The first monthly Twitter chat of 2015 with Pennsylvania’s major education leadership organizations is set for Tuesday, Jan. 27 at 8 p.m. The January chat will focus on a fair, predictable public school funding formula and the on-going work of the state’s basic education funding commission. Use hashtag #PAEdFunding to participate and follow the conversation.

On the last Tuesday of each month at 8 p.m., the following organizations go to Twitter to discuss timely topics, ask questions and listen to the public’s responses:

• The Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators (PASA);
• The Pennsylvania School Boards Association (PSBA);
• The Pennsylvania Association of School Business Officials (PASBO);
• The Pennsylvania Association of Elementary and Secondary School Principals (PA Principals Association)   
• The Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools (PARSS)

Join the conversation. Share your ideas, lurk, learn and let us know what you think about the state’s support for public schools. It’s a simple, free and fast-paced way to communicate and share information. If you’ve never tweeted before, here are directions and a few tips:

How to Get Started

Log-on to www.twitter.com, sign-up, create your profile, find people and organizations you are interested in following and start tweeting out messages in 140 characters or less. Be sure to follow our Twitter chat hosts:

• @PASASupts          – Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators
• @PSBA                  – Pennsylvania School Boards Association
• @PASBO_org        – Pennsylvania Association of School Business Officials
• @PA Principals Association               — Pennsylvania Association of Elementary and Secondary School Principals
• @PARSS2go           – Pennsylvania Association of Rural and School Schools

What is a Twitter Chat?

Twitter chats happen when a group of people all tweet about the same topic using a specific tag (#), called a hashtag, which allows it to be followed like a transcript on Twitter. The chats are at a specific time, once, and often repeated at announced times.

Follow the Conversation or Check Back Later

To follow a Twitter chat live or to read the conversation later, log-on to Twitter, click on the #Discover link, then search for #PAEdFunding. Search for the hashtag. You can see all of the recent tweets on that topic. Then, read, reply and post your own thoughts and messages.

It’s That Easy to Join the Conversation!