Rapid Notifications

The Education Connection (TEC) is a VoIP telephony-based communication system designed to improve student, parent, and community involvement in the educational process. As the "original" outbound dialer TEC has provided messaging solutions to educators since 1991.

Telephone Notifications

SMS Text Notifications

Advantage TEC

Every staff member can schedule:

  • Emergency and standard message calls
  • Informational emails
  • Real-time, true SMS text messages

Target messages to specific groups 

TEC Rapid Notification is used by many school districts, public businesses, and private agencies to notify students, staff members, or employees of important messages immediately. 

With The Education Connection you have the capability to send out detailed messages to your audience through the TEC cloud-based crisis contact system or instant text message for those who use texting as their primary messaging system. 

  • More Detail

    Manually create a customized contact list that meets specific needs, and schedule your calls at convenient times or on an emergency basis.


    TEC can import data from data suppliers in different formats to keep contact lists up-to-date automatically. These updates may be set to run daily, weekly, or on a schedule the customer chooses.


    Other important features:


    • Unlike competitors, TEC has access to thousands of telephone lines on the cloud and makes five passes through the list in an effort to deliver the message. Those who were not reached in the initial rapid call mode will have the local TEC system continue to call until they answer or until the scheduled end time is met. This greatly increases the call completion rate for each message.
    • Any message that has to be delivered to more than one person can be processed through TEC in the sender's own voice for a personal touch.
    • More than one recorded message can be delivered simultaneously.
    • Delivers the recorded message multiple times.
    • Detailed status reports of contact deliveries

Fast, Dependable, Easy to use


Using TEC's SMS Texting service to send group SMS Text Messages is the smart way to broadcast a text message. TEC sends true SMS Text Messages, not emails. TEC has the required peering agreements with all the major cellular networks to deliver messages directly to the recipients' cellular devices. We send true SMS Text Messages, so we do not need to know a recipient's cellular phone provider, which simplifies setup and maintenance of lists.

  • TEC's SMS Texting Advantages
    • Protects the sender's private cell phone number
    • Studies are showing parents and students respond quickly to a text message or alert
    • TEC's subscription portal allows recipients to opt-in easily to specific lists
    • SMS messages do not get "lost" in spam
    • TEC uses true SMS Text Messages
    • You receive message delivery tracking
    • TEC is a fast, dependable, and accurate message delivery system
    • It is not necessary to know recipient's cellular provider
    • Zero solicitations or advertisements with TEC
    • Unlimited group size in our TEC system
    • Never outgrow TEC, as it has unlimited number of groups
    • You can send from any cell phone - no app required
    • All your TEC messages are documented to comply with district's teacher / student protection policies
    • The TEC system complies with record retention laws
    • Be safe, as TEC complies with all rules concerning Opt-In and Opt-Out regulations

The advantage comes from our 33+ years of experience in serving educators. 

When our TEC customers suggest additions or changes to our services, we listen and innovate solutions. The result is the most refined, polished, and complete communication tool available.

Here are a few of the advantages TEC provides:

  • Consistent Delivery Times

    On-Time Message Handling


    When your district needs to contact a group quickly, it's important not to be left guessing about how long it will take to deliver your message.  TEC's rapid communication system has a predictable delivery time because our third-generation dispatch system is not confined by limited capacity. 


    TEC maintains thousands of telephone lines on our customized cloud-based servers. TEC's exclusive and innovative design harnesses the unlimited computing power available on the Amazon Cloud®, one of the oldest, largest, and most reliable cloud-computing providers.


    TEC has negotiated agreements with the world's premier global communication providers with fiber networks on three continents connected by undersea facilities to provide access to practically unlimited telephone line capacity.


    During high volume message delivery times, TEC's exclusive design allows us to expand our capacity as needed to provide the fastest delivery possible. Our customers often tell us, "I got my phone call before I had even hung up from scheduling the call."


    Expect fast. 


    Get fast results each and every time.


    Only on TEC.

  • On-site Training

    WOW! Annual On-Site Training


    One of TEC's important customer benefits is annual on-site training. In today's fast paced world it is almost unheard of for vendors to offer annual on-site training for customers, yet this is one of TEC's notable features. Every new school year districts may have new staff, personnel who may have a new job placement, or teachers who need a refresher using the TEC system. Each annual training is designed and scheduled to meet school staff needs. TEC will provide information on new TEC features or retrain on under-used programs so TEC usage increases annually. 


    Annual on-site training will increase a staff's ability, ease, and efficiency in maintaining the highest level of communication. With TEC annual on-site training school staff will increase district communications and preform these tasks more efficiently.

  • Student Information System Integration

    Fully Automate Student Information Updates


    TEC allows the school to control how student, staff, and other contact lists are set up and maintained. TEC is capable of collecting and distributing telephone numbers to the schools' specific contact lists. TEC can populate contact files at the classroom level for teachers to keep parents connected.


    TEC can import changes on a schedule that school personnel decide is most efficient for keeping data as current as possible. This TEC feature means staff are not doing double data entries to keep contact lists updated.  

  • Extra-Curricular Calls

    Extra Added Value for TEC Users


    TEC offers an extra benefit with the ability to set up contact lists for extra-curricular groups to deliver important messages to members. TEC provides group leaders access to their membership lists for updating contact information securely.   


    TEC automatically imports contact lists for any group that is tracked in the Student Information System (SIS). These import records insure that all extra-curricular activities are maintained in the students' permanent records.


    TEC staff will train parent volunteers how to initiate notifications specific for each particular group.

  • Truly Unlimited - No Catches, No Fine Print, No Defining of Words

    Unlimited Phone Numbers 


    TEC offers unlimited phone numbers per student, staff, or community member. There is no restriction regarding inclusion of contacts not in the student or staff lists.


    Unlimited Surveys 


    TEC provides the ability to collect data by asking a question and having the caller press the appropriate numerical response. An example might be:


    "Press 1 if you are attending the PTA meeting."


    "Press 2 if you cannot attend the PTA meeting."


    TEC gives the opportunity to ask a multiple choice question and record an answer. With this feature TEC provides a count of callers that selected one option or another. 

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