Schools need to have open and consistent communication to ensure parents feel connected to the school. Parents want to know their children are safe and in an environment where they are learning. If schools do not inform parents what is going on within the school setting they will try to fill the gap on their own. In today’s school administration needs to use social media and technology to fill the gap. We need to present information in a fun and engaging way so parents will stay active in the school system. They will want to know what the kids are doing.
I would like to streamline our communication to make it easy for parents to be active within the school community. I will have a centralized communication system to keep messaging in one place. This way all messages whether academic, emergencies, events and all school wide messages are sent form one place.
Some great apps teachers can use are Bloomz, Class Dojo, or Parent Square. I would have my staff work together to have one app they like as a team. All of these apps also have a school wide space where administrators can also post pictures, events and school wide messages to both parents and teachers. This helps minimize each teacher using different apps and then parents have several apps they need to check for each child they may have. I also would have a staff or myself be in charge of our social media pages. We would have a Facebook and Instagram page where we can post events and pictures of things that are happening at our school. We can post our student successes and demonstrate how our children are learning. These sites can also be good for marketing all the great things we do at our school.
I think it is also important to have online Collaboration and Productivity Tools in school. Once again having all teachers use the same platform when presenting and assigning work. I would have all teachers use Google Classroom features in their classroom. This way all students are knowledgeable on the forums they are using for learning inside the classroom, they do not need to modify their work apps depending on their teachers. Plus teachers are able to monitor and see what their students are working on. This helps keep them on task and safe. Teachers can make sure students are not on unsafe sites or pretending to work while exploring the web.
I would like to streamline our communication to make it easy for parents to be active within the school community. I will have a centralized communication system to keep messaging in one place. This way all messages whether academic, emergencies, events and all school wide messages are sent form one place.
Some great apps teachers can use are Bloomz, Class Dojo, or Parent Square. I would have my staff work together to have one app they like as a team. All of these apps also have a school wide space where administrators can also post pictures, events and school wide messages to both parents and teachers. This helps minimize each teacher using different apps and then parents have several apps they need to check for each child they may have. I also would have a staff or myself be in charge of our social media pages. We would have a Facebook and Instagram page where we can post events and pictures of things that are happening at our school. We can post our student successes and demonstrate how our children are learning. These sites can also be good for marketing all the great things we do at our school.
I think it is also important to have online Collaboration and Productivity Tools in school. Once again having all teachers use the same platform when presenting and assigning work. I would have all teachers use Google Classroom features in their classroom. This way all students are knowledgeable on the forums they are using for learning inside the classroom, they do not need to modify their work apps depending on their teachers. Plus teachers are able to monitor and see what their students are working on. This helps keep them on task and safe. Teachers can make sure students are not on unsafe sites or pretending to work while exploring the web.