Our Story
Standard For Success is an independently owned company, founded by teachers, to support educators and administrators with software, services, and solutions.
Our team is on a mission to build better teachers, better students, and a better world.
Standard For Success is a privately owned company, with no stockholders or investors. What started off as an idea of a few educators at a conference just a few short years ago has grown into a driving force for innovation in the education space.
Our flagship product, Evaluation, has become the industry-standard in teacher evaluation software. Over the course of the last few years, we have also introduced Graduation Pathways to help manage high school graduation tracking . . . Accreditation to help manage the accreditation process for higher ed . . . and Analysis, our suite of program assessment tools.
As former educators and administrators who have been in the roles of our clients, we understand the need to simplify giving feedback, data collection, and reporting for educators. While one software utilized in isolation is not a total solution, SFS provides a holistic approach to meeting the needs of schools.
In addition to our innovations in software, Standard For Success also has a complete and in-depth offering of services for teachers and administrators. Staffed entirely with experienced, forward-thinking teachers and administrators, our consultants support our software offerings to provide the solutions and assistance that teachers and administrators need.
Standard For Success serves thousands of schools and districts, and tens of thousands of users across the globe. Not only have we won several awards for our software – but also for our services. Our team is committed to the idea that if you give teachers the resources and guidance needed to improve professionally, it will result in not only better educational outcomes for students, but a well-educated, smarter world.
We hope you’ll join us on our mission. Thanks for visiting our site, and please feel free to reach out to anyone on the team to learn more.
Our People
Today, our team—comprised of former and current educators who have 20-30 years of experience apiece—serves more than 50,000 subscribers in more than 180 school districts around the country. Our commitment to customer service is as foundational to Standard For Success as the software itself.

Todd Whitlock
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer

Alan Degener
Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer

Robbie Grimes
Co-founder and Client Engagement Specialist

Dr. Dianna Whitlock
Vice President, Higher Education Solutions

Tammy Brothers
Director, Sales and Training

Patti Bostwick
Director, Product Support

Aaron Kern
Client Engagement Specialist

Kathy Borrow
Software Engineer

Marissa Johnson
Accounting Admin

Ken Cushman
Sales and Training Consultant

Dr. Kathy Griffey
Trainer / Consultant

Jim Brothers
Sales and Training Consultant

Cheri Hume
Sales and Training Consultant

Dr. Jane Newblom
Consultant

Jenny Froehle
Trainer / Consultant

Dr. Karen Bevis
Sales and Training Consultant

Dr. Kimberly Douglass
Sales and Training Consultant

Dr. Laura Porter
Sales and Training Consultant

Anita Glaze
Sales and Training Consultant

Kathy Sagorsky
Sales and Training Consultant

Terry Taylor
Sales and Training Consultant
Join Our Team
Standard For Success is always looking for bright, positive, energetic, experienced former educators and administrators.
We’re on a mission to build better teachers, better students and a better world. Join us.