K-12 District Managing Chromebook & G Suite Rollout With Customized Training

Dallas County R1 School District

Dallas County R-1 School District, serving roughly 1600 students and covering grades K-12, was interested in engaging with a forward-looking technology partner that could help make its 1:1 computing initiative a success. Headlines in the educational community about failed 1:1 rollouts were numerous, and district management was committed to not make the same mistakes as other districts in its shoes.

Part of the reason Dallas County reached out to FireLogic was due to the unique blend of educational IT experience that our firm brought to the table. The team responsible for a concise Chromebook & G Suite deployment and training plan leveraged years of knowledge taken directly from previous in-the-field experience managing large, complex technology platform rollouts for the K-12 sector. This background was used as the baseline for a vetted and scoped engagement with Dallas County which considered all current best practices being used in 1:1 computing deployments.

Delivery of the project goals entailed a physical onsite training presence with administrative and teaching staff at Dallas County. Broken into two distinct training tracks, FireLogic delivered a customized training agenda across numerous sessions with targeted staff engagement, hands-on demos, and live Q&A capability. All training was recorded and shared privately via online channels, allowing all staff who attended to review and re-watch all administered training at any time down the road.

At the end of the day, the Dallas County rollout of Google’s G Suite and a fleet of Chromebooks was considered a success by all measures. FireLogic provided followup assistance post-deployment to help guide the District’s direction for long term device management and classroom utilization of the software and hardware investment.