Communications
Design Thinking For School Marketing: Defining the Challenge
Oftentimes challenges are not fully defined, and as a result, the solution doesn’t stick. Defining a problem is about moving past assumptions and reconciling data and observation.
Centering Dialogue in the Classroom: It’s about WE, not ME!
By: M. Kokozos et al. Through enabling dialogue, educators shift their classroom climate from one of competition to one of cooperation, respect, authenticity and openness.
10 Strategies for Schools to Improve Parent Engagement
By: Jennifer Larson. The key to productive and positive parent engagement is a consistent and simplified flow of communication between school, home and all other stakeholders. Schools can take advantage of best practices to give parents more visibility into their child’s day-to-day.
6 Ways to Market Your School Without Social Media
Social media can serve as a great marketing tool for schools, but it is not your only option. These six ways to market your school go beyond social media.
Promoting a School-to-Home Community
One area that educators might reflect on over the summer is how to foster a better connection between home and school. There are so many tasks that we have to do on a daily basis and without a doubt, our primary responsibility is to provide the best learning…
New Message Manual to Improve and Create Consistent Communications in Education
The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, with the help of Hattaway Communications, recently released "Communicating a Shared Vision for Students and Education", a message manual designed to improve and enhance consistent communications about student success and educational equity.
The Keys to High Quality PBL: Public Products and Presentations of Work
Public products and presentations of student learning are key to truly high quality PBL. One way to engage students in publicly presenting their projects, products and learning is through exhibition nights.
Using Technology to Build Partnerships with Parents
Every day, my goal is to find ways to connect and engage with students’ families, despite these hurdles. We all know that regular communication with parents and families is the key to building a strong classroom community.
Why Communication is Critical for Personalized Learning Success
By: Suzanne Alka and Luciano Munoz. We knew that to be successful in our implementation of personalized learning, we would need to develop a communication plan tailored to different audiences within our community. Here's how we did it.
Getting Smart on Social Media 2.0
Social media is a great way to build community and communicate. In our latest Smart Bundle, we look at strategies for educators and EdLeaders looking to make the most of their social media efforts.