How School Mobile App Can Drive Progress in K-12 Management?

Are mobile apps worth the hype or are they another piece of technology that schools can do without?

With students increasingly becoming dependent on technology, K-12 management is hesitant to introduce technology In the classroom. But what if technology integrated with school curriculum improved student outcomes?

Technology, when used judiciously, can have many positive consequences for schools and students. School app is one such technology that eases the Institute’s flow of operations and increases the involvement of parents in the school activities.

Here we list the various ways of how school apps can change the way your school functions:

• Promotes Seamless Communication

It is crucial that the stakeholders get involved with the Institute on a regular basis to ensure the smooth functioning of the Institute. One of the most important communication is between parents and teachers.

For a student to develop holistically, parents along with teachers need to understand the students’ needs. Through periodic communication, this can be achieved.

Communication gap can arise when parents have busy schedules or are working and aren't able to attend PTMs. Parents living in different cities can also face the same problem. Students can feel neglected if parents are not in touch with their education.

To resolve this issue, the school app has an in-built messenger with which parents and teachers can connect from anywhere. Teachers can send parents daily updates and homework so parents can ensure that their child finishes schoolwork at home.

Parents can clear doubts or queries personally with the teacher. Teachers can send extra study resources, for eg. relevant videos and ppts to ensure every topic is completely understood by the student.    

Event notices, circulars can be sent to the parents so they can schedule their activities in due time. They can also prepare their kids accordingly. This way parents don’t feel left out and students are encouraged by their support.

Communication between School administrators and teachers is important but can be tough as personally meeting all the teachers is difficult. It is also tough to keep track of important conversations. With the school app communication between school administration and teachers is made easy.

Teachers can send in problems they face and can receive feedback via the app. Administrators can easily review teachers attendance on the app. Teachers can apply for leave in advance through the app so school authorities can arrange for a substitute in time.

The school app saves the conversation history which eliminates the mail trail.

Thus, the school mobile app helps in smooth communication across all spectrums.

• Quickens Attendance Process

Teachers manually marking attendance can lose crucial classroom time and instead of teaching they are stuck completing mundane tasks. This situation can be easily fixed with a school app.

The school app helps teachers mark attendance within 60 seconds. It also generates daily and monthly attendance reports which can be accessed by parents and school authorities.

Research studies show that missing 10% or more of school makes it harder for children to become literate by the end of their third-grade year. School apps send messages through push notification to parents to inform them of their child’s attendance status. This feature ensures parents know about their child’s whereabouts.

Parents can send in leave applications and the app will mark the student ‘on-leave’ for the days mentioned in the application. Thus, saving more classroom time.

• Reduces Paperwork

School apps can reduce paperwork substantially. As mentioned above, teachers can send notes and other study materials directly via the app. This will eliminate the printing of large amounts of notes.

Similarly, circulars of PTMs, functions and other important events can be sent by the app. Parents can give approval to the permission slip of activities and trips through the app.

When attendance is marked manually multiple registers are used. But with the school app, it can be done digitally.

Thus the school management app saves a lot of resources and time. It is also healthy for the environment.

• Added Benefits

Since the app provides reports regarding all the activities of the students, users need to simply log in and access the information. The reports are in real-time so accurate decisions can be taken.

Most of the apps are intuitive and have simple user-interface, so end users don’t need any special training to manage or operate it.

Keeping the above benefits in mind, Institutes should adopt the school mobile app. As the same app which distracts students from learning, if used in a correct way can teach them a lot of things.