by Anna Toma, Rise SA Team
During the lockdown, when Schools are closed, Schools need more than ever to be in touch with parents regularly. This will ensure parents' buy-in & support long term. Rise School Communicator enables Schools to communicate with parents regularly.
Principle, Educators, Admin Staff & Bursar can communicate with all your parents at a click at once. Attach as many PDFs as you like. Create channel-specific communication for grades.
You can post homework for a specific grade, letters from Principals & e-learning resources, information on the lockdown, schools' plan to reopen, info on the school fees and more.
The Communicator is available in the Google Play Store for Android & App Store for iOS.
Download the app in under a minute.
How much Schools can save with Rise School Communicator:
Schools will save at least R11700 on paper per year. Let's do an estimation.
1. 1000 learners -> circular, statements, reports
Each term = 20 000 pages x R0.14 = R2800
4 terms * R2800 = R11200
Your School will save at least R11200 alone on paper.
2. If you currently use an SMS bundle, you will save at least R10K per year if you decide to switch to Rise School Communicator. With the SMS bundle, you are limited by the amount of characters. This creates confusion among parents & can cause more questions. So it ends up not so effective.
With Rise School Communicator, Schools can facilitate a two-way communication with parents that is up to the point, relevant & engaging.
Parents get a push notification when Admin Staff/Educators/Principals post News.
What Schools can create in Rise School Communicator:
Cost vs Savings and Value
Rise School Communicator is priced at only R375/per month if you pay at once. It's R4500 for 12 months with a 20% discount for a once-off payment.
At the bottom of each post, Schools can see how many parents have read this post.
Other benefits:
Parow High School has recently joined the Rise family of Schools, having chosen Rise School Communicator to communicate with parents. The main reason is to be in touch with parents at a click with no limits in terms of characters & amount of posts.
Admin Staff & Educators can track Attendance & create News from a mobile at a click.
Below you can see a list of news items & resources. This is what parents see on their side.
During the lockdown, when Schools are closed, Schools need more than ever to be in touch with parents regularly. This will ensure parents' buy-in & support long term. Rise School Communicator enables Schools to communicate with parents regularly.
Principle, Educators, Admin Staff & Bursar can communicate with all your parents at a click at once. Attach as many PDFs as you like. Create channel-specific communication for grades.
You can post homework for a specific grade, letters from Principals & e-learning resources, information on the lockdown, schools' plan to reopen, info on the school fees and more.
The Communicator is available in the Google Play Store for Android & App Store for iOS.
Download the app in under a minute.
How much Schools can save with Rise School Communicator:
Schools will save at least R11700 on paper per year. Let's do an estimation.
1. 1000 learners -> circular, statements, reports
Each term = 20 000 pages x R0.14 = R2800
4 terms * R2800 = R11200
Your School will save at least R11200 alone on paper.
2. If you currently use an SMS bundle, you will save at least R10K per year if you decide to switch to Rise School Communicator. With the SMS bundle, you are limited by the amount of characters. This creates confusion among parents & can cause more questions. So it ends up not so effective.
With Rise School Communicator, Schools can facilitate a two-way communication with parents that is up to the point, relevant & engaging.
Parents get a push notification when Admin Staff/Educators/Principals post News.
What Schools can create in Rise School Communicator:
- Timetables for various classes/grades
- Exam schedules
- Any important updates re changes at your School
- Principals' Letters - attach PDF(-s) to your post
- Event updates - create Events in the Calendar
- Resources - post any resources with links or PDFs
Cost vs Savings and Value
Rise School Communicator is priced at only R375/per month if you pay at once. It's R4500 for 12 months with a 20% discount for a once-off payment.
At the bottom of each post, Schools can see how many parents have read this post.
Other benefits:
- For R375/month your School will be able to load Learner Data with the CEMIS import tool.
- Your Admin Staff & Educators can also create Incidents, Detention Letters & Absenteeism records both on mobile & desktop (it is included!)
- We will train you how to use the Communicator
Parow High School has recently joined the Rise family of Schools, having chosen Rise School Communicator to communicate with parents. The main reason is to be in touch with parents at a click with no limits in terms of characters & amount of posts.
Admin Staff & Educators can track Attendance & create News from a mobile at a click.
Below you can see a list of news items & resources. This is what parents see on their side.
LIVE billing is part of the full package. Your parents will see the payment information directly in the also a part of the Communicator.
The moment your Bursar assigns a transaction in the Bank Stream to the Learner, a parent will see details of the settled Invoice/ Cash receipt on the Communicator, as shown below.
Here is feedback from Michelle Lekay, Finance Officer at De Kuilen PS:
"Since the Rise School Communicator has been utilized by our parents, I can gladly confirm that parents are happy about their up-to-date billing as they are able to view balances and past invoices. This has a positive impact for both the parents and the school, as it eliminates unnecessary costs involved with parent's having to inquire about their school fee account payments and from a business perspective we are not inundated with requests of school fee statements. That surely is mutually beneficial to all. And parents getting a push notification with regard to important notices and updates is totally fantastic!"
If your school is interested to learn more about Rise School Communicator, please email Anna at anna.toma@risebiz.co.za
Find out more details how Rise School Management assists Schools with their challenges on riseschoolmanagement.co.za
The moment your Bursar assigns a transaction in the Bank Stream to the Learner, a parent will see details of the settled Invoice/ Cash receipt on the Communicator, as shown below.
Here is feedback from Michelle Lekay, Finance Officer at De Kuilen PS:
"Since the Rise School Communicator has been utilized by our parents, I can gladly confirm that parents are happy about their up-to-date billing as they are able to view balances and past invoices. This has a positive impact for both the parents and the school, as it eliminates unnecessary costs involved with parent's having to inquire about their school fee account payments and from a business perspective we are not inundated with requests of school fee statements. That surely is mutually beneficial to all. And parents getting a push notification with regard to important notices and updates is totally fantastic!"
If your school is interested to learn more about Rise School Communicator, please email Anna at anna.toma@risebiz.co.za
Find out more details how Rise School Management assists Schools with their challenges on riseschoolmanagement.co.za