We hear from schools that these are the most effective ways to communicate with parents:
Back-To-School / Registration Packs
Back-To-School is the best time to get parents to complete the dental permission form. Be sure to include the dental permission form with your Back-To-School or Registration Packet at the beginning of each school year.
Kindergarten Round-Up – Don’t forget to put the dental permission form in your kindergarten round-up/enrollment packet. We can supply you with the consent forms before the beggining of the year to get you ready for the next calender year's visit.
Banners / Signage
Be sure to post the banners provided with your forms.
IDEA – Have students decorate a wall or your door about the dentist coming to school. Take a picture and send it to us. We’d love to see how creative they are!
Parent Teacher Commitees
Parents and teacher commitees are a great way to spread the word that the dentist is coming to school.
Let us know how helpful a parent or teacher representative has been and we’ll be sure to send them a gift as our thank you.
Announcements
Be sure to make announcements on your school’s PA system about the dentist coming to school.
Here are the best times to make announcements:
1. Distribution day – To remind students to bring forms home and have their parents complete, sign and return the permission forms.
2. One week AFTER distribution day – To remind students to bring the permission forms back to school and to remind teachers to return them to you.
3. Day of dental visit – Ask students to check their backpacks and teachers to check their desks.
*WE CAN STILL SEE STUDENTS WHO HAND IN A PERMISSION FORM ON THE VISIT DAY.
Signup / eForm / Newsletter
Email all your parents or have your teachers include information about the dentist coming to school in their parent newsletters.
Attach a link to our website at
www.teethnsmiles.com.au for a link to digital eForms and resources.
Our friendly team will send copies of resources and material to help faciliate making easy announcements. In other words, we will provide everything you need to liase with the parents.
School Website
Post that the dentist is coming to school on your school or district website. Let your parents know they can use our eForms to register their children for checkups at www.teethnsmiles.com.au .
