Scroll down to find all the community engagement tools your school district will need!
The SIA team is excited to release the new
Community Engagement Toolkit. In this update, we are introducing a key framework to see and move deeper across six different levels of community engagement.
This new framework provides practical and proven approaches to community engagement that will guide the SIA team's coaching for SIA grantees over the next five years.
We know there is a great deal of information flowing to schools and districts at this time. We want to emphasize that this isn’t meant to be digested in one bite -- it marks goals, visions, tools, and perspectives we will draw on to support districts and eligible charter schools over time. We hope you find it useful both theoretically and practically. We’ve aimed to include real SIA examples to learn more about where the work done in the first year of implementation fits in the framework. We offer this toolkit at a critical time as districts and schools engage with students, families and communities in new ways to support ongoing engagement.
We look forward to exploring this new framework and toolkit with you. We also want to thank
Facilitating Power and
Movement Strategy Center for their support in adapting their framework to the Student Investment Account.
Tools You Can Use!
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Read first. This tool is intended to provide a picture of how the different templates and tools can fit together.
Student Success Act Handout
Share this handout with educators, students, parents, families, school board members and your community.
Social Media Sample Messages
Utilize social media to build awareness about the Student Success Act and your district’s efforts. Don't forget to use the #StudentSuccessAct hashtag!
Student Success Logo and Social Media Graphics
Include the logo on your materials!
Use these images with your social media posts!
Community Input Session Email Message
Customize this message and share with students, families and staff.
Community Input Session Flyer
Customize this message and share with students, families and staff.
Roadmap
A handy visual for planning purposes.
Generate awareness using this back to school letter to staff.
What You Can Do: Educators
A one-pager to give to school and district staff.
What You Can Do: Families
Information that communities will find helpful.
What You Can Do: Students
A handout that can be given in classrooms.
Presentation
Customize these slides when hosting a listening session to gather community input.
Agenda
Customize this template to support your efforts in hosting a community input session.
Sign-In Sheet
Customize this sign-in sheet to help keep track of your community input sessions.
Feedback Form
Modify and adjust to your local needs. Use to help facilitate an input session with your community around the 5 priority areas required under the SIA.
Prepare for meetings by reviewing ahead of time.
Use this tool to ensure stakeholder engagement is reflected in your needs assessment.
If you have any questions, please email
SIA Info!