Meeks Educational Technologies, LLC a professional services firm, founded in 1993, providing state-of-the-art processes and procedures for managing the implementation of Information Technology (Structured Cabling, Voice, Video, Data, Paging, Audio, and Security Systems) in the education market. Many people know of Meeks Educational Technologies through various presentations and articles of Mr. Meeks, who is a regularly sought after speaker for organizations such as the Council of Educational Facility Planners International (CEFPI), NSBA, ASBO, NSSEA. What most people are not aware of are the pragmatic and robust methodologies utilized by Meeks Educational Technologies that can minimize confusion and maximize technology purchasing dollars providing a best in value for our clients.
Meeks Educational Technologies has developed time-tested and field-proven processes related to developing “Program Requirements” and providing “Program/Construction Management” for Information Technology systems in education. Many of those processes are based on Mr. Meeks’ seventeen years of experience as a technology contractor and real-life construction/ implementation situations. Since our founding, the consistent review and fine-tuning of those processes are on going functions of all members of the team. Our goal is to provide all clients with the highest quality of Technology Implementation Management services in the industry.
Implementation of technology represents only one facet of a program that successfully integrates technology into the instructional process. In recognition, we have a division within Meeks Educational Technologies dedicated to the professional development of the staff and resources of our clients. Our Professional Services Division is designed to enable administrative teams and teachers to plan for the changes brought about through the introduction of technology into the instructional process. We assist in developing those strategic plans, training the local trainer, and providing on-going assessment/evaluation of district processes.
The MET Team represents an organization of internationally recognized experts that have demonstrated technical and practical expertise in education, architecture, community involvement and technology. They come from a variety of backgrounds providing a diversity of experience. The principals of MET have joined together not simply due to their fields of expertise being complimentary, but that they also share a common vision, work well with clients, and with each other.
Qualifications of the MET Team members include:
- National Recognition through professional associations and trade publications.
- Leaders in restructuring integration of technology into education.
- Responsible for planning projects in urban, suburban and rural environments.
- Involved in development of prototype elementary, middle school, and high school facilities for urban and suburban districts.
- Conduct and coordinate projects throughout the United States and Canada.
- Possess ability to work with educators and technology specialists
We believe it is important for our potential clients to understand that we view ourselves as an “augmentation service” for existing educational organizations. We realize that once our service contract is complete, the existing technology organization will inherit the results of our work. Therefore, for the long-term benefit of our clients, we strive to augment, not replace the existing technology staff providing additional time on task (freeing existing staff to stay current with their normal duties), knowledge, nationwide expertise, and contract management processes which are not part of the daily operations for most educational organizations technology staff.
