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 assessments. And when educators communicate with parents meaningfully? Engagement increases.
Tyler Cummings

Recent Posts
Two Things We Know About This School Year (and one we don't)
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
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 summer break. His thoughts always comes back to one thing— relationships.
What is Proactive Communication and Why Does it Matter?
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
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 Twitter. The Mastery Chat was created by the Teach Better Team (@TeachBetter on Twitter) and happens every Thursday night at 8pm EST.
The One Thing You Can Do NOW to Help Your Students
Tips and musings from veteran teacher and SchoolStatus trainer, Tyler Cummings.
Three Types of Communication Your District Should be Using for Parent Engagement
Communicating with parents should be easy, but educators everywhere experience hangups with their communication tools.
That’s because we have different goals for communicating with parents each time we reach out.
Using SchoolStatus for MTSS
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
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 cold call parents about their kids.
Are Teacher Absences and Student Absences Really So Different?
One of the worst days I ever had teaching was when I thought I could teach while suffering from the flu.