One such tool is Parent University, a program that offers classes to help parents more meaningfully participate in their children’s education. However, the program was difficult to manage and maintain because it was largely implemented through printed media.
For example, every course had to be recreated from scratch despite the fact that the same courses were offered on multiple occasions. CMS wanted a way for registration and administration of courses to be automated and digital.
Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools hired RevenFlo to build a custom web application that would help capitalize on both of these opportunities.
We also began prototyping the look and feel, using a tool called ProtoShare. It allowed us to not only build wireframes and screen layouts, but also create functional designs which model the potential behavior of the user interface.
Because this web tool needed to be easy for users to access on their phones, we designed the mobile experience first, knowing it would be easier to adapt for larger screens later.
The second piece allows Partnership Coordinators to manage their workflow through a virtual rolodex of contacts, a database of Partners, and customizable plans a coordinator can build around the individual needs of each school. In addition to tracking and managing these partnerships, administrators can use this data to show how (and how well) specific donations of time, talent, and money are being matched to identified needs.
The connection between the two pieces in the system is the School. Viewing a school’s page in the system shows an administrator both the Parent University activity and the Coordinator’s progress toward getting needs met through partnerships.