Stimulate Parental Involvement
Parents keep better informed about their child's schoolwork and other activities in real-time
We know that not everything that is sent home in kids' backpacks gets to parents (or at least gets to them in time). A child's teachers, coaches, and advisors all have important information that they need parents to know about in a timely and foolproof way.
Parents can select the device(s) on which they wish to receive messages (i.e., home phone, work email, cell phone, PDA, etc) in order to make it more efficient and convenient for them. For instance, a parent may wish to get information from her son's French teacher on her work email but receive information from his hockey coach on her cell phone. It's up to them.
Helpful reminders about important school events, parent/teacher conferences, and more
Parents are busy; there is a lot going on in their lives. But, there's a lot going on in their child's school, classroom, and extracurricular activities as well. It helps parents to be reminded of an upcoming parent/teacher conference the day before, or that money for the field trip is due next week, or that they are supposed to bring snacks for the soccer team practice Thursday. Fewer things fall through the cracks in this way.
Automatic alerts to parents about failing grades or excessive absences can help mitigate problems
The time to deal with a student having failing grades or too many absences or tardies is sooner in the semester rather than at the end. Many parents don't know the true extent to which their child is in danger until it's too late to do anything about it. SchoolBrief automatically lets parents know on an ongoing basis so that they can be more proactive in heading off academic and behavioral problems.
In states where schools receive funding on a per pupil basis, such a system is helpful in keeping a school's enrollment at its fullest capacity.
Each family's school and contact information is secure
When parents sign up to be a member of your school information community, their private information will be kept private. Their information will never be shared.
Parents can find all information for their child(ren) on one personalized web page 24/7!
SchoolBrief technology allows parents to easily navigate their own automatically created and updated web page-detailing all school and extra curricular activities in one place for each of their children-even if they are in different schools in the district:
- Current classes and class calendars
- Homework assignments for each class
- Real-time attendance info and auto alerts if absent or tardy
- Real-time grade info including auto alerts if doing poorly during semester
- Extracurricular activity info (sports teams, Girl Scouts, school clubs, etc.)
- Relevant forms, documents, event and other info sent home in backpacks
- Messages from teachers, coaches, club advisors, administrators
- Reminder messages (parent/teacher conferences, PTA meetings, field trip info, etc.)
- Class or group blogs
- Student directories
- School calendars and lunch menus
- School news and event info
- Teachers', coaches', activity leaders' bios, contact information, schedules, and more