The SIMS parent app has the potential to make huge improvements in the collection and management of information, ensure that the school is compliant with requirements under GDPR and achieve significant cost savings. However, before you begin, consider your school's proposed use of the parent app:
- Planning
- Why are you going to use the Parent App?
- Who makes the decision to use the app?
- What are the benefits and are you sure it's worth the investment?
- How will you measure success?
- What is the timescale for implementation?
- What are the implications under GDPR?
- Do you need to re-issue privacy notices?
- Should the parent app appear in any of the school's procedural documentation?
- Management
- Who is going to administer the system?
- Who in school needs to know of the app?
- What data are going to share with parents?
- Are you going to allow parents to submit changes to their data?
- Who is going to process the changes in SIMS and how often?
- How will you manage the roll out of the system?
- Selected parents first?
- Class by class?
- Whole school at once?
- Onboarding of parents
- How are you going to invite parents to use the app?
- How will you support parents in beginning to use the app?
- How are going to deal with parents who can not or will not use the app?