{"id":16623,"date":"2026-04-30T01:53:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T01:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.k12insight.com\/kc\/?p=16623"},"modified":"2026-04-30T01:56:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T01:56:13","slug":"how-to-become-a-customer-experience-superstar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.k12insight.com\/kc\/uncategorized\/how-to-become-a-customer-experience-superstar\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Become a Customer Experience Superstar"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Creating positive customer experiences can help your district build trust, retain families, and increase engagement across your school community. K12 Insight developed professional development and training opportunities to help staff members assess the service they provide and turn them into true customer experience superheroes who provide SUPER service with every interaction.<\/p>

S<\/b><\/span><\/span>ervice-driven<\/p>

U<\/b><\/span>nderstanding<\/p>

P<\/b><\/span>ositive, patient, & professional<\/p>

E<\/b><\/span>xceeding expectations<\/p>

R<\/b><\/span>eflective<\/p>

How can I provide SUPER service and improve the customer experience at my district?<\/h4>
  • Respond within 48 hours<\/strong>. Technology allows us to receive an answer practically as fast as we can type a
    question, and districts should operate that way too.<\/li>
  • Be positive, patient, and professional<\/b>. More than 70 percent of parents rely on personal observations and conversations to gather information about their schools (National School Public Relations Association, 2005). That means every interaction with receptionists, administrators, bus drivers, and staff matters. Focus on the three Ps \u2014 positive, patient, and professional \u2014 to ensure you\u2019re using the right body language, words, and tone.<\/li>
  • Ask for service feedback and use it to improve customer experience performance<\/b>. Ask your customers for feedback to show them that you care about what they have to say and that their thoughts are valued and can effect change.<\/li>
  • Work smarter, not harder, for you and your customer<\/b>. Consider your customers\u2019 perspectives and how to make their interactions with you exceptional. Don\u2019t frustrate customers with redundancies or by passing the buck (e.g., \u201cI don\u2019t handle that, so you\u2019ll have to go down the hall\u201d or \u201cYou\u2019ll have to come back Thursday when Ms. ____ is in the office\u201d).<\/li><\/ul>
    Test yourself: What is the customer experience like? For example, try using your own website\u00a0<\/em>as a customer. Is it easy to use or a pain? Enter the front of your building. Does the door swing\u00a0<\/em>open easily or whack you on the shoulder?<\/em>

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    • Learn to apologize<\/b>. Things will go wrong. Prepare for this emotionally as well as operationally. You\u2019re often simply apologizing for the situation \u2014 not for something you did wrong. Regardless, an apology is still valuable and shows your customer that you care.<\/li>
    • Get the \u201chello before the hello\u201d right<\/b>. Hellos are critical, and schools often neglect \u201cthe hello before the hello.\u201d If parking is hard to find, disabled access is poor, or office hours are posted incorrectly online, then you\u2019re making a poor impression before even greeting your customer.<\/li>
    • Stop playing tag<\/b>. It\u2019s common for an employee to promise something to a customer\u2014and then tag another to follow through on it. Oftentimes that leaves customers exhausted and frustrated. Follow-through and follow up are often best accomplished by the person who took the request.<\/li><\/ul>
      Test yourself: Think about the last time you tagged a colleague to handle a promise you made. Did the customer\u2019s needs get fully conveyed? Did your colleague follow through or hand off the responsibility again? (If handed off again, was the customer support fumbled on that handoff?) Was your promise to the customer fulfilled?<\/em><\/div><\/blockquote>
      \u00a0Thank you for providing our customers with SUPER experiences.<\/b><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Creating positive customer experiences can help your district build trust, retain families, and increase engagement across your school community. K12 Insight developed professional development and training opportunities to help staff members assess the service they provide and turn them into true customer experience superheroes who provide SUPER service with every interaction. Service-driven Understanding Positive, patient,...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[450,510,1],"class_list":["post-16623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-best-practices","category-tips-and-tricks","category-uncategorized","tag-customer-service"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.k12insight.com\/kc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.k12insight.com\/kc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.k12insight.com\/kc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.k12insight.com\/kc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.k12insight.com\/kc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16623"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.k12insight.com\/kc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16639,"href":"https:\/\/www.k12insight.com\/kc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16623\/revisions\/16639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.k12insight.com\/kc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.k12insight.com\/kc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}