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The "Great Resignation" has begun in schools across the U.S. and data indicates it is an ongoing issue. How can school and district administrators recruit and retain talent? As the old adage goes, there's an app for that. With your branded mobile app from SchoolInfo, you can modernize communication with your team to keep them engaged! With secured access, you can make sure information is only visible to your team. Here are a few ways a branded mobile app can help with teacher retention.
Conversations
With the Conversations functionality in your app, your team can communicate with staff similarly to text messaging. Users can also communicate directly with families within the app, without giving out their personal contact information. The best part is that a record of all communication is kept to review if needed.
Examples of use:
- Start an ongoing faculty and staff group chat to celebrate achievements, anniversaries, birthdays, and more! Team chats are a great way to keep the team united when everyone is busy.
- Have quick conversations while avoiding overloaded email inboxes.
- Send 1:1 messages from school to home without giving out personal information.
Push notifications
Push notifications are messages that are sent directly to a user's mobile device. Depending on user settings, they can appear on a lock screen or in a banner if the phone is in use. The best part of push notifications: they get read! Push notifications have a 90% open rate; plus more than 40% of users interact with the message. When used for important or urgent messages, push notifications can make sure your message is heard. Another great benefit is that you can send the message to everyone or just to a targeted group.
Examples of use:
- Celebrating an individual or group success; a big win for the team, excellent results for state testing, or any other achievement you want to promote.
- Communicating urgent or important messages, like when the school will be closed or there is a change to the schedule.
- Important reminders such as professional development days, start times for assemblies, or an early morning meeting reminder.
Calendars
Everyone is busy! Keeping track of everything going on in our lives is a challenge for everyone. For schools and districts, the number of events can be overwhelming. With a branded mobile app, you can have targeted calendars for specific groups or organizations to make sure users can subscribe to get the information they need when they need it. Having it on their phones makes it even easier to keep themselves organized.
Examples of use:
- Professional development schedules for staff. Knowing in advance makes it easier for everyone to stay organized!
- Extracurricular calendars can help coaches and advisors (or fans!) stay in the loop on key events, right from the app.
- Testing calendars can help everyone remember when high-stakes testing, midterms, or other important academic events are planned.
These are just a few ways that having a branded mobile app can simplify communication for your staff. You can also use documents, forms, and other functionalities to engage your staff. Remember, if you are feeling overwhelmed by the idea of setting this up, the team at SchoolInfo is here to help! Our content team is ready to help keep your app current and up-to-date. Have questions about using your app to increase staff engagement? Contact our Client Success team. Don't have an app but would like one? Connect with our team to learn more!
