We need a planned, organized and effective way to network people to respond to and positively affect our students.
Communication is the key and technology can provide some new solutions.
Making better use of technology we already have is an obvious place to begin. The telephone can be used more effectively when combined with a computer and new services that are available. If you organize telephone numbers and pertinent information about parents and community contacts your communication with people can be more productive. There are a number of computer based organizers that track phone contacts and can even dial telephone numbers for you. Many were originally designed for salespeople tracking sales contacts, but they also work for teachers tracking parent and community contacts.