Use this communication template to inform your team about the organisation's decision to rollout Mana. Customise it to suit your team - you know them best!
Audience for communication: All centre managers and educational leaders at centres piloting Mana
Sender: Centre Manager
Send by: After decision is made to rollout Mana
Introducing Mana
Audience: All team members
Sent by: Leadership team member
Subject: Introducing Mana at [Service Name]
Hello team,
We are really excited to let you know that a new platform called Mana will soon be introduced at [insert your service's name].
What is Mana?
Mana is an AI-native child development platform that supports educators to deliver high quality teaching, reduces documentation load and provides meaningful updates to families on their child's development. You can learn more at www.makemana.com.
Going forward, Mana will be used for [insert what you will be using Mana for, i.e. learning documentation, observations, planning, and family updates on their children's learning].
We will continue to use [insert systems] for all other functions of administration and compliance in the services (e.g. Accounts, enrolments, rostering, incidents, attendance, QIP).
Mana has helped other services across New Zealand and Australia with:
[Adapt this list below as you see fit, or add other reasons in!]
Helping educators build confidence and skills in writing and planning
Save time on documentation so educators can more time with children
Make it easier to complete the full cycle of planning, from observation to evaluation
Help families feel more informed and satisfied with the learning updates they receive
The reason we are doing this
Our educators are talented, committed professionals, and we are always looking for ways to better support the work they do every day. As the ECE sector evolves and the expectations on us, we want to make sure our teams have the very best tools available to them.
Mana has been built from the ground up for early childhood education, by a team with teaching and research backgrounds in ECE. It supports teachers and educators in documentation and planning, keeps families genuinely connected to their child's learning, and does it all within the safest data environment available in the ECE sector.
At [insert service name], children's safety is at the heart of everything we do - and that includes how we approach technology. Mana gives our teams the opportunity to embrace AI in a way that is purposeful and ECEC-specific, while fully honouring our commitment to children's online safety.
Training
Your centre will also be coordinating a dedicated Mana training and onboarding session with someone from the Mana team. Before your session, you will be invited to join [Centre Name] on Mana [insert when they will be invited].
Getting set up on Mana
Please follow this activation guide to accept your invitation and personalise your Mana profile before your training session.
Kind regards,
[insert signature]