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ERIC Number: EJ573470
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1784
Public Engagement: Lessons from the Front.
Soholt, Sylvia
Educational Leadership, v56 n2 p22-23 Oct 1998
According to a former community relations director for a Washington State district, there are three key elements of effective public engagement: choosing a focus, acknowledging that employees are a school system's first public, and using feedback loops. Employees are school ambassadors whose words and actions can either build community support or destroy a community's confidence. (MLH)
Descriptors: Community Support, Elementary Secondary Education, Feedback, Goal Orientation, Information Management, Public Relations, School Personnel
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Edmonds School District WA