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Successfully engaging with your school community, including your students, parents, and residents means using various communication channels to reach as many people as possible to inform, receive feedback, and hold constructive dialogue. Unfortunately, every communication channel that includes a response or feedback mechanism could be an avenue for criticism. Sometimes, it can be productive. Sometimes […]

To achieve optimal academic and developmental performance, the lessons your students learn in the classroom must be reinforced at home. Since your students’ parents and guardians do not take part in classroom instruction, school leaders need effective strategies to maintain a regular cadence of updates and communications home to ensure parents and guardians are well-informed […]

We bet that your best teachers are more than just expert orators. We bet that they are engaging. They know how to facilitate learning objectives by fostering dialogue with students, providing hands-on activities, and encouraging pairs and small-group work. If students are more engaged and participatory through interactive communications, should it be any surprise that […]

Superintendents must play a wide variety of roles to build successful districts supported by a solid foundation of motivated students, engaged parents, and supportive community members. They must be mentors, managers, counselors, visionaries—and public relations agents. This last one, the role of the liaison between the school and the community that supports it, can easily […]

Building Blocks to Improve the Relationship Between Schools and Families In Part I of our Home-School Connection Series we discussed many different benefits of family engagement for students, parents, teachers and administrators. If you’re left wondering, “how can I help to foster a culture of increased family engagement,” read on. It Takes a Village In […]

Family Engagement and the Success of Today’s Students Parent engagement in the education of their children is crucial to the success of today’s students. Consider these findings: According to A New Wave of Evidence, a report from Southwest Educational Development Laboratory, “when schools, families, and community groups work together to support learning, children tend to […]

Best Practices for Managing Communication for Superintendents “The art of communication is the language of leadership.” —James Humes, Author and former presidential speechwriter Managing communication is an essential aspect of any superintendent’s job. As a leader, it’s essential to communicate clearly and frequently with the school board, teachers, parents, the community, and the media. Setting […]