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Principals can utilize the power of Google Docs and other media sharing apps within the Google suite products

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Principals can utilize the power of Google Docs and other media sharing apps within the Google suite products

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One of the most effective ways for school administrators to empower and encourage their faculty to use new and innovative tools is to model best practices by employing them in their own administrative duties. Google Docs, a tool within Google Drive, includes a number of robust features that can streamline teacher's administrative tasks and highlight their ability to foster collaboration among peers and students. If you need a quick tutorial on Google Drive, check out this article on Daily Genius. Here are four ways that school administrators can use Google Drive to both streamline their own administrative tasks and model effective use of technology.

Real-Time Collaboration

One of the most time consuming administrative tasks for school administrators is writing policies, drafting communications, and updating school documents. Often this is done in a collaborative setting with other administrators, educators, students, and/or parents. Rather than email files back and forth, draft your work on a Google Doc and share it with others for their input. You can share at different levels, giving your collaborators the ability to "view," "comment," or "edit." This can give you control over who makes changes before a final draft. To review changes in a document, go to File → See Revision history. This will allow you to see what edits were made and by whom.

Community Whiteboards

Faculty live a life on the go and as such, it is easy for them to become isolated from their community. A solution to this is posting an embedded Google Doc on a blog, website, or other digital bulletin board. By selecting File → Publish to the Web and select the "embed." You can then include this on your electronic medium of choice. Faculty can leave notes, engage in discussions about ideas, etc.

Make Comments for Evaluations

School administrators spend a fair amount of time evaluating faculty. Narrative comments are an important component of these evaluations. With a Google Doc, you can share your reviews with Department Chairs, HR, and the Faculty being reviewed. You can even populate a document using a Google Form with the docAppender add-on.

Newsletters

Google Docs allow school administrators to include images, live links, and more. You can easily format a school newsletter (using Google's collaborative features with contributors) and then share it with your Faculty, Staff, Students, and Parents. With "view only" privileges, individuals can still read content, click on the links, and make a copy for their own records. An electronic newsletter saves on printing and mailing costs and allows you to easily catalogue and digitally archive content for later access.

These are three simple tips to help you get started using Google Docs to complete administrative tasks. By harnessing the power of its collaborative tools and ability to share with people both inside and outside of your community, you can streamline your own work while modeling effective and powerful technology use for others.

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How school administrators can harness the power of Google Drive - Daily Genius

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One of the most effective ways for school administrators to empower and encourage their faculty to use new and innovative tools is to model best practices by employing them in their own administrative duties. Google Docs, a tool within Google Drive, includes a number of robust features that can streamline teacher's administrative tasks and highlight their ability ...

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ONEDRIVE is a fantastic sharing tool that opens up considerable possibilities for staff and school leaders to collaborate and share

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ONEDRIVE is a fantastic sharing tool that opens up considerable possibilities for staff and school leaders to collaborate and share

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HCDSB supports this tool and it is easy and functional to use.

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See Microsoft OneNote in action! We show you how to use OneNote for collaboration and offer best practices for increasing your productivity. Find out how to create a OneNote notebook, manage your task

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Connecting educators through innovative tech

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2017 Excellence Education Innovation Lab: Redefining the role of a principal

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BEST NC and RTI host the 4th annual Excellence Education Innovation Lab to discuss approaches to Elevating Educators. Our goal is to increase student achievement in North Carolina by transforming school leadership in the school building. We want to innovate, inspire and reimagine the pipeline for excellence.