EdCircuit StaffDALLAS — November 13, 2024 — x2VOL, the leading tracking and reporting platform used by school districts across the U.S., achieved a new milestone of over 75 million approved hours of student community service and work-based learning. The students’ efforts contributed $2.5 billion in economic impact.
x2VOL reached other significant milestones in 2024. In September, the New York City Public Schools Department of Education awarded x2VOL approved vendor status to manage, track, and verify student service hours towards the 100-hour requirement for the Chancellor’s Service Endorsement (also called the “Seal of Recognition for Service”). Additionally, x2VOL is being used by many schools to track The Arkansas LEARNS Act requiring 75 hours of community service before graduating, as well as the Florida for Bright Futures scholarship.
The value of x2VOL goes far beyond its ability to streamline and secure the verification process for student hours. Reaching the milestone of 75 million hours is evidence of two additional benefits:
- Personal Growth and Belonging: For students, service helps strengthen communities as students become active participants in their surrounding neighborhoods discovering needs and providing help to those around them. x2VOL enables students to write reflections on their service, which helps them engage more deeply, experience personal development, and apply their experiences to their education. This milestone is a display of students’ passion for improving the world around them and uniting around a common purpose.
- Data and Analytics: The information about opportunities students choose and where they spend their time combined with their desired career path and college goals are valuable data for LMS (learning management systems), SIS (student information systems), and CCR (college and career readiness) platforms because it informs the student profile. Data about what students do beyond the classroom is currently not tracked in a meaningful way on student profiles, but it is tracked by x2VOL which makes it a valuable complement to LMS, SIS, and CCR platforms.
“Students who use x2VOL are able to reflect on their experiences. They gain compassion and respect for others and develop responsibility, attributes that shape them as they define their college and career path,” said Michele Pitman, founder and CEO of intelliVOL, maker of x2VOL. “We’re proud of the work the service leaders do at schools across the U.S. and this milestone shows their dedication to student growth and engagement.”
Pitman added, “The data x2VOL generates about student interests beyond the classroom are in high demand. x2VOL is poised to see significant growth as LMS, SIS and CCR providers seek ways to add data like what x2VOL generates into their offerings.”
Note: The economic impact of services is calculated from guidelines from the Independent Sector, with the Do Good Institute at the University of Maryland, which set $33.49 as the standard value for each volunteer hour.
About x2VOL x2VOL is the leading tracking and reporting platform in K-12 education, with over 75 million approved service hours since being founded in 2009. x2VOL is used to manage, track, and verify community service, work-based learning, and CTE (career and technical education) hours. It has won several awards among leading education publications including District Administration Magazine, EdTech Digest, Tech & Learning, the SIIA CODIE Awards, and eSchoolNews. Learn more at x2VOL.com.
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