Santa Barbara, CA — The summer break gives district and school administrators time to evaluate the efficacy of the approaches they used in the previous academic year and create new strategies as needed. To help educators increase the support that both students and teachers receive from family engagement, ParentSquare, the award-winning unified school-home engagement platform for K12 education, has compiled resources for improving school-home communications in the upcoming school year.
The primary resource is the company’s updated “Back-to-School Checklist For Successful School-Home Communications,” a comprehensive list for organizing and implementing critical tasks. Based on ParentSquare’s experience of working with thousands of schools and districts for more than a decade, the checklist includes:
- 4 steps to help readers take stock of what’s working and where to improve
- 5 ways to benchmark your processes and plans against K12 best practices
- 6 items to include in your annual communications plan
- 6 set-up or administrative tasks
- 7 key launch activities to start your year off right
The checklist also includes a “Other Back-to-School Tasks” section where users can add items that are specific to their school or district.…Read More