Teachers,

This school year we’ll be launching our new two-way messaging and communication tool called Thrillshare Rooms that will exist within our district app! This feature is meant to replace our current parent-teacher communication tool, [List previous app here]. 

As teachers, you're expected to wear many hats. By bringing classroom communication and messaging into our district app, we're hoping to support and enrich your strategies for classroom management, while also making your lives simpler and, ultimately, easier. But before this rolls out, we want to share a bit more information about how you can get the most out of Thrillshare Rooms.

Teachers

For teachers, Thrillshare Rooms allows you to control the flow of parent-teacher conversations. Instead of juggling conversations through multiple channels like Facebook, email, [Previous app] etc., this tool funnels all parent-teacher communication into one place.

Because Thrillshare Rooms is integrated with our district’s SIS, all your students will automatically appear within their appropriate class designation—which will help save you valuable time. In short, Thrillshare Rooms simplifies communication by allowing teachers to manage their classrooms—from posting announcements, to updating class rosters, to posting grades and communicating with families—all through our district app.

Parents and guardians

Thrillshare Rooms is going to make parents and guardians' lives a whole lot easier. Since Thrillshare Rooms exists within our district app, families will no longer have to use multiple communication tools to keep up with their child’s school and teachers. From now on, communication from our schools will all exist in one place—our district app. Plus, guardians only have to sign up for Thrillshare Rooms once—even if they have multiple children in our district—and they’ll be able to use this feature all the way up until graduation.

Messages allows you to communicate with families whenever you need to; it’s also where students can ask you classroom-related questions. Teachers can even initiate group conversations with guardians—but guardians can’t start group conversations with teachers. This is a secure space for student-teacher communication that is monitored by administrators.

Every course you teach will have its own Stream. With Stream, you can post class content, and students and guardians can view any new updates. You can also post announcements, pictures of classroom activities and events, and upcoming assignments.

Our Materials feature takes away the time and stress of filing hard copy supplemental resources and curriculum notes. Teachers can upload and organize their entire semester's worth of documents in one sitting. The best part? When a new semester begins, simply copy, paste, and recycle your previous curriculum documents. Your new semester is ready in a matter of minutes!

Messages and Announcements within Thrillshare Rooms will automatically be translated according to the language setting on families' devices. That means if a parent's phone is set to Spanish, Messages and Announcements within Thrillshare Rooms will automatically be translated to Spanish—without them having to change a single setting on the district app. For teachers, that means you no longer have to worry about translating your Messages and Announcements to families. Pretty convenient, right?

1. Watch this video about Thrillshare Rooms.

2. Soon, we’ll have a training session to show you how to use Thrillshare Rooms. We’ll also send you additional materials to teach you how to get the most out of it. Don’t worry about connecting guardians and parents with their students in Thrillshare Rooms. We’ll do all of that for you!

3. A special note for teachers and staff that also have a student in the district: You’ll need to use your personal email to communicate with your child’s teachers through Rooms. You’ll use your district email that’s connected to Thrillshare Rooms for everything else related to your work. 

4. We’d love your help in encouraging parents and guardians to download our district app so they can have full access to Thrillshare Rooms!

Stay tuned!

This is a big change, but we’re confident it’s going to make keeping up with families much simpler, and we hope this feature is a breath of fresh air for you.

If you have any questions about Thrillshare Rooms, feel free to reach out to us.

Until then, stay tuned!

[Superintendent Name]