Sending TONS of email .. implies you expect that Parents have access Good Progress Images, Assignments, BB, WebForms … but not

reflected in overall PC Usage - .. Success could be school specific

Factors and Statistics

BulletinWeb Form

Email Since Sept

2012

Parent Connect This yr

Images Added

(not REP

Calendar Assignments Added This yr

SD72 7/0worse than PY

98,307+50,000~

1,874 154 Timberline 12187

DELTA 115/80-112/+23

741,294+220,000~

9,715-90~

622 9+4

52,035+17,000~

SD22 43/2-21/-1

296,858+96,000~

3,453+1,000~

4,151 6+2

21,958

SD83 12/100+5/+97

108,448+50,000~

880+200~

5,214 None 829

MLAKE 50/15+43/+14

3,146+200~

526+250~

3,084 3+3

8,625

S OAKS 8/7-4/+7

143,138+60,000~

1,931+700~

978 5+4

122

Continue your mission to Educate Parents and Students on Parent Connect and Student Connect .. BenefitsAll incoming students - must use Pick Courses to RegisterPrizes for Parents that Signon and respond to a webformParentConnect sessions at School Public NightsAdvertising Cards available in the office, on the Newsletter etc!Stop printing Report Cards (Elem and High School)Ensure Teachers are spreading the word

Continue to promote them there and ensure that they feel the benefits and savings! - Bulletin board, Webforms, calendar, information ….

ENSURE - Parents only (no students) to ParentConnect

Confirmation of Activities

Switch to Random password - had to do - sorry for that pain! Improved Popup Blocker MessagingEnhanced messaging helping them with errors in password etc.

SUPER IMPORTANT to get there if you have are still on the traditional method! (pen/met/birthdate – too easy to find out)

KNOW THAT – if password has been done dgmmddyy … system will automatically expect them to change password.

Discussion of parent complaints (what Take Two has heard)

One person from SD72 (signon complaint)

One person on pick courses Lots initially on random password changeAny others?

Connect Changes

Changes to Pick Courses – added priorities, pre-requisites highlighted, other non format courses appear

New ability to store additional attachments with report cards (was always in ELEM - now also in High School)

Much better views for students in multiple buildings (grades, schedule, attendance)

New RED ALERT - report card has been posted New RED ALERT - Owe Fees (and smart for next year) Smarter to update last signed on for all students that parent

looks at within the one. Today’s calendar events now show on bulletin board

Connect Changes

Discuss new PARENTCONNECT Signon with Email !!! .. Meaning they would not need to know the PEN/MET#Connects emailaddr+loc+postal code to parentID and student(s)

Connect Changes

Email Address: _____________________

Location: _____________________ (pull down)

Postal Code: ____________ (accepts upper or lower and space or no space)

Cosmetic changes to <Pick Course> view … have heard some people think it is ugly!

Allow parents to edit health text details Allow parents to edit the call sequence fields Allow parents to Add absences and/or edit reasons …???

Parent/Teacher Signup? - more specifically nice view for parents to select times to visit appropriate teachers

Online payment of Fees .. Integration with School Fees and School Books? Has $$$ implications

On the List

Setup In CORE: Per Teacher (copy): Interview Days, Times, and Length of Session Cutoff times, Notes for parents …..

Reporting in Core free time, scheduled etc. In PC allow parents to schedule their times

Show them their teacher(s) .. Allow them to see any other teacher Student: ___________ Time: _______ Teacher: Student: ___________ Time: _______ Teacher:

In TC Show Teachers <Print> their schedules

Consider at Elementary Environment First ??

Parent/Teacher Select

Allow them to select any other student that has their same ParentIDAllow them to select any teacher (no issue) and only show other teachers as available/non available