Running Your After-School Programs on School Signals
We’ve got you covered! Learn about our features for your after-school programs
CLUBS & PROGRAMS
After-school program communication finally unified!
Many schools rely on siloed third-party systems to manage communication for after-school programs. Program directors and instructors often request that parents download yet another app, adding to the already established communication methods. Parents have expressed frustration and fatigue at the prospect of using yet another app.
School Signals provides one unified and consolidated communication solution that encompasses communication between the after-school program instructors and parents. Schools choose School Signals for its unified approach that reduces the number of apps and systems, and reliably provides a pleasant, controlled, and systematic way to update parents on school-wide news, classroom happenings, school events, volunteering in PTA / PTO, and now vital information on after-school schedules, sign-up times, and program updates. By integrating after-school communication into the same trusted platform, School Signals ensures parents receive every message in one place. Parents no longer have to switch apps or juggle logins.
School administrators, program directors, and instructors manage the sign-up process, program schedule, updates to the program in the program communication, and the ability to message members privately. The feature integrates seamlessly with each school’s existing School Signals environment and maintains familiar permissions and visibility settings.
In detail, the feature includes:
We’ve got you covered! Learn about our features for your after-school programs
You can add all your school’s extracurricular programs, after-school clubs, and special activities to the system — such as Robotics Club, Chess Club, Drama, Student Council, Gardening, Coding, STEM, Art, Band, Choir, Language Immersion, and Sports Clinics. Each activity can be customized in its own way. Some may be open to all students, while others might require an application or instructor approval. Each club or program has its own instructor account and communication feed. Parents are already part of the same system, so they can stay informed without using a separate app.
Yes. Instructors can post updates, share reminders, and message parents, all within the same platform families already use for school communication.
Yes. Schools can allow open sign-ups or enable an approval process with optional screening questions.
Updates are delivered instantly by in-app feed, email, or push notification. Text messages can also be sent for priority updates, such as cancellations.
Yes. Online forms can be created for permission slips, interest surveys, or other member information—built into the program.
Yes. Instructors can be linked to multiple schools and programs while using one set of login credentials.
Only program members and school admins. Each program has its own private communication feed and gallery.
Yes, volunteering component is built to the feature. If the after-school club is looking for parents to volunteer, one unified hub is the perfect place to reach out to parents and have them to sign up digitally. Volunteering can also be integrated to an event — say you need drivers for an event.
Yes, we have a specialized account designed for such user for them to manage and communicate effectively. They will have a limited access to other features of School Signals to make sure the network stays private. For instance, the user would not have access to Classrooms.
The feature is included in the Premium and Ultimate plans; no add-on or upgrade required!
