{"id":82115,"date":"2022-11-01T04:05:14","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T04:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.schoolcnxt.com\/?p=926"},"modified":"2023-04-07T00:35:08","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T00:35:08","slug":"get-positive-news-out-to-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snapraise.com\/blog\/get-positive-news-out-to-families\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Positive News Out To Families!"},"content":{"rendered":"

However, like any relationship, dialogue should be more than one tone. To lift and facilitate deeper parent engagement<\/a>, positive messaging interspersed within the flow of routine school news is a welcome solution. As schools work hard to inform parents of the essentials, what strengthens this relationship is affirmative news about their child\u2019s successes, be they academic, behavioral, or social-emotional. It’s best delivered by real people sharing happy, hopeful moments about what happens every day in schools that parents might otherwise not know. Tell authentic, positive stories that organically happen in schools daily.<\/p>\n

How a communications calendar can keep consistently positive communication<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Organizing a positive communications strategy<\/a> gives your school a powerful tool to improve parent engagement. It can lead to more personalized interactions with families. Likely, it will open opportunities for building deeper relationships. By sharing good news and actionable information, parents will feel invited and encouraged to be more active educational partners.<\/p>\n

Fostering engagement with parents has never been as necessary to the success of education as it is now. We already know<\/a> strong parent engagement leads to academic gains, improved social skills development, better attendance, and increased class participation. It can also mitigate behavioral problems. Improving parent engagement<\/a> will clearly make adjusting to ongoing community issues easier for everybody.<\/p>\n

The Snap! Connect team sends out a sample calendar to get you started with some ideas,\u00a0 supporting your team, teachers, and administrators in their goals to build family engagement. Having positive communication and a positive relationship is not about doing more, or adding more work to your busy day; it is about doing things differently.<\/p>\n

Examples of positive messaging<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Positive messaging:<\/strong><\/p>\n