[vc_row padding_top_multiplier=”” rc_link_color=”primary-1″ rc_link_hover_color=”primary-6″][vc_column][crocal_title heading_tag=”h2″ heading=”h5″ margin_bottom=”20px”]Looking to improve your nursery’s occupancy? Communication is key.[/crocal_title][vc_column_text]Here at Nursery Story we believe that a nursery able to foster healthy communication with parents is putting itself in a position to increase and maintain strong occupancy levels.
We all know that a post-COVID world is likely to look different to what came before and we want nurseries to be in the best position possible in this altered environment. With social distancing measures interfering with teacher-parent interaction, it’s prudent for nurseries to ensure communication channels with parents remain free-flowing.
What’s more, a recent study found that 72% of parents wanted more involvement in their child’s education despite the workload they have to contend with in their own lives. If you’re a nursery owner then it’s crucial that you’re able to meet these parental needs and potentially set yourself apart from your competition. We think that integrating parents into their children’s day is in everyone’s best interests.
How do you keep in touch?
Some nurseries are perfectly happy operating on an ad-hoc basis through phone calls and emails. For others, it might be through a clunky website. Then there are those who prefer to send notes home with a child at the end of the day as a way of keeping in touch with parents. While such methods can be an effective way of communicating, they’re also far from perfect and can lead to confusion, misunderstanding and frustration from both parties. Things can fall through the cracks.
“Your mummy loved that!”
The timing and reasons for teacher-parent communication is also key. By informing and involving mum and dad when things are going well, there’s a better chance they will develop a greater appreciation for the key role they play in their child’s development. Research shows that children perform better the more parents and teachers share relevant information. Imagine being able to tell a child their parents loved that picture they just painted?
Leave a trail…
Informal, spur-of-the-moment conversation is great but it shouldn’t be the only medium for providing updates on a child’s development. It also leaves no audit trail, something administrators frown upon. It goes without saying that you want to keep parents up-to-date with your nursery’s policies, guidelines, general updates and announcements. You also want to have a record of this information being shared with parents just in case there’s ever cause for doubt.
At Nursery Story, we’ve created the easiest-to-use nursery management app imaginable, allowing staff and parents to communicate quickly and safely. If you want to increase your engagement with parents then what better way than straight to their phone, giving them everything they’ll need at their fingertips and not having to worry about telling them at the end of the day?
Let’s talk!
With staff often struggling to stay on top of paperwork at the end of a busy workday, we think it’s crucial that nurseries have software in place to allow them to interact with parents in a way that suits all parties.
The parent communication feature is a cornerstone of our user-friendly Parent App allowing for real-time instant messaging, the sharing of daily reports and image-rich timelines. If a parent chooses to open the app during their workday they won’t miss a moment of their child’s progress. For the nursery, it gives a wealth of easily accessible information that can be pulled up at a moments notice and comes in very handy during any parent-teacher meetings.
Parents generally see very little of the great work going on in nurseries, catching glimpses at the beginning and end of the day. Nursery Story allows you to share what makes your nursery unique. Our experience tells us it’s something parents would love to see.
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