Communications Made Easy Just Right For Schools

Elementary, middle school, and high school teachers and administrators know that parents trust their kids to them every school day. So, a significant part their responsibilities involves communicating with parents, keeping them informed of school activities, student performance, safety issues, school closings, and a variety of other issues.

Schools frequently use newsletters or send notes home, and many have Web sites to provide parents with another resource for keeping up-to-date on school activities. Those are great tools, but they mostly require the parent to take the initiative to read them. When schools have important information that they need to distribute quickly and make sure parents read, they need a more proactive, dynamic form of communication.

School officials can really benefit from having the ability to send e-mails, text messages, phone calls, and keep a Web site updated simultaneously with one simple action. With the services provided by Communications Made Easy, schools can really enhance the way they communication with parents.

• Teachers can inform parents of upcoming tests or projects so parents can ensure their students are ready.
• Administrators can remind parents of upcoming school board meetings, PTA events, curriculum nights, parent/teacher’s conferences, and other activities that will encourage parents to get involved in education
• Teachers can send notes about items that should be brought to school for a special event or project.
• Administrators can send an instant message about school closings and early dismissals due to weather or other unexpected events.
• Bus services can send out an immediate announcement about a possible delay in picking up or dropping off children.
• School nurses can advise parents about health and immunization records that need to be kept current.

One of the greatest things about using Communications Made Easy is its easy and flexible application. It was designed to fit a variety of needs and to grow with users as they find more ways to implement it. With scalable features and affordable pricing, teachers and school administrators can use it when instant communication is critical, or when it’s simply a convenience that will save them time and effort.