Spring Cleaning: Does Yours Include a Review of All Communication Policies?

Let's review some communication plans that school districts commonly use:

• : This document contains information on your overall district communication strategies. It details which staff members serve as spokespeople, what communication channels your district will use, who has access to those channels, what kind of content you will share and how often, any communication goals you create for your district and how you will track their success and any other strategies you will use to communicate with your stakeholders.
  
• : This document details how you will communicate with district stakeholders and the public during an emergency. It includes a list of those staff members who will be a part of the communications team, what processes your staff will follow to ensure their and students’ safety and how you will provide information to parents/guardians throughout the event. Additionally, this document will contain details on how you will organize and communicate with on-site media reporters.
  
• : This increasingly important document contains guidelines for staff members on how to use social media appropriately within the context of being an educator and the additional public responsibility that entails. It also includes guidelines for staff members on communicating with current students on social media outlets, and it can also
  contain guidelines on students using social media during school hours.
  

Please seriously consider reviewing your existing communication documents or creating any that you don't have for your district. If you need any assistance, we can review or help you create any of the ones detailed above. Please

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