Heading back to school can be completely overwhelming. With everything that is expected of teachers- PD, meetings, setting up a classroom, meetings, PD, getting ready for your new class, meetings, meetings, and more meetings.... It's incredible we even make it through the month of September.
Usually for me, the paperwork can be the most headache inducing part of Back to School season!
Google Forms can be a great way to eliminate *some* of the paperwork, and get yourself organized without having to do a whole lot of unnecessary work.
One way to use Google Forms is to have parents fill out all of the Back to School information you need via Forms! It's easy!
1. You create the form. (I'll help you with that below!)
2. You share the form with your parents through a link (I'll help you with that too!)
3. Viola! Parents just need to fill out the form and ALL of the information you need is organized and housed in one spot like this:
No more piles and piles of paperwork. No more organizing the piles and piles of paperwork. No more sending it home and receiving 12 out of 25 papers back, and of the 12, eight of them are incomplete and sending those back home... No more throwing yourself in front of cars during bus duty to ask parents where their information sheet is... (Yes, I've done that...)
I'll take you step by step through the process- there's a picture tutorial below, a PDF tutorial you can download and print at the end of this post, and here's a video tutorial to get your started!
You'll need to make sure you have a Google account set up first. Once you do, go to drive.google.com
You'll need to make sure you have a Google account set up first. Once you do, go to drive.google.com
I always give parents TIME to fill this out during the first few minutes of Back to School Night, which is like our orientation.
You can click the picture below to download the PDF of this tutorial!
Once you've got the hang of creating Google Forms, there are endless possibilities. Here are a few other ideas!
Get to know your students by creating a Back to School survey for your students to complete!
Set up a form for parents to sign up to volunteer!
Take class survey's about books! (We used this during March Book Madness last year!)
And when you really feel like you've got the hang of it, you can even have students create their OWN forms!!! (HELLO Data and Analysis standards!!!)
Take class survey's about books! (We used this during March Book Madness last year!)
And when you really feel like you've got the hang of it, you can even have students create their OWN forms!!! (HELLO Data and Analysis standards!!!)
Have you used Google Forms in your classroom??? I'd LOVE to hear how!!!
I'll be back soon with more tips and tricks for Google Forms.
