• Listen to families — either through focus groups, surveys or individual meetings; • Listen to teachers and school staff they work with to identify what family engagement means to them; •
Listen to community partners to identify if they are strategically aligned with school improvement goals and family engagement.
Not exact matches
The more that I
listen to other women and families describe their experiences with breastfeeding, I realize that breastfeeding successfully has much
to do with how much support a new mother is given by her
partner, family, friends, and extended
community (like parenting groups, hospitals, etc.).
Ezra said he and his
partners came
to Tuesday's meeting
to listen to community concerns, and he left with an earful.
She encouraged
listening, being humble, and finding
partners in the
communities you're trying
to reach.
After the exercise,
partner groups discuss the experience of
listening and being
listened to and discuss how we can work as a class
community to set guidelines that encourage productive and empathetic discussion.
All three districts modeled
community engagement,
partnering, and a willingness
to listen to public concerns, and all made efforts
to include families and
communities in district - level committees.
The school districts described in the above three case vignettes have much in common: a district - wide commitment
to listening to public concerns; serious effort given
to communicating district policies and practices
to the public; and a focus on collaborating and
partnering with individuals and groups from the
community, including business people.
Apart from
partners, Myerson said that the software giant is «rigorously testing and
listening to every signal» from its
community of 5 million Windows Insiders who are testing capabilities of the new platform.
NAR thanked FHA for
listening to NAR's previous concerns and suggestions by increasing transparency in the program and involving
community partners in the acquisition of loan pools through expansion of its auction program
to nonprofits.