Root 3: Strong understanding and expertise around highly effective student and family engagement
What this root looks like:
- Districts and schools have a shared definition and measurements of what is meaningful, effective engagement beyond statutory baselines
- Districts and schools can access guidance and best practices on how to go about making engagement effective and inclusive
- Districts and schools hire staff for their community engagement skills
- Districts and schools provide training for staff in key skills necessary for effective community engagement, such as relationship building, facilitation, empathy/deep listening, understanding privilege, power, and hierarchy
- Districts and schools ensure that staff have a deep understanding of school sites and their services (which is where many students and parents want to engage)
- Districts and schools know strategies and best practices to reach marginalized students, families, and community members
Cajon Valley Unified School District shares how they build engagement skills of empathy and understanding privilege and power with teachers through their Poverty Simulation.
Quizlet
Which two descriptions are examples of what Root 3 looks like in practice?
