The popular New Jersey administrator—@NMHS_Principal on Twitter—offered his prescription for enhancing school leadership in the digital age at School Library Journal’s recent summit in Arlington, VA.
The principal of New Milford High School in Bergen County, Sheninger (pictured) employs a full range of social media, from Twitter to Facebook, to foster “six pillars” of leadership, from professional development to communication, broadcasting in real time everything from sports scores to campus news across the entire school community.
The sole cost is time, says Sheninger, who manages New Milford’s Facebook and Twitter accounts himself.
“All we hear in the mainstream media is the negative things going on [in schools],” said Sheninger, referencing the recent move by the state of Missouri to restrict social media contact between teachers and students.
Got great things going on in your school? Let your community know, he urged.
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To restrict technology is to ensure your students and community will be unprepared to embrace and make the future.
Mr. Sheninger is right! The media will happily report negative stories about your school and its teachers. It is up to YOU – the educators – to push out positive stories about your school.