Writing for School Leaders

You understand that leadership is both action and words

You understand that a thriving school community requires effective communication

Course Structure

The course meets 3 times for 90 minutes set at a time convenient for you. The sessions can be spread across the summer and/or school year to ensure that participants are able to implement the communication strategies and craft stellar writing artifacts.

Each participant also receives written feedback on each artifact. At the end of the service, participants are given a set of strategies to highlight their writing strengths and address areas of growth.

Course Goals

Participants will learn how to:

• Identify the key needs and expectations of stakeholders

• Design and implement weekly and/or monthly communications to staff, families and community partners

• Crafting written responses to local/national events

• Align responses to district’s public relation’s policies

Outcomes

Participants will leave the course with:

• A Welcome Letter for the upcoming academic year

• Key stakeholders communication needs table

• A communications schedule (including automated emails)

• Top 5 writing and revision strategies for successful communication