Successful School Newsletters – 5 Essentials
School newsletters are a great communication tool—versatile, reliable, affordable and, if successful, well-received. Like all tools, they perform best when used strategically and with purpose. These are some of the essentials to improving the success of your school newsletter as a communication tool.
The Four Top Tips for Better School Communication
It’s a funny thing about school communication. Parents want to know everything, yet at the same time feel overwhelmed with school-related information. We’ve been speaking with Hubbli customers to learn what their main challenges are. Here are 4 important tips that will help.
5 Ways School Administrators Can Relieve Stress
After 10 years of teaching and helping around the office I wanted to share what I found to be the top 5 ways school administrators can relieve stress. Everyday you are hit with a pile of work when you get to school – parents who want something, kids who want something, administrators who want something […]
Back to School
This post references a news article that discusses back to school stress and some tips on how parents can identify what their children are feeling. It also touchs upon the usefulness of social networks for staying in communication with teachers and other parents in the school community. Does your school age child have the back […]
How to stay school ready during summer holidays
In this blog post I address the topic of how to stay school ready during summer holidays and offer a few manageable tips parents can implement with their school age children. It’s the ongoing question – How do we let our children enjoy their summer break while remaining mentally in gear for the pending school year? […]
Impact of parent involvement on child development
A brief summary of Urie Bronfenbrenner’s theory on child development and the impact of parent involvement. As many of us have already figured out, children do not exist in their own tiny bubble unaffected by family, peers, teachers and community culture. In fact it is quite the opposite. We understand that our children and students are greatly […]