Guidelines for using a SD63 school based Twitter Account
Setup:
school accounts have been reserved by IT - naming convention - @sd63schoolname
account should be themed using the same graphics as the school webpage
have a link back to the school webpage
Follow other sd63 twitter accounts https://twitter.com/sd63schools/sd63-twitter-accounts
Use Shared District Group Emails to control and setup School Twitter accounts with an admin and account user receiving notifications
Content:
have proper permissions to share student personal information - reference form #s
celebrate school culture
school news
district news
District documents to share with Parents
All RT/MTs - should be directly related to your school culture
Content Guidelines
consider the twitter feed to be the same as the front page as the school website
decide on a school hashtag - check first how much a potential hashtag is being used, choose one that will be unique to your school. Good example: #sd63 #stellys Poor examples: #school #education. Hashtags will be a way to connect people to your school
District Hastags to Use
#sd63 for general district information and news, #sd63learn for professional development, #sd63tl for the Teacher-Librarians,
Twitter Mentorship
Mentorship is available to new twitter users, please contact: Brock Simmonds for help.
Professional Twitter Use
Tone, content, activity all influence the accounts image and perception. Important to pay special attention to what is tweeted, shared, retweeted, and favourited. Most of the activity on twitter is shared in ways you may not anticipate.
Twitter account should be cohesive with the other communication that is coming out of the school (billboard, website, newsletters)
Twitter Resources