Your DC’s School’s Social Media Presence

[Anonymous]

I’ve been tasked with taking over some of my school’s social media this school year (I’m a teacher). What kind of posts do you like to see your kid’s school posting? Anything you can’t stand? Anything you think would be interesting at back to school time? I’m thinking mostly of Instagram, since I’m pretty sure that’s where a lot of elementary parents spend most of the social media time, and my role is mostly just taking/ posting pics and captioning. Any ideas are helpful- thanks!

[Anonymous]

News, events, things going on at school. But, please ask parents before posting. Some of us don't want our kids on social media for various reasons.

[Anonymous]

OP here- thanks and yes of course not- we have parents sign a waiver in the beginning of the year if they want their child on social media or not.

[Anonymous]

Reminders about events, like back to school nights, or upcoming half-days. Anything the kids participate in, like pajama day or crazy sock day, where I need to figure out what they’re going to wear and is it clean that day.

[Anonymous]

All good ideas but don’t stop sending out emails. I don’t have an Instagram account or twitter and stay off social media as much as possible. I’d hate to miss events if they were only posted there. I don’t care if you take photos of my kids and post though. Just don’t put their names.

[Anonymous]

Teacher here. Tell the other teachers in your school that this will now be your job and to send you photos/videos they've taken for things like concerts, sports day, etc. That way, you aren't the photographer, just the poster. Our AP does this and teachers just send him photos and he posts them.

[Anonymous]

Thanks everyone. Sent an email to coworkers for them to send me any pics they want posted, and I’ll be sure to post reminders for events, etc. Any back to school content in particular you want to see? Classroom prep? My guess is no one really cares but if I can make it more interesting for people I’m happy to do so

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks everyone. Sent an email to coworkers for them to send me any pics they want posted, and I’ll be sure to post reminders for events, etc. Any back to school content in particular you want to see? Classroom prep? My guess is no one really cares but if I can make it more interesting for people I’m happy to do so

Maybe a few photos but only if teachers want to share them. At my school, I can already read the nasty comments in my mind about classrooms that are unfinished the day of Meet the Teacher. We only get the equivalent of a half day to get ready and they just told us the school won't be open the day before we are supposed to report. I always go in one day early and this year, it will be a mess since 1/3 of the teachers had to move classrooms at the end of the year.

[Anonymous]

I hope you volunteered and were not actually "tasked" with this, teacher. I've only known school admin/operations/communication team to handle school social media accounts. And leaders of the parents/families association handle the parents/families association social media.

[Anonymous]

I like to see projects and special events from different grades and classrooms. It gives a general sense of the variety of learning and experiences happening in the school (as opposed to jus the parties and performances that parents are invited in to see).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hope you volunteered and were not actually "tasked" with this, teacher. I've only known school admin/operations/communication team to handle school social media accounts. And leaders of the parents/families association handle the parents/families association social media.

Operations and communications teams? Lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hope you volunteered and were not actually "tasked" with this, teacher. I've only known school admin/operations/communication team to handle school social media accounts. And leaders of the parents/families association handle the parents/families association social media.

Teachers are "voluntold" for things all of the time. Some admins will hold it against you on the professional expectations part of your evaluation if you say no.

[Anonymous]

OP here- all good thoughts, thanks... and indeed I was voluntold- emphasis on the told haha. I didn’t love how the accounts were being run before though so I’m looking forward to improving the content.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope you volunteered and were not actually "tasked" with this, teacher. I've only known school admin/operations/communication team to handle school social media accounts. And leaders of the parents/families association handle the parents/families association social media.

Operations and communications teams? Lol.

Right. There are no teams of people doing each of those things. It's the people who work in the school office, you know what I mean. That's why I said admin/operations/communication with slashes.

[Anonymous]

What age school? My kids are in HS, and I want to know when what colleges are visiting, When SAT and ACT registration deadlines are, when homecoming and prom are, as well as any info about wellness days (because my teens tell me wellness days aren't required days of school). Also, graduation date, when seniors last day of school is, and the ridiculous schedule of AP exams and standardized testing when they barely go to school except to take their exams.