So, Who's Your Backup? By Jim Shields, Enterprise Architect @enrollsmart Recently, we've tested a new bit of our technology with some of our clients. Well, it's a mixture of technology and philosophy. The teachers at one of the schools we support have begun bringing on their own backups when they are hired. As a result, the school now asks applicants "Do you have a person that can back you when you're absent?" Now, in traditional thinking, this may seem odd or even weird, but is it really? In response to this school's need to enroll backup teachers along with their direct hires, we've developed a technology tool that supports this; giving the school a larger pool to draw from and, giving each teacher a way to connect their hand-picked backup person to the school. Of course, the people backing up the teachers have to meet the same requirements and undergo the same screenings as the primary teacher. However, because this is the understandi
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