Leadership magazine May/June 2015 V 44 No 5 | Page 28

Keeping school
communities

CONNECTED

Mobile principals use social media to
tear down school walls, connecting
parents with school life, connecting
teachers throughout the day and
connecting schools in the district.

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ow often does this conversation happen for parents:
“How was school today? What
did you do?” We all know the
response: “Nothing; not sure; can’t remember; don’t know.”
At John Swett Elementary (@jseroadrunners) we’ve torn down the classroom walls
and are connecting parents with school life
and Common Core implementation on a
daily, even hourly basis. Twitter and Remind
have profoundly changed our communication flow from what’s happe