Create a Digital Permission Slip: Templates & Tips

Sometimes, it’s the experiences that happen outside of the classroom that are the most educational and impactful. Whether you’re taking your students on a field trip, planning an exciting activity, or rounding up numbers for a sports team, you need a permission slip that collects key details and doesn’t take forever to create. Using a digital permission form template can help you save time and create resources you can pull from in the future. 

Save Time & Collect Info with a Permission Form Template

Create standardized permission slips that instantly collect information and seamlessly store digital data with the help of CDP. Use our permission slip templates to start designing forms tailored to your school. 

How to Use Our Permission Slip Template

To customize and edit CDP’s permission slip template, click here to sign up and receive instructions right in your inbox. We’ll pass on the information you need to get started, along with some helpful insight into how CDP can help you save even more time on document management. 

Once you’ve accessed the template, it’s time to make it your own. Change, add, or remove fields to your liking, create space to upload important documents, and personalize your forms with details like your school name and logo. Whether you decide to print your new permission slips or distribute them electronically, you’ll have a new resource you can turn back to in the future. 

What to Include on a Digital Permission Slip

Most permission slips are fairly simple: they ask for basic information and parental consent. But others are nuanced and might span several pages, require additional documents, and take time to craft. 

Regardless of its scope, your permission slip form should include space for key details like:

• The student’s name, grade, teacher, and/or class
• Medical information (allergies, medications, etc.)
• The date of form completion
• The permission slip’s due date
• Parent or guardian signatures and initials 
• Student signatures and initials
• Rules and information associated with the trip, activity, etc.

You might also want to budget space for materials that are specific to your school or organization. For instance, you may choose to include a copy of your school’s dress code on permission slip forms for a field trip to the pool. 

Tips for Creating Permission Slip Templates

As you make the switch from traditional pen-and-paper permission forms to digital alternatives, it’s important to make sure nothing slips through the cracks. Here are a few tips that can help make the process of creating digital permission forms (and other paper materials) easier. 

• Create a few different form templates. It might be wise to create a few different personalized permission form templates for your school based on your needs. For instance, you could create one form for sports teams, one for field trips, and one for miscellaneous extracurricular activities. Then, when a new event pops up, you’ll have a larger pool of options to pull from and tweak for each scenario. 
• Highlight important details. A perk of creating a digital form template is the ability to add visual cues – like different text sizes, colors, styles, etc. – to make important details stand out. Highlight fields commonly left blank or key pieces of information to ensure that everyone is on the same page, no matter how they receive your form.
• Consider switching entirely to digital forms. When it comes to aggregating large amounts of information from hundreds of paper documents, there really is no way to completely avoid some level of tedium. But by switching to a digital document organization system, you can ensure that the information your forms collect automatically makes it to the right places. No more manually copying information from paper to screen.

Less Time on Paperwork = More Time for Students

Creating permission slips might not be a task that demands all of your energy, but it’s one that can quickly eat up more time than you’d expect. As the new school year approaches, it’s the perfect time to rethink how you manage documents like permission slips, registration forms, and more.

CDP is here to help your organization or school take the next step toward digitization in a way that fits your needs. 

We customize our software solutions to fit your workflows, not the other way around. That means you only pay for the tech that you actually use – it also means that you can implement changes that truly make sense for your teams. 

From collecting electronic signatures to effortlessly managing digital documents, CDP gives educators and school staff the tools they need to streamline operations and focus on what matters most: students. 

Ready to get started? Contact us today and schedule a demo to learn more.