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DDESS Education Division - School & Community Website Assistance
DDESS Web sites enhance dialogue and promote trust among parents,
students, the community and DDESS and help us promote student
development through partnerships and communication.
DDESS Area Service Center (ASC) Web Site
The ASC Web site facilitates communication and information
dissemination to all DDESS stakeholders as well as the general
public by:
- Providing visitors with information about the DDESS
organization.
- Serving as a gateway to the DDESS community and school
Web sites
- Hosting DDESS-wide information that can be linked to
and from community and school Web sites.
- Pointing to helpful information for parents and students
on the larger Web.
- Showcasing the great things that happen in DDESS schools.
District/Community Websites
The community Web site is a cost-efficient manner of reaching
the community, from learning about its programs to receiving
emergency information. The community Web site maintains content
that is of interest to all school Web site audiences in the
community. The community Web site:
- Informs parents, teachers, students and community members
about what’s going on in the community such as
special events, achievements, news and announcements
that apply to all schools in the community.
- Displays school accomplishments, student works and other
great things happening in the community’s schools.
- Provides content that is required for school sites but
applies to all schools in the community or district,
i.e., community/district policies, programs, resources,
etc.
School Web Sites
A school’s Web site should be a constantly changing
window on exactly what the school wants parents and students
to know at any given moment. It should also be a tool that
helps the teachers communicate directly with parents, and
helps parents find and communicate with the staff. The school
Web site:
- Informs parents and community members about what’s
going on in the school such as special events, student
achievements, day-to-day successes, news and announcements.
- Displays school accomplishments, student works and other
great things happening in the school.
- Creates visibility among prospective employees and relocating
families
- Provides a safe starting point for students to the Internet.
DDESS Web Publishing, Design, and Development Support
The DDESS Area Webmaster provides guidance as technical and
functional spokesperson for DDESS web related issues.
- Develops, coordinates and implements comprehensive internet
visual information programs in support of the DDESS organization,
area service center, districts, and schools.
- Manages access and maintains content on the DDESS Web
servers containing information and courseware in support
of DDESS area service center, districts, and schools
initiatives.
- Finds, creates and installs tools to
- create web content and check consistency
- develop and enforce the DDESS style, including liaison
with POCs
- Serves as the DDESS subject matter expert on Web design
and implementation.
- Is responsible for the content, quality and style of
the DDESS ASC Web site, in collaboration with content
owners.
- Information architecture assistance:
- Creates Web site design templates that enable districts
and schools to create and maintain compliant Web sites
and content.
- Provides training to DDESS ASC content owners, superintendents,
principals, webmasters, education technologists, and
district and school Web authors on topics including:
- Internet communications design and execution.
- Writing for the Web
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