What's Your Pinterest Plan?

Does your school or district have a Pinterest Plan? If not, you might want to consider leveraging the power of this very popular social media tool. So many educators use this virtual pin board to stay on top of best practices. Taking it a step further and using it to tell your school's story will do wonders for all involved. Below you will find a Pinerest Plan of sorts that can help your school or district move the educational conversation forward.

1. Sign up for a Google Alert that will automatically send you an email anytime your school or district is mentioned online. 
2. Register your school or district with a Pinterest account. 
3. Create a board where you can pin all of the online content related to your school or district. Check out Black River Middle School's Pinterest board by clicking here. 
4. Typically when an online newspaper or blog mentions your school or district, you will receive a Google Alert via email. When this happens, simply copy and paste the link onto your board and select an image to go along with the content. 
5. Make sure to have a Pinterest button on your school or district webpage for people to access. View Black River Middle School's webpage here. 
6. Promote your school or district Pinterest board at school events, through email blasts, social media posts, etc...

Creating and maintaining a school or district Pinterest board will help with informing school stakeholders and promoting student and staff achievements. It can also be used to highlight alumni and how they are still making your school or district proud with what they are accomplishing. The content on your school or district's Pinterest board does not have to solely focus on what is happening with your staff and student's in school. Putting focus on the great things that happen outside of the school day goes a long way in strengthening community pride. 

Brad Currie is the author of All Hands on Deck: Tools for Connecting Educators, Parents, and Communities. He is one of the founding partners of Evolving Educators LLC. Brad is an ASCD Emerging Leader, Bammy Award Finalist, ClassDojo Thought Leader and Google Certified Educator. He currently serves as a K-8 Supervisor of Instruction and Middle School Vice Principal for the Chester School District in Chester, NJ. Learn more about Brad by following him on Twitter @bradmcurrie or visiting his website at www.bradcurrie.net.