Assignment 5
- 1. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TIFFANY TORRES EDUC5453 UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTHWEST
- 2. PROMISING PRACTICES • There are variety of ways that community engagement can be created. The ultimate goal for community engagement within a school is to build those relationships and create a partnership that will benefit everyone, students included. • An article from the Learning Policy Institute gives several ideas to create engagement between schools, families, and the community. • Some ideas suggested were “ESL classes, greencard or citizenship preparation, computer skills, art, STEM, etc” (Maier, Daniel, & Oaks, 2017). • By utilizing these suggestions, communities, parents, and educators can have a “shared decision-making power” (Maier, Daniel, & Oaks, 2017.
- 3. CURRENT ASSESSMENT • I would currently give our school 3.5 stars out of 5. Almost 4. • HFHS has shown a job well done when it comes to including parents and the community, but there is always room for improvement.
- 4. VISION • With the help of you (our parents and community), I believe that HFHS could hold a 5-star rating in just two years. • We are well on our way now! • For this to happen, we need to see growth in the engagement of our parents first. That will increase ties to our community, which leads to partnerships, growth, and success of our students.
- 5. ROADMAP FOR ENGAGEMENT • In order to achieve a greater engagement within our community for the bettering of our students, we must work together. • We will utilize the suggestions from the LPI article, as well as work together as a team to produce other successful ideas. • This image shares an important word; failure. This is bound to happen, but the way that our community bonds together to overcome the failures will determine the kind of success that we create, not only for our students but for ourselves as well.
- 6. COMMUNITY RESOURCES • Our community has a strong array of cultural differences. With that comes much knowledge, opinions, and resources. It is up to us to recognize our differences, but also become one. • We have a rather large community and, in my opinion, the best way to reach most of our community is through social media. • Within our community there are also many different intellectual resources. Through our large number of educators and the technology that we have, nothing is impossible! • I believe that our district has done a great job of building a relationship with city officials and other important leaders in the community. This opens the gates for knowledge to flow through us all. • If we can utilize each one of these resources to the best of our abilities, along with creating opportunities for families to become involved, we will have a 5-star rating in no time and the growth of our students will shine through their learning at school and in the community.
- 7. REFERENCE • Maier, A., Daniel, J., & Oaks, J. (2017, December 14). Community Schools as an Effective School Improvement Strategy: A Review of the Evidence. Retrieved July 27, 2020, from https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/product/community- schools-effective- school-improvement-brief