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Why use performance-based management in education?

School Districts spend billions annually on IT systems and services. Do these systems and services improve service to parents? Do these systems and services improve student performance or simplify work for school staff? Only by measuring and communicating the results will anyone know. This process of performance-based management is a technique that helps answer the fundamental questions that lead to success: “How are we doing?', "Why are we doing as well/poorly as we are?” and “What should we be doing differently?” It also helps you to analyze your data so that you can improve performance and achieve success. For over 17 years ParentLink has provided software and services that help K-12 educators use performance-based management to their advantage when it comes to their communication goals. Now ParentLink makes it easier than ever to take benefit from a performance-based management approach.

ParentLink helps you achieve performance-based management goals

ParentLink provides it's users with some of the best tools for performanced-based management of communication. ParentLink frees up valuable time, and allows you to set a baseline against which you can measure your performance. We can also simplify your data analysis and help you to measure your progress toward your long-term goals. Our Client Services team will help you establish measurement criteria and develop best-use cases that fit your district. They will also work with you to analyse your ParentLink data and use it to help you translate your high-level goals into day-to-day tasks. Many districts also use ParentLink to help evaluate the "customer" perspective of the students, parents, and staff they serve.goals.

One of the new tools ParentLink now includes is the ability to create and track your communication by categorizing your communication. For example, districts interested in tracking the effectiveness of homework messages sent to students can flag all related messages, and track the results easily. To help you start thinking of ways that message categories can help you improve your performance-based management we invite you to join us in a game of scattergories, using a special ParentLink category card.

How do I get started?

If you are interested in ways that ParentLink can help your district, call us today for a free consultation with a ParentLink representative. We'll give you a hand-on look at the powerful performance management tools that ParentLink will bring you, and discuss ways that we can help improve student performance, parent satisfaction, and much more. Call us today at 1-800-735-2930

Click here to get your ParentLink categories card for use with Scattergories and see how to play the game.

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