From each and every school we are constantly hearing tales about the parents that aren't reading the newsletter (kids being dropped off on a curriculum day ring a bell anybody?!). To help combat this lack of engagement from the parent community we have developed a Newsletter Alert system. We are phasing this system in now and by Spetember 10th all sponsor-ed schools will have access to this system.
Some schools are already sending out alerts outside of using the Newsletter Alert system. Now it is easier to send the alerts because you can manage the database, write the email alerts and send all from one place! The People Management side enables your parents to request registration to your mailing list. With your approval, parents' emails then move into your database. When the parents of the school are leaving the school (eg end of Grade 6) they can unsubscribe to receiving the alerts and the system will auto-update your database. The cuts out the need for extensive and multiple Outlook/Mail/Entourage email groups. The Email Publishing allows you to send out alerts through the system and it also keeps a record of what has been sent.
The training is done over the phone and it takes approximately 20 minutes. We cover the People Management and Email Publishing features and until August 31st the training is free. After September 1st the training will still be available but it will cost $45.
If you would like to book in for the training, we need an email from your principal authorising you to have upgraded access to the CMS (this is because you will need special access to the parents' email addresses & the email function). Once we have that authorisation we can organise the upgrade and book in the training with you.
Please email helpdesk your authorisation email and to organise a date and time for training
