agencies have different areas of concern and focus. In order to meet this varied demand, K12TW starts with a 2-day audit that covers all of the key areas of technology management and infrastructure. If this is not sufficient, we also offer a wide range of options that vary in both breadth and depth. Our expanded audits can be engaged initially or subsequently added to augment findings. Whatever the case, all audits can be completely customized to fit your need.

Assistance — For many agencies, a technology audit is all they need. Once they have a baseline developed, they are fully ready and capable to effect whatever improvements are deemed appropriate. But for many other agencies, a technology audit without any follow-up is a recipe for the status quo. Regardless of intentions, it can be a daunting task to execute a meaning set of planned improvements. It is precisely for this reason that K-12TW has assembled a catalog of services designed to provide any agency with exactly what they need to make theirs plans a reality.