Community Engagement Plan: Prairie Ridge Middle School

Goal/Expected Outcome: Increase the community engagement at Prairie Ridge Middle School in order to create an opportunity for each
student to achieve a lifetime of personal success.

Action Steps Responsible Time Frame Resources Potential Barriers Success Criteria

What tasks will we Who will do it? By when? What do we need to How will we How will we know
do? complete these steps? overcome potential when we have met
barriers? our goal?

Action Step #1: Action Step #1: Action Step #1: May Action Step #1: Action Step #1: 100% of advisories
Establish an action Administration Team 2019 Committed staff Staff not will complete a 6-
team of certified staff Action Step #2: members that understanding the week rotation with a
centered upon Administration Team Action Step #2: understand the vision vision and purpose of community business
community and Community August 2019 and purpose of the the action team partner by May 2021.
engagement Action Team action Action Step #2:
Action Step #2: Action Step #3: Action Step #3: Action Step #2: Weak participation 100% of staff will
Reach out to create Community Action December 2019 Community from community indicate that the 6-
community Team and invested organizations that organization/lack of week rotations create
connections/relations community Action Step #4: understand the vision commitment an opportunity for
hips with businesses, organizations January 2020 and purpose of the Action Step #3: each student to
non-profits, city Action Step #4: school’s action and Schedule common achieve a lifetime of
organizations, retired Administration Team Action Step #5: willingness to invest planning time with personal success by
professionals, etc. Action Step #5: January 2020 - May in education in the staff and community May 2021.
Action Step #3: Administration Team 2020 Ankeny community organizations. Provide
Develop 6-week and Community Action Step #3: essential resources by 100% of students will
learning targets and Action Team Action Step #6: Curriculum fundraising. indicate that the 6-
curriculum with Action Step #6: June 2020 materials/resources Action Step #4: week rotations
invested community Administration Team and common planning Pushback from staff created an
organizations and Community Action Step #7: time on 6J. Lack of opportunity to be
Action Step #4: Action Team August 2020 Action Step #4: understanding/commi more involved with
Schedule pilot 6-week Action Step #7: Common advisory tment from the community by
semester rotation with Administration Team time at the end of the community May 2021.
Team 6J and Community school day and organizations and/or
Action Step #5: Action Team voice/opinions of staff staff 100% of parent
Provide ongoing on 6J Action Step #5: responses will
communication and Action Step #5: Ineffective curriculum indicate that the 6-
support to team 6J Effective development/unsucce week rotations
Action Step #6: communication tools ssful units created more
Improve upon between staff and Action Step #6: opportunity for
feedback from pilot administration that Community students to learn and
group hears voice of the organization that do become more
Action Step #7: entire team not seem to be the involved in the
Rollout 6-week Action Step #6: right fit community by May
advisory rotation with Honest feedback from Action Step #7: Not 2021.
entire staff and school staff enough commitment
Action Step #7: from community 100% of community
Curriculum for all organization for the partnerships will
community entire school year indicate that the 6-
organizations week rotations
supported the
involvement of
students in the
community.

Community Engagement Plan: Prairie Ridge Middle School

Goal/Expected Outcome: Increase the community engagement at Prairie Ridge Middle School for the 2019-2020 school year.
Action Step #1: (May 2019) In order to establish a common action plan considering multiple perspectives, it will be important to invite certified
staff to join a team who is interested in providing opportunities for community engagement. We will develop and deliver via email, a written
invitation to the certified staff in the building to generate responses from those who are interested. The number of individuals on the team would be
approximately 5-6 people. The amount of interest will determine whether or not further discussion is necessary to determine which team members
are committed and driven to effectively carry out and understand the vision and purpose of the action. These discussions may then assist in
minimizing the team to no more than six. Those who have provided written interest and/or verbalized their rationale for being on the team, will
work together during a common planning time, to create a structure that allows for community businesses to be engaged and innovative in
providing new and meaningful 21st century learning within the school setting.

Data to determine effectiveness towards the goal (Action Step #1): Number of volunteers for the community and school partner
team.

Action Step #2: (August 2019) As soon as the team is created, teams of two will be established in order to divide the task of reaching out to,
communicating with, and creating a network of teams interested in collaborating with the school. The initial communication will include the first
draft of the team’s mission and vision while also allowing the outside businesses, non-profit and city organizations, and/or retired professionals, the
opportunity to contribute their own ideas.

Date to determine effectiveness towards the goal (Action Step #2): Number of commitments from community organizations.

Action Step #3: (December 2019) Once the community and school team has established their vision and purpose, it will be helpful to create a
curriculum that is divided into six-week learning targets to provide a structure for invested community partners in presenting meaningful learning
for middle school students (6th and 7th grade). The learning targets will offer direction during rotations of six-weeks and to maintain a consistent
message throughout the groups with the possibility of various presenters. The community partners’ insight and content specific while the school
members may offer ideas into the methods of presenting, engaging, and assessing community learning.

Data to determine effectiveness towards the goal (Action Step #3): Unit plan logs, team meeting notes, and rounding
conversations.

Action Step #4: (January 2020) Before rolling the community engagement lessons out to the entire building, the 6J team will be scheduled to
serve as a pilot group. The six-week learning progression will be carried out as established by the team. This group of teachers will collaborate
during team meetings to check in on the status of the lessons, as well as highlight the successes and offer possible suggestions in moving forward
with the learning. The community presenters will be able to formatively assess the effectiveness of the learning plans and overall structure.
 Data to determine effectiveness towards the goal (Action Step #4): Team meeting notes, rounding conversations, Google Form
surveys.

Action Step #5: (January -May 2020) Throughout the pilot implementation, the community and school partner team will effectively
collaborate with the support of pre-established meeting times and/or live working documents. The team members will document and manage
working documents to effectively guide the team’s planning when considering full building implementation.

Data to determine effectiveness towards the goal (Action Step #5): Individual feedback from members of the community and
school partner team

Action Step #6: (June 2020) With the documentation provided throughout the 6-week pilot implementation, that offers notes about the
successes as well as the possible suggestions, the administration team and community and school partner team will provide necessary support and
changes. Possible changes can includes but are not limited to: suitable community partnerships, changes in curriculum or learning targets, changes
in time schedule, necessary instructional support, etc.

Data to determine effectiveness towards the goal (Action Step #6): Team meeting notes, rounding conversations, Google Form
surveys

Action Step #7: (August 2020) From feedback of the 6J pilot group, the administration team and community and school partner team will
establish a plan/schedule to rollout a 6-week rotation with the entire staff and school building. This will first start with professional development
centered upon the mission, vision, purpose, and “why” of partnering with community organizations in the Ankeny area. It will also include breakout
sessions in which staff will have choice in attending which presentations to go to in order to get a better idea of what students will be participating in
during these times. In these presentations, community organizations will be in attendance to present their 6-week unit, learning targets, and content
students will be learning during this time. Ingrained opportunities for feedback and questions for staff will be implemented including the use of
Google Forms, PollEverywhere, Parking Lots, etc. Staff will then be presented the 6-week schedule of rotations for each grade level team. Feedback
opportunities will be provided and grade level advisory planning time will be given after the schedule is presented. Once the school year begins, the
plan will be implemented throughout the 2020-2021 school year.

Data to determine effectiveness towards the goal (Action Step #7):

1) Initial feedback from staff during beginning of the year PD
2) Number of advisories that complete a 6-week rotation
3) Continued rounding conversations with staff and community partnerships
4) Staff survey focused on community partnerships given to staff 2 times per year
5) Student survey focused on community partnerships given to students 2 times per year
6) Parent survey focused on community partnership sent out via email 2 times per year
7) Survey for the community partnership organizations after each 6-week rotation