(A) MEETING PLANNING & FACILITATION

The meeting planners & training team…

Item / 1
Very Effective / 2
Somewhat Effective / 3
Not Effective / Total # Responses
Provided background materials that were relevant and useful. / 33
89% / 4
11% / 37
Presented and addressed issues in a clear and concise manner. / 30
81% / 7
19% / 37
Demonstrated knowledge of the subject matter. / 37
100% / 37
Understood and responded to the issues being raised by the group. / 26
70% / 11
30% / 37
Engaged individual participants at a satisfactory level. / 21
57% / 16
43% / 37
Created a positive learning climate for meeting participants. / 34
92% / 3
8% / 37


(B) WORKSHOP CONTENT

Activity / Very
Helpful / Somewhat
Helpful / Not
Helpful / Total #
Responses / Additional Comments
Collaboration
Activities / 18
51% / 17
49% / 35 / ·  Would like to have specific trainings on collaboration for broader community
·  needed more time (4);
·  depended on activity;
·  needed to get further; is it that some are more advance than others?
·  Group size is too big
·  At some point, got to express ourselves
Personal Style
Inventory / 10
28% / 23
64% / 3
8% / 36 / ·  Interesting; cute, but seems like a side trip;
·  fun, not very insightful (2)l;
·  fun, reflective, interesting
·  fun, I love that (2)
·  helpful to me, but not to share out w/ people I don’t know;
·  didn’t discuss what it meant for our team
·  connected people to the day and each other
·  Me gusto aunque me sorprendi con el significado de las figuras
Community
Schools Vision / 26
70% / 11
30% / 37 / ·  Love to have materials in Spanish to inform families what it means to be a community school;
·  more time to work on the “pluses” and needs of our particular site; dialogue; help (6);
·  liked the working from success paper;
·  excellent to put down where we are, where we want to be, next steps;
·  barriers need to be addressed by district, etc, and we were led off track at the end
·  Facilitation of groups (by schools) could have been better
·  Hoy vuenas ideas aun que algunos los tenemos en la escuela
·  The kids did everything the adult were talking by themselves
·  Learned more about existing activities and needs
·  Excellent work with our group. We asked to refocus discussion and tool was adapted

(C) GENERAL REFLECTIONS & NEXT STEPS

MOST USEFUL / LEAST USEFUL
·  Working as city/site group (5);
·  AM presentations (Lisa/Jane) were informative, inspiring and helped set the frame (10);
·  overview and strengths of successful schools, national perspective (2);
·  visuals of video (5);
·  great speakers;
·  great organization and planning from workshop leaders;
·  timeline creation and vision;
·  Lisa’s PowerPoint;
·  best practice models; clear definition and guidance of what is needed and result oriented;
·  everyone’s vision and comments for our activities (2);
·  learning about other members of the team
·  The planning worksheet was helpful
·  Believing that we can reach a goal with a common dream
·  Everything I learned today was useful/ok (2)
·  To have feedback from people who have experience in the field
·  Vision and outcome –learned more about existing services and what community wants
·  Fue muy utile informativo tratoremos de poner en practica lo aprendido
·  Seeing a community school that is working / ·  Morning talking at us;
·  personal style inventory (3);
·  not giving specifics how schools achieved success;
·  too long between breaks and not enough short breaks;
·  no idea where to start, need more guidance;
·  not being part of a site makes it difficult to work in site specific areas;
·  collaboration presentation – too many words that can’t be internalized;
·  need materials in Spanish;
·  local coalition resistant to “vision setting” exercise because the group didn’t know each other and was still getting acquainted;
·  Length of day
·  The least helpful were the large group discussions (they were too large) (2)
·  Collaboration timeline activity

What ONE idea, concept, or connection got you really excited? How will you use it in your work?

·  CAS model – how to incorporate this management model into our program

·  Videos; Lucas film of finished product; the possibility of seeing that done at our school (3)

·  Presentation on collaboration – spurred thinking on areas we can/need to grow (2)

·  Extended day with parents/children, doing fun, empowering activities

·  Survey and use focus groups to decide which enrichment activities to provide for students/parents (3)

·  Enrichment as not just academic for all students; practical activities like recycle-a-bike, dance/strings (2)

·  Vision (I get it!)

·  Discussion of multi-pronged approach to parent involvement –to use in terms of planning and partnership building

·  Parent involvement and leadership – look into more effective outreach for shared leadership

·  You can use it to get people on board

·  Seeing PM conversations becoming specific and not just conceptual

·  That we will become more of a total community center for all; More programs for schools. (2)

·  It’s doable in RWC

·  Management of 2 coordinators – a principal and community school coordinator

·  Large agency partnered with a school – don’t know how useful in my work

·  District groups getting together to accomplish things

·  Getting to know community leaders better

·  That there are tools to accomplish a vision

·  Getting youth involved, creating opportunities for youth

·  The overview of community schools. The Vice Principal in our school welcomes visitors –I’ll call and try to go see.

·  Be able to be a leader on my community

·  The response to the kids to the concept of community schools and services and activities [unintelligible]

·  I didn’t learn new, significant info

·  The whole idea of community school excites me

·  Moving from “them” to “ours” and how crucial it is to implement a CS

·  The idea of bringing more programs to school was the one that got me excited. I will talk and express my opinion to the right people.

·  Education on collaborative/community building

·  Con comunicacion con otros padres de familia

·  Connection w/other team members (site specific) we are all on the same page now

What do you see as your most challenging barriers to implementing a community schools approach?

·  Funding/Budget (15)

·  District Support

·  Sustaining the vision to 2020; being persistent (2)

·  Time to meet and discuss during an already busy day (3)

·  Changing how parents see the school; making them feel welcome; involvement at the MS level (2)

·  Transportation (2)

·  Agreement school-wide on goals (2)

·  Bringing in the resources (4)

·  Delegating

·  Space (2)

·  Skilled Staff; may not be ready for a new challenge

·  Lack of communication to parents/community members

·  School principal uninvolved to date

·  Prior biases and disappointments among team members; limited outlook for change

·  Established territories and turf

·  Getting all the agencies on board and going for the whole and not be separate; buy in from all levels (4)

·  Working together collaboratively with other partners especially those not connected or involved in school; All being on the same page (3)

·  Balance all the different paces. Bring people together and still move forward. (2)

·  Volunteers (2)

·  La union entre padres y maestros

·  Safety

What additional kinds of technical assistance (or other resources) do you anticipate needing?

·  more youth voices

·  funding/grant writing (6)

·  evaluation

·  Specifics!

·  Data/experience from other sites (4)

·  Dedicated parent coordinator

·  Community school coordinator; Site supervision/assistance (2)

·  Lisa to facilitate RC2020 operations committee retreat in February; would help connect the dots for policy members

·  Facilitation

·  Transportation

·  Getting together between session to check in; staying as a group; Meetings with all collaborators in a positive environment (2)

·  Involving administration and faculty in creative work

·  Lack of a large agency to partner with schools

·  Training re: collaborative process, leadership workshop

·  Practical ideas on how to involve parents usefully at school.

·  Ideas on how to give teachers, students and administrators recognition for the work currently being done.

·  More time

·  More people willing to work together!

·  The “Building a Community School” book (the Children’s Aid Society) in Spanish –in order to get parents involved or other resources on community schools. (2)

·  “Not much” at least not in my head right now! (3)

·  Strategies on getting buy-in of school staff (teachers)

What is the best way to communicate with you during our work together over the next three years?

·  Email (27)

·  Snail mail (4)

·  Scheduled meetings (7)

·  Phone (9)

·  Maria’s participation on steering and Cheryl on Operations committees

·  At school

·  Come by/visits (2)

·  Feel free to talk to Mary, Y.E.L.L. Coordinator

·  By talking to Mary

·  Por coreo o por medio de la direccion de la escuela

Other Comments

·  Today was very well prepared: adequate staff support –excellent lunch, knowledgeable speakers

·  Need more youth!

·  Need more kids!

·  E-mail

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