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StrideSPED

Standard-issue classroom hardware

A device built for a life skills room, not a coffee shop.

Consumer tablets do not survive behavioral units, and personal phones should never be the place student data lives. StrideSPED™ provides rugged enterprise handhelds as part of your annual subscription, locked down in kiosk mode and replaced quickly when needed.

The handheld

Zebra TC201 / TC2x Series

Phone-sized and unremarkable-looking on purpose. It reads as ordinary school technology, not as a security device on a staff member's hip.

Illustration of the handheld quick-logger: student loaded by tag tap, a running tally, an active break timer, severity keys, and the offline sync badge.
Drop rating
Concrete drop-tested
Sealing
IP65 / IP67
Battery
10–14 hrs, swappable
Capture
NFC + 1D/2D imager
Lockdown
Android Enterprise kiosk
Cleaning
Chemical-wipe safe

  • Ruggedized construction

    Zebra TC201 / TC2x Series handhelds, drop-tested on concrete, IP65 and IP67 rated, water-resistant and safe for chemical wipe-down in bio-clean and sensory classrooms.

  • Dedicated push-to-scan triggers

    Ergonomic physical scan buttons let staff trigger a scan without looking at the screen or unlocking the device.

  • Subscription hardware, anti-BYOD

    Dedicated district-assigned devices remove the union and privacy friction that comes with staff recording student data on personal phones. Included, maintained, and replaced under your subscription.

  • Android Enterprise kiosk mode

    Devices are locked to the platform alone. No browsing, no unrelated apps, no distractions during a crisis.

  • All-day swappable battery

    Ten to fourteen hours of operation per charge, covering full school days plus after-school extended programs.

Tags and checkpoints

Identification that never singles a student out.

A student's tag is embedded in the same ID, lanyard, or backpack fob every other student carries. Nothing about it looks like tracking equipment.

  • Non-stigmatizing student smart tags

    High-frequency NFC chips embedded in standard school IDs, breakaway lanyards, or discreet backpack fobs. They look like every other student's ID.

  • Room and station checkpoint tags

    Heavy-duty adhesive NFC wall discs at de-escalation corners, sensory and motor rooms, speech and occupational therapy suites, individual workstations, and break areas.

  • One-tap contactless handoff

    Tapping a student badge loads that student's active IEP and BIP profile on the handheld in under half a second.

  • Dual-mode barcode and QR compatibility

    The built-in enterprise imager reads 1D and 2D barcodes and QR codes as instant failover when a tag is out of range or damaged.

Where room tags go

Heavy-duty adhesive NFC discs, mounted at the threshold of every space where an intervention or a service minute is delivered.

  • De-escalation and cool-down corners
  • Sensory and motor rooms
  • Speech and occupational therapy suites
  • Individualized workstations
  • Break areas and quiet corners
  • Classroom thresholds and transitions

Deployment

Zero-friction rollout for the people who have to support it.

Kiosk mode from day one

Android Enterprise locks each unit to StrideSPED™ alone. Staff turn it on and they are already where they need to be.

Physical trigger, no screen

The hardware scan button fires without unlocking. Eyes stay on the student, which is the entire point.

Fleet health on one screen

Battery levels, last-sync times, assigned classrooms, and device status for every unit in the building.

A note on cost, plainly

StrideSPED™ is an annual, all-inclusive subscription. Zebra handhelds, NFC tags, software licenses, daily parent email charts, and advance replacement are bundled into one predictable OpEx line. Devices remain the property of StrideSPED™ and are maintained, replaced, and refreshed under your agreement, so districts avoid large capital outlays and unexpected repair bills.

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