Principals

We asked educators to share a school newsletter engagement hack with us. Surprise! Turns out almost a quarter of them use rewards. Read on to learn more.

When people devote only 10 seconds to reading each email, you've got to capture their attention right from the get-go. Here are three ways principals are getting it done. Did you know that the average length of time that people are willing to devote to reading an email is 10 seconds?

Rich is in the midst of getting the work out about his 3rd book: Rogue Leader: Make the Rules, Inspire Others, and Take Control of Your Own Professional Development Destiny. He’s also the co-founder of The 4 O’Clock Faculty blog, and a leader of his district's professional learning. Rich took a few minutes to share some of his secret sauce with us.

Some parents are harder to reach than others, whether because of their language or circumstances or even personality. But that just means we have to work harder to reach them.

We spoke with Dr. Joseph Cerna, Principal of Fort Sam Houston Elementary School, who uses Smore to engage colleagues and community.

When it comes to communications, schools have a few different priorities: They need information to be clear; They need to ensure that important information is read; They need the creation and distribution process to be quick and easy.