From Classroom Innovator to Global Education Influencer

Curious about making a difference in education on a global scale? Join us as we sit down with Chasmine Harris, the dynamic partner relationship manager from ClassLink, who shares her exhilarating journey from teaching elementary school to influencing over 26 million users worldwide through innovative educational technology. Chasmine reminisces about her days in the classroom, where she was affectionately known as the teacher who taught kids how to make ice cream. Discover how her passion for empowering students has expanded beyond the classroom walls.

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Devin Pintozzi 0:05

Welcome to Spotlight for Success brought to you by American Boot Company. We are here at the Georgia Educational Technology Conference with Chaz Harris.

Chasmine Harris 0:15

Hi

Devin Pintozzi 0:15

With ClassLink.

Chasmine Harris 0:16

Yes!

Devin Pintozzi 0:17

Yes, tell us a little bit about yourself, chaz, and what brings you to the Georgia ETC.

Chasmine Harris 0:22

So I am a partner relationship manager at ClassLink. It will be my three-year anniversary on the 15th of this month.

Devin Pintozzi 0:29

Congratulations.

Chasmine Harris 0:31

Thank you. I love it at ClassLink. You know we help all school districts access all the applications that they need access to seamlessly through single sign-on, and so I like getting all the application providers integrated, like yourself.

Devin Pintozzi 0:48

Wonderful, we love being a ChassLink certified partner. It's been a great experience for us and a great way to help educators.

Chasmine Harris 0:57

Yes, I really enjoy getting to impact over 20, I think we're at 26 million users worldwide, so I love being able to make that impact.

Chasmine Harris 1:09

You know, being a former teacher, I always was thinking about, like you know, moving out of the classroom. How am I going to continue to make that impact, and by working with ClassLink, I'm able to impact so many more students than I would have ever impacted in the classroom.

Devin Pintozzi 1:25

Wow,

Chasmine Harris 1:26

so I really love it.

Devin Pintozzi 1:28

That's fantastic. What did you teach when you were in the classroom

Chasmine Harris 1:32

So as a teacher, I taught elementary school. So second through fifth grade

Devin Pintozzi 1:37

Nice.

Chasmine Harris 1:38

I was, my favorite was second. I love the little ones because they can be so independent if you give them the opportunity to be independent. So I like to, you know, have fun with them, teach them still, run into them a lot, and you know they all remember me as the lady that taught them how to make ice cream.

Devin Pintozzi 2:00

Oh, that's wonderful. Definitely love that so much. Oh, that's great.

Devin Pintozzi 2:04

And so now you're here, what kind of connections are you looking or have you made here at the Georgia ETC?

Chasmine Harris 2:10

So out here at GA ETC, I'm looking to connect with any vendors, application providers that want to work with ClassLink, integrate their application into ClassLink for free, because I mean, that's a lot of money, you know,

Devin Pintozzi 2:25

Yeah, it's wonderful.

Chasmine Harris 2:27

And so being able to work with all the school districts we're in like a third of the school districts in the country we got some statewide contracts and we also work internationally. So just, you know making those connections, helping them integrate, and then you know doing some collaborative marketing, like we're doing right now there. We're doing right now to get their name out there.

Devin Pintozzi 2:49

That's great, Chaz. And how can people find out more about what you do with ClassLink.

Chasmine Harris 2:54

If anyone is interested in finding out more about ClassLink, how to integrate with us or become a customer, you can just go to classlink. com, or you can reach out to us on LinkedIn or, anyway, carrier pigeon. Any way you want to reach out, we're here.

Devin Pintozzi 3:10

Well, thank you so Chaz. It's been great speaking with you and I hope you have a fantastic and successful conference here.

Chasmine Harris 3:17

You as well.