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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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Saturday, March 28
 

8:40am CDT

Qmlativ - Bank Reconciliation Setup/Overview
Saturday March 28, 2026 8:40am - 9:40am CDT
Bank Reconciliation is a great tool to streamline your cash reconciliation when you have multiple bank accounts. Learn how to navigate the menus, streamline your processes and learn some tips/tricks associated.
Presenters
avatar for Christine Zollinger

Christine Zollinger

District Accountant and HR, Polo Community Unit School District #222
Saturday March 28, 2026 8:40am - 9:40am CDT
North Pavilion 5

8:40am CDT

Qmlativ - Contract Letters
Saturday March 28, 2026 8:40am - 9:40am CDT
Learn how Skyward's Contract Letter Feature works and see how it can benefit your organization.
Presenters
Saturday March 28, 2026 8:40am - 9:40am CDT
South Pavilion 5/6

8:40am CDT

Qmlativ - Purchasing Process and Options including Ecommerce and more
Saturday March 28, 2026 8:40am - 9:40am CDT
This session will walk you through the purchasing process on Qmlativ. It will review the purchasing process in full (setup of purchasing groups and approvals, creating purchase orders, receiving purchase orders, purchase order reporting, dissemination of the purchase order, and additional purchase order utilities). This session is intended for current Qmlativ users.
Presenters
Saturday March 28, 2026 8:40am - 9:40am CDT
South Pavilion 2

8:40am CDT

Qmlativ - W2s/1099s
Saturday March 28, 2026 8:40am - 9:40am CDT
A refresher course on how to process your W-2s and 1099s, and tips for correcting exceptions that are reported. This session is intended for current Qmlativ users.
Presenters
Saturday March 28, 2026 8:40am - 9:40am CDT
North Pavilion 1

8:40am CDT

Qmlativ - Finance Overview
Saturday March 28, 2026 8:40am - 9:40am CDT
Can financial management technology be fun, easy, and intuitive to use? It can now. Join us for an overview of Qmlativ's finance tools, from accounts payable to our custom report writer.
Presenters
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Leah Lueck

Skyward
Saturday March 28, 2026 8:40am - 9:40am CDT
North Pavilion 2

9:50am CDT

Qmlativ - Financial Reporting
Saturday March 28, 2026 9:50am - 10:50am CDT
This session will highlight Qmlativ's canned Financial reports. It will also demonstrate the capability to add fields to list screens and other unique ways we can create reports within Qmlativ. This session is intended for current Qmlativ users.
Presenters
Saturday March 28, 2026 9:50am - 10:50am CDT
South Pavilion 1

9:50am CDT

Qmlativ - HR Year End
Saturday March 28, 2026 9:50am - 10:50am CDT
Review the various steps associated with setting up your HR systems for the new school year. This will include Positions/Assignments, Time Off, Subtracking, Org Charts and Payroll.
Presenters
Saturday March 28, 2026 9:50am - 10:50am CDT
South Pavilion 5/6

9:50am CDT

Qmlativ - IMRF updates
Saturday March 28, 2026 9:50am - 10:50am CDT
Receive an update on the changes that IMRF has in store for us and how Skyward is preparing for the new reporting.
Presenters
Saturday March 28, 2026 9:50am - 10:50am CDT
Sam Tinley

11:00am CDT

Qmlativ - ACA setup
Saturday March 28, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm CDT
Don’t get a surprise invoice in the mail from the IRS! Ensure that your insurance data is correct. This session will include tips, explanations, and troubleshooting on entries. This is a great session for those new to ACA reporting and also an excellent refresher to those with experience; you may learn something you did not know.
Presenters
avatar for Christine Zollinger

Christine Zollinger

District Accountant and HR, Polo Community Unit School District #222
Saturday March 28, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm CDT
Sam Tinley

11:00am CDT

Qmlativ - Finance - Accounts Payable Run - From Invoice to Checks/Voids
Saturday March 28, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm CDT
This session will walk you through the Accounts Payable processes on Qmlativ. It will review the accounts payable process in full (setup of invoice groups and approvals, creating invoices, accounts payable reporting, creating checks via the accounts payable run process, and additional invoice utilities). This session is intended for current Qmlativ users.
Presenters
Saturday March 28, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm CDT
South Pavilion 1

11:00am CDT

Qmlativ - Staff Planning: Managing your Staff and your Budget
Saturday March 28, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm CDT
An overview of Staff Planning that includes showing how to move the Salary and Benefit amounts to the Budget.
Presenters
Saturday March 28, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm CDT
South Pavilion 3/4

11:00am CDT

Qmlativ - District Pulse*
Saturday March 28, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm CDT
Are you a Qmlativ Student or Business user ready to turn your data into decisions? From accounting and employment to attendance, enrollment, discipline, and grades—you already have a wealth of information at your fingertips. Now it’s time to elevate how you use it.

Join us to discover how District Pulse empowers your team with secure, cloud-based analytics and dynamic dashboards. Learn how to visualize trends, uncover insights, and make data-driven decisions with confidence. Whether you're looking to streamline operations or tell a compelling story with your data, this session will show you what’s possible.
Presenters
Saturday March 28, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm CDT
North Pavilion 1

11:00am CDT

SMS 2.0 & Qmlativ - Utilizing Skyward's Resources to Ensure Long-Term Success
Saturday March 28, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm CDT
The work at a school district is never truly done, even after going live with Skyward. There are many valuable Skyward support options and resources that you may not be using to your district's full extent. These resources will help enable the district staff for long term Skyward success.
Presenters
Saturday March 28, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm CDT
South Pavilion 5/6

11:00am CDT

S2Q - Purchasing Process in Qmlativ vs SMS
Saturday March 28, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm CDT
Wonder how the Purchasing process will work in Qmlativ? In this session, we will provide a step by step comparison for how Purchasing will be managed differently when you migrate to Q.
Presenters
LL

Leah Lueck

Skyward
Saturday March 28, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm CDT
North Pavilion 2

11:00am CDT

Qmlativ - Administrative Access Tips and Tricks: Tiles, Docks, Favorites and More
Saturday March 28, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm CDT
Learn to customize your Skyward Dashboard with helpful tips and tricks to add tiles, docks, and favorites. In this session you will learn how to customize your dashboard and make your most often used items in Skyward easily accessible to you. Participants will leave this session knowing how to mark favorites, add tiles to their dashboard, and add frequently used items in Skyward to your dock. Participants will have time to customize their Q dashboard through this session.
Presenters
avatar for Rob Beck

Rob Beck

Executive Director of Technology, Troy 30c
avatar for Matt Birdsley

Matt Birdsley

Director of Finance, Sterling Public Schools
Saturday March 28, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm CDT
South Pavilion 2

1:20pm CDT

Qmlativ - Business New Features and Road Map*
Saturday March 28, 2026 1:20pm - 2:20pm CDT
Join us for a fast-paced walkthrough of the latest features delivered across Qmlativ’s Finance, HR, and Payroll modules. From enhanced workflows to smarter automation, we’ll showcase the improvements designed to streamline operations and empower school districts. Whether you're a longtime user or new to Qmlativ, this session will help you uncover tools that can make a real impact in your day-to-day work.
Presenters
Saturday March 28, 2026 1:20pm - 2:20pm CDT
South Pavilion 5/6

1:20pm CDT

Qmlativ - Finance Tips and Tricks
Saturday March 28, 2026 1:20pm - 2:20pm CDT
This session will demonstrate some time-saving features to reduce the time it takes work in Skyward’s Qmlativ software and will focus on the Financial Management system. Navigation, Creating Filters, Views, Live Tiles, and Live Charts, setting Favorites and Docking items, and advanced Browse tricks are just a few of the things you will learn. This session is intended for current Qmlativ users.
Presenters
Saturday March 28, 2026 1:20pm - 2:20pm CDT
South Pavilion 2

1:20pm CDT

Qmlativ - Subtracking
Saturday March 28, 2026 1:20pm - 2:20pm CDT
Learn how to set up your Subs to track their subbing activity, generate their rates from preset tables and import that pay information into Payroll. You also have Sub activity that can be imported into your TRS Gemini file.
Presenters
Saturday March 28, 2026 1:20pm - 2:20pm CDT
North Pavilion 1

2:30pm CDT

Qmlativ - How to Modify Canned reports through Report Manager
Saturday March 28, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm CDT
Like a system report but just want to tweak it to make it even better? Learn how to quickly do that in this session.
Presenters
Saturday March 28, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm CDT
South Pavilion 3/4

2:30pm CDT

Qmlativ - Online Forms
Saturday March 28, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm CDT
What uses can you make of Online Forms in Qmlativ? We'll discuss that as well as show you how to create them. We'll also review how to make them available in Employee Access and how to use approvals with them.
Presenters
Saturday March 28, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm CDT
South Pavilion 5/6

2:30pm CDT

Qmlativ - HR/Payroll Overview
Saturday March 28, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm CDT
Personnel management tools, a redesigned employee portal, and payroll on the web. See these highlights and more in the Qmlativ HR and payroll session.
Presenters
Saturday March 28, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm CDT
South Pavilion 1

2:30pm CDT

Qmlativ - Conversations Round Table
Saturday March 28, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm CDT
Bring your questions and thoughts about using Qmlativ to its full potential!
Presenters
Saturday March 28, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm CDT
North Pavilion 1
 
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