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Virtual Principal’s Office Templates
Need to design a virtual principal’s office quickly? Whether you’re an administrator at an online school or you’re out of the building due to inclement weather, natural disaster, or pandemic, school must go on. Don’t spend all day designing your own when you can be up and ready in an instant. Simply arrange your space, save your slide, insert it into a new Google Slides document, and make your clickable links. That’s it!
All of the graphics inside each of the five background slides are fully moveable and customizable. Make different interactive office spaces for each day of the week or different times of the year. Link to announcements using images and text. Design your room with your personality in mind. Have a school mascot or Bitmoji®? Snap a picture and bring it into the layout or drag it in. Make your mascot talk to your students and staff! Snap pictures of things in your office and bring them into the layout to personalize the space.
I designed this resource with principals and other administrators in mind. I’ve included graphics of a clipboard, books and binders on a bookcase, a filing cabinet, and a bean bag chair for students. A large desk provides workspace and includes a morning cup of coffee, a pile of unkempt papers, and a desk lamp. The phrase, “Principal’s Office” adorns the front of the desk, but is also easily removable. To help add content to the space, I’ve added two picture frames and a laptop where you can overlap your own graphics. Post notes to students and staff on the sticky notes, too!
This template would also work for guidance counselors, curriculum coordinators, and vice-principals.
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Why Design a Digital Principal’s Office?
There are many challenges with distance learning, one of which is the lack of warmth and connection students and staff feel during remote learning. Whether your school is partially in-person, completely virtual, or somewhere in between, not being with everyone in the same space can feel rather impersonal. As principal, it’s difficult to communicate school policies, procedures, curriculum, and announcements and simultaneously nurture the community spirit you’ve worked hard for. That’s where these virtual principal’s office templates come into play.
Creating your own virtual office is one way to coordinate all of the elements of your job in one centralized location. And, it’s a great way to engage with families during critical times of the year like back to school, at the end of a marking period, and during special school-wide events.
Use these hand-drawn (by me!) virtual principal’s office templates to design your own room. Link to announcements and show off your personality. Move objects around within the space to customize it. Add photos of your school mascot, posters with inspiring quotes, pictures of your family, a screenshot of your school YouTube channel, or anything else that would make it feel more your own. And lastly, if you have a personalized avatar character, add that in, too.
Why Use Google Slides for A Virtual Principal’s Office?
- FAMILIARITY: A lot of the features of Google Slides are similar to PowerPoint and will get your room up super quick. No need to edit a PowerPoint and figure out how to upload it to Slides.
- USER-FRIENDLY: You are likely already familiar with storing files in Google Drive.
- INSANT SAVE AS: All changes in Google Slides are instantly saved in Google Drive. Ever accidentally close down an app or other online software and changes weren’t saved? Eliminate the frustration and disappointment of lost presentations!
- ACCESSIBILITY: Parents, staff, and students can use an iPad, desktop or laptop computer, and even a Chrome book to access your virtual principal’s office to view your daily and weekly announcements.
- SHAREABILITY: Simply share your digital room with students and staff via Google Drive, Google Classroom, or any other LMS you’re currently using.
Administrator Directions
The download contains a four-page PDF with directions on how to access the virtual principal’s office templates. I’ve included step-by-step picture directions for some basics including inserting and resizing images as well as how to flip an image.
But I’ve gone a step further in outlining the order of operations in curating your space. How to import images, add video screenshots, add text boxes and images, and how to link to external content.
And this document comes ready to go in Google Drive, so don’t worry about trying to figure out how to import it into your Drive!
You Will Receive
- 1 Non-Editable PDF (Directions with step-by-step pictures on how to use some of the features on Google Slides
- Google Drive Access Link (A link to download the virtual principal’s office templates located on page 2 and 3 of the PDF.)
- 5 Background Slides – The wall and floor graphics are not editable. They have been inserted into the background of the slide and are fixed in place.
- Moveable Objects – Every object within the space is moveable. All graphics are saved in low-resolution which will appear great on screen but are not meant for print. (DISCLAIMER: the graphics used in this file may not be used to create commercial resources).
- Each template page is designed in widescreen 16:9 format so it will fill the screen. As such, they are not meant to print out on 8.5×11″ paper.
Frequently Asked Questions for Virtual Principal’s Office Templates
- Does this work in Schoology, Microsoft Teams, Seesaw, and Canvas? Yes! Anything created in Google Slides can be shared with students. I give directions on the last page of the PDF.
- Do students need their own Google account to use this? No. Because of the method I show you, students and staff will receive an interactive web link they can see regardless if they have their own Google account.
- Can I use these virtual principal’s office templates in PowerPoint? Absolutely. Anything made in Google Slides can be downloaded into PowerPoint. First, open the file in Slides. Then, go to FILE >> DOWNLOAD >> MICROSOFT POWERPOINT.
- Can I add my own links to Google Docs, Slides, Sheets, etc.? Yes! As a result, I’ve included step-by-step picture instructions on how to use all the basics of Google Slides so you can feel successful using and sharing it with your students and staff.
- Can I add/remove graphics/slides from the deck? You sure can! I recommend crafting this resource to fit your own needs. Some administrators are even adding their own Bitmoji to them.
- Do I need to buy a download for each student? No. But you do need to purchase a license for each adult who will use it in your school.
- I downloaded your PDF, but I can’t figure out where to access the Google Slides document. Very easy! Click through to my help page to find the links.
- How do I get the virtual principal’s office templates to show up in my school Google account if I accidentally opened it in my personal account? Very easy. First, log out of your personal account. Then, log into your school Google account. Lastly, click on the link in the PDF and it will show up in your Drive.
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