What is ParentSquare?
What is ParentSquare?
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ParentSquare is a complete school-home communication tool.
ParentSquare is a complete school-home communication tool.
What can I do with ParentSquare?
Provide messaging between educators, students, and families to promote communication and engagement.
School leaders can send mass notifications to families that go out instantly.
Allow parents and families to choose their preferred messaging tool - email, app, or text, and the frequency in which they receive them.
Communicate with whole classes or groups of students and families through an app, email, or text all at the same time.
Translate messages into many different languages and utilize the preferred language set by the family.
Create attractive newsletters right inside of ParentSquare.
Create Sign-ups for volunteering and supplies
Include forms and permission slips that can be signed electronically inside of communication.
Set up appointment time slots for conferences and other meetings.
Set up calendar events with built-in RSVP.
Use community groups to keep people outside of your schools informed.
Parent Information - English & Spanish
Parent Information - English & Spanish
CSD Staff - Logging in to ParentSquare
CSD Staff - Logging in to ParentSquare
ParentSquare is not in Clever.
ParentSquare is not in Clever.
All staff users can access ParentSquare from the Google App Launcher or 'waffle' when you are logged into your Google account.
All staff users can access ParentSquare from the Google App Launcher or 'waffle' when you are logged into your Google account.
Scroll down to the bottom and click on ParenSquare.
Sign in with Google.
QR Codes for Apple and Android Phones
Student Set Up
Student Set Up
Students in grades 6-12 will be able to download the StudentSquare app from Self-Service.
Setting Up Preferences
Setting Up Preferences
Communicate
Communicate
In ParentSquare, there are three main ways to communicate with families;
Posts, Direct Messages, and Alerts.
Learn about the differences below.
Posts
Posts
Best for informational messages or asks for the entire class.
Who can use this?
Admin, Teachers, Group Owners/Managers, Room Parents & anybody with individual permission to post can create Posts
Direct Messages
Direct Messages
Best for conversational messages to your class where you’d like to start an individual (bcc) or group conversation with everyone or messages aimed at specific people.
Who can use this?
All signed-in users can use Direct Messages; who they can send to is determined by role and school settings
Direct Messages Q & A
Direct Messages Q & A
Q&A for Class or Group Messages
Q&A for Class or Group Messages
Q: How many recipients can be in a message?
Q: How many recipients can be in a message?
Direct Messages: up to 150 recipients
Group Conversations: up to 50 recipients
Q: A new student was added to my class or group. Will they see the messages to my class/group?
Q: A new student was added to my class or group. Will they see the messages to my class/group?
When a new student/parent/staff is added to a class or group, they are not added to existing message threads of the class or group. To include a new recipient, create a new message to the class or group.
If the membership was updated you'll see a note in existing message threads to let you know to start a new message.
If you’re sharing information you want to be accessible to future members, the better option is to use a post. The post feed will be visible to new members retroactively.
Q: My class/group has a new member so I created a new message, but now it’s hard to know which message thread to use.
Q: My class/group has a new member so I created a new message, but now it’s hard to know which message thread to use.
When your class or group has a new member, you'll see a note that the message thread is out-of-date. That will help you distinguish between the most current and past threads.
You can name the group conversations to help you identify your current threads.
Click on the info icon to see the full list of participants in the thread.
Alerts & Notices
Alerts & Notices
Who can use this?
School and District Admin and those with individual user permission for Smart Alerts
Explore
Explore
Participate
Participate
Best Practices
Best Practices
Consider best practices
Consider best practices
Keep your messages short. Some students and families will be receiving these messages as texts. Shorter messages are easier to access and won't cost as much.
Use weekly rather than daily communications. Regular, infrequent communications keep students and families from feeling overwhelmed with information, particularly at the secondary level when multiple teachers are messaging families.
Use direct or group conversations for personalized communications and interventions. These messages can be more specific to the individual student(s) and families.
Utilize the scheduling feature to plan messages in advance. This will allow you to schedule messages for more impactful times without requiring you to send them manually.
As you are planning your messages, ask yourself the following questions:
Who is the message for?
What is the purpose of the message?
When will my message have the greatest impact?
Is my message easy to understand?
Am I expecting responses to my message?
How do I know if I am allowed to contact certain members of a student’s family?
At this time, communication is only allowed with parents or guardians listed in Synergy. Emergency contacts do not qualify. Students with certain family members that have a restraining order or parenting plan in place that restricts communication will be tagged in Synergy. Please review your class list for any alerts before beginning home communication.Do not manually add people to your class list in ParentSquare. Any additions must be made in Synergy by the registrar.
Translations
Translations
Translations will happen automatically based on the preferred language set in the parent/guardian account in Synergy.
Add Another Owner / Co-Teacher
Add Another Owner / Co-Teacher
ParentSquare Resources
ParentSquare Resources
End of Year Processes
End of Year Processes
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