Ideas to encourage parent engagement (as offered by some of our most successful ParentSquare districts):
Create a district “Why ParentSquare” video or written blurb and share within a back to school post:
Buy-in from the top will encourage support and participation from your users. Need some inspiration? Check out “Announcements” from the Launch Kit for verbiage and this example WHY video from United ISD.
Looking for a public facing support page for parents? Share this Parent FAQ
Consider sending Smart Alerts to invite non registered users to login to ParentSquare (Smart Alerts allow you to include images and hyperlinks to encourage adoption).
Use graphics to grab attention - (new video alert: Create Engaging Post Graphics using Canva)
Offer ParentSquare office hours - allow users to drop-in with any questions
Parents/Guardians: Getting started:
This is the official communication tool for Santa Clara Unified.
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