Maximizing Instructional Time: How Effective EdTech Solutions Improve Classroom Efficiency

About the Presenters

Sarah Radcliffe is the Director of Future Ready Learning (CTO) for the School District of Altoona in Altoona, WI. Sarah has served as a CTO in schools since 2017. Her career in education began in 2005 as a speech-language pathologist, then a technology integration coach, and assistive technology coordinator. Sarah supports the integration of technology and future-ready skills throughout the district’s curricula. She guides buildings in assessing, selecting, and infusing digital literacy standards through strategic planning, setting building goals, and technology coaching. She also coordinates cybersecurity and interoperability, manages data systems, oversees virtual learning, and ensures students graduate as tomorrow-ready citizens. Sarah has been highly involved in the WI CoSN State Chapter, WETL. She is currently the Secretary and Conference Chair for CoSN.

Parker Van Nostrand is the Product Certifications Project Director at Digital Promise. In his current role, he leads the creation of trusted third-party validations for edtech products in areas like research-based design, learner variability, and alignment to the ESSA Tiers of Evidence. In addition, he supports district leaders to make evidence-based decisions about edtech. He has a background in teaching language arts at a bilingual school and edtech operations, and brings a passion for supporting multilingual learners to his role at Digital Promise. He holds a B.A. in applied linguistics from Grinnell College and an M.A. in linguistics from the University of Amsterdam, where he researched the long-term efficacy of bilingual school programs in Europe.

Jason Sorich is the Principal of Ledesma Elementary School in the Oak Grove School District in San Jose, CA. The school, a California Distinguished School, serves 426 transitional kindergarten through sixth-grade students from a culturally diverse community. He leads the school’s focus on creating collaborative, engaging academic experiences and providing rigorous core instruction in nurturing, responsive environments. He also spearheads the school’s efforts to integrate 21st-century technology, essential for preparing students for college and careers. Before joining Ledesma, Jason was an Educational Technology Administrator in the Alum Rock School District in Northern California. He holds a master’s degree in educational administration from San Jose State University.