It takes me nearly a half hour to write in our communication notebooks each afternoon. The parents get the following information each night:
-which assistant worked with their child
-bathroom (how many times, independent requests, accidents, etc)
-current iep goals/programs and the data that was obtained that day
-what they ate for lunch
-what activities we did (swimming, ot, pt, gym, music, cooking, trip, etc).
-any other important info
It's nuts how long it takes me to do that. And half the parents dont sign the sheets anyway!!
I've always wanted to find (or come up with) an online system of communication with parents. All service providers could enter their notes for the day (right after kids leave so it doesn't take instruction time away) and the teacher could put progress updates, etc. This online system would give a chance for parents to write back on the system and everything would be secure and documented. This way, administrators could look if they needed to. Parents and teachers could use a search feature to refer back to previous conversations/notes, etc.
Outside service providers (out of school) could be given access if permission was given, so everyone could stay in the loop for all therapies.
I'll let you know when I come out with it.