Parents and students both email teachers - a signature that's friendly but still clearly identifies your school, subject and how to reach you cuts down on back-and-forth.
Updated August 2026
Chalkboard uses a friendly, rounded style with room for your school and department name, plus a highlighted custom field you can use as a link to your office hours or a class contact form.
Many districts do have a required disclaimer or format - check with your school's IT or communications department before finalizing, and paste their exact wording into the disclaimer field.
Yes - the custom field in the Chalkboard template works well for this: a link to a class site, a conference booking page, or an office-hours note.
Most teachers stick to school-provided contact methods (school email, extension, or a classroom communication app) rather than a personal number, for both privacy and district policy reasons.
Yes - it works the same way in Google Workspace for Education and Microsoft 365 for Education as it does in a personal account; see our Gmail and Outlook guides for the exact install steps.
Building signatures is free for everyone. Centrally managed, brand-locked signatures across a whole staff is a different use case - reach out to us directly if that's what you need.
Start from the Chalkboard template, then customize colors, fonts and contact details to match your brand - free, no signup required.
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