Others attach articles from professional literature to their school or PTA newsletters. Principals often share articles with colleagues inside and outside their districts. Innovative strategies and activities related to revised curricula are often popular with parents. Principals appreciate their many teachers who send home articles from professional publications. Summer booklets for families, carefully and creatively prepared by teachers, are very popular and effective.
Some teachers share ideas for family traveling and vacation projects.
An idea for principals is to facilitate networking among faculty. This could be an in-service offering to encourage teachers to share worthwhile projects such as summer booklets. Probably most schools use this vehicle for addressing parent concerns and presenting information. Newsletters are also a very effective networking method for principals who can certainly add to their repertoire by exchanging these, along with handbooks and other resources. These exchanges can also take place at county meetings, The Principals' Center for the Garden State and at state and national conferences.