Eliminating Excuses
The Education Connection can help increase homework completion rates while removing the typical excuses used by both students and parents. Using The Education Connection each teacher can record an informational message about the homework and classroom activities given the students. Parents then are encouraged to call The Education Connection and listen to the recorded messaged left by the teachers. We call this feature the Classroom Connection.
Teachers love the Homework Information Line because it removes the "I didn't know" excuse from the parent teacher conferences. The responsibility of completing the assignment is placed on child and the parents. Teachers can focus on teaching and spend less time filling out assignment sheets for absent students because assignments are available on The Education Connection.
The Educational Partnership
Parents with children in the younger grades enjoy the ability to listen to information on the activities and skill sets that are being taught in the classroom. Parents can use this information to create home-based activities to reinforce what is being taught in the classroom.
Because the informational messages are recorded in the teacher's own voice, parents get the opportunity to hear the teacher's voice. Being able to recognize the teacher's voice is a powerful step in building a relationship with the teacher.
Absence reporting
24-hours a day, seven days a week The Education Connection is available to receive absence reports. Gone are the days of fighting to get through to the school's office in the morning. Because parents get through to The Education Connection without having to fight the busy signals, they are more likely to report the absence. More absence messages means less time spent tracking down missing students.
Information Line
The Education Connection also contains general information messages. These messages are used to inform the community about the lunch menu, where the football game is being held, and when the chess club is meeting. The district can use The Education Connection to announce school closings, job openings, and school board meeting agendas.
The Education Connection is the central point of contact for information in a school district; there is one telephone number that is used by every member of your community. Updating the information on The Education Connection is simple and quick. The ability to keep the information fresh encourages the district staff to update the information frequently, and the current information keeps the community calling back.
The use for the Homework and Information Line are numerous.
For a list of popular uses click here.
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