Teachers & Staff
Parents are often required to maintain numerous platforms by which they receive information from their child’s district, school, and teacher(s).
CPS has chosen to consolidate all social media, mobile, and web-based communication tools utilized by teachers and staff to an all-in-one platform called ParentSquare.
ParentSquare tailors to you and your preferences!
Are you the type of person who prefers...
Email - you can receive your notifications via Gmail and interact with ParentSquare from the web-based portal.
Mobile Apps - you can receive push notifications and interact with ParentSquare directly from the mobile app or the web-based portal.
Text Messages - you can receive text notifications and interact with ParentSquare from the web-based portal.
Do you like to read and respond to communication right away or later on?
ParentSquare will let you configure when you receive your notifications.
Instant - right away when posted
Digest - all at once in the evening
Teacher Training
Teacher Training 101 Course (~30 minutes) Course includes the following topics: ParentSquare Overview, Teacher Portal & Direct Message, Create a Post, Online Teacher/Parent Conferences.
Additional Teacher Resources
Best Practices:
Teacher-Parent Communication
Getting Started
Teachers, this video will show you how to get started on ParentSquare and begin posting.
Create a Basic Post
Teachers, this video will show you how to create a basic post in ParentSquare.
Create a Group
Teachers, this video will show you how to create a custom group in ParentSquare.
Send Private Messages
Teachers, this video will show you how to send a direct, private message.
Appointment Sign-Ups: Parent Conferences
Teachers, watch this video to see how you can create appointment sign-ups via ParentSquare.
Staff Members Who Are Also Parents
ParentSquare is designed to work seamlessly for individuals who are both staff members and parents by combining their staff and parent accounts into a single login. Although the two accounts remain separate within ParentSquare and do not interact with each other, they can be accessed together with one log in for convenience.
If you have a district-issued staff email on your staff record and a personal email address on your parent record, multiple accounts may have been created for you.
If you already have the same phone listed on your staff and parent accounts, your accounts can be easily linked. The accounts will merge automatically once you complete the verification process and confirm both accounts. After this, both emails will be listed on your account, but you will be required to use your staff email to log in.
If you already have separate registered accounts under different emails/phones, you can use the Combine Account option to merge them.
Administrator Training
Admin 101 Course (~30 minutes) Course includes the following topics: Ways to Communicate on ParentSquare, Post, Message, Alerts & Notices.
Additional Admin Resources
Best Practices:
Posts vs. Alerts
Create a Basic Post
Admins, this video will show you how to create a basic post in ParentSquare.
Send a Smart Alert
Admins, this video will show you how to send a time-sensitive alert.
Send Private Messages
Admins, this video will show you how to send a direct, private message.
Create a Group
Admins, this video will show you how to create and maintain groups of contacts outside of the default groups such as class or grade level.