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Sometimes Name-Calling is GREAT!

I've been called a lot of names in my day, but today took the cake. Our very lovely chaplain paid me a visit today and called me "cyber Santa". It just make my day. The name-calling came on the heels of some technological initiatives of mine that went 'live' today. This year, as a part of my own personal growth plan I plan to increase our school's online presence by expanding to various other social media, namely Facebook and Instagram. I also took over the existing school Twitter account and made a few adjustments. The aim is to promote our school with as many different types of social media as possible and provide parents and the wider community with options in how to learn more about what is going on at our school. In my efforts to help streamline administrative and operation procedures and processes, I had planned to introduce a number of paperless processes, managing the school's master calendar through Google Calendar, whereby each staff member has view only access to the all approved events, and The Hub - a Google Doc containing a series of hyperlinks to critical documents and folders containing relevant and useful information that teachers require access to year-round, but historically have received piece meal, via countless photocopied memos. I've got three words for my staff this year: No. More. Memos. So far, the response has been really positive. Here's a partial screen shot:


Essentially, this all reflects a shift in the mode of communication and using the tools at our disposal to work more efficiently. I got the idea for The Hub from +Brent Coley and his fantastic YouTube video.

The admin assistants are thrilled that there isn't endless amounts of photocopying to be done during this harried and hurried time of year. My principal seems very pleased with the ease through which staff can access exactly what they need. For that, I'll endure a little name-calling.
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