The Free Parent-teacher Communication App 

Vlada says that ClassTag was born out of her dissatisfaction with the communication and involvement opportunities – as seen from a parent’s perspective. The platform integrates teachers’ feedback as an essential input for growth, which has enabled them to increase their offerings across the spectrum.

Class Tag has built close relationships with early adopters and thoroughly investigated what makes our most connected classrooms thrive. “There are plenty of well-meaning people that will give you a lot of advice, but most of it is irrelevant because it is only based on their specific experience and not your customer’s needs are wants. I strongly believe that the only people you need to listen to are your users and customers,” says Vlada.  

ClassTag is on a mission to turn parents into partners and help schools leverage a precious and free resource they have, families’ love for their children. The cloud-based ClassTag platform connects teachers and families with one easy-to-use app for all their communication needs. And, best of all – it’s free! It offers teachers and school administrators a comprehensive and delightful platform to communicate with families and unite communities in every student’s success. 

Today, there are over 25,000 schools connecting with over 5 million families nationwide on ClassTag. “The old way is one-way communications that are spreading the information in mass blasts, the new way is empowering educators to engage families in their school and student success. That’s what makes ClassTag’s growth at the school level so rapid – you can’t build relationships if you talk at people, but rather you need to engage them in a dialogue which is what ClassTag provides to its users, with all the needed controls to make it sustainable and safe to monitor”, says Vlada. The platform has accelerated transformations and has provided schools with the ability to reach and engage every family overcoming language barriers with automated translation into 100+ languages and the technology divide delivering information in a modality that suits the parent. The tool also unites various key interactions into one place from parent-teacher conferences to supply lists and everyday messages and newsletters.  

Unique Offerings

Unlike other options, ClassTag unifies all family engagement into one solution that has equity and access at its core. 

When using ClassTag, a teacher can use one easy-to-use platform to reach families regardless of their language needs and build valuable relationships with them in a private social platform for their classroom. Teachers save over 6 hours a week while improving families’ engagement in their kids’ education. They can also get education-related supplies with contributions from families and engaged communities built on ClassTag, thus limiting the out-of-pocket expenses (to the tune of $700+ a year) that many of them incur. 

ClassTag has enabled teachers to organize events, request volunteers, schedule parent-teacher conferences, send beautiful, automated newsletters, and share important announcements and pictures. Having access to different ways of communicating with parents, all in one tool has been a huge time saver for teachers.

An administrator can replace 5+ methods most schools currently use for communications, newsletters, parent-teacher conferences, events, supply lists, etc. This provides invaluable visibility into family engagement with actionable analytics and reports, streamlines communication, and mitigates safety and compliance risks. 

With ClassTag, teachers can reach and engage parents in scores of languages through their preferred channels including online, via email or text message, and even paper printouts, and not miss important reminders stuck at the bottom of their child’s backpack or in countless tools and emails. “I am excited about the impact we are having on thousands of schools and millions of people,” says Vlada.