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Time Collection k-12 time tracking culture

November 7, 2025

5 Challenges K-12 Leaders Face in Time, Payroll, and Staff Accountability

Every school year brings both pressure and possibility for school business and HR leaders. Across the country,...

Trey Windsor

k-12 time tracking Union Relations

October 29, 2025

Building Trust Through Transparency: Addressing Seven Union Concerns About Time Clocks

When a school district implements time clocks for employee time tracking, one question usually surfaces immediately:...

Rand Habegger

k-12 time tracking culture operations

October 17, 2025

The Hidden Costs of Time Theft in K-12

The Subtle Ways Timekeeping Shapes Culture Every district wants to build a culture of trust. But small employee...

Trey Windsor

facial documentation biometrics

October 13, 2025

Why School Districts Are Moving Away from Facial Recognition for Time Tracking

Rethinking Facial Recognition for K-12 Time Tracking Across the country, school districts are re-evaluating how they...

Rand Habegger

September 11, 2025

Leading Change to Mitigate Risk: Time and Payroll Risks Faced by Real School District Leaders

Every school district knows that change comes with risk. But so does standing still. When it comes to employee time...

Rand Habegger

SmartServe Frontline

August 22, 2025

Fall Level-Up: 5 Ways to Optimize Your Use of Frontline Absence Management and Time & Attendance this Fall

Nothing derails a back-to-school season faster than payroll delays or unfilled classrooms. Yet that’s exactly what can...

Trey Windsor

Time Collection

August 15, 2025

Windows 10 End of Support in October: What K‑12 IT Leaders Need to Do Now

October 14, 2025 is the last day Microsoft will provide free security updates for Windows 10, version 22H2. This...

Rand Habegger

Time Collection

July 25, 2025

Biometric Time Clocks vs. Privacy Laws

Back‑to‑school 2025 arrives with a very different legal climate for biometric time and attendance systems. Fingerprint...

Rand Habegger

DIY

July 11, 2025

How Chromebook Kiosk Mode Ending Impacts District-Wide School Operations

If your school district relies on Chromebook-based kiosks for front office operations, July 2025 is a major tech...

Rand Habegger

Time Collection DIY

June 27, 2025

Google Ending Chrome Apps Kiosk Mode: K-12 Time Tracking Impact

Many school districts across the U.S. rely on DIY Chromebook kiosks running Chrome Apps in kiosk mode to collect hourly...

Rand Habegger

June 13, 2025

Unsung Underdogs: Deb Armbruster, Chardon Local Schools

Our “Unsung Underdogs” series highlights the stories of behind-the-scenes educators and leaders making a real...

Rand Habegger

Cracked Tablet Clock-In Kiosk showing Time & Attendance

Time Collection

June 6, 2025

The Real Risks of DIY Time Collection in K-12 Districts

Many school districts try to save money by creating their own employee time tracking stations using Chromebooks, iPads,...

Rand Habegger

Time Collection

May 30, 2025

8 Must-Do Time Tracking Tasks to Close Out the School Year

As the school year winds down, Payroll and Business Office teams at K-12 districts face a long list of year-end tasks....

Rand Habegger

May 16, 2025

Unsung Underdogs: Jared Butler, Norristown Area School District

This is the first in our new “Unsung Underdogs” series, highlighting the stories of behind-the-scenes educators and...

Rand Habegger

Time Collection

May 9, 2025

7 FAQs about Time Clocks in School Districts

At Touchpoint, we believe in focus. We stay focused in everything we do, from how we help schools explore solutions to...

Rand Habegger

May 2, 2025

How to Create an RFP for a Comprehensive Time and Attendance System

So your school district is finally ready to ditch paper and spreadsheets for tracking hourly employees’ time — great!...

Rand Habegger

May 1, 2025

Why Mobile Apps Alone Aren't Enough for Hourly Time Collection in K-12 Schools

In the push to modernize operations, many K-12 school districts are turning to time and attendance tracking software...

Rand Habegger

May 26, 2021

Touchpoint's Core Values

If you've ever visited the About Us page on our website, you might have seen our list of core values towards the bottom...

James Govannicci

April 21, 2021

How long do Chromebooks last? Shorter than you think!

Did you know that laptop batteries generally have only 500-550 cycles (one full charge) until they run out? And...

Ian Zang

March 5, 2021

Ranking The Office Characters According to Your Office

The Office: An American Workplace. As office workers ourselves who haven’t lived under a rock for the last 16 years, we...

Ian Zang

February 18, 2021

Touchless Technology in a Contactless World

As COVID-19 remains at the forefront of everyone’s mind, all signs point to K12 schools opening in the coming months....

Ian Zang

February 12, 2021

End of Your Fiscal Year Approaching? Here Is One Awesome Way to Soak up Some Spare Funds

We all love saving money. And most of us (minus all you minimalists out there) also enjoy new technology.

Tyler Shields

February 8, 2021

Easy, Informative, Eye-Catching? Check out our new website!

Touchpoint Industries is thrilled to announce our new, completely redesigned website at TouchpointK12.com!

Ian Zang

February 8, 2021

Here's How Time Collection Boosts Efficiency in Your District

In a recent post by our partners at Frontline, they covered the important role that time collection hardware plays in a...

Tyler Shields

January 30, 2021

K12 Relief Funding and What It Means for Your District

When most of us hear the word ‘Billion’ we think of lavish islands, boats the size of skyscrapers, and even flights to...

Tyler Shields

Time Collection

January 22, 2021

How to Solve Unseen Problems with Time Collection

Go getters - gotta love ‘em! They are the people on your team who are constantly ‘seeking out the broom’ AKA, always...

Tyler Shields

December 14, 2020

Fun and Safe Holiday Activities for 2020

2020 doesn’t have to be all doom and gloom.

Tyler Shields

October 16, 2020

3 Ways We Improve the Time Collection Experience

Partnerships are suuuper cool. In fact, let us tell you about the coolest partnership of all - Frontline and Touchpoint!

Tyler Shields

Time Collection

September 22, 2020

How to Build the Strongest Foundation for Time Collection

Allow me to share a story from one of our favorite school districts in Pennsylvania who was on the cusp of handling...

Tyler Shields

August 3, 2020

3 Awesome Ways Touchpoint Simplifies Implementation

Let’s be honest - we’ve all tried putting things together without reading the instructions before. And if there’s...

Tyler Shields

July 17, 2020

Tackling Time Collection on Your Own? Here's Why Amazon Is a Bad Idea

So, you’re now live with Frontline Time and Attendance - congrats! The journey to automated, secure, and reliable time...

Tyler Shields

June 16, 2020

Experiencing Budget Cuts? Don't Let Time Collection Get Overlooked

As we inch closer to a return to in-person learning, school districts are really beginning to feel the heat when it...

Tyler Shields

May 25, 2020

How to Disinfect Electronics the Right Way

Electronics have been an essential part of furthering education for today’s youth. Advances in technology have allowed...

Tyler Shields

May 1, 2020

How Touchpoint Makes Life Easy for IT Departments

Ahh, the IT department - a team crucial to any modern establishment, and schools are no exception. They are constantly...

Tyler Shields

April 6, 2020

Contactless Clocking: Why Your District Needs It Moving Forward

Tyler Shields

March 25, 2020

What Is Buddy Punching? and How to Avoid It

We’ve all been late for work once or twice. However, sometimes people try to cheat the system. “Hey, Mark. Running a...

Tyler Shields

March 2, 2020

5 Common Time and Attendance User Adoption Problems for HR/Payroll and How to Solve Them

Here’s an uncomfortable truth: employee time capture problems are Time & Attendance problems. Because if HR/Payroll...

Tyler Shields

February 5, 2020

Need to Get up and Running Fast? Find Out How We Preconfigure DIY Scanners to Work Right Out of the Box!

We get it: the “Time & Attendance DIY kiosk route” seems like a great idea for districts...until it becomes a...

Tyler Shields