This blog post caught my eye. In times of emergency, communication is critical. Realize “emergency” is in the eye of the beholder. For the parent of a 3rd grader, a bus that is late coming back from a field trip...
Education World is featuring an excellent article on blogging for principals. A large portion of the article talks about the Raymond L. Young Elementary School blog. Pattie Thomas, the principal at Young and a close personal friend is the primary...
The article I wrote for Principal magazine, Improving Communication One Blog at a Time, is now available on the web. Click here to read the article....
The current issue of Principal magazine contains an article I authored on the subject of principal blogs. Today’s post highlights three principal blogs that I think are outstanding, each in its own way. One element that all three share is...
Check out the March/April issue of Principal magazine for my article entitled, “Improve Communication One Blog at a Time.” The article discusses the advantages of a principal communicating to faculty and staff via a blog versus other means of communication....
At the CLAS Assistant Principal Conference, we briefly touched on the concept of using blogs as a communication tool. Here are several posts which address blogging: Blogs in Plain English This short video provides an overview of what a blog...
“Is our school going to be listening to Barack Obama address the children?” This question has been a hot one on my Twitter feed, in the aisles of the grocery stores, and in phone conversations and e-mails my wife has...
Fragmentation is a real and growing problem in today’s society. We know that to produce anything of quality, we must focus and maintain that focus for a period of time. Today’s society, however, is moving in the opposite direction at...
Thanks to everyone that came to today’s session on “Your Own Blog in 10 Minutes or Less.” Hands-on workshops present their own unique challenges in that everyone comes with slightly different backgrounds and levels of expertise. Our group did a...
During my final year as a principal (before moving to the central office), I started a blog to communicate with parents and a blog to communicate with staff. Creating and maintaining the blogs was a joy and provided one of...