Building the home-school connection is important for all school
staff, but few realize the power of the tool in their pocket.
Even if they don’t have Internet access, most parents have
access to cell phones. However, in many cases, most simply use
their phone as a calling and texting device. It’s time to change
that! There is so much more you can do with free and easy-to-use
resources that will help you coordinate and connect with parents
in powerful and exciting ways. 1. Mass texting Services like
Remind101 provide a safe, one-way, mass text messaging system
created specifically for use in education. It keeps your phone
number, and the phone numbers of your subscribers private,
stores all of your sent messages, and it’s free to use. Once the
school’s parent coordinator signs up and creates a parent list,
parents are able to sign up with one text or e-mail. Because of
the convenience of sending messages directly to phones,
Remind101 is a perfect tool for announcements and reminders such
as school holidays, sc