Here are some of the things I have done this year using Google tools to make my administrative life easier. 1) All of our co-curricular assignments were completed on a Google spreadsheet that I shared with the teachers using the 'invitations can be used by anyone' option when sharing. 2) All of our sporting events, facilities rentals, performing arts center rentals and usage and site facilities usage are all on different Google Calendars. We share these calendars with specific people, but some like myself, the Plant Manager, my administrative assistant, the Athletic Director and the Student Activities director have access to all of the calendars, where we can load all at one time to look for potential conflicts from a variety of facilities being used at the same time and our resources being spread thin. 3) I used a Google Form to have teachers fill out absence reports for Summer School, so we can document teachers calling home prior to dropping students for the summer session. I also used a Google Form to poll the staff on special training that could be used for our emergency plan. I was able to print out the spreadsheet and put it in our readiness binder to show the local authorities. 4) I created a presentation with video embedded for our teachers to use to train themselves to administer the state mandated testing. This became a very effective method of training the teachers and it gave us more time in faculty meetings to do other things. Kyle Brumbaugh |