Community Support is a big benefit to becoming a member of the web community. You can participate in group discussions with fellow administrators, for example, that are trying to solve the same problem. You can work together as a group to solve the problem or a member of the community, with prior first-hand experience, could offer the group a solution. That is, what he or she did at his or her school to make it work. In addition, an Educational Consultant could join the discussion and provide their advice.
Free Membership also gives you access to Community Resources, a digital library where you can download, for instance, scheduling solutions submitted by members that provide a model for what could be done by you to solve a particular problem at your school. The library also contains other documents that you can download such as online lessons and user manuals. And, you can download software tools, for example, a utility to export finished schedules into another system.
Members can enroll in a Professional Development Program at a “reduced” fee. This training program is for administrators to learn the skills needed and the methods used to schedule a school. For members that never received any formal scheduling training, this Program is highly recommended, and it is well worth the $250 fee. In addition, members can receive one-to-one help from an Educational Consultant with years and years of scheduling experience. The fee for this Professional Service, also offered at a “reduced” price, is based upon the number of hours of expert help that is needed. For example, an introductory fee of $500, would give a member ten (10) half-hour web-sessions, which can be used at anytime during the scheduling process.