Parent’s Guide to the CMSD Website

A CYC Elective

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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

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

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

Firefox: bookmarks

Bookmarks or Favorites

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

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

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

District Email and Phone

• Phone (main Administration Building) 216-574-8000

• Email info@cmsdnet.net

School Communication

• Links to individual schools (which list phone numbers)

• “School Administrators” link provides phone and email addresses of principals.

More School Communication• Office of Family and Community Engagement http://net.cmsdnet.net/FACE/SPOhome.htm

• 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

More School Communication

More School Communication

• CMSD Frequent Contacts

Communication – Social Media

• Follow CMSD on Facebookhttp://www.facebook.com/clevemetrosd

• Follow the CEO, Eric Gordon on Twitter@ericgordon_ceo

• CMSD YouTube Channel• CMSD SchoolTube Channel

Communication - Calendars

District Calendar

Search Activity

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

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.

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• Curriculum content created by Connect Your Community, a project of OneCommunity, funded by the federal Broadband Technology Opportunities Program.

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