site is run by Finalsite and we use the portal modules so that every
employee, student, and parent has a personal login and profile.
The directory is automatically built from these profiles (we decide
which fields are visible to different constituencies). Once community
members have logged in to our portal with their unique authentication
information, they have access to faculty, student, and parent
directories. We make visible the same information that we used to
publish in the old paper directories.
The class manager piece of our Finalsite website automatically gives
teachers email distribution lists (through the web portal) for each of
their classes for both students and parents of their students.
All of our enrollment and re-enrollment is done online and parents are
required to submit email addresses. Ninety percent of our
communication out to parents is via email.
We have received many kudos from our families for our current web-
based approach to communication and very few complaints.
Christopher
--
Christopher Butler
Director of Information Services
St. John's Preparatory School
http://www.stjohnsprep.org
On Aug 25, 2009, at 9:04 PM, Renee Ramig wrote:
> All of our school communication is done through email, so every family
> is required to give us one email address during online registration.
> (They cannot submit their completed registration until an email has
> been
> added.) Most families give us an email for each parent, but only
> one is
> required.
>
> The emails are then imported into Outlook, and I create distribution
> lists by homeroom teacher, so teachers can quickly and easily
> communicate with their parents.
>
> Renee Ramig
> Seven Hills School
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: A forum for independent school educators
> [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Ed Owens
> Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 8:12 AM
> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Re: Directory Information -- Follow Up Question
>
> Thanks to all those who've replied so far (I've included the original
> post below for continued response / discussion). In reading through
> the replies, a follow-up question has occurred to me that would help
> in my info-gathering:
>
> For those who publish email addresses, regardless of distribution
> method, are you as a school providing those addresses or are parents
> submitting their personal email addresses for inclusion in the
> directory?
>
> Thanks again for the many quick responses.
>
> Ed Owens
> Director of Technology
> Episcopal Day School
>
> On Aug 24, 2009, at 3:41 PM, Ed Owens wrote:
>
>> Hello all.
>>
>> We are having our yearly discussion about our directory, including
>> what all to put into it (addresses, phone numbers, email addresses)
>> and what format (printed, electronic, etc.). In the interest of
>> fleshing out the discussion a little more, I wanted to get a
>> snapshot of what many of ISEDs members are doing. So, my main
>> questions are:
>>
>> 1) How is your directory published and distributed?
>>
>> 2) What do you include, particularly do you include email addresses?
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any input / comments you might have.
>>
>> Ed Owens
>> Director of Technology
>> Episcopal Day School
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