ParentSquare Guide

ParentSquare information for teachers, admins, and parents

Updated at August 8th, 2022

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Change notification preferences under your settings to receive them instantly, through a digest (6 pm nightly), or no notifications. You have separate settings for the district and every school you are associated with.

ParentSquare Features

For Teaching Staff (Training Course)

General Training modules	Modules
Orientation of homepage, overview of tools, profile settings, rosters	Video (6 min)
Sending messages	Guide / Video (4:45 min) *must be signed in
Teacher Post	Video (1:44 min) and Guide *must be signed in Detailed video (9 min) Turning off comments
Adding Photos, Files, and Links	Guides *must be signed in
Seeing your roster	Guide
Calendar and Events	Guides *must be signed in
Forms/Permission Slips	Guides *must be signed in Viewing Results
Groups (must be added by school admin)	Video (3 min) and Guide *must be signed in
Newsletters and Templates	Video (3:30 min) and Guide *must be signed in
Volunteer and Wish List	Guides *must be signed in
Sharing to Social Media	Guides *must be signed in
Student Square (for Secondary)	Launch Guide and Join with a Code *must be signed in

For Data Admins (Data syncs at 1 am nightly)

Viewing and Changing Notifications	Guide (must be logged into Google)
Viewing and Changing Language Preferences	Guide (must be logged into Google)
Viewing Classes in ParentSquare	Guide (must be logged into Google)
Viewing Contacts in ParentSquare and PowerSchool	Guide (must be logged into Google) Parents and Guardians are going to be pulled from PowerSchool.
Missing Staff Member?	Staff may not be in ParentSquare for several reasons Their location is incorrect in Skyward (staff needs to notify HR) Their emails do not match between Skyward and PowerSchool (staff needs to notify HR) They do not have any classes in PowerSchool
Missing Student in Class Roster?	You may not have the same number of students in a class roster on ParentSquare vs PowerSchool because of The student does not have contact data in PowerSchool The student was added before the 1 am sync

For School Administrators

ParentSquare 101 guide	Guide
Changing staff rights in your building	Guide
Steps to Launch Parent Square (Notify stakeholders, enhance school page)	Guide *must be signed in
Launch kit resources (Announcements, handouts, slide decks, posters, training)	Guide
Increase contactability	Article
Admin Training modules	Modules
Managing the school directory	Guides *must be signed in
Alerts	Guides and Videos *must be signed in