For K-12 education leaders, budget and finance oversight can be incredibly challenging. Edstruments is here to help.
Our powerful platform improves efficiency, visibility, and collaboration for finance managers of all experience levels
Tracking budgets manually across schools and departments using fragile spreadsheets is tedious and time-consuming. Lacking real-time visibility can lead to unpleasant financial surprises down the road. And juggling finance processes leaves fewer resources for what really matters: successful student and staff outcomes.
Edstruments addresses these pain points by centralizing budget data, facilitating seamless collaboration and streamlining workflows. Our high-touch, high-support team is filled with former educators and nonprofit collaborators dedicated to ensuring the system meets our partners’ specific needs.
Want more than our word for it? To show Edstruments in action, we’ve interviewed three K-12 administrators using the platform in their organizations. Read their stories below to see how Edstruments has transformed their finance management.
Consolidated Platform Provides “Single Source of Truth”
All Important Budget Data in One Reliable Home
With Edstruments, all crucial financial data lives in one centralized, cloud-based system. Elizabeth Garcia, Director of School Operations at KIPP Massachusetts Public Schools (KIPP MA), shared that having this single source of truth for K-12 budgets has been greatly beneficial to her work.
No more struggling with outdated, fragmented Excel sheets and manual updates; Edstruments will be the go-to hub for real-time budget information.
At-a-Glance Dashboards Flag Overspent Budgets
In addition to centralizing data, all users have an intuitive dashboard providing at-a-glance views of their relevant metrics as soon as they log into the platform. This is particularly helpful in quickly identifying areas needing attention, such as overspent budgets. From Garcia:
"You get that alert - you don't need to be checking visually if budgets have been overspent."
With these real-time insights, K-12 leaders can make informed spending adjustments to keep finances on track. At KIPP MA, the instant awareness of budget issues prevented unexpected finance problems and promoted better cash flow management for the network.
Shared Financial View Facilitates District ↔️ Site Collaboration
Easy communication between district and school leaders is key for tracking education budgets. With up-to-date financials visible to all Edstruments users, finance teams can work together quickly and seamlessly. Meireilys Ruiz, a school principal, leveraged this feature to her advantage while at Brilla Public Charter Schools.
Zachary Trotsky, Managing Director of Operations at KIPP MA, also highlighted how Edstruments enables him to better prepare for budget discussions:
With administrators, school leaders, and department leads on the same page, students and staff benefit from improved alignment between districts and school sites.
User-Friendly Platform Recoups Hours for District Leaders
By centralizing budgets and automating workflows, Edstruments saves K-12 leaders significant time previously spent on manual processes. Trotsky described how Edstruments eliminates the need for duplicate budget spreadsheets:
"It's one less spreadsheet - I can quickly navigate over to any school which is great and simple."
Ruiz echoed:
"Before Edstruments I had to wait for budget meetings to see what we had left on a budget line. Now it's easier because it's all there."
With an intuitive, automated platform, education leaders can devote more time to their teachers, staff, and most importantly, students.
By transforming visibility, communication, and efficiency, Edstruments enables K-12 leaders to optimize budgets and focus more on their core mission. Interested in experiencing Edstruments for your education organization? Request a demo today!
Edstruments was founded to help public school systems and nonprofits make the most of their resources. We work with leaders in all roles to empower their decision-making, utilizing principles like those written about in this article. Increase your collaboration, plan multiple scenarios with ease, and deploy your dollars more strategically. Interested in learning more? Reach out to our team at hello@edstruments.com today!
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