SkyCon 2026: Full Schedule

We are excited to welcome you to our 36th annual IL Skyward® User Group Conference at the Tinley Park Convention Center! Using our app will keep you up-to-date with sessions and news as they happen. See the #MagicOfTeamwork at #ILSkyCon2026!

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9:05am CDT

Streamlining Stipend, Extra Duty & Overtime Pay Processes with Skyward + Informed K12

Friday March 27, 2026 9:05am - 10:05am CDT

Bremen

Automating manual stipend, extra duty, and overtime workflows
Reducing costly errors and audit risk
How Informed K12 can route, approve, and send clean data into Skyward
Lessons from districts using Informed K12 + Skyward together

Presenters

Michael Johnson

Informed K12

Vendors

Katie Modesitt

Customer Success Lead, Informed K12

Informed K12 helps K-12 districts protect and optimize their budgets by automating high-stakes financial and HR workflows that span multiple departments, such as position control, extra duty and overtime, reimbursements, and budget transfers.

Trusted by over 450 districts, Informed K12 reduces processing time, eliminates rework, and mitigates audit risk—helping districts secure funding, meet compliance demands, and operate more efficiently at scale... Read More →

Michael Johnson

Informed K12

Friday March 27, 2026 9:05am - 10:05am CDT
Bremen

Vendor

10:15am CDT

IMRF for Employers/Administration*

Friday March 27, 2026 10:15am - 11:15am CDT

Bremen

Representatives from IMRF will be presenting on IMRF reporting by employers.

Presenters

Steve Page

Skyward

Randy Stevens

IMRF

Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund

Friday March 27, 2026 10:15am - 11:15am CDT
Bremen

Vendor, IMRF, HR, State Reporting

12:50pm CDT

District 230 and STAi SchoolTRAK: Automating Attendance

Friday March 27, 2026 12:50pm - 1:50pm CDT

Bremen

Hear from District 230 on how School Technology's new SchoolTRAK software specifically designed for Skyward Qmlativ users has become their one-stop-shop for attendance data!

Presenters

Pat McInerny

Account Sales Manager, School Technology Associates, Inc

Providing a wide range of integrated hardware and software solutions that specifically meet the needs of K12 education such as Tardy Kiosk, Positive Attendance, SchoolTRAK, ID Badging, Time Clocks, and more!

Vendors

Pat McInerny

Account Sales Manager, School Technology Associates, Inc

Friday March 27, 2026 12:50pm - 1:50pm CDT
Bremen

Vendor

2:15pm CDT

Connecting School and Home: Streamlining Communications with ParentSquare & Skyward

Friday March 27, 2026 2:15pm - 3:15pm CDT

Bremen

ParentSquare is proud to be the preferred family and parent engagement partner of Skyward! In this session, we will share more about how ParentSquare and Skyward’s partnership helps to improve the way schools connect and engage with students and parents. We’ll focus on how the partnership provides seamless integration and saves time, while ensuring privacy, security and high family contactability. Attendees will leave with modern tips to build family engagement, and learn how one platform can have everything you need to communicate, involve, and collaborate with families.

Presenters