Communication Welcome Back to School! First of all, things are a little nutty in pandemic world, and perhaps your class schedule is taking a hit. If so, here’s a weekly schedule template to help you get everyone on the same page.
Communication A Look Back at 2021 We prepared a list of top tips and insights we gathered from 2021. Take these best practices into consideration when creating your next school newsletter so you can start the new year feeling more prepared than ever.
Christmas Newsletter 12 Holiday Newsletter Ideas from Real Educators We’ve gone through the many holiday newsletters uploaded to the Educator Hive, our newsletter template center, and made a list of the 12 most popular content topics in holiday and Christmas newsletters today!
Communication School Communication & ESSER Funds If your school or district is eligible for Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds (ESSER) that Congress allocated for K-12 schools in the wake of the pandemic, you might be wondering what types of technology make sense for you to purchase.
Communication 6 Ideas for Engaging Class Communications in 2022 Since 2020, communication between educators and families became more important than ever. Here are 6 ideas for engaging content you can include in your next school newsletter, to help keep parents in the loop with everything that's going on.
Christmas Newsletter School Newsletter Template: Christmas Newsletter! It’s beginning to look a lot like... Christmas Newsletter time! If you need a school newsletter that will help you communicate the magic and joy of the season in the days and weeks leading up to Christmas vacation, this template is for you!
Communication School Newsletter Template: Celebrate the Holidays! The month between Thanksgiving and Christmas is always a challenge! This holiday template aims to help you with just that. You’ll find links to all kinds of info about how and what the rest of the world celebrates in December...
Communication 7 Ways to Get Parents to Open Your Emails Like all of us, parents are super-busy, and it can be incredibly difficult to reach them with critical info. According to recent data, email open rates in the Education sector average only 25%, meaning that important school emails are getting lost in the clutter.
Communication School Newsletter Template: National STEAM/STEM Day It’s actually National STEAM/STEM Day, a perfect day to dive into activities that communicate to all students that they can be innovators, inventors, and even NASA scientists in the here and now, not to mention in their futures.
Communication School Newsletter Template: IEP for ELL Families Rethinking school communications so that they’re accessible for everyone makes all families feel welcome. So why not put an IEP on a school newsletter with translation features? Use our template!
Communication 5 Communication Tips for School Librarians As technology becomes more ingrained in classrooms and libraries, the very nature of school librarians has changed, as well. We recently spoke with school librarian Elizabeth Graham who shared her five keys to successful library communication.
Communication School Newsletter Template: Thanksgiving Thanksgiving itself is an interesting study in communication — how a holiday gets articulated over time -- and the first article in our Thanksgiving Newsletter explores the history of the holiday.
Communication School Newsletter Template: Native American Heritage Month With the crackle of leaves underfoot, we welcome in Native American Heritage Month (aka American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month) in November. And yes, we’ve got a school newsletter template for that!
Communication School Newsletter Template: Using Translation to Engage Families In the US, one in five students speaks a language other than English at home, which means there are A LOT of parents who are experiencing the disorientation that I’ve felt. This is why translation is so important – it opens the gate to families who aren’t comfortable yet with English.
Communication School Newsletter Template: Happy Halloween Boo! I love school Halloween. I know the sugar crash is intense, but the creativity and the spirit of joy is magical, especially after last year! This school newsletter template is in the spirit of making Halloween educational, fun, delicious, and inclusive.
Communication School Newsletter Template: Parent-Teacher Conference This year, many schools will be conducting parent conferences remotely. Since some parents and caregivers won’t be accessible by video conference, we’ve gone ahead and created a parent-teacher conference form template for you.
Communication School Newsletter Template: Indigenous Peoples’ Day We've created a school newsletter template to help you share resources and communicate around Indigenous Peoples' Day.
Communication School Newsletter Template: National Hispanic Heritage Month Every year, we celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15. This National Hispanic Heritage Month template offers you a variety of resources.
Communication Welcome Back to School Letter Welcoming faculty back from summer requires a certain sleight of hand: you have to acknowledge that vacation is ending while inspiring your team with the hope and promise of the new school year. Principals as motivational speakers!
Principals Communicating with Parents 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.
Teachers Teaching Digital Citizenship with Smore As we roll our way into the digital frontier that is 2021, how do I teach Digital Citizenship in an interesting, relevant, and effective way?
Principals 🌩 Cloudy with a Chance of Awesome: How Educators Use Smore’s Cloud Tech to do Amazing Work We spoke with Dr. Joseph Cerna, Principal of Fort Sam Houston Elementary School, who uses Smore to engage colleagues and community.
Principals Here’s How a Principal with a Smore School License Creates Amazing Content 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.
Teachers Update Parents with Smore Keeping parents in the loop is essential for their cooperation and support. Whether you are looking to update them on your recent class activities, upcoming events or what their child needs to bring next week — we have some great examples for you.
