Welcome to the Frog Customer Zone Using Frog

Welcome to the Frog Customer Zone

Using Frog to drive engagement Penistone Grammar School Visit the new Frog Community at frogeducation. com/community

Introduction Michael O’Brien Diane Prince Director of IT VLE Developer Penistone Grammar School Visit the new Frog Community at frogeducation. com/community

About us 1600 Students, 11 -18 Frog School for 7 years Moved to Frog. Learn in 2012 Visit the new Frog Community at frogeducation. com/community

About us Staff Communication Student Information & Home Learning Parental Engagement Visit the new Frog Community at frogeducation. com/community

About us Building engagement Developing sites Top tips: parental engagement Visit the new Frog Community at frogeducation. com/community

Building engagement Staff first Students Parents 1. Move all communications into Frog Notices & Workflows/Forms Reduced email Improved productivity Information in one place ‘Halo effect’ 1. Tutor time Driven through Frog Competitions Notices 1. Keep it simple Start with basic elements Share the learning experience 2. Remove alternative processes Logical, effective, challenging MUST have SLT backing Frog integral, not a bolt-on 3. Policy Frog becomes the standard 2. Department sites Resourcing curriculum Policy – ALL departments 3. Home Learning September Launch Replace the paper planner Policy – all staff 2. Department Sites Prepare the sites Set a standard Share with parents 3. Home Learning Share home learning Encourage engagement Visit the new Frog Community at frogeducation. com/community

Visit the new Frog Community at frogeducation. com/community

Visit the new Frog Community at frogeducation. com/community

Visit the new Frog Community at frogeducation. com/community

Developing sites High Quality Sites Home Learning 1. Standard School Policy All curriculum departments Resources, information, links Home learning guidance Parent-ready 2. Training & Workshops Make training available to all Develop materials – post them on Frog! 3. Extra Curricular Trips & visits Options process 1. Standard School policy SLT backing Core part of Home Learning Policy Remove the previous method All staff, all departments 2. Encourage Frog based HL Develop curriculum sites Reduced administration Student independence 3. Frog. Play Quizzes Embed quizzes into bespoke Home Learning pages Use reporting to collect and analyse results Improved consistency Visit the new Frog Community at frogeducation. com/community

Visit the new Frog Community at frogeducation. com/community

Visit the new Frog Community at frogeducation. com/community

Visit the new Frog Community at frogeducation. com/community

Top tips: Parental Engagement Live Pilot Plan a bold roll out Launched to Y 11 Parents at GCSE evening Core subjects presented and shared Frog Use Gather feedback, document the issues Initial plan to go out 1 year group per HT, with training sessions Actual roll out was 5 year groups over two weeks! Y 10/11 on GCSE evening (as in previous pilot year) All Y 7 -9 in the following 7 school days. Parent MIS database resilience Password Reset & Fault report No need to Mail. Merge page CRITICAL Data team and all data processors to understand impact All parent contacts to be rationalised Make sure there is a single data chief coordinating Work with Frog to analyse anomalies Use School-registered email to distribute password reset link Frog provide a template letter Priority 1 only Build a fault Frog. Form and share in the email Visit the new Frog Community at frogeducation. com/community