Im a teacher, what does SIF and the SIF Association mean to me?
A. For teachers, the impact of SIF in your school or district could be significant. SIF and the SIF Association´s ultimate goal is to provide all school and district personnel with appropriate access to the most correct and timely data available. If your district implements SIF-Certified software applications, the first benefit you may encounter is the confidence in knowing that the data you have access to, –from class lists with parent/guardian address and phone numbers, to grade reports and bus schedules–is the most up-to-date available in the system. Similarly, if you are now responsible for any sort of data entry, such as entering students in an Instructional Management System or a grade book program, you may find that all of this data entry has already been accomplished by the SIF Certified software, preserving your time for planning and direct instruction. These initial benefits of data accuracy and data streamlining will be the most apparent and the ones that will affect you m
