Garfield Re-2 School District
Family & Community Success
Strategic Priority: Family & Community Partnerships
Improve communications and collaboration with school & community stakeholders; with special emphasis on building authentic connections with our diverse communities.
Garfield Re-2 School District's three-year smart goal is:
Garfield Re-2 will develop community relationships to foster positive perceptions and support for school and district initiatives.
Initiative 1: School Accountability Committee
District-Level Actions:
- Provide templates for buildings to support School Accountability presentations based upon the SAC calendar
School/Department-Level Actions:
- Allocate 15-20 minutes in at least three PTA/Booster/SAC meetings for a School Accountability presentation and Q&A
Initiative 2: High impact family partnership practices
District-Level Actions:
- Facilitate leadership conversations and professional development around High Impact Strategies and development a Family Engagement plan
- Develop template to support development of practices
School/Department-Level Actions:
- Identify the appropriate Leadership team(s) to participate in a facilitated conversation about
- the development and implementation of your Family Engagement Plan
- Select one new High Impact Strategy to begin investigating
- - Elementary Schools focus on Eureka! Math
- - Middle Schools focus on i-Ready Pro
- - High Schools focus on Individual Career and Academic Plans (ICAP)
Initiative 3: Data Collection
District-Level Actions:
- Provide template to collect expanded data collection including parent and community involvement/partnership including donations, volunteers, and parent participation
School/Department-Level Actions:
- Collect data about community support events
- Collect data on volunteers in the building
- Collect data on attendance at Parent/Teacher conferences
- Collect data on attendance at PTA/Booster Club Meeting
Initiative 4: Two-way communication platform
District-Level Actions:
- Facilitate the adoption of a two-way communication platform for district-wide implementation
School/Department-Level Actions:
- Participate in task force meetings to recommend a district-wide two-way communication platform for initial implementation in 2025