Goal Statement: To increase and enhance family engagement and community involvement through strategic collaborations, opportunities, and partnerships focused on student success
Action Steps:
Define ways in which parents and families can personally benefit from partnerships with the school in support of positive outcomes for their student
Elevate community understanding of issues, challenges, and opportunities related to ongoing school improvement and district operations
Increase the number of family-friendly events to strengthen the school-to-home connection
Promote student and staff accomplishments, news features, and informational updates, through available channels of communication
Strengthen community connections and elevate information sharing to key audiences: ex. Education Foundation, Chamber, Fort Leavenworth, Inter-Faith, Service Organizations, Alumni, Elected Officials, etc.
Increase volunteer network in support of each school site
Encourage Board of Education attendance at school events and celebrations
Provide educational events and workshops for families specific to parenting and supporting their child’s academic success and personal growth
Progress Measures
Brief Description: Report of attendance at parent-teacher conferences among parents/guardians
Update Frequency: Updated in approximately November and March of each calendar year
Brief Description: Strategic input solicited from the school community to assist with development of the academic calendar.
Update Frequency: Annually in December of each calendar year
Brief Description: Tracking of monthly user/visitor statistics and trends for www.usd453.org
Update Frequency: Annually in March of each calendar year
Brief Description: Tracking of monthly user/visitor statistics and trends for the district’s primary channels of social media engagement: X/Twitter; Facebook; YouTube
Update Frequency: Annually in March of each calendar year