Getting Time Right: How One School District Modernized Workforce Operations

K-12 schools across the public, private, and charter landscape are striving to rise above growing operational pressures—staffing shortages, compliance complexities, outdated tools, and disconnected processes that take valuable time and resources away from serving students and supporting staff. This conversation offers an inside look into one school’s technology-transformation journey.

Hear directly from Todd Carlson, Technology System Analyst for Northshore School District, as he shares how the district worked to modernize time and attendance in response to evolving workforce demands. Moderated by Dan Tanner, UKG K-12 Director, the discussion begins with where Northshore started—the mix of timekeeping tools and manual processes the district relied on, and the challenges this created when managing time across the organization.

As the story unfolds, you’ll hear how these realities pushed the district toward change and how their vision for a more unified, modern workforce approach inspired a thoughtful search for a solution that could streamline time and attendance, while complementing the ERP they already relied on.

Their exploration ultimately led them to UKG and the power of a true Workforce Operating Platform—technology designed to bring intelligence into daily decisions, remove the administrative barriers that slow schools down, and centralize the workforce systems schools depend on. With UKG’s Workforce Operating Platform, Northshore has the flexibility to grow beyond time and attendance—expanding into additional workforce capabilities, including HR, within a single platform that supports the full employee lifecycle.

This session is a chance to hear what’s truly possible when a school reimagines the systems behind its people. You’ll leave with fresh ideas and practical inspiration for how schools can operate more efficiently, support their people more effectively, and create more space for what matters most: student success.