Improving Schools Through Community Engagement by Thomforde Kathy Gardner Chadwick;

Author:Thomforde, Kathy Gardner Chadwick; [Chadwick, Kathy Gardner]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 1994879
Publisher: Corwin Press
Published: 2003-10-16T00:00:00+00:00

• Strategic planning/creating a vision for public schools

• The purpose of a public school education and implications for resource allocation

• Standards development and implementation

• School funding

• Strategies to encourage parent and community involvement

• Improving achievement of all students

2. Secure the facility for the large-group event and set the date.

• The site should be neutral, welcoming, comfortable, and accessible to all.

• The site should have plenty of parking spaces, adequate restrooms, numerous electrical outlets, walls that can accommodate tape or other adhesives, and breakout rooms, if needed.

• Arrange for round tables that can seat eight participants at each.

• Arrange for child care and transportation for those who need it.

• Determine who will provide the meal for the event.

3. Recruit and train facilitators; hire interpreters

4. Design the event and create discussion guide. (See Table 4.3 for a sample design of a four-hour event.)

• Alternate between small-group discussions at round tables and with the larger community as a whole.

• Allow time to summarize input from each round table

• Frame education issues as alternatives or choices as opposed to discussing an open-ended issue. (Public Agenda found this to be very helpful.)

• Create handouts of school data or other information to be used by discussion participants (if applicable).

• Specify all materials needed for the event (name tents, easel pads, markers, audiovisual equipment, etc.).

Table 4.3 Sample Design of a Four-Hour Large-Group Event on the Topic of Student Achievement

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