Sharing the Good Things Happening In You School

In the past times few years, the political brand upward of our schools has been changing a smashing deal.  The means schools are funded together with the total of local command inwards schools has been changing.  There has been a huge force from our field authorities to consolidate schoolhouse districts together with force to a greater extent than or less of the local command to the district level.  This has resulted inwards many fears from parents, teachers together with community members well-nigh losing their local, pocket-size town simple schools.  They are rightfully afraid that these schools volition live on unopen together with our children volition live on sent to larger regional simple schools.  I learn these fears from the perspective equally a instructor who industrial plant inwards a pocket-size schoolhouse together with equally a Mom who loves the pocket-size schoolhouse her ain kids attend. 

In our school, together with thence many wonderful things come about that the full general populace is non aware of.  Some parents who are good connected to the schoolhouse receive got a pretty practiced idea, merely I often recall the community inwards full general lacks specifics well-nigh the practiced things happening inwards their school.  Thinking well-nigh the alter inwards political climate together with agreement the fears of other teaches together with parents well-nigh our pocket-size schoolhouse beingness on the chopping block inwards the side past times side few years, I receive got been thinking a lot well-nigh how to promote our schoolhouse together with part all the wonderful things happening here. 

1. Video 

Last year, when I was researching ways to leave of absence message out to parents, I stumbled upon Your School Rocks... So Tell People.  This mass was total of smashing ideas that actually helped me run across the potential to upward our game inwards several areas, including video.  Last spring, I challenged myself to do at to the lowest degree i video a calendar week showcasing something going on inwards our schoolhouse together with later on a few weeks, it got to live on business office of my routine together with the response I receive got got is amazing.  I purpose the iMovie app for iPad to edit video clips, add together text, etc.  We receive got been loving using video together with thence much that this year, I receive got many students together with thence excited to do their ain videos that nosotros are doing a trial of WeVideo which seems to live on the become to video editing software for purpose on Chromebooks.  We are working on creating videos highlighting out demeanour expectations for PBIS, math how to videos, trailers of upcoming events together with and thence much more.  We part these videos on social media, the schoolhouse website together with on instructor blogs. 

2. Social Media

Our schoolhouse district has a Facebook page together with a twitter concern human relationship that previous to reading this book, I hadn't paid much attending to.  After reading this book, I right away looked into who was providing content on these platforms together with made certain to ship content their was equally often equally possible.  I am also working on organizing teacher receive got over days where dissimilar teachers learn command of the concern human relationship for the day/week together with furnish a detailed aspect into their classroom.  Since I locomote inwards an simple school, nosotros are trying to hit parents on social media, together with Facebook is definitely the identify where nosotros tin detect most of the parents.  The mass had an splendid chapter on using Instagram to hit your students which I recall would live on perfect for middle together with high schoolhouse historic menstruation kids. 

3. School/Teacher Blogs

It is the expectation inwards my schoolhouse that all teachers hold a classroom weblog where they part pictures, videos together with updates at to the lowest degree a few times per month.  These are linked from the schoolhouse website together with it tin live on difficult to run across how much they are getting viewed or how helpful they are to families together with the community.  They are a huge property when individual novel is looking into working at or sending kids to our schoolhouse because they reach a smashing season of what nosotros receive got to offer.  My ain weblog is also used to curate online resources so it gets a lot of views at schoolhouse together with at home.  When I started adding videos that featured the students together with videos that students helped do the engagement on the master copy page of my weblog went upward past times 500%! Video is together with thence powerful!  

4. Alert the Press

When something exceptional is happening at your school, allow the local press know.  Our smallest local newspaper is ever interested inwards reporting on events happening inwards our schools.  They sometimes ship a lensman & a reporter together with other times they inquire for to a greater extent than details together with a moving painting that i of us took at the event.  Just a quick electronic mail to allow them know what is happening inwards our schoolhouse has resulted inwards positive press for us multiple times.  It is complimentary together with requires minimal effort. 

5. School Website

Is your schoolhouse website kept upward to date?  For many folks, your schoolhouse website is the outset matter they run across when they search for y'all together with y'all desire to brand certain y'all receive got plenty information posted that they tin actually learn to know your school.  Also, y'all desire to learn inwards a identify where students together with families render to over together with over i time to a greater extent than to learn the information they postulate or to select grip of upward on the news.  Make certain your schoolhouse website is updated at to the lowest degree weekly to learn the most out of it.  Regularly sharing pictures, videos, newsletters, etc is a smashing means to continue things fresh. 

6. Get Folks Inside the Building

One of the best ways to learn parents together with community members upward to engagement on what is happening at schoolhouse is to invite them to come upward in.  When they are inwards the building, they non alone learn to run across what is going on, they learn to experience the civilization equally well.  We examine to invite parents together with community members inwards at to the lowest degree a few times a yr together with are at nowadays looking for ways to invite them inwards fifty-fifty to a greater extent than frequently.

7. Class Dojo

Growth Mindset! 

How do y'all part the practiced things happening inwards your school? Please answer inwards the comments below. 

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