Social media toolkitThe following Facebook and Twitter posts are meant to be shared through your college’s social media platforms to let your students, funders, faculty, and other partners know how you are promoting student success on your campus. This content is meant to be customized to your community college.

FACEBOOK

The following posts can be shared on your college’s Facebook page:

*A note for best practice: We suggest using images along with the posts below to drive up engagement (for example, images of your logo, photos of students on campus or in classrooms).

WHAT: Let your community know that you are making student success a priority: Back from the AACC Annual Convention – 4 days, 2,000 education leaders, 1 goal: Student

Success. Share if you’re ready for success on your campus. Proud to join the growing group of AACC community colleges committed to student success:

(link to AACC implementation plan). Like to show your support! Thanks for a great AACC Annual Convention! Ready to kickstart the Student Success plan on our

campus. See how: (link to AACC implementation plan). Share if community college reform matters to you.

HOW: Tell them what actions you are taking to improve students’ educational experiences: From classrooms to careers, we’re creating new pathways to job success for our students. See

how: (link to press release, blog, or letter to the editor). Share if student success is important to you.

Proud to be a part of a nationwide movement to increase community college degree completion rates by 50% by 2020. Like if student success matters to you!

We’re using new tech and hands-on training to prepare our students for careers in today’s economy. Like if workforce readiness is important to you.

Student success matters. That's why we match students with the financial support they need to complete the degrees they want. See how: (link to press release, blog, or letter to the editor). Share if college degree completion is important to you.

The American Dream matters. That's why we partner with government, private companies, and other public institutions to connect students with the careers they want. Like if student success matters to you!

We partner with local K-12 schools to help students successfully make the transition to community college and get the higher education they need for the career they want. Share if student success is important to you.

SPREAD THE WORD: Share your press release, blog post or letter to the editor, so they can have more information:

We are excited about our new agenda for student success. See how we’re making change for our students: (link to press release, blog, or letter to the editor). Share if you support creating pathways for students from classrooms to careers.

We’re promoting student success on our campus. Here’s how: (link to press release, blog, or letter to the editor). Share to show you care about students getting the degrees they need for the jobs they want.

Check out (Staff member’s name)’s blog post on how our campus is taking action to promote student success: (link to blog post or letter to the editor). Like if student success matters to you!

See what actions we are taking to improve students’ educational experience on our campus: (link to press release, blog, or letter to the editor). Share if you think student success matters.

TWITTER

The following tweets can be shared on your college’s Twitter account:

*A note on the #StudentSuccess hashtag below: This hashtag was chosen because it is already being widely used on Twitter in conversations around higher ed and specifically community colleges. Though we typically would choose a hashtag that is not commonly used so as to create a unique thread of conversation, in this case we find it will draw other users, who are already engaging about issues of student success in community colleges, to engage with the content you are sharing.

WHAT: Let your community know that you are making student success a priority: Back from #AACCAnnual – 4 days, 2000 edu leaders, 1 goal: #StudentSuccess. RT if you’re ready

for success on our campus Proud to join the growing group of #Comm_Colleges committed to #StudentSuccess: (link to

AACC implementation plan) RT to show your support @Comm_College: Thanks for a great #AACCAnnual! Ready to kickstart the #StudentSuccess plan

on our campus. See how: (link to AACC implementation plan)

HOW: Tell them what actions you are taking to improve students’ educational experiences: From classrooms to careers, we’re creating new pathways to job success for our students. See

how: (link to press release, blog, or letter to the editor) #StudentSuccess Proud to part of a nationwide movement to increase #commcollege degree completion rates. RT

if #StudentSuccess matters to you We’re using new tech & training to prep our students for careers in today’s economy. RT if

#StudentSuccess is important to you #StudentSuccess matters. That's why we match students with the financial support they need to

complete degrees. See how: (link to press release, blog, or letter to the editor) The American Dream matters. That's why we partner with gov and private co's to connect

students with careers. #StudentSuccess We partner with local K-12 schools to help students successfully transition to #commcollege. RT

if #StudentSuccess matters to you

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SPREAD THE WORD: Share your press release, blog post or letter to the editor, so they can have more information:

We are excited about our new agenda for #StudentSuccess. See how we’re making change for our students: (link to press release, blog, or letter to the editor) #AACCAnnual

Promote #StudentSuccess on campus. Here’s how: (link to press release, blog, or letter to the editor) RT to show you care about degree completion

Check out @(staff member’s handle)’s blog post on how we are taking action to promote #StudentSuccess: (link to blog post or letter to the editor)

See what #StudentSuccess will look like on our campus: (link to press release, blog, or letter to the editor) #AACCAnnual

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