Playground School Management

Playground School Management

By After School Development LLC

  • Category: Education
  • Release Date: 2019-12-07
  • Current Version: 2.8.8
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 52.42 MB
  • Developer: After School Development LLC
  • Compatibility: Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
Score: 4.4
4.4074
From 54 Ratings

Description

Playground connects parents, teachers, and administrators in one platform. Playground is the one-stop-shop for all of the operational and financial needs of early childhood education centers. Playground offers touchless check-in, parent messaging, curbside management, attendance reports, enrollment forms, photo and video updates, online payments, and much more. Playground streamlines workflows and increases parent engagement so centers can save time and money, make life easier for staff, and improve parent satisfaction. Join thousands of parents, teachers, and administrators across the country that have fallen in love with Playground! PARENTS: Stay connected with your child care provider and watch your little ones grow with Playground's parent app. Get real time updates from the classroom via a photo, video, and activity feed. Use Playground to contactlessly check-in and out, pay tuition online, and invite family members to join. Parent app features: - View pictures, videos, and activity updates in the student timeline - Communicate directly with administrators and teachers classes via chat - Touchless curbside drop-off and pick-up - Manage guardians - Receive school announcements TEACHERS: Manage students and increase parent engagement by keeping them updated in real time. Digitize your check-in process with Playground's teacher app. Teacher app features - Share photo, video, and activity updates with parents - Contactlessly sign students in and out - Track student attendance - Send announcements to your class - Manage curbside drop-off and pick-up - Send announcements to your class - Leave notes on student profiles ADMINISTRATORS: Manage your students and classrooms, track attendance, share photos and videos, assess learning milestones, communicate with parents, send paperless invoices and payments, generate attendance and billing reports, and oversee staff. Admin dashboard features: - Store everything related to kids and families in one secure database - Make note of student progress, achievements, and activities and share with parents or privately amongst teachers. - Paperless billing and payments for tuition and fees - Detailed reports for billing and licensing requirements. - Send newsletters and announcements to your center - Upload enrollment forms to that parents can submit digitally Playground is on a mission to make excellent childcare accessible to all. We are committed to continually innovating by adding new features and improvements on a regular basis.

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Reviews

  • Notifications need a lot of work —-

    2
    By Chevy2levee
    As an iPhone user with the app, I can’t tell why I have a notification badge and I can’t get them to go away. And for one of my two kids in the app, for the same school, I never get notifications on his account. So I miss messages from his teachers. Some of the chats for my daughter’s class appear when I’m in my son’s classroom chats. Teachers don’t send the lesson plans through the app bc they can’t get them to upload successfully.
  • Decent … but …

    3
    By CubsFan2016
    Having used several similar apps, this one is fine. My 2 cents … The app experience needs attention. Having to pull down on screens (pull to refresh) for updated info is outdated. Most annoying though, the app badge won’t reset u less the app is closed and reopened. It works, it’s just a little too legacy as is.
  • Highly Recommend

    5
    By jfhoosier
    We are a large center that needed an upgrade. Playground was easy to use and train staff on use. Customer service has been spectacular.
  • Buggy sign in/out

    1
    By ShaneJac
    Please fix the delay between scanning a QR code to sign in/out and being able to sign and complete the process. It kills me every time at pick up.
  • EASY TO NAVIGATE

    5
    By Sean Lazarof
    Love the application. Highly recommend. Every school in the world should have this.
  • Blank white screen

    1
    By Ap1s2k
    Always get a blank white screen while I use the sign out feature. Would have to uninstall and reinstall app for it to work again. Had to do this 5 times in the last 2 months
  • LOVE THIS APP and the Customer service!!!

    5
    By jffefhtdrigh
    This is by far the best experience I have had with any app. Playground has helped our school streamline sooo much. We have been with them since they first started and they have been amazing. Customer service is phenomenal and anytime we need help or need something added to the app to help our school, we just have to ask and they make it a priority and add a feature just for us. Anytime there is an issue they fix it live and walk our staff and parents through any training or assistance that is needed. I absolutely recommend this app to any school that wants an app that is interactive for all the staff and families of our students. You can also customize and personalize the app to fit your own needs for your school. Definitely my favorite app I have ever worked with to update parents, send announcements, take attendance, carline assistance, communication (messaging both group, classroom, all staff, or individuals), sharing photos and news, and completing student forms. They make sure to meet all of your states licensing requirements as well when it comes to record keeping! Great job everyone here…especially Daniel, Sasha, and Josh…who have helped my school since day 1!
  • Finally an inexpensive outstanding product

    5
    By ECE director
    Our school needed something touchless but easy for families and teachers. THIS was it!! We love this app! Helped us save $130,000 per year which we now put back into teacher salaries.
  • Unreliable

    1
    By yes88enia
    This was a great app the first few days then it started logging me out in the middle of checking in/out or after the signature it starts loading and it takes a while and just shuts down. I’ve tried deleting the app and reinstalling and same thing. Could definitely be better.
  • Amazing Experience All Around!

    5
    By gyutiu
    Playground has one of the best interfaces i’ve come across. It’s incredibly seamless to communicate with parents and vice versa, and hosts an array of features that are lacking in other applications. More than that, they have fantastic customer support for on-boarding and any questions one may have. Cannot recommend enough!

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