TKES Spotlight:
Teacher communicates in a professional, productive manner in written communications.
Teacher communicates in a professional, productive manner during oral communications and interactions.
Teacher utilizes a system to document conversations.
See the rubric below. The communication fact sheet file has a checklist that is especially helpful!
communication_fact_sheet.pdf |
Get Techknow (Related to Communication):
A safe way to communicate with your students/parents. Instantly text your students/parents without sharing your personal information. Remind also has a chat feature via the app. Read more here: https://www.remind.com/
You can easily receive files from collegues, students, parents right to your Dropbox, Google Drive, or One Drive using this tool. The sender does not need an account or email. They access a link and upload the file right to you!
Read more here: http://learninginhand.com/blog/dropittome
https://www.smore.com
Design a flyer and share it. Templates are available to quickly build infographics or flyers. Templates allow the addition of text, audio, video, images, and more. Free and paid accounts are available.
Google Forms for Anecdotal Records/Notes
This is a great informational blog that shows how to create a form for recording anything you wish like parent contact, reading/writing conferences, etc! The best part is that your data goes into a ready made spreadsheet!
http://thinkshareteach.blogspot.com/search?q=google+forms
Post your classroom happenings on Twitter to keep parents informed.
Here are some other ideas for Twitter in the classroom:
http://www.teachhub.com/50-ways-use-twitter-classroom
Many more ideas are available via web search and/or Pinterest.
Other Resources:
parent-communication-log.pdf |