March 21, 2022

Optimize your School Website for Better Communication

Category: CMS Best Practices Communications

The key to strong parent teacher communication online?

Organization and Efficiency!

When it comes to making communication flow smoothly on your website, thoughtful design is everything! In this video, one of Foxbright's customer service experts - Adrian Hirsch - shares some tips on how you can set up your website to help teachers stay organized and efficient. While we use the Foxbright CMS (content management system) for this example, the strategic principles listed here should be able to be used across many web platforms.

Key Takeaways

Make sure teachers have one central location (we call them ‘staff pages’ in the Foxbright CMS) where they can host all their information.
Empower teachers to be able to personalize the layout of their staff page so they’re most comfortable using it.
That said, you’ll want to retain high level layout control to ensure none of your schools’ brand standards are being broken.
Hopefully your staff page allows teachers to include a diverse amount of information. But at the bare minimum, each staff page should include: information about the teacher, course descriptions & relevant lesson plans, and a secure, private method for families to communicate.
Make sure your site is up to date with the latest ADA compliance measures so that it is accessible to all - regardless of ability level.
Whenever possible, avoid using 3rd party software that will require teachers to have to leave the site and log in elsewhere. For example, Foxbright integrates social media features into the site so that you wouldn’t have to go to Facebook if you wanted to share something.

Interested in more tips on how to make sure your teachers are set up to be communication champions? We’d be happy to help:

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- Blissfield Community Schools "We have used Foxbright for almost 9 years now and have had a great working relationship with them. Responses are always quick and courteous."

- Blissfield Community Schools "We recently did a redesign of our website and we are so pleased with the new web interface. Their interface is easy to use and intuitive. Foxbright continues to keep up with the trends and over the past 9 years there have been many new features and functions."

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- Grand Ledge Public Schools "For many people, a school district's website often provides the first impression... and those are very powerful and influential. I can not imagine using a different website technology provider – I think Foxbright is tops in so many ways!"

- Kent ISD “Foxbright is a technology company that knows how to communicate, rather than a communication company that dabbles in technology.”

- Muskegon Area ISD "We been very satisfied with the quality and flexibility of Foxbright's CMS. We continue to enjoy a positive and creative partnership with Foxbright and look forward to implementing new features."

- Saline Schools "When any issue comes up, the Foxbright support team is only an email or phone call away. They always respond very quickly to the issues which wasn't our experience with our last website vendor."

- Saline Schools "The PD yesterday was awesome! The hybrid you did for us was great. It was short, quick and covered the areas we wanted to in a short time. Thank you for being flexible and rolling with our PD style yesterday. Excited to be ADA compliant."

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- Wayland Union Schools "Our experience in working with Foxbright to create the new website was wonderful from start to finish. We finished the project under schedule and our parents, staff and community are happy with the new site."

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