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We all know the importance of the IT manager to a school district, and at St. Peter Lutheran, Kevin Orton is a shining example of just how important an IT expert can be. He also shows just how important grit and dedication are to everyone who knows him.

Kevin worked hard to emphasize the importance of Skyward Qmlativ in centralizing information and automating account management, while integrating it with other programs being used at the district. Doing this has saved the office staff and IT staff so much time, and teachers are also able to access more student information than ever before without needing to rely on someone else to provide that info for them.

Kevin is most passionate about training his core users to fully understand how the entire system works, encouraging them to take risks themselves to figure it out. There’s no way he could ever train someone to know each individual detail of a feature. Instead he trains staff how to think about the system and then answer their own questions.

Kevin has developed a core group of staff who are constantly working to drive adoption throughout the district. He is there to celebrate the team’s ideas and successes, but also their struggles. If someone from the team asks about certain things that might be causing an error or problem they are having but they haven’t quite figured it out, he highlights and praises their rationale and is able to provide the one “missing link” that explains the situation.

Despite all of the tasks Kevin juggles on a day-to-day basis, he is always there to answer frantic calls and patiently looks for a solution to accomplish what is necessary. He is truly inspirational to his district.

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