Tag: email

Getting email right: Learning to communicate professionally with colleagues in school

Every school has its own culture, ways of being and patterns of interaction and communication. I learnt this sage lesson when starting a new post in my second school.  I entered the profession in an age of scribbled notes or printed memos left in pigeon holes to be collected and responded to at the recipient's … Continue reading Getting email right: Learning to communicate professionally with colleagues in school →

Always on duty: Taming email and our need to respond

Photo by Torsten Dettlaff on Pexels.com I began my career in education just after the dawning of the new millennium, when reading and responding to emails involved deliberately logging on at a PC and waiting for the dial-up internet to connect.  Consequently, emails might languish in my inbox unread for days - perhaps even a … Continue reading Always on duty: Taming email and our need to respond →