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A Beginners Framework for Parent-Teacher Communication

Tyler Cummings

Updated: February 4, 2021

When parents are engaged with their child’s education, good things happen. Students are absent less, get in trouble less, and do better on summative...

Two Things We Know About This School Year (and one we don't)

Tyler Cummings

Updated: August 4, 2020

Way back in March I thought we’d miss out on two weeks of school. You probably did, too.

Remote Reflections from a Teacher Turned Trainer

Tyler Cummings

Updated: July 2, 2020

SchoolStatus Trainer Tyler Cummings has been asking a lot of questions about the return to school in the fall after months of remote learning and an unusual...

What is Proactive Communication and Why Does it Matter?

Tyler Cummings

Updated: June 4, 2020

We know that communicating with parents is a good thing when it comes to student growth and overall success. When parents

What I Learned From #MasteryChat This Week

Tyler Cummings

Updated: May 27, 2020

If you're looking for an awesome online PLC, or if you're looking for some great teachers to just bounce ideas off of, you should join in on #MasteryChat on...

The One Thing You Can Do NOW to Help Your Students

Tyler Cummings

Updated: May 11, 2020

Tips and musings from veteran teacher and SchoolStatus trainer, Tyler Cummings.

Mother receives a text message from her daughter's teacher

Three Types of Communication Your District Should be Using for Parent Engagement

Tyler Cummings

Updated: February 3, 2020

Communicating with parents should be easy, but educators everywhere experience hangups with their communication tools. That’s because we have different goals...

Using SchoolStatus for MTSS

Tyler Cummings

Updated: October 22, 2019

Multi-Tier Systems of Support or MTSS is something that I hope you’ve heard mentioned in your school.

Top Two Parent Engagement Tips: Early and Often

Tyler Cummings

Updated: August 9, 2018

You know what the greatest thing in the world is? Calling people you don’t know. That’s everyone’s favorite thing. I know you got into education so you can...

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