Looking for ways to enhance student success in your school or district? One of the leading drivers of student success is improving parent engagement in schools. Nearly 60 years of research states that when you focus on building parent engagement in schools, students benefit academically, emotionally, and socially, leading to reduced chronic absenteeism, better student performance, and improved student learning.
How can school districts effectively promote authentic parent and family engagement among teachers and schools? Through Livingtree’s Family Engagement Platform, a secure online community that connects educators and families across schools and districts.
Engage: Promoting Family Engagement in Schools
Teachers, educators and administrators understand that maintaining communication with families is paramount. But many schools and districts are going about it the wrong way, often using too many apps to try to deliver important information. Or maybe your district hasn’t taken advantage of online tools to promote community engagement in schools and is relying on outdated means of communication, like photocopied handouts that invariably get tossed or misplaced.
If you’re comparing tools for engaging parents in schools, you may find it hard to choose between different platforms. Look a little more closely. Nearly all of these family engagement tools are designed to send messages or to serve as parent portals for all kinds of communication coming from a school or district.
Engage is different. It was designed and developed specifically with the goal of family engagement in mind. Our platform helps connect educators and families, building relationships that will enhance and support each student’s academic progress and prowess.
The Benefits of Engage for Students — and Your Schools
When your goal is engaging families in schools, consider the benefits of using Engage:
- Two-way conversation feed — Our platform lets you share photos, messages, files and more to create a two-way dialogue between families and educators.
- Direct messaging — Direct messaging is easy with our DM feature that allows family members and teachers to communicate privately.
- Shared calendar —Our calendar feature lets you notify parents of upcoming events and deadlines, using your personal Google, iCal or Outlook calendar if you prefer.
- Volunteer and event management — Create online signups and collect RSVPs for field trips, family-teacher conferences and other events.
- Language translation — Users can choose to translate messages into any of the more than 100 languages included in our platform.
- Private and Secure — This is a private network for your community, securely using SIS data to keep the right people connected to their child's school.
