Training Materials

• Ways to use eBoard (PDF) provides ideas on how teachers, administrators, and others can make use of the eBoard service.
• Our eBoard User Guide (PDF) is another way to get started with eBoard. See also our training videos and frequently asked questions.
• Customize our eBoard directions for any school to match your needs - then provide them to all your eBoard users.

Introducing eBoard

Here are some sample letters and "business cards" that you can customize to meet your needs. Formally announcing your eBoards is a great way to ensure success!

• Teacher eBoard Announcement
• School/District eBoard Announcement
• eBoard "business cards"

NCLB

No Child Left Behind (NCLB) puts the focus on instruction and methods that have been proven to work. eBoard is a technology solution for school districts to achieve the following NCLB goals:

• Increase home/school communication
• Encourage collaboration among educators
• Deliver curriculum resources
• Improve staff development
• Facilitate teacher mentoring discussions and team teaching

The attached document on eBoard and NCLB (PDF) summarizes key NCLB mandates and highlights the ways in which eBoard meets each one. You may also find the following links to research studies useful:

• A New Wave of Evidence: The Impact of School, Family and Community Connections on Student Achievement Annual Synthesis 2002
• The Impact of Parent/Family Involvement on Student Outcomes: An annotated Bibliography of Research from the Past Decade by Susanne Carter

Logos

You can use these logos to link to eBoard from your site, in your letters home to parents, or wherever else you want to promote eBoard.

You can save these images by clicking on the image with your right mouse button (on the Mac, hold down the command key and click on the image). A pop-up menu will appear; look for an option that reads "Save Picture As..." or "Save Image As...". Alternatively, you can download a zipfile containing all of these images.