Teachers have endless responsibilities to juggle along with educating the next generation of changemakers. They manage student progress, parent communication, administrative tasks, and a whole lot more. There's often work to bring home at the end of the day and unexpected challenges that demand their attention.
Sign ups help simplify classroom management and event planning, so teachers can focus on inspiring kids to love learning.
Recruit Parent Volunteers
Whether you are looking for mystery readers or classroom helpers, sign ups make it easy to request parent volunteers. Parents or care givers can review opportunities on the go and choose times that work best for their schedules.
You can set up reminder emails to go out a few days before the event to help volunteers remember their commitment.
Looking for ways to boost parent involvement at your school? Check out these ideas.
Create a Classroom Wishlist
Sign ups can be used to create a wish list and ask for help stocking your classroom with essential supplies. It's easier to collect donations when you're able to specify quantities of items and share the latest needs by adding slots throughout the year.
You can also request monetary donations by adding payment slots to your sign up so parents can contribute online.
Schedule Parent Teacher Conferences
Scheduling parent conferences is a breeze with online sign ups. Teachers can create an appointment schedule in minutes and send it to parents to choose a convenient time. Skip the manual appointment entry and automatically generate appointment dates and times for your conferences.
If you're meeting with parents virtually, you can link to a Zoom meeting in the location field on your sign up.
Check out our complete guide to planning parent teacher conferences from choosing a sign up design to privacy settings.
Coordinate Class Parties and Events
Online sign ups help room parents and teachers simplify planning for class parties, service projects and more. To add some flair, choose from hundreds of professionally designed sign up themes and get families excited about your event.
With the multiple administrators feature, you can give room parents or volunteers access to your SignUpGenius account. You can customize the levels of permission for each user, such as creating and managing sign ups or monitoring how many of your slots are filled for events.
You don't need to spend a lot of money or time planning a class party kids will love - just a few treats and a few engaging activities! Try some of these minute to win it games to encourage teamwork and fun.
Advanced tools included with our premium plans offer more power for classroom organizing. For example, the tabbing feature allows you to display multiple sign ups together so parents can view all your opportunities by clicking one link.
Sign ups help take care of the busy work of organizing classroom events and volunteers, so there's more time for learning and fun!
