ASCD Welcomes Excelsior Software as Premier Sponsor
Alexandria, VA (03/13/09) — ASCD today announced that it has entered into a two-year agreement with Excelsior Software, a GlobalScholar Company, to become a Premier Sponsor of the association. The agreement was made in advance of ASCD's 2009 Annual Conference and Exhibit Show, which kicks off tonight in Orlando, Fla. Excelsior Software is sponsoring this evening's Welcome Reception for the thousands of educators who attend ASCD's signature capacity-building professional development event.
Excelsior Software has a long history of exhibiting, advertising, and partnering with ASCD. The company's Pinnacle Suite is a comprehensive learning platform providing administrators and educators anytime-anywhere access to student information and professional development courses—helping them manage curriculum, formative and summative assessments, and find supplementary resources through one flexible, easy-to-use system.
As a Premier Sponsor, Excelsior-GlobalScholar will now become a year-round partner with ASCD, providing support to one of ASCD’s programmatic initiatives and participating as a top sponsor of the association's annual, summer, and fall conferences. The partnership also includes high-level recognition in ASCD’s flagship monthly magazine, Educational Leadership; and on the ASCD Web site, www.ascd.org.
"We're pleased to welcome Excelsior Software as a Premier Sponsor," said ASCD Executive Director Gene R. Carter. "Like ASCD, they are dedicated to helping educators advance what works in schools."
William Zaggle, president of Excelsior Software, said that this partnership affords both organizations the transformational opportunity to further the practical, research-based, innovative programs and meaningful solutions teachers, schools, and districts need and deserve.
"Our ASCD sponsorship gives us the opportunity to support curriculum leaders and innovators in their efforts to improve instructional outcomes," Zaggle said. "Our renewed relationship with the organization enables us to deepen our connections with practitioners and administrators whose ideas, priorities, and needs help shape and inform our services and solutions. We are honored to have this opportunity."
Contact Information
Barbara Michelman, director of communications, ASCD, 1-703-575-5764 or bmichelman@ascd.org
Eileen Demers, executive director of marketing, Excelsior Software, 1-800-473-4572 ext. 149 or edemers@excelsiorsoftware.com
About ASCD
Founded in 1943, ASCD is a nonprofit educational leadership association that develops programs, products, and services essential to the way educators learn, teach, and lead. We provide expert and innovative solutions in professional development, capacity building, and educational leadership. ASCD’s membership comprises more than 175,000 principals, teachers, superintendents, professors of education, and other educators from 119 countries. Our association also has nearly 60 affiliates throughout the world.
About Excelsior Software
Excelsior Software delivers the technical innovations that meet the needs of today's evolving data-driven educational system. The company's end-to-end solution, the Pinnacle Suite, increases teacher productivity, improves communication, and empowers educators to transform practices that improve student learning for the digital age. Ensuring a high return on investment, the Pinnacle Suite provides: a student information system; gradebook; integrated curriculum and assessments; data analytics; tutoring; supplemental education services; and professional development that addresses 21st century learning, Response to Intervention, effective technology implementation, and formative assessment/standards-based learning with Robert J. Marzano. Excelsior Software is a wholly owned subsidiary of GlobalScholar, a member of the Knowledge Universe family of companies. For more information, visit www.pinnaclesuite.com or call 1-800-473-4572.