Everybody talks, but do you listen? 4 ways to build trust with parents, teachers, students and staff

March 9, 2018

Many schools have strong tools to broadcast important messages to their communities, whether for parents, students or teachers and staff. Where that communication often falls short is on the other side of the coin–at listening.If you want to engage your community, you have to listen. In this whitepaper, you’ll learn:How to build relationships with parents and staff.

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TeachersWithApps

TeachersWithApps is an educational app discovery resource site, co-founded by two lifelong educators, and is dedicated to the idea that quality mobile education apps are the tools of the future but they need to be used responsibly.Jayne Clare, Special Education teacher and One of “20 to Watch” Leaders Advancing Education Technology, and Anne Rachel, Early Childhood educator, co-founded TWA to help teachers, therapist, parents and students wade through the vast number of educational apps being released on a daily basis. They field-test every app with a cross-section of students/teachers as part of our review process.

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