WILLIAMSPORT, PA – August 2006 – CRS Incorporated, a leading provider of employee absence management solutions, announces their exclusive partnership with Michigan-based Kalpa Learning Systems.
CRS Incorporated has entered in to an exclusive partnership with Kalpa Learning Systems to license and develop Kalpa’s Professional Development Manager for Schools (PDMS). This system serves as a vital management tool providing knowledge to administrators and principals that will guide improvements and enhancements to teacher capabilities. At the same time, the PDMS provides teachers with a platform for creating and managing their own individual development plans. More importantly, PDMS allows educational institutions to meet most state and federal reporting requirements.
CRS will deploy the management system to school districts utilizing an Application Service Provider (ASP) approach. This alleviates the need for school districts to provide hardware support and database or system administration. Because the system is browser-based, it ensures systems compatibility and alleviates the need to install, and continually upgrade, software. An added benefit of the web-based ASP model is that users can access the system from anywhere at any time. All they need is access to the Internet.
“This product is much more than a course registration tool,” states Steve Uzupis, Vice President of CRS Incorporated, “it is truly a complete management system which allows district administration to issue professional development course catalogues online, easily assign mandatory events, track registration, verify attendance, and so much more. As requirements governing the tracking and reporting of professional development increase at all levels, tracing lengthy paper trails has become a tedious task. This partnership with Kalpa Learning Systems allows CRS to provide a comprehensive solution to the education community that will nearly eliminate the paper trails and increase productivity.”
CRS Incorporated is a leading provider of employee absence management solutions serving over 500 school districts and libraries in the United States and Canada. For more information, contact CRS Incorporated at 800.782.3463, ext. 6762 or visit us on the web at www.crs-ivr.com.