IT consulting for K-12 schools & non-profits

Forty years of IT leadership, in service of your district.

Hello — I’m Kevin Williams. I help school districts, non-profits, and community organizations run technology that works: PowerSchool, infrastructure, Apple device management, custom tools built for your actual workflows — and the leadership to tie it together. Built on 24×7 healthcare IT operations experience and fifteen years inside school IT.

40 years in IT
15+ years in K-12
PowerSchool & MA DESE reporting
Custom app development

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Services

Whether you’re supplementing existing staff, bridging a gap in knowledge, or giving your team an experienced resource to lean on — here’s where I can help.

Flagship

PowerSchool Services

Administration of PowerSchool SIS
Installation consulting & implementation translation
iPass conversion services
Massachusetts DESE state reporting
Report & letter writing
Security setup, audit, and review

Infrastructure

IT Consulting

Infrastructure design and review
Vendor management & selection
Google Workspace administration
Apple MDM selection, installation & management
macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and Windows support
Interim IT management services

Creative

Creative Consulting

Website design and deployment
Squarespace Circle member — multiple client sites shipped
Video & audio editing services
Photography and drone services
Marketing messaging and delivery

Leadership

Mentoring

Mentoring for promising IT talent
IT management coaching
Organizational effectiveness
Recruiting assistance for IT leadership

How I can help

A few of the situations districts bring me into:

Installing PowerSchool? I translate between PowerSchool Implementation and your district — saving time, money, and misconfiguration through an SIS conversion, especially with the unique Massachusetts DESE requirements.

Already on PowerSchool? I handle routine maintenance, state reporting, and report writing, so your in-house staff can focus on everything else.

Building out infrastructure? From cloud services to 1:1 device management for students — and every component in between — built on experience running 24×7 IT services for healthcare operations.

Growing your people? I mentor promising IT staff and give leadership an experienced sounding board, drawing on 30+ years of IT management.

Custom tools for K-12 operations

When off-the-shelf software doesn’t fit, I build focused tools on the platforms your district already runs. Recent examples, built for Massachusetts K-12 organizations:

Inside your SIS

PowerSchool Plugins & Workflows

Custom plugins that put the right student data in front of the right staff
Digital forms with routing, approvals, and output back into PowerSchool
Custom PowerQueries, reports, and state-reporting helpers

Inside your Workspace

Google Workspace Automation

Automated student-account credential delivery to the staff who need it
Bulk document generation and mail workflows across Docs, Sheets & Gmail
Data pipelines connecting your SIS to the Workspace tools staff live in

Operations

Operations & Compliance Tools

Transportation route maps generated straight from live rosters
Device and privacy audits across managed Mac, iPad & Chrome fleets
Small, sharp utilities that hand staff back hours every week

Why it matters

Privacy Is the Architecture

Tools run inside your Google Workspace and PowerSchool tenants
Student data never leaves the systems you already control
No new vendors to vet, no new data-privacy agreements to sign — FERPA compliance by design, not as an afterthought

Selected Writings

Occasional essays from the practitioner’s side of school technology.

November 2018

Is your network built for 1:1 devices?

Don’t spend the money on 1:1 devices if your wireless network isn’t ready. What actually matters in preparing a school network for every student carrying a device.

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March 2017

It’s not about saving paper…

“Think of all the paper we’ll save” is the most overused line in ed-tech. If paper savings justify your technology purchase, you’re making a losing bet — and missing the point.

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Let’s talk about your district.

Tell me what you’re working through — an SIS conversion, a network that isn’t keeping up, a staffing gap, a project that needs an experienced hand. I’ll tell you honestly whether I can help.

kevin@williamsctc.com