1. Welcome to the Frog Customer Zone

2. Using Frog to drive engagement Penistone Grammar School
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3. Michael O’Brien Director of IT
Introduction
Penistone Grammar School
Michael O’Brien
Director of IT
Diane Prince
VLE Developer
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4. About us
1600 Students, Frog School for 7 years Moved to FrogLearn in 2012
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5. About us Staff Communication Student Information & Home Learning
Parental Engagement
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6. About us Building engagement Developing sites
Top tips: parental engagement
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7. Building engagement Staff first Students Parents
1. Move all communications into Frog
Notices & Workflows/Forms
Reduced
Improved productivity
Information in one place
‘Halo effect’
2. Remove alternative processes
Logical, effective, challenging
MUST have SLT backing
Frog integral, not a bolt-on
3. Policy
Frog becomes the standard
1. Tutor time
Driven through Frog
Competitions
Notices
2. Department sites
Resourcing curriculum
Policy – ALL departments
3. Home Learning
September Launch
Replace the paper planner
Policy – all staff
1. Keep it simple
Start with basic elements
Share the learning experience
2. Department Sites
Prepare the sites
Set a standard
Share with parents
3. Home Learning
Share home learning
Encourage engagement
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11. 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. FrogPlay Quizzes
Embed quizzes into bespoke Home Learning pages
Use reporting to collect and analyse results
Improved consistency
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15. Top tips: Parental Engagement
Live Pilot
Plan a bold roll out
Launched to Y11 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!
Y10/11 on GCSE evening (as in previous pilot year)
All Y7-9 in the following 7 school days.
Parent MIS database resilience
Password Reset & Fault report 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
No need to MailMerge
Use School-registered to distribute password reset link
Frog provide a template letter
Priority 1 only
Build a fault FrogForm and share in the
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