Sinai AKiba Academy
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Background
Sinai Akiba Academy in West Los Angeles offers an education that develops the mind, heart, and soul of kids from birth through middle school. Students are introduced to a life of personal growth, sensitivity, responsibility, and intellectual inquiry that is shaped by Jewish virtue and respect for diversity of thought. The Sinai Parenting Center offers courses to parents and their children from birth to the age of two-years-old. The center uses the latest child development theories combined with cutting-edge neuroscience to create classes that provide insight to parents while being a lot of fun for children. Together, parents and their children explore the world and discuss the joys and challenges of parenting as they grow alongside other families in the community, enabling them to build a strong support network. The Parenting Center offers several courses, including Parent-and-Me Yoga and the popular L’Dor V’Dor Shabbat, a class in which Shabbat traditions are passed to a new generation of toddlers with the help of their grandparents who attend the class with them.
the problem
The school administration was looking for an easier way for parents to register for classes and for staff to create rosters. In order to enroll children into the Parenting Center courses, Sinai Akiba Academy faculty had to send parents to a webpage where a PDF application form was available for parents to download, fill out, and send to the school. Manually creating rosters as parents returned registration forms was a tedious and time-consuming process. Another issue was that administrators needed a better system for tracking roster data and payments after the parents enrolled in a course. In addition, while Sinai Akiba Academy wanted an updated set of processes, they were concerned that a solution involving application technology would not be user-friendly and would trouble parents who find change difficult.
the solution
Tracking roster data and payments once parents enroll in a course is simple with Popsicle. We provide a customizable parent portal and an elegant dashboard that is extremely easy to use.
Parents no longer have to download a PDF registration form to complete the enrollment process. In fact, our software exists entirely in the cloud, so users on the administration end as well as parents on the enrollment end do not have to download anything to use the technology and to register for courses.
There is no longer an issue with tracking data because Sinai Akiba Academy now receives enrollment payments instantly and gets real-time updates and insight into who paid with 24/7 access. Once a parent pays for a class, the Popsicle software instantly adds them and their child to the roster for that course. Now, the Parenting Center’s online registration process is easy and includes automated email reminders to notify parents about changes, and upcoming classes.
the results
significant change in revenue and growth
more time to focus on marketing
easy access for staff and parents
