How School Apps Can Transform Parent-Teacher Communication

These days, many people turn to an app for almost everything. By offering an app at your school, you can be a part of your families’ daily routine. From streamlined communications to swift notifications, your app can be the key to better transparency and a smooth connection between parents and administrators. But how? Here are three ways your school app can bridge the gap between teachers and families.

Be Always Available

Many parents — especially Gen Z parents—spend a lot of time on their phones. Whether they’re shopping online, looking for directions, or talking to their friends and family, they turn to a mobile app for answers no matter if it’s early in the morning or late at night.

Your school’s app can be there for parents to look at information about what’s happening at school any time, and if they need to send a communication during off hours, they can reach out and receive a reply later, adding to the convenience. This can also help save your school administrators time during the day, as they will spend less time on the phone and more time handling other important matters around the school.

Offer Transparency

Families value transparency and need to know their student’s status at school in a clear and timely manner. Your school app can make the school experience as clear as possible by offering upfront communication and updates in one easy-to-access place.

Allow parents to see grades, assignments, and their completion status simply by logging into the app. Families can also review attendance and reach out when they need to, keeping everything open on both ends.

Communicate Effectively

We’ve talked about keeping open lines of communication for the parents, but what about administrators? With an app, your team can get in touch whenever and however they need to. Whether it’s banners in the app with updates, notifications to families about upcoming events, or push notifications to your families’ devices about their student’s attendance status, your administrators can stay in touch efficiently and effectively with the app and save time doing it.

Introducing an app like FACTS Family Custom App to your school community can be the key to simplifying communication, maximizing transparency, and improving engagement between parents and staff. Share crucial information, videos, and make payments on one easy-to-use platform that shows off who your school really is.

Learn more about FACTS Family Custom App and how it can be your solution to better communications at FACTSmgt.com.