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@Lucinda – They don’t get access to the full Schoolbox. We have set up a ‘guest access’ and a specific URL that the ‘guest’ can use to view the onboarding pages. The enrolments team sends an email at an appropriate time in advance of the commencement date that contains the link.
Once they become a ‘current family’ then the usual Schoolbox access kicks in.If you are interested in the details, our Schoolbox administrator is happy to talk you though it.
Contact me if you would like to be put in touch.We built one in Schoolbox. Schoolbox is our go-to for all parent communications, so starting them out with onboarding within Schoolbox made a lot of sense to us
Digital streaming on TV is an interesting option. In theory, it can be geographically and demographically targeted and therefore be very targetted and cost effective. However, I am skeptical about it’s accuracy. As a consumer, i live in Qld and when watching streaming TV, it is a standing joke in our family that we receive ads for local companies based in Perth and Adelaide. Is that a minor glitch, or a major issue? I have no way of knowing, so remain skeptical.
Our school newsletter is a function of our website
Once compiled, we tell parents it is there:
1- through a notice on Schoolbox
2 – through an email sent via our TASS databaseTASS is a source of truth for the parent database – Schoolbox pulls its data from TASS
Karen
We tried this last year. For us, it ended up with some very awkward photos and the creation of much more work than it solved. I am happy to talk through the list of issues, or jot them into an email.
I assume some of the ones we faced may have been unique to us and our supplier, but it is good to go into this forewarned of the potential issues.(We have a new supplier and reverted to the traditional photo from this year)
HI Cheryl
We have used https://www.spyder.com.au/
They are based in Brisbane, but I see they have a WA office
Regards
StephenWe have a different approach that is not entirely watertight, but so far is working. It is based on our experience of parents telling us that they don’t want any photos taken of their child, when what they really mean is something very specific – like no social media, or nothing on the internet etc. In our context ‘no photos’ has usually led to parent disappointment when they realise there are literally no photos of their child’s school life.
When we offer a place for a child:
1. We outline the times when we would expect a photo to be taken and used internally to ensure the efficient running of the school. eg: ID photos, curriculum activities (eg PE, media classes etc), for use in assemblies, award ceremonies etc.
2. We say that photos intended to be used for external marketing purposes like the school website, or marketing publications will normally be taken on a dedicated photo shoot, and we will ask parents at the time for specific permission to take photos for this purpose. (and then for courtesy, we tell them when and where they are being used, and typically they get excited by this.)
3. We talk about how we like to celebrate student successes and one avenue to do this might be on social media. Parents can say ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to this in the formSo far, we have had no one say ‘no’ to taking part in traditional class photos or being in the Yearbook – and so far, outlining the detail of what we use photos for and when we will ask for specific permission seems to be working
Hello Wendy
For us, the MArketing Offie controls the relationship with the official school photographers who take the bulk ID photos on ‘school photo day’
Once the ID photos return, our IT Dept upload themID photos that are needed beyond that (eg new students etc) are taken by admin staff in the relevant department (High school, Primary school)
Regards
Stephen Wruck
King’s Christian College@Joel Brewer. We are trying to implement a policy of not allowing photos to be taken on personal devices.
Hi Danielle
We use a Canon 6D at each of our campuses.
We bought the body only and coupled that with the EF 24-105mm f/4L IS II USM which does a great job for most photos.
For sport / longer distance we have the EF 70-200mm f/4L IS II USMThis is mature technology now, but still does the trick and gives good quality full-frame photos that can be easily edited.
If I was starting from scratch, I might consider a mirrorless camera as that is where all the R&D is going now. However, it is more expensive and the 6D still does a very good job. We have had ours for maybe 4 years or so, get it serviced every now and then it they do the trick
We set up a Facebook page – similar to Facebook Buy Swap Sell pages
Somone internally monitors it. Other than that, it managed itself
