Why Blog As An Administrator For Blog
- 1. Why Blog as an Administrator? Share news and events Spread the word Progress monitoring Status alerts Community building Thought leadership Branding Replacing web sites CASTLE (Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education)
- 2. Share News and Events Principals can quickly post… ~ special events ~ recent awards won by students and staff ~ classroom highlights ~ reminders ~ lunch menus ~ extracurricular activities ~ deadlines
- 3. Progress Monitoring Stakeholders can be kept up to date on… ~ building new facilities ~ implementing new curriculum ~ hiring new staff ~ BEEF grant projects
- 4. Status Alerts School community and parents can be informed of… ~ event cancellations ~ needs (such as for volunteers or supplies)
- 5. Community Building Administrators are able to… ~ communicate with teachers and/or parents through ongoing interactive dialogue ~ converse with other administrators from all around the world to gain inspiration and encouragement
- 6. Branding Relocating families want to know, “Where are the good schools?” We want our school to have a reputation for providing high-quality learning experiences for our students. By sharing through a blog, parents are able to the wonderful things that are occurring in our school buildings.
- 7. Spread the Word We want to share our school lives with stakeholders who will talk about how great our school is to everyone. Blogs enable us to feed information and good news to these “evangelists”.
- 8. Thought Leadership ~ A blog is a great place to put thoughts out into the community. You can receive feedback from teachers, parents, and other stakeholders. ~ You can also advocate for certain actions (i.e. voting, bond issues, etc)
- 9. Replacing Web Sites ~ blogs can replace web sites or ~ become a prominent link from the school’s home page Blogs would be a great tool for… ~ FAQs ~ ongoing updates ~ teacher or school newsletters ~ internal communication with staff