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Parent ’ s Guide to the CMSD Website

Parent ’ s Guide to the CMSD Website. A CYC Elective. 3-29-12. Outcomes. Increase parent ’ s awareness of the resources and information available on a school district ’ s website Teach parents how to bookmark important links for easy retrieval

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Parent ’ s Guide to the CMSD Website

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  1. Parent’s Guide to the CMSD Website A CYC Elective 3-29-12

  2. Outcomes Increase parent’s awareness of the resources and information available on a school district’s website Teach parents how to bookmark important links for easy retrieval Teach parents how to search for school information

  3. Getting Started • Successful school website navigation starts with understanding how to use bookmarks • Allows you to quickly find resources that are important to you • Helps you organize all of the information and resources you find on school websites

  4. Bookmarks or Favorites Saves the address of a favorite Internet site in a file in order to revisit that site in the future. • Explorer: favorites

  5. Bookmarks or Favorites Firefox: bookmarks

  6. Search • Successful school website navigation is assisted by utilizing “search” tools. • Two methods • Search using the CMSD School’s Search • Search using Google’s Advanced Search Tools

  7. CMSDnet.net Search Searching using the School Website’s Search tools Navigate to www.cmsdnet.net Enter search words into the search field at the top of the page and hit return on your keyboard

  8. Google Advanced Search • Navigate to www.google.com/advanced-search • Enter www.cmsdnet.net in “site or domain:” • Enter your search in “all of these words:” • Click on “Advanced Search” Button

  9. District Email and Phone • Phone (main Administration Building) 216-574-8000 • Email info@cmsdnet.net

  10. School Communication Links to individual schools (which list phone numbers) “School Administrators” link provides phone and email addresses of principals.

  11. More School Communication • CMSD’s Ombudsman – a person who investigates and attempts to resolve complaints & problems.http://net.cmsdnet.net/ombudsman/ • Parent Mentors – Serve as advocates for parents of special needs students. http://www.cmsdnet.net/Departments/AcademicsDept/SpecialEducation/ParentMentors.aspx Office of Family and Community Engagement http://net.cmsdnet.net/FACE/SPOhome.htm

  12. More School Communication

  13. More School Communication CMSD Frequent Contacts

  14. Communication – Social Media • Follow CMSD on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/clevemetrosd • Follow the CEO, Eric Gordon on Twitter@ericgordon_ceo • CMSD YouTube Channel • CMSD SchoolTube Channel

  15. Communication - Calendars District Calendar

  16. Search Activity • Search for the following: • Scholarships • Summer school programs • Homework help • Athletics • Kindergarten registration • Graduation requirements • Transcript

  17. Parent Engagement CMSD’s Parent University CMSD Parent University provides information through workshops on a variety of topics such as: computer basics, reading at home, advocacy for students and college readiness, which will help parents and caregivers increase their ability to advance student learning and promote academic success. CMSD Parent University is free to all parents and caregivers of CMSD students.

  18. Creative Commons License • Curriculum content created by Connect Your Community, a project of OneCommunity, funded by the federal Broadband Technology Opportunities Program. • This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 15

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