In regards to "out of the box" communication strategies would be to leverage a team within the school (teaching and non teaching staff, as well as administrators) to come up with ways to share information without "spamming" the inbox. Often times our school may over communicate due to a slow response. This is only compounded by sending yet another email, in the hopes someone sees it and responds. As "old fashioned" as it may seem, the best method to create better response and more inviting situations, is to arrange for more real facetime with colleagues. This can be for a few minutes, or can take an entire period if necessary in order to make the colleague feel more comfortable and to understand the direction and advice/guidance you are trying to share.
I believe as a society, we have become to dependent on the digital communication, and have lost at times the ability to be relational with our faculty/staff, parents and stakeholders. We are blessed with teaching periods, guidance counseling periods, and afterschool activity time to teach by relationship with our students. However, we take for granted and may lose sight of our colleagues and their needs. This of course is not done intentionally, but it is the result of avoiding, or not scheduling appropriate face to face time.
I believe as a society, we have become to dependent on the digital communication, and have lost at times the ability to be relational with our faculty/staff, parents and stakeholders. We are blessed with teaching periods, guidance counseling periods, and afterschool activity time to teach by relationship with our students. However, we take for granted and may lose sight of our colleagues and their needs. This of course is not done intentionally, but it is the result of avoiding, or not scheduling appropriate face to face time.