Teacher Communications
Newtonite 87.3 - Grades to stay offline
Submitted by Erik on Thu, 03/13/2008 - 2:37pm.
Grades to stay offline
Newtonite - Volume 87, Issue 3 - Friday, March 7, 2008
BY MOLLY SILVERMAN
Students and parents will not find students’ grades online, said special education teacher Dianne Lochhead, a co-chair of the Streamlining Communications Committee. For now, teachers will be able to learn how to use a program to present assignments, curricula and handouts, but teachers “can use it at their discretion,” Lochhead said to the faculty Tuesday. At the meeting, the faculty focused on communication in the school and on a Student Showcase Thursday, April 17.
Posting grades daily on line has benefits, drawbacks - Newtonite 87.2
Submitted by Erik on Thu, 03/13/2008 - 2:28pm.
Posting grades daily on line has benefits, drawbacks -
Newtonite 87.2
Newtonite - Volume 87, Issue 2 - Friday, Feb. 15, 2008
Mass Interview by Rebecca Harris and Georgina Teasdale
On a voluntary basis, teachers might post grades on line every day using a
program called Edline? so students and parents can see them. The Streamlining
Communications Committee will be talking about possibilities in a faculty
meeting March 4. Meanwhile, members of the school community gave their views on
the pros and cons of this possible change in practice.
School Portal Communications
Submitted by Erik on Thu, 03/13/2008 - 12:43pm.
Communications is one of the most challenging aspects of any project. It is also one of the most important to get right. It is a cornerstone to understanding what customers experience, need and want and to managing their expectations throughout the lifecycle of a project.
This page will help us develop and execute our communications plan for the School Portal Project. It includes the four following sections:
Stakeholders - who are they, what do they experience, need, want, don't want?
- Teachers - For this phase, especially those who have already expressed interest at NNHS, NSHS and Bigelow
- Students - Especially NNHS, NSHS & Bigelow
- Parents
Channels - what are the channels, or mechanisms, through which we can communicate with them?
Working with Communications for Newton Teacher's Association
Submitted by Erik on Wed, 03/12/2008 - 10:23am.
Had a great chat last week with Brad Hammer, a Ward School 3rd grade teacher who is also lead/chair of the Communications Committee for the Newton Teacher's Association (i.e., Teacher's Union). Here's an excerpt of my follow-up with him.
It was great to talk with you last week about tools/techniques for Teacher Communications.
As I understand it, you're looking for insights, best practices and tools to achieve easier and more effective communications from the Newton Teacher's Association to its teachers. One of your key goals is migrating your primary email addresses for teachers from their school address to their home address and being able to track/know how has updated address and who hasn't. Today you're using iContact with mixed success.
