Five Reasons School Leaders Choose Apptegy
Apptegy is a company that does things differently. That difference makes our client’s experience better. Here are five reasons why 5,000 school leaders love Apptegy.
We put your district’s brand ahead of our own. We aim to make everyone in your school community better at communications. And, we offer a radically different client experience through our hospitality and award winning employee culture.
Here are five reasons why 5,000+ school leaders love working with Apptegy.
1. Marketing strategies and solutions made for schools. In the private sector, brand, communication, and marketing is top of mind in everything we do. Apptegy gives your team the same tools that the private sector enjoys to shape the narrative of your district's brand. Apptegy's Platform, offers the features you need to showcase your strengths, values, and culture.
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“We’ve been using Apptegy since 2021 and couldn’t be more pleased. The platform has revolutionized the way we manage our website and mass communications, making it efficient and user-friendly for both our team and our stakeholders."
—Darian Byrd, Chief Communications Officer
School District of Pickens County, SC (16,000 students)
2. All-encompassing communications. You’ve probably witnessed it first hand: one tool can make website edits, but can’t send emails. And you need another tool to manage two-way communications. And yet another for inbound questions.
Apptegy brings all of your communications into one platform. Your website and notifications AND your social media and mobile app all live within Apptegy’s platform. But that’s only the start.
Your two-way communications for school to family and parent-teacher communication can all be managed on the same platform. Instead of managing multiple vendors (and countless passwords), your staff has one platform for all communications: outbound, two-way, and inbound, via Apptegy’s AI powered chat bot.
Even better, families can use your district’s branded app for all communications: district news, school updates and events, and parent-teacher messages. Instead of managing multiple apps, they’ll have one that showcases your district.
Learn more about Apptegy Rooms for effective two-way communication for teachers, staff, and families.
3. Storytelling done right with collective authorship. K-12 has talked about changing the narrative of schools and telling stories for decades. Apptegy’s platform, has allowed school leaders to do more than just talk about it. They’re actually doing it. Take a look at how Saginaw ISD is actively changing the narrative with the #OurStory campaign. They’ve empowered staff to tell the stories that change how the community thinks and feels about their schools.
Our tools in your hands empower communications directors, principals, and more to tell the stories that shape how your community—from parents to senior citizens—think and feel about your schools. Superintendents that are brand-focused and know the importance of perception are giving the teachers and staff closest to the stories the opportunity to tell their story. In short, Apptegy helps you increase your schools’ brand while staying on brand.
“Our district began the daunting task of searching for a new website vendor without any idea of what to expect. During the process, Apptegy set themselves far above the rest with their instant connection to staff, broad expertise and impeccable customer service.”
—Kelly Jameson, Director of Communications
Las Cruces Public Schools, NM (22,500 students)
4. Built for now and what's next. Many tools and platforms were made to solve the problems you faced in 2005. But we know that your role as a superintendent has changed and continues to change. Are you focusing on what parents wanted in 2010 to 2015? Or, are you thinking about 2027, 2037, and beyond?
Apptegy’s tools and solutions are made to win the opportunities you have today and to tackle the challenges that are ahead of you tomorrow. Best of all, we can help you "go live" with a new website or parent-teacher communication tool within weeks. That means you don’t need to wait until summer to begin streamlining your communications.
“Their quick communication tool is the best I’ve ever used, making it easy to post updates to all the appropriate places simultaneously.”
—LeAnn Briggs, Director of Technology and Information Systems
Wyoming County Schools, WV (3,500 students)
5. Support rooted in hospitality. Today, customer service is table stakes. That’s why we’ve built an organization that prioritizes hospitality and invested in a culture that elevates employee experience. Time and again, research shows that the best way to improve customer experience is to develop the best possible employee experience. That strong culture has allowed us to buck the trend of remote work and to go all in on a central office. That means our team has 5x to 7x the number of conversations (in-person) per day to help you and your team solve your challenges.
I encourage you to read reviews directly from superintendents and communications directors who have experienced Apptegy first hand and are using Apptegy in their schools.
With response times under 60 seconds and an average resolution time of 10 to 15 minutes, your staff can stay focused on their work – not troubleshooting. Unlike other companies that have to schedule a Zoom call to begin solving an issue, we simply take a few steps across the office to talk to each other. Why? So we can deliver a better solution for you, faster.
“Taking over as superintendent, I was nervous to switch our website because I knew if it didn't go well then it would be a bad first impression. The team at Apptegy was incredible from the start, from onboarding and creation of the site to converting old documents. The process could not have gone better.
Our website and communication to stakeholders went from a glaring weakness of the district to something other districts call and ask for advice about.”
—Nick Dettwiller, Superintendent
Eastern Local School District, OH (2,600+ students)
