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>> GOOD EVENING, I LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER DEGENERATE 22ND, 2024 SCHOOLBOARD SECTION AND LET THE RECORD REFLECT ALL
[1. Policy Development: OE-3: Treatment of Community Stakeholders, and OE-9 Communication and Engagement with the Community]
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT AS WELL AS TWO OF OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES. TODAY, THE FIRST TOPIC FOR DISCUSSION DURING OUR STUDY SESSION IS POLICY DEVELOPMENT FOR 08 THREEAND 089. >> TONIGHT , I WILL BE TAKING THE BOARD THROUGH THE PROCESS TO LOOK AT A DRAFT POLICY FOR 083 ALONG WITH THE W DIRECTOR SCOTT BEEBE . AND DIRECTOR PABLO ORTEGA . WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO TONIGHT , THE BOARD HAD A STUDY SESSION PREVIOUSLY WHERE WE EXPLORED THE VALUES AND INTERESTS AT THE BOARD HAD RELATIONS TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT WITH RESPECT TO POLICIES AND 089. THOSE TWO POLICIES ORIGINALLY IN UNIFIED POLICY UP UNTIL THE POINT IN TIME IN WHICH THE BOARD MOVED FROM A GOVERNANCE POLICY MODEL AND THEN SPLIT. TONIGHT WILL BE PRESENTED A UNIFIED POLICY BACK TOGETHER. AND WE DISCUSSED WITH DR. HOMAN, WE THOUGHT GIVEN THE BOARD'S INPUT THAT IT SOMETIMES EASIER TO KIND OF RESPOND TO HAVING A PRODUCT RATHER THAN CREATE A PRODUCT HERE. THAT'S WHAT WE WILL BE TAKING YOU THROUGH TONIGHT. THE BOARD WAS PROVIDED WITH A NOTE TAKING DEVICE AND WE JUST WANT TO ORIENT YOU TO WHAT THIS IS AND HOW YOU MAY CHOOSE TO USE IT. THIS ACTUALLY REPRESENTS THE FIRST TWO COLUMNS REPRESENT THE CONTENT THAT THE BOARD CREATED WHEN WE HAD POSTERS AND STICKY NOTES AND WE TRIED TO ORGANIZE IT INTO THESE CATEGORIES OR SCHEMAS. AND THIS WAS ALL OF THE CONTENT LISTED ON THE POST-IT NOTES. WE WILL TAKE THE BOARD FIRST INTO LOOKING AT WHAT ARE THE SCHEMAS, THE BEST PRACTICES, THE RESEARCH BASE HAVE A STAFF THAT WE TURN TO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT PARENT ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT . WHAT'S KIND OF THE BEST PRACTICE OR EMERGING PRACTICES THAT WE ARE ATTENDING TO. AND WE WILL BE SHOWING SOME EXAMPLES OF DIFFERENT MODELS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR BOTH IN THE MUNICIPAL ENVIRONMENT . IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT RESONATE WITH YOU THAT YOU SEE CONNECTIONS, THAT'S WHAT THE FARTHEST COLUMN ON THE RIGHT HAND COLUMN WOULD BE FOR JUST TO MAKE ANY SORT OF CONNECTIONS. IN THE BOTTOM ROW , IT'S POSSIBLE TO BET THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT WILL PRESENT THAT MAYBE WE DID NOT HAVE AS PART OF OUR SCHEME. THAT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY AS THERE ARE THINGS THAT WERE NOT IN PLACE THAT WE DID NOT THINK ABOUT IN THE STUDY SESSION THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO CAPTURE. WE WILL THEN PRESENT THE DRAFT POLICY AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CROSSWALKS TO SAY HERE IS WHERE WE ARE DRAWING FROM TO CREATE THIS DRAFT AND THEN WE WILL GO THROUGH THE PROCESS WE USED TO GO THROUGH WITH THE EIGHTH GRADE ELA STUDENTS AND REVISING SO WE WILL USE THAT PROTOCOL TO GET HOPEFULLY SOME CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK. FROM THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT DIRECTION WE WANT TO GO. ONE OF THE THINGS BEFORE AS WE JUMP IN IS THE BOARD HAS PARTICULARLY IN ITS MOST RECENT POLICY REVISIONS BEEN MEANING TO WHAT WE CONSIDER TO BE ADAPTIVE POLICIES. POLICIES THAT REALLY ARE MORE ASPIRATIONAL THAT
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PUSH THE SYSTEM AND PROVIDE SOME KIND OF CLEAR GUIDANCE.WE WERE THINKING ABOUT AS WE THINK ABOUT ADAPTIVE CHANGE, WHAT DOES THAT ACTUALLY MEAN? IF YOU LOOK AT THE RIGHT-HAND COLUMN HERE, ADAPTIVE CHANGE IS WHERE YOU ESSENTIALLY HAVE COMPLEX PROBLEMS. TO ACTUALLY ENGAGE IN THE PROBLEM , IT REQUIRES SOME LEVEL OF LEARNING BY THE PEOPLE INVOLVED. AND CAN THINK WHEN WE ARE THINKING ABOUT FAMILIES ENGAGING IN SUPPORTING THEIR CHILDREN AND WORKING WITH EDUCATORS OFF OF UNDERSTANDING THE SITUATION IS ONE THAT HOPEFULLY IDEALLY REQUIRES LEARNING AND THE SOLUTIONS MAY REQUIRE LEARNING BECAUSE IT MAY ASK FOR US TO CHANGE AND GROW IN DIFFERENT WAYS THAN WHAT WE ARE USED TO. A CORE TENANT OF ADAPTIVE CHANGES ALSO THINKING ABOUT WEARS THAT LOCUS OF CONTROL? AS WE THINK ABOUT THAT, YOU'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO YOU CENTER THE STAKEHOLDERS IN THAT CHANGE? THERE IS A SPECTRUM AND WE WILL SHOW A COUPLE OF SPECTRUMS. ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE PROSPECTS AND POLICIES AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO HELP LEAD AN ADAPTIVE CHANGE IN THE SYSTEM SO THAT WE CAN GROW AND BE CHALLENGED AND PROVIDE SOMETHING LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE SPECTRUM . THAT'S ONE KIND OF MENTAL MODEL AS THEY ARE THINKING ABOUT THE POLICY THAT'S KIND OF INFORMING THE
WAY WE ARE THINKING ABOUT. >> IN THE PC ABOUT THE CONVERSATION AROUND IS THE POLICY EXPRESSING THE BOARD'S VALUE TO THE ORGANIZATION AND THAT'S WHAT ALLOWS US AS DISTRICT LEADERS TO REALLY COMMUNICATE THAT THROUGH THE SYSTEM AND LEAD FROM THAT SPACE. REMEMBER THE SLIDE BECAUSE IT WILL TALK ABOUT AT THE BOARD MEETING, TOO.
>> WE WILL LOOK AT TWO DIFFERENT SPECTRA MODELS. THE FIRST ONE I DON'T KNOW IT WILL BE BROUGHT FORTH TO THE BOARD BUT IT'S A GREAT SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS. HOW DO WE THINK ABOUT MOVING A PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES AND THEY CALL IT MOVING TOWARDS EQUITY. HOW ARE WE PROVIDING INFORMATION AND HOW WE ARE ENCOURAGING DEVELOPMENT AND HOW WE ARE THINKING ABOUT SHARING POWER. THIS IS A FAIRLY BASIC SPECTRUM AND I THINK IT'S ONE AS WE THINK ABOUT HOW ARE REALLY EMPOWERING AND MAKING THAT CLEAR THAT MAYBE WE WANT TO HAVE THAT LEVEL OF SHARED AGENCY WITHIN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS AND PARTNERSHIPS. THIS IS ONE MODEL THAT'S ON OUR MIND. THE NEXT ONE THE BOARD WILL BE BROUGHT INTO CONVERSATIONS . INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION HAS A SPECTRUM FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THESE ARE SOME OF THE CORE TENANTS THAT THEY HAVE ON THESE INSIDE PATHWAYS WHICH IS COLLECTIVE IMPACT ORGANIZATION THAT WE ARE PARTNERS IN USES THIS MODEL AS A WAY OF GUIDING THEIR THINKING. WE CAN SEE THAT THE PEOPLE ARE IMPACTED ARE THEY INVOLVED IN THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS? ARE WE CLEAR ON HOW THE PUBLIX INFLUENCES IMPACTING DECISIONS? THINKING ABOUT HOW WE ACKNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTAND STAKEHOLDER INTEREST AND GETTING INVOLVEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT IN A MEANINGFUL WAY AND COMMUNICATION. YOU CAN SEE IN THE SPECTRUM , IT REALLY IS A SPECTRUM. HISTORICALLY PUBLIC AGENCIES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE NOT NECESSARILY DIFFERENT. WE TEND TO WORK TOWARDS THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THIS. INFORMING AND CONSULTING.
RARELY MOVING IN THE INVOLVE, COLLABORATE AND EMPOWER SPECTRUM. AND SO THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE THINKING ABOUT ON THIS POLICY HELP TO GUIDE AND ARTICULATE THE
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VALUE OF THE EXTENT THAT MAKE SENSE OR WHERE IT'S CLEAR HAVING SOME INTENTION OF MOVING TO THAT SPECTRUM.>> THE ONLY OTHER THING I WAS PART OF THE CONVERSATION WAS NOT EVERY DECISION IS MADE ON THAT CONTINUUM. THERE ARE TIMES THE DECISIONS CANNOT BE MADE THROUGH A PUBLIC PROCESS .
PERSONAL DECISIONS, LEGAL KINDS OF THINGS. IT'S THE WAY IT IS, THE FINANCES TO MAKE A DECISION. THAT WAS INTERESTING TO ME AS WE LOOK AT THESE FRAMEWORKS TO SEE THAT THERE IS ACKNOWLEDGMENT IN ALL OF THEM AND NOT EVERYTHING FALLS UNDER
THE PROCESS. >> LAST WEEK WE TALKED ABOUT THAT VERY ISSUE IN TERMS OF THE OPPORTUNITIES WE FIND TO CO-CREATE WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT WE SERVE, WE ARE DEFINITELY WANTING TO FIND THOSE AND MAXIMIZE THEIR USE .
GOING BACK TO WHAT SCOTT SAID IF ARE GOING TO CASTLE -- CANCEL A BUS ROUTE BECAUSE OF ISSUES OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL WHETHER IT'S MOTHER NATURE OR THAT SORT OF THING, PROBABLY CLOSER TO THE LEFT AS OPPOSED TO THE RIGHT.
>> THE NEXT FRAMEWORK CERTAINLY FITS WITHIN THIS. ONE THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED CLOSE TO HOME. LEVEL COLLABORATION FRAMEWORK IS DEVELOPED BY DR. SUE MORROW, THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON. HER TEAM HAD WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE ROADMAP PROJECT. ANOTHER COLLECTIVE IMPACT ASSOCIATION THAT PRIMARILY WORKS IN SOUTH KING COUNTY, AUBURN AREA. AS THEY WORK WITH THE ROADMAP PROJECT AND THAT ESSENTIALLY HOW DOES THAT AS A COMMUNITY INCREASE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT ANYWAY WERE THERE ACTUALLY INTENTIONALLY WORKING TOGETHER? TO KIND OF DEVELOP THAT INTO THE SIX TRAITS THAT THEY SAW A REALLY IMPORTANT. I HAVE NOT TAKEN A CLASS OR HAVE A PERSONAL CONNECTION. IN THE BOOK A LOT OF COLLEAGUES THAT HAVE WORKED WITH ACROSS THE YEARS IN OTHER DISTRICTS MAKE APPEARANCES OR PEOPLE I'VE HAD CHANCES TO STUDY FROM.
THAT THEY TEXT THAT THE FAMILY EQUITY ENGAGEMENT APARTMENT IS FAMILIAR WITH. AND IT CERTAINLY BEEN INFLUENTIAL ON TRANSFORMING AND ENGAGING WITH FAMILIES DIFFERENTLY. WE ARE STARTING TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THESE IDEAS AND COMMUNITY CONNECTORS AND PROGRAM IS TAKING ABOUT WHAT'S MODEL DIRECTLY . THAT'S BEEN A CHANCE FOR US TO SAY HOW WE GET THIS IN PRACTICE AND THE LESSONS WE LEARN. THOSE SIX PRINCIPLES THERE , HOW DO WE WORK TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY CAPACITY AND WORK TO BUILD AUTHENTIC RELATIONSHIPS? I THINK THE PURPLE ONE IS KEY AND GOES ALONG, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HAVING A BASELINE SET AROUND THINKING ABOUT THE GIFTS THAT OUR CHILDREN BRING TO US AND HOW DO WE DO THAT WITH YOUR FAMILIES AS EXPERTS AND RECOGNIZING THAT THEY KNOW THEIR CHILDREN BETTER THAN ANYBODY AND CULTURALLY THEY HAVE THE INSIGHTS THAT WE MAY NOT NECESSARILY AS AN ORGANIZATION . THINKING ABOUT HOW TO WE TAKE A LEARNING STANCE WAS GOING BACK TO ADAPTIVE LEADERSHIP WHICH REQUIRES LEARNING IS HARD TO SEE. THE BALANCE POWER CONCEPT FITS WITHIN THE SPECTRUM OF SHARED ENGAGEMENT AND THEN THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE INCORPORATE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT. THIS IS A MODEL THAT CERTAINLY REALLY INFLUENTIAL IN THE REGION AND EDUCATION COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS IN TERMS OF HOW THE TEAM HAS BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS.
>> WE HAVE A LOT OF TOUCH POINTS WITH FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY BUT ALSO OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN THE DISTRICT
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BUT I WILL SPEAK TO MY DIRECT FOCUS OF CONTROL. WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS ENGAGE WITH FAMILIES IN A GENUINE WAY WHERE WE ARE NOT COMING TO THEM WITH THE ANSWERS OR SOLUTIONS AND TAKING A LEARNING STANCE WITH THE STUDENTS . THEY ARE THE EXPERTS OF THEIR STUDENTS. MY TEAM IS DEVELOPING A PROTOCOL THAT THEY WANT TO ROLLOUT ON A PILOT BASIS FOR SCHOOLS THAT'S REALLY GROUNDED AND DOCTORS WORK AND HARVARD SCHOOL OF EDUCATION. ONE OF THE THINGS THEY MENTION IS WHAT ARE THE DATA POINTS YOU AS AN ORGANIZATION ARE INTERESTED IN.WE KNOW WE ARE INTERESTED IN ACHIEVEMENT DATA. THAT'S THE BREAD AND BUTTER. WHAT IS OUR COMMUNITY INTERESTED IN AS WELL? ARE WE WILLING TO LISTEN TO THEM IN THE DATA WE GATHER FROM THEM CAN BE SURVEY DATA AND SOME OTHER SENTIMENT DATA AS WELL AND WE WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
ALLOWING THE COMMUNITY TO DRIVE WITH ARE THOSE DATA POINTS THEY FIND VALUABLE AND BE MEASURED AGAINST THEM. THAT SOME OF THE WORK WE ARE CURRENTLY RESEARCHING.
>> THIS WAS DEVELOPED LOCALLY AND SPECIFICALLY AROUND MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES AND HAS A LOCAL FLAVOR TO IT THAT
RESONATES WITH A LOT OF US. >> THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THE CONTRAST IN THINKING ABOUT HOW IF WE WERE TO APPLY THAT MODEL, HOW THINGS MIGHT LOOK DIFFERENTLY . I WILL KIND OF HIGHLIGHT AND TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE PARENTS ROLE. IT'S LARGELY CONTEXTUAL AND ALLOWS IT TO BE APPLIED IN A VARIETY OF SITUATIONS. SHE MAKES A CASE THAT IS LESS JUDGMENTAL.
PARTICULARLY WITH RESPECT TO POWER. TAKING ABOUT SEEING PARENTS AS CLIENTS AND BENEFICIARIES VERSUS THE PARENTS HIMSELF AS EDUCATIONAL LEADERS IN SHAPING THE AGENDA.
WE MAY HAVE THINGS WE ARE FOCUSED ON . WHAT ARE THE VALUES FROM THE PARENTS? AND REALLY FOCUSING ON RELATIONSHIP BUILDING AND STRATEGIES WITH A BROAD RANGE OF STAKEHOLDERS AND THINKING ABOUT ALSO THESE INTERACTIONS AND COLLABORATIONS ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHANGE.
THERE IS A REFLECTIVE ELEMENT THAT'S NOT PRESENT IN THE TRADITIONAL PARTNERSHIP WHICH IS MORE TRANSSEXUAL.
>> TYPICALLY, PEOPLE OF COLOR FOR WHOM ENGLISH IS NOT THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE AND SO FORTH AND SO ON, BUT FOLKS WITH DISABILITY AND THAT SORT OF THING.
>> THE LAST ONE , THE PARADIGM OR FRAMEWORK THAT WE LOOKED AT OUR KIND OF INFORMS , THIS IS A HIERARCHY OF NEEDS AS IT RELATES TO INVOLVEMENT . YOU HAVE THIS FOUNDATIONAL LEVEL OF INVOLVEMENT AND THEN HOW DO YOU BUILD ON TOP OF THIS. THIS ACTUALLY IS NOT SO MUCH THERE WERE COMMENTS BUILD OFF OF THE ROADMAP PROJECT. THINKING ABOUT WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BASIC THINGS WE NEED TO DO FOUNDATION ONLY SO WE CAN MOVE TO HAVING A SYSTEMIC COLLABORATION SO YOU ACHIEVE COLLABORATION BY INCREASING INVOLVEMENT AND MAKING SURE YOU ARE MEETING THESE NEEDS. THAT AT LEAST GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY HOPEFULLY WHEN YOU SEE THE DRAFT POLICY AND LOOK AT IT TO INTERROGATE IT. THAT'S WHAT'S INFORMING OUR
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THINKING AND SCOTT AND I WILL HAVE TO ADMIT THAT WE BOTH TOOK THEIR WORK INDEPENDENTLY AND PLUG INTO DIFFERENT AI SYSTEMS AS A DRAFT POLICY BASED ON THIS WORK. WHICH WAS REALLY FASCINATING. WE GOT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT VERSIONS BECAUSE IT'S GENERATIVE AI. AND THEN I TOOK A THIRD VERSION AND WILL REPRESENT SOMETHING NEW YORK CITY DID. READ THIS AND WRITE A DRAFT POLICY. BETWEEN THOSE THREE WE USE THAT AS INSPIRATION . YOU DO NOT HAVE AN AI GENERATED DRAFT POLICY WE HAVE AN AI INFORMED DRAFT POLICY.>> I ASKED MATT TO DO IN THAT STYLE.
>> WE LOOKED AROUND FOR EXAMPLES IN NORTH AMERICA OF COMMUNITIES ON EQUITABLE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THOSE OF THE SEARCH TERMS WE ARE LOOKING AT. BOULDER COLORADO IS A COMMUNITY THAT SHARES SOME SIMILARITIES WITH OURS. IN A SIMILARLY -SIZED DISTRICT AREA AND SIMILAR SOCIAL ECONOMIC .
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE CONCEPTS WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THAT ARE EMBEDDED IN THEIR AND EXCITATIONS FOR STRATEGIES FOR THEIR CITY DEPARTMENTS TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY. HOW DO WE LEARN TOGETHER, IT'S ADAPTIVE. CLARITY. HOW DO WE HELP PEOPLE KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT AND THE INVESTMENT AND CULTIVATION AND PARTNERSHIPS. TRANSPARENCIES USING THE RIGHT TOOLS THAT DON'T NECESSARILY SHOW UP AND THE CONCEPT OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT . THAT WAS ONE MODEL THAT RESONATED AND CAN PROVIDE SOME INSPIRATION FOR US. NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS AN ENTIRE HANDBOOK ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT . EQUITABLE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WHICH WOULD MAKE SENSE BECAUSE THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT, YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE YOU REACH AND SERVE PARTICULARLY THE MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND RECOGNIZING THAT SIMILARLY IN THE EDUCATION SYSTEM. THEY CALLED OUT WHAT ARE SOME OF THEIR VALUES AND EVEN TO THE PRINCIPLES , WHAT DOES THAT ESSENTIALLY LOOK LIKE. RACIAL AND SOCIAL JUSTICE AND POWER INCLUSION AND SHOWING ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY. SUSTAINABILITY , NOT ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY. IT'S SUSTAINABILITY AND RELATIONSHIPS. PLAYING THE LONG GAME. AND CAPACITY SHOWING UP IN THE MODELS EARLIER. THIS WAS THE THIRD MODEL I PLUGGED IN TO AI AND TOLD HIM TO WRITE A SCHOOL MODEL BASED ON THE VALUES AND PRINCIPLES. WE ALSO SEARCHED FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT USE COHERENT GOVERNANCE OR POLICY GOVERNANCE MODELS OR STRUCTURES SIMILAR ENOUGH TO OURS. THE APPEAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, ONTARIO CANADA , THE VERY LARGE DISTRICT. THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF ADOPTING THEIR OWN EQUITABLE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT POLICY BREAKDOWN.
SO WE HAVE THE BENEFIT OF LOOKING AT THE WORK THAT IT
DOES. >> IT WAS INTERESTING WHEN WE BROUGHT THIS UP AND THEY RECOGNIZE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BECAUSE OF THE ONE A LOT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICERS A SCHOOL DISTRICT LOOK TO FOR MEDICATION APPARENTLY THAT'S THE KNOWN INDUSTRY. AND THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT RESONATED. I DON'T MEMBER WERE THE CONVERSATION WAS OR WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AND IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN AROUND BOARD MEMBERSHIP. HOW DO WE PROVIDE NECESSARY SUPPORTS FOR FULL
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PARTICIPATION. WE WANT PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE AND IF THOSE PEOPLE HAVE CHILDREN ARE WE PROVIDING CHILDCARE AND LANGUAGE AND INTERPRETIVE SERVICES IN THESE PUBLIC SPACES WHEN WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE ENGAGEMENT. THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT RESONATED. ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY IN REPORTING. WHEN WE HAVE THESE COMMITTEES AND ARE PUBLISHING MINUTES . I THINK THAT WAS IT.>> THE MATERIAL WE PULLED FROM, THEY WERE IN THE PROCESS OF ADOPTING IT AND I CANNOT TELL YOU IF THEY'VE GONE THROUGH AND ADOPTED IT AT THIS POINT IN TIME OR NOT. MAYBE THE END OF LAST YEAR. AND THEN WE ALSO LOOKED AT A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO HOME, WHAT ARE POLICY GOVERNANCE IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON DOING AROUND THIS AND ISSAQUAH USES A GOVERNANCE POLICY MODEL VERY SIMILAR TO OURS. AND THE POLICIES ARE VERY SIMILAR TO OURS AS WE LOOKED AT AND REFLECTED BUT RECOGNIZING IT'S VERY MUCH SETTING EXPECTATIONS AND WE ARE SETTING THE MINIMUM STANDARDS . THE FLOOR IS KIND OF ENGAGE IN POLICY WORK, WHAT IS IT WE ARE ASPIRING TO AND WHAT ARE THE BEHAVIORS AND WHAT ARE THE VALUE SETS WE WON THE SYSTEM BETTER PROCESSING EVERYTHING ABOUT IT. DID NOT FIND ANY MORE LOCAL MODELS AND WE SAY THAT'S IT
>> EVEN REPORTING ON 089 IT'S A CHECKBOX AND WE HAD A CONVERSATION TODAY AND CABINET AROUND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.
WE HAVE LOTS OF COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS WE DON'T HAVE THE CONVERSATION AROUND WHAT IS THE VALUE AT FOR MOST PARTNERSHIPS TO THE PARTNERSHIP AND ALSO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND IS THAT PART OF THE CONVERSATION AROUND THESE POLICIES AND WHEN WE START TO THINK ABOUT MONITORING ADAPTIVE OR ASPIRATIONAL POLICY THE MONITORING WILL PROBABLY A
LITTLE DIFFERENT . >> I REALIZE AFTER READING THIS AGAIN WAS DIFFERENT ABOUT POLICY BUT SAY WE LOVE INPUT ON IT. IT IS YOUR POLICY AND SO I THINK THINKING BACK, WE WENT TO THE PROCESS OF MAKING , WHAT WAS PREVIOUS IS NOT IMPORTANT OR VALUED THAT IT WASN'T COHERENT AND LEVERAGING THE STATES SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING. FOR PEOPLE TO SEE THEMSELVES IN IT, HOW DOES THIS POLICY SHAPE THE DECISIONS I'M GOING TO BE MAKING ? I THINK THAT IS A POWERFUL CASE FOR THINKING ABOUT WHY WE WANT A POLICY BASED ON THIS OR SCHEMA. THINKING ABOUT THE WAY THAT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THESE POLICIES SOME LEVEL OF CHANGE , WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SENSE OF IT AND IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS ASPIRATIONAL MEANING WE WILL ASPIRE TO SAVE IN THAT WAY. THESE DRAFT POLICIES ARE WITH THAT MINDSET, THINKING ABOUT WHAT MAKES SENSE AND WHAT IS A
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SCHEMA AND YOU WILL SEE AS A RESULT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE NOT IN THEIR THAT ARE IN THE CURRENT POLICIES MUCH LIKE WITH OUR THREE WE WENT THROUGH THAT. IT DOES NOT MEAN THEY WERE NOT IMPORTANT OR VALUABLE. JUST GOING TOWARDS THAT ABILITY. WE LOOK AT THE DRAFT POLICY AND I THINK THERE'S SOME THINGS WE CAN SAY WE ARE DOING SOME OF THESE THINGS AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO THEM EVEN BETTER. IT WOULD ALSO PUSH AND REQUIRE TRANSFORMATION. WE CAN SATISFY THIS POLICY . I THINK THAT IS AS YOU THINK ABOUT THE SCHEMA AND WHAT WE ARE KIND OF HOPING TO -- ONE OF THE THINGS WE WENT THROUGH , WE HAD A DRAFT OF MY BACK TO CHECK THE WORK AND THE THINGS ACTUALLY SHOW UP. IN THE DRAFT POLICY AND THERE ARE SEVEN SUB- POLICY COMPONENTS. WE WENT BACK THERE AND LOOKED AT THEM AND SAID HOW DOES THIS MATCH AGAINST THE COLLABORATION FRAMEWORK IN THIS PLACE. ULTIMATELY WE WANT TO THINK ABOUT HOW WOULD WE MONITOR THIS . I WILL INVITE YOU TO ADD ON TO SOME OF THESE TO TAKE THE DRAFT A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO AND SAY WHAT WOULD WE LOOK AT. TRYING TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE SOME POSSIBLE WAYS IN WHICH WE MONITOR AND THINKING ABOUT THAT SCOTT WAS TALKING ABOUT FROM A QUALITATIVE STANDPOINT THING ABOUT EVIDENCE OF COMMITTEE PARTNERSHIPS. AS THEY RELATE TO STRENGTHENING THE INDIVIDUAL AND CAPACITY. TRYING TO PUT SOME INITIAL THINKING AND THE POLICIES AS THE BOARD GETS TO REFINING THE POLICY WE WOULD BE ABLE TO REFINE OPTIONS FOR MONITORING AS A GO TO ADOPT WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING A LITTLE BIT WE'VE DONE SOME OF THAT THINKING ALONG THE WAY FORINTERPRETATIONS. >> ONE OF THE CONNECTIONS TO THIS WORK COMES FROM READING THE DISTRICT AND WE ARE USING SOME OF THAT THROUGH THE METHODOLOGY FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP . PRINCIPLES WHEN HOSTING THESE IN THEIR SCHOOL, THEY SELECTED A STUDENT OR GROUP OF STUDENTS AND WE GO IN AND COLLECT DATA ON THEIR EXPERIENCE IN THE CLASSROOM AND WE COME OUT AND SHARE NOT WHAT WE THINK ABOUT IT THE REALLY TRYING TO OBSERVE HOW THE KIDS COVER THOSE KIDS SPECIFICALLY AND ENGAGE IN WHATEVER THE LESSON WAS TO HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO PARTICIPATE IN ONE LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE. WE WERE WATCHING TWO STUDENTS IN ONE CLASSROOM AND THE TEACHER WAS DOING ROUTINES WHICH WAS GREAT TO SEE. THOSE TWO STUDENTS WERE COMPLETELY DISENGAGED FROM THAT EXPERIENCE AND THEY WERE THE TWO STUDENTS WHO PROBABLY NEEDED IT AT THE MOST. THE CONVERSATION WAS NOT ABOUT THE TEACHER DOING ANYTHING WRONG. IT REALLY GAVE US A LENS TO LOOK AT WHAT IS THE EXPERIENCE OF THAT AND EXTRAPOLATING TO THE POLICY HAVING SOME MONITORING , SERVING THOSE
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THE FAMILIES TREATED ANY INFORMATION TO OURINSTRUCTIONAL . >> AND I TOOK THIS OVER TO MY TEAM HAD A COUPLE OF SUGGESTIONS AND PATHWAYS IN TERMS OF HOW THEY COLLECT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DATA HAVE A HOLE BATTERY OF TOOLS AND HOW THEY MEASURE THAT. BUT MY TEAM POINTED THAT TOWARD SOME EXAMPLES IN THE SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE WORK THEY HAVE DONE REGARDING EDUCATION HAVE A PIECE OF THEIR DATA COLLECTING TOOL FOR THAT INITIATIVE. IF NOT THE ONLY WAY THEY COLLECT DATA BUT THEY ENGAGE WITH FAMILIES AND STUDENTS AND HAVE THEM GIVE ANECDOTAL DATA MSN ANALYST SCIENTIFIC COMES ALONG AND HOUSE RECORD THAT DATA AND ENSURES THEY WERE CAPTURED ACCURATELY. I SENT THAT LINK TO MATT AS WELL AND IS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT SHE MENTIONS A GROUP SHE WORKS WITH FOR THE PAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS CALLED THE EAST SEATTLE EDUCATION COALITION AND WENT INTO SEE WHAT THEY ARE DOING IN TERMS OF DATA COLLECTION AND THEY HAVE A DATA COHORT PROJECT WHERE THEY INVITE COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS, ESPECIALLY THOSE SERVING NONDOMINANT POPULATIONS TO HAVE THEM PARTICIPATE IN A DATA-GATHERING STRUCTURE . LIKE A YEAR-LONG COMMITMENT, THERE IS AN APPLICATION ASSOCIATED WITH IT BUT THEY ALSO MENTION THEIR GIVING THEM MORE AUTHORITY IN TERMS OF NOT ONLY HOW TO INTERPRET THE DATA BUT WHAT DECISIONS WILL BE TAKEN BECAUSE OF THAT DATA. SOME OF THE THINGS LISTED ON THERE NOW AS A LAYERED APPROACH, WHETHER THEY APPEARED IS IMPORTANT . THE LAST THING I WILL MENTION IS THIS IDEA WHEN WE INTERACT WITH FAMILIES , HAVING SOME SORT OF POST MEASUREMENT AND THAT SORT OF THING, ANOTHER GOOD WAY FOR US TO FIND ANECDOTAL DATA FROM THE FAMILY TO SEE GOOD OR BAD HOW WAS YOUR INTERACTION WITH US AND THAT ALLOWS US TO IMPROVE OUR PRACTICES AS WELL
>> BEFORE WE DIVE INTO THE POLICY WE SHARED A LOT OF WHAT'S INFORMING OUR THINKING AND JUST TO ENGAGE FOR A FEW MINUTES . WHAT WERE THINGS WE LOOK BACK EARLIER, WHAT SORT OF THINGS RESONATED AND IS THERE ANYTHING WE ARE THINKING ABOUT LIKE THAT WAS NOT ON THE LIST BUT IT HIT HOME SO WE JUST SORT OF CAPTURE THAT SO WHEN WE DIG INTO THE POLICY .
DETAILED GAVE A BETTER PICTURE OF WHAT SOME OF THE OTHERS WERE SAYING AND THEY WERE SAYING IT WITH LESS DETAIL AND THAT SAID WE UNDER STRUCTURE IT. I FOUND THAT IT'S VERY
HELPFUL . >> JUST TO CLARIFY HE WOULD NOT SYNTHESIZE ITS VERSION. YOU VOICE AND YOU GIVE ME MORE
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THAN ONE PIECE OF PAPER I WILL JUMP AHEAD. YOU'RE ASKING WHAT COULD WE HEAR FROM TODAY THAT WAS NOT CAPTURED IN THE PREVIOUS ? I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING AND I SEE IT ALREADY CAPTURED IN THE DRAFT POLICY . DON'T NUMBER WHERE IT CAME FROM I THINK YOU CALLED THE COMMUNITY CAPACITY WITH LEVERAGING AND STRENGTHENING THE ABILITY TO PLAY A ROLE .I DON'T SEE THAT EXPLICITLY CAPTURED IN OUR NOTES FROM LAST TIME . I THINK THAT IS A IMPORTANT CONCEPT. IT IS
CAPTURED IN THE POLICY. >> I WAS GOING TO SAY IT'S REFRESHING TO SEE ALMOST EVERYTHING WE HAD FROM OUR VALUES SESSION BOILED DOWN INTO THESE FRAMEWORKS. I THOUGHT THEY DID A GOOD NICE JOB OF SUMMARIZING AND ALSO MADE ME FEEL A LITTLE BIT BETTER ABOUT THE WORK WE HAVE DONE. SO I AGREE, I THINK THE PIECE THAT WAS MISSING WAS THE COMPONENT OF HAD TO BE IN POWER OUR COMMUNITY FOR NOT JUST A SENSE OF BELONGING BUT THAT THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DRIVE CHANGE AND MOVE FORWARD AND NOT JUST HAVING TO RESPOND TO AN ESTABLISHED SYSTEM AND GETTING A SENSE OF EMPOWERMENT TO THE COMMUNITY. I THINK THAT WAS ONE THING THAT I SAW HERE .
PREVIOUS SLIDES MOVING TOWARDS EQUITY AND I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF WHAT WE CAME UP WITH WAS THAT MIDDLE ENCOURAGING INVOLVEMENT. I FEEL LIKE I CANNOT EVEN LOOK FURTHER TO THAT SHARING POWER PIECE AND I THINK IT WAS KIND OF MOVING TOWARDS THE NEXT STEP. I THINK A LOT OF WHAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED IN THE DRAFT POLICY IS EVEN FURTHER TO THE RIGHT.
YOU VOICE ONLY MAKE THE SHIFT IS MORE TIME INTENSIVE THINK WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT. I THINK IT'S THE IDEA WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE IT'S VERY CUT AND DRY AND FILL IN THE BLANKS AND THIS IS GOING TO TAKE SOME HUMAN EFFORT DESPITE AI. I
LIKE THAT ASPECT. >> APPRECIATE YOU RECOGNIZING THAT DIRECTOR STUART IS A MENTIONED EARLIER , WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE SPECTRUM MODEL, IT DOES NOT SAY ARE ALWAYS GOING TO LIVE IN ONE PLACE OR THE OTHER. THE CHALLENGE IS TO THINK ABOUT AND THE ARTS WILL BE WHERE YOU ARE AT ON THE SPECTRUM AND FOR WHAT REASONS AND WHAT TIMES. THAT LEVEL OF COLLABORATION AND EMPOWERMENT IS PARTICULAR LATER ON THINKING ABOUT THE RELATIONAL CAPACITY THAT IT TAKES TO DO THAT AND WE TAKE ABOUT THE NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES WE ARE ENGAGED IN AND THE LEVEL OF THE CAPACITY BUILDING THAT HAS TO BE DONE COLLECTIVELY. IT'S A HUGE INVESTMENT OF TIME NOT JUST OUR END BUT ALSO THE COMMUNITY END. THERE ARE DECISIONS AND THINGS THAT AREN'T ELIGIBLE. YOU JUST GOING TO MAKE THAT CALL. THE TIMING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND AS OTHERS WE ARE GOING TO WANT TO MAKE THAT INVESTMENT
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TO BE ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE AND BEING ABLE TO INTERROGATE AND THINK ABOUT WHERE YOU ARE AT AND WHY IS GOING TO BE PART OF THE ART AND CHALLENGE AND THEN BEING ABLE A LOT OF THE MODELS AND BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THAT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND IT'S CHALLENGING. THERE ARE TIMES WE THINK WE ARE DOING WELL. HERE'S WHAT WE ARE DOING AND WE GET FEEDBACK LIKE MAYBE WE WERE NOT AS CLEAR AS WE THOUGHT WE WERE ON THAT. RECOGNIZING THAT, THIS IS WHERE I THINK IF THESE VALUES AND KIND OF MODELS BECOME WHAT INFORMS THE POLICY AS RECOGNIZING THAT ESSENTIALLY GOING TO REQUIRE ADAPTIVE CHANGE FOR A DISTRICT IS AN ASPIRATION ON THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST SOMETHING WE CAN CHECK THE BOX AND SAY WE ARE DOING IT. WE COULD SAY WE ARE MEETING THAT.YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE HAPPY WITH IT BUT WE ARE MEETING EXPECTATIONS AND IT'S A LOT CLEARER. WE APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT IN. AND I WILL BE PART OF AN ONGOING CONVERSATION BECAUSE WE WILL ALWAYS BE FLOWING THROUGH
THAT. . >> IT'S NOT JUST OUR BALL GAME. AND I HAVE BEEN SO MANY STUDIES IT'S GOING TO BE A MINDSET CHANGE. THAT WILL TAKE DOING SOME TIME. SOME ARE ABLE TO MAKE THAT SHIFT EASILY.
>> MY AI QUERY WAS WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT DO A GREAT JOB OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT? I GOT STUCK ON THE FIRST ONE. FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS. EMERY COUNTY MARYLAND WHICH IS WHERE I GREW UP. THEY HAVE LOTS OF GREAT STUFF. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT. I WANT TO CALL OUT, THINK THIS IS CONNECTING TO A DR. STUART SAID, TOO. WE TALKED ABOUT COMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDING. THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. THIS COMMUNITY INCLUDES STAFF . BEING VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT HOW ARE WE -- IF IT'S IN WITH EDUCATORS AS LEARNERS COMPONENT OF THE FRAMEWORK. I WANT TO EXPLICITLY CALL IT OUT. THE WAY THE FRAMEWORK IS WRITTEN A STAFF LEARNING FROM FAMILIES WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT TO BE CLEAR. ANOTHER COMPONENT OF THAT MIGHT BE HOW WE AS A BOARD ARE DEVOTING RESOURCES TO THAT. HOW THE DISTRICT IS SUPPORTING STAFF IN BUILDING THE CAPACITY. I SAW THAT FROM MONTGOMERY COUNTY BECAUSE THEY CALL IT UP. THEY HAVE POLICY RUN FAMILY SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS AND WHAT IT IS TO BUILD THE CAPACITY OF STAFF AND FAMILIES TO ENGAGE IN MEANINGFUL 2-WAY PARTNERSHIPS TO SUPPORT EDUCATION AND WELL-BEING OF ALL CHILDREN. I WANTED TO PUT A POINT ON THAT. THEY HAVE THIS EXACT SPECTRUM IN THE POLICIES. SO THE COMMUNITY IS AWARE ARE WE INFORMING RIGHT NOW. IF YOU'RE TRYING TO COLLABORATE AND WE THINK WE ARE INFORMING, THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THE FRICTION SOMETIMES COMES INTO PLAY AND VICE VERSA. ONE OTHER THING I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS IS TALKING ABOUT THE FAMILY CONNECTIONS MEETINGS.
ELEMENTARY JUST STARTED THIS YEAR . IT SEEMS COOL. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WAS INTENTIONAL BUT NOTHING LIKE A FIRST STEP TOWARD SOME OF THIS , SOME OF WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE. RATHER THAN COMING IN IN THE MIDDLE OF OCTOBER AND THE TEACHER WILL INFORM YOU OF WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED ABOUT YOUR CHILD THE LAST SIX WEEKS, WHY DON'T YOU COME IN FIRST AND TELL US ABOUT YOUR CHILD AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO GET THAT OFF ? KICK OFF THIS YEAR IN A PRODUCTIVE WAY. IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT. I THINK WE ARE FORMALIZING THAT A LITTLE BIT
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MORE WHICH IS GREAT TO SEE. AGAIN. I WANT TO CALL OUT THE CAPACITY BUILDING. I THINK JUST ABOUT EVERY TEACHER TALKS TO REALLY LOVE THAT APPROACH. THE FAMILIES WERE SPLIT. I KNOW I LOVED AS A PARENT. I MADE MY TEACHERS DO THAT ANYWAY. I WOULD GO IN AND TELL THEM ABOUT MY KID. A LOT OF FAMILIES DID NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE DOING THAT. WHAT IS MY TEACHER GOING TO TELL ME ABOUT MY CHILD IN THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL? THAT'S NOT TO CRITICIZE AT ALL BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS WORTH DOING. I THINK IT'S A SIGN THAT IS MORE WORK TO DO WITH THE COMMUNITY TO BUILD THAT CAPACITY.>> I APPRECIATE THAT. THESE MODELS THAT WE SHARE , THIS IS THINKING AND IDEAS THAT ARE FAMILIAR . THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S EXCITING, WHAT'S INFORMING OUR THINKING.
THIS IS INFORMING OUR WORK RIGHT NOW. IT'S JUST NOT NECESSARILY FORMALLY CODIFIED IN THAT WAY. THEN I THINK I WAS ALSO LOOKING AT THE FAMILIES AS EXPERTS. IT DOES AS SOMETHING DIFFERENT OF OUR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY BECAUSE THE SOCIAL CONTRACT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW , IT'S WORKING FOR YOUR KID. IT'S EASIER. I GET TO SHOW UP AND YOU TELL ME WHO'S GREAT. I GET TO ENGAGE OR NOT ENGAGE AT ALL. THIS INVITES PARENTS AND FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY IN A DIFFERENT WAY. THAT'S WHY IT'S ADAPTIVE ON THOSE MODELS. . APPRECIATE THE REFLECTION . WE WILL TRY THIS . THIS IS HOW I GET MY EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS TO HELP EACH OTHER OUT AND REVISING SO WE USE A PRAISE QUESTION POLICY. WE START WITH PRAISE AND ARE THE ELEMENTS OF THE DRAFT POLICY THAT RESONATE WITH YOUR VALUES OR INTEREST. IF WE HEAR SOME THINGS, EXPECT WE WILL HEAR SOME THINGS, WHAT ARE SOME THE THINGS THAT DEFINITELY KEEP THIS RESONATED ? IF THERE'S SOME LITTLE THINGS TO POLISH ON THIS. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU AND FIRST IN PRAISE SECTION AND WE WILL TAKE SOME NOTES. AND THEN WE WILL GO TO QUESTIONS AFTER.
>> DIRECTOR STUART. >> TRYING TO ENGAGE PARENTS AS PARTNERS IN THE IDEA WE DON'T HAVE ONE TYPE OF PARENT.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF WORK ON STAFF'S PART TO ADAPT TO SOME CULTURES THAN WHAT WE ARE NOT USED TO. THE IDEA OF BEING WILLING TO SHARE. I THINK IN THIS ENVIRONMENT WE HAVE HEAVY HIGH-TECH IN OUR COMMUNITY , FOR SOME PARENTS SO BE OUT . I REALLY THINK WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IT'S GOING TO BE TIME INTENSIVE. ALL THE SUDDEN YOU HAVE TO ADAPT TO EACH SET OF PARENTS.
>> 3.2 OF THE DRAFT POLICY , WHEN YOU WERE CHARTING EARLIER
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I THINK YOU TIED INTO RELATIONSHIPS. TO ME THAT REALLY NAILS IT IN THE VALUE THAT NEEDS TO BE IN OUR POLICY AND I LIKE THAT WE HAVE THAT IN THERE RIGHT NOW. SIMILARLY THE VERY LAST POLICY TO ENSURE DECISIONS BEGIN WITH PRIORITIZING RESPONSE TO FAMILY CONCERNS. I APPRECIATE THAT THAT CENTERS ON THE EXPERIENCE OF FAMILIES. I CONSTRUE THE FAMILY GOALS AS INCLUDING THE GOALS OF THE STUDENTS AS WELL. BUT PERHAPS WE CAN ABOUT MAKING THAT MORE EXPLICIT IN THE POLICY. CENTERING ON THE STUDENTS AS BEING PART OF THE FAMILY UNIT. THAT WAS IT. THAT WAS MY>> I THINK THE BIGGEST RESIGNATION FOR ME IS INCLUSION OF THE WORD TRUST IN THERE. I THINK THAT'S A REALLY KEY COMPONENT OF WHAT I WAS HOPING TO SEE OUT OF THIS.
I HAD FORGOTTEN. I THINK DR. CHOI AND I, CAME UP WITH THAT LAST TIME. THAT MAKES SENSE. TO ME THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG GOALS HERE AND IT'S VERY MISSING FROM OUR CURRENT POLICIES. I SEARCHED FOR THE WORD TRUST AND CANNOT FIND IN ANY OF OUR POLICIES. I THINK THAT IS REALLY FOUNDATIONAL TO WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT. THAT ONE LITTLE WORD RESONATED WITH ME AT A LOT. I'M HAPPY TO SEE IT AND HEAR AND SEE IT REFLECTED IN ALL THE OTHER WORDS.
DEFINITELY KEEP THAT WORD. THAT EXACT WORD.
>> I LIKE THAT YOU BROUGHT SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF AND IS THE AIMING AND STRIVING FOR SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE AND KNOWING WHAT THAT COMES A LOT OF LEARNING AND FAILURE AND LEARNING FROM THAT FAILURE THAT JUST BY BRINGING SOMETHING LIKE THAT , THAT SUCH A HUGE MODEL FOR MOVING FORWARD IN THE WHOLE ORGANIZATION AND WHAT WE HOPE FOR EVERYONE DOWN TO HER STUDENTS. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. IT'S IN LINE WITH WHAT I'M HEARING WITH THE PARENTS MEETING AS WELL. WITH ALL MERGING TOGETHER.
>> CAN ADD SOMETHING? I GOT TO BARGAIN THIS YEAR WITH OUR DISTRICT. PART OF OUR CONTRACT AS A TRUST AGREEMENT WRITTEN INTO THE CONTRACT THAT REALLY GUIDES THE CONVERSATIONS AND IS REFLECTIVE AND SOME OF THE THINGS WE AGREED TO FOR TEACHERS AS PROFESSIONALS AND PROVIDE THE RESEARCH TO NOT BE SO TIGHTLY CONTROLLED. THOSE KINDS OF THINGS TO SEE THAT THAT RESONATES WITH THE BOARD. I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS SO WE ARE TRYING TO REFLECT THAT PRACTICE.
HAVING THEM IN THE POLICY >> THE PARENTS TRUSTING THE TEACHERS AND THE TEACHERS TRUSTING THE PARENTS
>> I APPRECIATE THE PREAMBLE TO THE POLICY. I THINK IT'S A NICE WAY TO SUMMARIZE WHAT OUR OVERALL GOAL IS BEFORE WE DIVE INTO THE NITTY-GRITTY OF IT. SOMETHING WE SHOULD PROBABLY AIM TO DO WITH ALL OF THESE. I APPRECIATE THAT , PUTTING IN
THE PREAMBLE. >> THAT'S REALLY LOVELY TO HEAR SOME PRAISE AND I THINK WE ARE DONE, RIGHT? NOW, QUESTIONS. YOU CAN CERTAINLY POSE YOUR QUESTIONS. ARE THERE ELEMENTS OF THE POLICY THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE CONNECTIONS BACK TO THE VALUES? IS THERE SOMETHING THAT'S NOT CLEAR? AND ALSO THINKING ABOUT, ARE THERE ELEMENTS OF THE POLICY THAT YOU'RE CURIOUS ABOUT THE
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EVOCATIONS OF MONITORING OR SIMILAR IMPLEMENTATION ? IF YOU WERE TO ADOPT THIS POLICY AS IT CURRENTLY WRITTEN, WHAT CURIOSITIES WOULD YOU HAVE ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES ? YOU CAN INTRODUCE YOUR OWN QUESTIONS THAT WILL HELP US THINK ABOUT CLARITY OR LACK OF CLARITY IN THE POLICY ?>> ON 3.1 , AS I LOOK, THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO THINK ABOUT IT AND I WONDER WHICH WAY WE WANT TO GO. ONE IS MORE NARROW AND IT'S JUST FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING COMMUNITY LED INITIATIVES THAT PROMOTES STUDENT SUCCESS . BECAUSE OF THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN, THAT ULTIMATELY I THINK THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD BE LOOKED AT IS WHETHER THE SUPERINTENDENT IS SUPPORTING COMMUNITY LED INITIATIVES THAT SUPPORT STUDENT SUCCESS AND BROADER POLICY WHICH IF IT'S STRENGTHENING CAPACITY IN ANY FASHION . I WAS WRESTLING WITH IT AND I REWROTE A FEW DIFFERENT TIMES IN DIFFERENT WAYS. I DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY I THINK IS BETTER. IF WE ARE TRYING TO CAPTURE THE CONCEPT OF BUILDING COMMUNITY CAPACITY , I THINK IT IS A BROADER CONCEPT . I THINK COMMUNITY LED INITIATIVES ARE ONE WAY OF BUILDING COMMUNITY CAPACITY. I THINK THERE'S MORE THAN ONE WAY TO DO THAT. THIS IS WHY THIS IS A WONDER AND NOT A POLISH BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW.
>> ONE THING KIND OF TOUCHED ON IN 3.1, BUT REALLY CALLING OUT THE CONNECTION TO OUR RESULTS POLICIES. THE IDEA OF DON'T TO THIS TO JUST FEEL WARM AND FUZZY, WE WANT TO PARTNER WITH OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT'S OUR BELIEF THAT THAT LEADS TO BETTER RESULTS FOR STUDENTS . I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S NOT IN THEIR BUT I WOULD LOVE IT FOR IT TO BE MORE EXPLICIT AND THAT THAT IS ONE OF THE OVERARCHING GOALS HERE IS TO IMPROVE RESULTS FOR STUDENTS. I'M DEFINITELY CURIOUS ABOUT THE APPLICATIONS FOR MONITORING BECAUSE IT CAN BE CHALLENGING . I SEE EVIDENCE OF COMMITTEE PARTNERSHIPS, I DON'T JUST WANT A LIST OF KENNEDY PARTNERSHIPS PUTTING A POINT ON IT . WHAT IS THE VALUE WE ARE GETTING OUT OF THESE? WHETHER IT'S QUANTIFIABLE OR MORE QUALITATIVE, THAT'S FINE . IN REVIEWING POLICIES FROM OTHER DISTRICTS, MANY DISTRICTS DO NOT HAVE INDICATORS. HERE'S ALL THE STUFF WE HAVE BEEN DOING . I LIKE THAT WE HAVE INDICATORS AND THINK CAREFULLY ABOUT THOSE AND WE KIND OF SET THE BAR TO WHAT WE CONSIDER TO BE SUCCESS. WE CAN LOOK BACK AT THE BAR AND WE HAVE THE REASONABLE WORD THAT WE USE TO SAY MAYBE THAT WAS THE WRONG INDICATOR. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S HELPFUL. I'M CURIOUS ABOUT A LOT OF THIS. IT'S A NEW WAY OF DOING THINGS. I STILL THINK IT IS THE RIGHT
DIRECTION, ABSOLUTELY. >> ONE QUESTION THAT COMES TO MY MIND BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE THE MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENT .
IT'S NOT JUST THE IDEA OF TRAINING STAFF ON THEIR SIDE BUT INFORMING THE PARENTS . HERE'S WHY WE ARE DOING THIS.
IT'S GOING TO BE A CULTURAL SHIFT FOR THE PARENTS. I HOPE
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WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT VERY CAREFULLY. I THINK A LOT OF PARENTS HAVE FELT IN THE PAST THAT THAT SPAN TASK FORCE AND NOT TAKING TO HEART . UNFORTUNATELY IT'S USUALLY THE MORE TOUCHY IF YOU WILL . MAYBE THAT'S WHY THEY FEEL IT.IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT ON BOTH SIDES.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHO SAID IT BUT YOU SAID THAT MONITORING THE ADAPTIVE VERSUS THE TECHNICAL WILL LOOK A WHOLE LOT DIFFERENT. WHEN ASKING AND TRYING TO COMPARE IT TO WHAT MONITORING'S HAVE BEEN LOOKING LIKE, I KIND OF CANNOT EVEN PICTURE IT BECAUSE I THINK IT WILL LOOK VERY VERY DIFFERENT.
ALONG THOSE LINES AM ASSUMING THAT WE WILL BE HAVING A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AROUND THAT AND GETTING SUGGESTIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AND IT COMES TO THAT. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT LOOKS IF IT'S PART OF THE POLICY WRITING AND WERE TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, DO WE EXPECT TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY IN THIS ASPECT OF IT? THAT'S ONE PIECE. THE OTHER ONE MORE SPECIFIC , WE LOOK AT THE EXISTING 083 AND HOW WE MONITORED THE CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND EFFECTIVELY HANDLE COMPLAINTS AND PROTECT AGAINST ANY RETALIATION, IS GOING TO GO LIVE SOMEWHERE
ELSE? >> THAT'S MY OTHER QUESTION,
WHERE WILL THOSE GO? >> I WOULD AGREE. THERE ARE THINGS FROM THE ONLY THREE AND ONLY NINE GOALS I STILL THINK ARE VALUABLE BETTER NOW MISSING IN TERMS OF THEIR PLACEMENT ANYWHERE ELSE. EVEN THOUGH THEY MIGHT BE MORE OF THE INFORMED QUANTITATIVE CHECK THE BOX . I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE SOME OF THAT STILL IN THIS POLICY GETS RID OF ALL THOSE.
THAT'S A QUESTION I HAD. >> WHAT ITEMS FELL OFF?
>> LIKE LINDSAY JUST SAID, THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE RESOLVED IS PURELY JUST DATA BUT I STILL THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT INFORMATION AND MONITOR IT . THAT WOULD BE ONE EXAMPLE. DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ELSE?
>> HAD A QUESTION ABOUT MONITORING AS WELL . IN THE SLIDE WHERE YOU HAVE THE EXAMPLE FOR MONITORING, I SEE A LOT OF IT. A SERIES OF MILLER TO WHAT WE ARE GETTING WITH AWAY 14 90 WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT WE NEED A COMBINATION OF NOT JUST QUALITATIVE AND SURVEY DATA AS EVIDENCE BUT ALSO POTENTIALLY QUANTITATIVE DATA OR NUMBERS DATA . NEEDS TO BE A HOLISTIC PICTURE. I'M KIND OF CURIOUS BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ALL THAT SURVEY AND QUALITATIVE DATA . I KNOW WE'VE BEEN STRUGGLING IN THAT REGARD OF
HOW WE MONITOR SOMETHING . >> I THINK THE QUESTIONS YOU ARE RAISING AROUND THE CHALLENGES OF RECOGNIZING ADAPTIVE SHIFT, THINKING ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE ORGANIZATION
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AND ENGAGE IN ADAPTIVE WORK, IT WOULD BE DISINGENUOUS TO SAY THAT STARTING TOMORROW EVERYBODY WILL EXPERIENCE OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM THIS WAY. SO THINKING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PERHAPS MONITORING THE RELATION TO THIS PLAN THAT MIGHT SAY WHERE WOULD WE EXPECT? THIS MIGHT NOT BE HOLISTIC FOR THE ENTIRE DISTRICT THIS IS PART OF THE CHALLENGE WE HAVE WHAT MONITORING. WE HAVE THE OPPOSITE OF STREET DATA. WE DO A LOT OF SATELLITE DATA AND TRY TO SAY HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE EVERYTHING AT THE LOCAL LEVEL FOR 30,000+ STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE THEIR EXPERIENCE AND THAT REALLY LIMITS WHAT YOU'RE ABLE TO CAPTURE IN THAT WAY.THERE IS A VALUE FOR THIS DATA. PABLO'S TEAM IS DOING A LOT.
WHAT WOULD BE THINGS WE WOULD ESSENTIALLY SAY THERE IS A THEORY OF ACTION. THIS IS A COMMUNITY INVESTMENT . THAT POTENTIALLY COULD BE A WAY WHERE WE WOULD SAY THIS KIND OF THIS RANGE. WE CAN GET THAT. WE HAVE A PLAN TO MAKE IT LOOK DIFFERENT. THAT POTENTIALLY WOULD BE RECOGNIZING THAT IS GOING TO BE STAGES OF IMPLEMENTATION. KIND OF HOLDING A SELF ALMOST TO THIS ITERATIVE STANDARD ALONG
THE WAY. >> I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY LITTLE BIT. IN AN IDEAL WORLD, IF YOU HAVE A POLICY AND ARE EXECUTING IT AND YOU HAVE THE TOTAL DATA FOR THE SURVEYS AND THE PERCEPTION COMING THROUGH FROM STORIES THAT IT'S WORKING AND IT'S GREAT, HAS SOME POINT, THE NUMBERS SHOULD ALSO REFLECT THAT. OF COURSE IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN RIGHT AWAY.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME. HONESTLY MAYBE IT'S JUST AN UNDERSTANDING THAT THE POLICY MIGHT NOT BE IN COMPLIANCE FOR A WHILE AND THAT'S OKAY. . I THINK SOMETIMES WE STRUGGLE WITH THE IDEA OF SAYING YOU ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE LIKE THAT'S A BAD THING. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A BAD THING IF YOU CHANGE SOMETHING IN YOU WORKING TOWARDS IT AND IT'S OKAY TO NOT BEING COMPLIANT WITH SOMETHING. WE ARE PUTTING IN ASPIRATIONAL GOALS. WE ARE NOT PUTTING IN GOALS THAT YOU SHOULD BE COMPLIANT WITHIN A YEAR. YOU CAN ARGUE WE ARE NOT AIMING HIGH ENOUGH. JUST WANT TO CLARIFY .
>> THIS IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY MEANINGFULLY. THEY MAY ALSO COME UP WITH METRICS WE CANNOT THINK OF RIGHT NOW THAT WILL DETERMINE SUCCESS OR
LACK THEREOF. >> I WANT TO GO REALLY QUICK OFF OF THAT. I FEEL LIKE IF YOU ARE IN COMPLIANCE RIGHT AWAY, THEN SOMETHING IS WRONG. I FEEL THAT YOUR INDICATORS IS TO WELL. I WOULD ALMOST THINK IT IS SHOWING THAT GROWTH AND WE SHOULD BE OUT OF COMPLIANCE FOR A WHILE.
>> ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO CALL OUT WITH REGARDS TO MONITORING. I'VE READ THE FIRST LITTLE BIT OF SCHOOLS SO I DEFINITELY DON'T HAVE A FULL UNDERSTANDING. IT DOES SEEM VERY FOCUSED ON RACE AND ETHNICITY. I APPRECIATE THE WAY THAT DIRECTOR ORTEGA FRAMED THAT WORD NONDOMINANT OR WHAT IT MEANS TO BE MUCH BROADER. FROM A MONITORING PERSPECTIVE AND KNOWING WE STRUGGLED WITH THAT IN SOME OF OUR OTHER POLICIES AS WELL, MAKING SURE WE ARE REALLY LOOKING AT A BROAD DEFINITION, CERTAINLY RACE , ETHNICITY, LANGUAGE
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STATUS IS PART OF ABBA REALLY MAKING SURE THAT WHEN WE ARE MONITORING COME THE FEAR OF THE POLICY DOES NOT SPECIFY THOSE THINGS AND MAKING SURE THE MONITORING DATA REFLECTS THATSOMEHOW. >> WHAT WE WERE WONDERING, HOW ARE WE GOING TO COMMUNICATE THIS POLICY TO THE COMMUNITY.
TO ME WHEN I'M INITIALLY READING IT FEELS LIKE I'M PUTTING SPRINKLES ON TOP OF A GOOD CUPCAKE. IF I WERE TO GET IN TROUBLE AND I'M GOING TO TELL MY PARENTS WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR, THIS IS WHAT I ALMOST FEEL LIKE WHAT I'M READING THIS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE KIND OF COMMUNICATING THIS IN A GENUINE AND AUTHENTIC WAY TO OUR COMMUNITIES SO THEY FEEL LIKE THEY ARE BEING HEARD AND IT'S NOT JUST SOMETHING LIKE A
CHECKBOX ON OUR PART. >> THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I WAS GOING WITH IT. THE OTHER ASPECT WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE WILL TRAIN STAFF TO THINK DIFFERENTLY , WE ALSO HAVE TO TRAIN OURSELVES. THERE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE UNDERLYING DATA. IS GOING TO BE A SERIES OF NUMBERS AND BAR CHARTS AND MAKING THE HEAD START SPENDING. I THINK THE IDEA IS WE GOING TO HAVE TO REALIZE THAT SURVEY DATA IS NOT QUALITATIVE COMMENTS QUANTITIVE. BECAUSE MORE OFTEN THAN NOT DRAFTING A SET OF QUESTIONS AND THEY ARE NOT OPEN-ENDED. TO GET THAT QUALITATIVE RESPONSE IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT MORE TIME TO ANALYZE THAT RESPONSE AND RESPOND TO THE IDEA OF GOING BACK TO THE PERSON WHO ANSWERED IT , WHAT ARE YOU ASKING FOR TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IS USED TO THAT. WHEN WE ARE TALKING CULTURALLY WE ARE NOT JUST TALKING ETHNICITY. PACIFIC NORTHWEST IS NOT EXACTLY ONE THAT READILY GIVES THEIR PENDING UPFRONT. ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVED ABOUT NEW YORK IS WHEN I LIVED THERE. EVEN WHEN HE DID NOT WANT THEIR OPINION THEY WOULD GIVE IT TO YOU. THAT'S GOING TO BE A CULTURAL SHIFT. SHARING IS DIFFICULT FOR A LOT OF FOLKS. ESPECIALLY ASPIRING TO THOSE OF LONGER GOALS. IF WE RAISE THEM IN THE FIRST YEAR WE ARE ALSO DECEIVING OURSELVES AS WE ACHIEVE THEM
>> THANK YOU. ERIC, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED
TO ADD? >> 3.2 IN TERMS OF HOW TO MEASURE HISTORICALLY WE'VE HAD POLICIES LIKELY .2 WORDS BUILD RELATIONSHIPS THE WAY WE'VE HAD IN THE WAY IT'S BEEN REPORTED , WE EITHER REPORT BACK AND BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AND THAT'S NOT REALLY MEASURING WHETHER THERE IS THE RELATIONSHIP TO ACTUALLY EXIST. I WONDER HOW WE ARE GOING TO MONITOR THAT WAY. IT'S A DIFFICULT ONE. SEEMS LIKE THE CHALLENGE FOR RELATIONSHIPS. I GUESS I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO HEAR MORE ABOUT IDEAS FOR MONITORING THAT.
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>> PABLO AND I TALKED. IT'S NOT A FULLY BAKED IDEA. WERE THINKING ABOUT IN WHAT WAYS CAN MONITORING HELP SERVE WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION RATE. WHEN YOU CLEAR AND EXCELLENT PATIENT, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO IN A VARIETY OF WAYS IS THINKING ABOUT THE FIDELITY GOING THROUGH. DOING WALK-THROUGHS AND LOOK FOR US. THAT CAN BE AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE CAN SAY HOW WOULD WE KNOW WE GO INTO A PLACE AND HOW WOULD WE OBSERVE WHAT THAT WOULD SUGGEST TO US. THAT WOULD BE ONE POTENTIAL TOOL AND MAYBE IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE DO WITH EVERY SCHOOL BUT A HANDFUL OF SCHOOLS. AND GIVE US EVIDENCE OF THAT. THERE MAY BE WAYS OF MONITORING THAT WE HAVE NOT DONE IN THE PAST. HELPING TO COMMUNICATE WHAT THOSE VALUES ARE IN THE LIMITATION. WHEN ENGAGING CONVERSATION HELPS TO SAY THIS IS ACTUALLY THE EXPECTATION VERSUS SOMETHING A BIT MORE PASSIVE. THAT WAS KIND OF THE LINE OF THINKING LIKE HOW WOULD WE GO AT THAT GROUND-LEVEL AND GET SOME OBSERVABLE DATA THAT COULD BE USED IN SEVERAL PLACES ?
>> ALSO THE IDEA OF CONTRASTING THAT WHERE THEY WILL APPROACH A TEACHER AND ASKED THE TEACHER WHAT DID YOU PERCEIVE THIS INTERACTION WITH THIS FAMILY? IN A TOOL THEY WILL APPLY TO THE TEACHER AND THEN ASK THE FAMILY WHAT DID YOU PERCEIVE SEPARATE FROM THE TEACHER AS WELL AND THE GAP BETWEEN THOSE TWO IS THE MEASURE . THE CLOSER YOU GET THOSE MEASURES TOGETHER THE MORE ALIGNED YOU ARE WITH THE SERVICES TO THAT FAMILY , THE FURTHER APART YOU ARE.
>> 3.7 READING IT CONCERNS ME. IF THEY ARE SEPARATE, YOU'RE MAKING 3.7 SOUND LIKE DECISIONS REGARDING THE STUDENTS ARE CONFORMS TO WHAT THE FAMILIES WANT WHICH DEFINITELY APPLIES WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT YOUR YOUNGER AUDIENCE LIKE ELEMENTARY STUDENTS. AS MOVING UP TO MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS IMPORTANT TO ALSO MAKE SURE DECISIONS ARE MADE ON WHAT THE STUDENTS WANT NOTHING CLARIFICATION THERE MIGHT BE BETTER .
>> REFERENCING WHAT MR. ORTEGA SAID ABOUT THE CONTRAST BETWEEN WHAT THAT FAMILY AND EDUCATOR WANTS, THINK THERE'S KIND OF A TRIANGLE ALMOST WITH THE STUDENT ALSO INCORPORATED WHEN HE REACH THOSE HIGHER LEVELS.
>> I HAD ONE OTHER QUESTION THAT WAS HOW ARE WE DEFINING COMMUNITY FOR THIS POLICY BECAUSE WE SPECIFICALLY SEEM TO BE REFERENCING FAMILY A LOT AND I'M WONDERING WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COMMITTEE LED INITIATIVES OR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT ORGANIZATIONS OR ONLY PEOPLE TO HAVE KIDS IN THE DISTRICT ? ARE THEY IN CONSIDERATION, WHO ARE THE STAKEHOLDERS AND POTENTIALLY DEFINING IT AS WE DO , WOULD BE HELPFUL. DIRECTOR STUART .
>> TWO DIRECTOR LIBERTIES POINT , I DON'T WANT TO MAKE THIS PROCESS DRAWN OUT TO THE POINT WHERE WE NEVER GET TO IT. WHEN TRYING SOMETHING NEW, THIS IS WHAT WE DO WITH INCLUSION. I WOULD HATE TO SEE US GO DOWN THE ROAD AND SAY OKAY THIS IS HOW IT'S GOING TO BE. WE FIND OUT THAT THE NOT QUITE WORK OR THERE IS A DISCONNECT. PERHAPS WE MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT
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PILOTING AND NON-PILOTING AND ELEMENTARY. THE PARTICIPATION IN THE FAMILY IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT FROM ELEMENTARY STUDENTS TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. I'M WONDERING GIVEN THE DYNAMICS WE MIGHT HAVE THE PARTICIPATION OF THE STUDENTS BE SEPARATE SO THEY CAN FEEL THE INDEPENDENCE OF IT. I DON'T KNOW. MY NEED SOME PRESSURE FROM THE PARENTS SAYING YES I WANT THIS. THAT IS A PRESSURE COOKER. I THINKTHAT'S WHERE I WAS GOING. >> BEAR WITH ME, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY THIS. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO WORD IT SO IT MAKES SENSE. THE PREAMBLE PIECE. I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF THAT IS TAKEN FROM THE EXISTING HALLWAY THREE AND 089. BACK TO THE TECHNICAL OR INFORMING. THE BOARD BELIEVES IN COLLABORATION WITH ALL STAKEHOLDERS IN OUR COMMUNITY IS ESSENTIAL TO ACHIEVING OUR GOAL. IT'S NOT A COLLECTIVE GOAL IN A SENSE. IT'S OURS AND WE ARE TAKING THIS FROM YOU. EVEN THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL MAINTAIN ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND TALKS ABOUT SYSTEMIC ORGANIZATION CULTURE, IT'S REFERENCING SCHOOLS AND BUILDINGS AND IT'S VERY ETERNAL. I GUESS THAT LANGUAGE ALMOST FEELS LIKE IT'S NOT THE WHOLE EMPOWERING OF ALL COMMUNITY BUT MORE OF A DIRECTIVE ON THE ORGANIZATION AND WHAT WE WILL DO TO THE COMMUNITY. IF THAT MAKES SENSE AT ALL.
>> IT MAKES SENSE. THAT'S THE LANGUAGE OF THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE. THE AREA OF THE POLICY IS ENFORCEABLE AND SUPERINTENDENT ACCOUNTABLE. THE BOARD IS EXPRESSING ITS VALUES OF HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO ENGAGE IN THE COMMUNITY AND WOULD LIKE THE ORGANIZATION TO ENGAGE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND THERE IS AND ASK UPON THE COMMUNITY AND WHICH WE CAN INVITE THE COMMUNITY AND. AND EXPECT THE COMMUNITY TO DO.
CAN HOLD THE SUPERINTENDENT ACCOUNTABLE.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION , I THINK LINDSAY BROUGHT THIS UP EARLIER. IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS FOR THIS POLICY, THERE GOING TO BE -- HAS IT BEEN CONVERSATION AROUND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMPONENTS FOR THIS POLICY ?
>> THE BOARD CAN APPOINT A COMMITTEE TO ENGAGE IN NETWORK IF INTERESTED IN DOING SO. WE CAN ALSO TAKE THIS BACK TO THE BOARD. ULTIMATELY IF THE BOARD'S POLICY. IT WOULD ULTIMATELY BE YOUR CALL IN TERMS OF WHAT'S PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND WE WILL DELICATELY PUT IT BACK.
>> I THINK I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION ON NEXT STEPS FOR WHAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO SEE. AS A REMINDER, WE DO HAVE ONE OTHER POLICY WHERE WE HAVE A BOARD POLICY COMMITTEE WITH TWO BOARD MEMBERS SITTING ON THAT COMMITTEE WITH STAFF AND WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO DEVELOP THE SUSTAINABILITY POLICY. THAT IS A METHOD WE HAVE TAKEN WITH ANOTHER POLICY DEVELOPMENT . THOUGHTS, OPINIONS ?
>> I WANT EVERYONE TO THINK ABOUT THIS. GOING TO BE MEETING MONTHLY. IN THE BEGINNING, IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME FOR PARTICIPATION . I LOOK AT THE INCLUSION
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COMMITTEE THREE TIMES OR FOUR TIMES A YEAR I DON'T SEE HOW THEY DO A DECISION LIKE THIS IN THAT BRIEF AMOUNT OF TIME.GOING TO BE A SITUATION WHERE YOU HAVE TO DO IT MORE OFTEN.
YOU WORRY ABOUT BURNOUT NOT ONLY OF THE STAFF BUT THE COMMUNITY. THEY'RE NOT SEEING THESE RESULTS ARE WHAT COULD MY INPUT MEAN THEY WILL NOT JUST SAY HERE WE GO AGAIN DOWN
THE RABBIT HOLE. >> MIGHT TAKE A DIFFERENT
APPROACH ON THAT. >> THEY'VE ACTUALLY BEEN MEETING ON MONDAYS TO KIND OF DISCUSS KNOWING THAT THIS IS COMING UP AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT BOTH OF US ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT. WE'VE BEEN KIND OF REVIEWING THIS AND HAVING DISCUSSION AROUND THIS AND WONDERING IF WE CAN FORM A COMMITTEE ON THIS. MORE OUT OF INTEREST. IS IT TWO OF YOU ON THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE? I THINK THERE IS A BENEFIT TO THAT. THAT'S JUST ME BEING AN OUTSIDER NOT KNOWING WHAT EVERYONE'S THOUGHTS ARE. I THINK IF YOU ARE CREATING A POLICY AROUND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, IT WOULD BE PRETTY IMPORTANT TO HAVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AROUND
THAT POLICY DEVELOPMENT. >> AM GLAD SHE VOLUNTEERED HERSELF. I WAS ABOUT TO VOLUNTEER YOU FOR IT.
>> I THINK SOME LEVEL OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AROUND THE POLICY IS GOOD PRACTICE. I THINK INFORMING THE COMMITTEE TO DO THAT WOULD BE THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO DO IT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS REVISED POLICY MONITORED NEXT YEAR. THAT PUTS US ON A PRETTY SHORT FUSE TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.
>> WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AS FAR AS TIME?
>> WRITTEN INDICATORS WOULD BE ESTABLISHED BY THE END OF THE
SCHOOL YEAR. >> THAT'S A VERY SHORT TIME.
>> THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE. NOTHING IS ACHIEVABLE BUT THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE. MY HOPE WOULD BE THAT'S NOT BAKED INTO THE CHARTER BUT THAT WOULD BE THE EXPECTATION IS THAT THERE IS MORE OF A STREAMLINED PROCESS AROUND THE WORK ON THE POLICY WE ARE DOING WITH THE SUSTAINABILITY POLICY. HERE, WE DO HAVE EXISTING POLICIES AROUND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. IT'S NOT TOTALLY A FULL-SCALE REWRITE. PERHAPS WE CAN DO IT ON A SHORTER FUSE THAN WHAT WE ARE DOING ON THE SUSTAINABILITY POLICY.
>> I THINK YOU WENT A ROUNDABOUT WAY OF SAYING WHAT
I'M GOING TO SAY. >> I THINK OUR TWO NEWEST BOARD MEMBERS WOULD BE THE BEST PARTICIPANT ON THE COMMITTEE.
>> I THINK I'M ACTUALLY IN AN INTEREST OF GETTING A POLICY WRITTEN AND SUBMITTED , I ALMOST FEEL LIKE WE DON'T NECESSARILY NEED AN ACTUAL COMMITTEE FOR THIS ONE.
BECAUSE WE HAVE AN EXISTING POLICY THAT WE ARE COMPLETELY REWRITING AND REVAMPING. I'M HAPPY WITH ALL THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE AND IT HAS BEEN PUT INTO THIS DRAFT. A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE DID ON THE SUSTAINABILITY POLICY COMMITTEE WAS WRITING NEW. WE DID NOT HAVE SOMETHING EXISTING WITHIN A SCHOOL DISTRICT ALREADY AND THERE'S A LOT OF PRE-WORK BEFORE WE GOT TO THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMPONENT.
ENGAGEMENT PIECE FOR SUSTAINABILITY IS OPEN AND WE
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HAD THE ENTIRE BOARD PARTICIPATE IN THE HOUSE. I WOULD IMAGINE WOULD BE THE SAME FOR ANY TYPE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WE HAD AROUND THIS POLICY WOULD BE AN ENTIRE BOARD ENGAGEMENT. I FEEL LIKE WE ARE ALREADY THERE . IN THE INTEREST OF EXPEDITING IF WE WANTED TO TRY TO MONITOR IT FOR NEXT YEAR AND UNDERSTAND WE ARE NOT COMMITTED TO THAT. IF THAT ACTUALLY WAS A GOAL, I THINK THERE IS SOME URGENCY , POTENTIALLY FORMING A COMMITTEE MIGHT ELONGATE THATPROCESS. >> I MADE A LOT OF FACES CONTEMPLATING MUTTERING MONITORING. IN TERMS OF OUR ABILITY TO ADOPT A REVISION TO POLICY AND MONITOR IT FOR THE NEXT CYCLE WHICH WE MONITOR THIS IN THE FIRST SEMESTER WHICH MEANS WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO CAPTURE DATA THIS YEAR BECAUSE IT'S RELATED TO THIS. WE'VE HAD TIMES WE'VE MADE CHANGES AND SAY WE ARE NOT ABLE TO MONITOR BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO IS TO THINK ABOUT MORE ADAPTIVE AND CREATIVE NARRATIVE SORT OF ELEMENTS.
ESTABLISHING THIS BASELINE. I THINK THE BENEFIT WOULD BE TO WHAT EXTENT CAN WE ESTABLISH SOME BASELINES PARTICULARLY WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THIS THE MORE OF AN IMPLEMENTATION MINDSET WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE HAVE HAD AND WHERE WE THINK WE ARE AT NOW. WE DO NOT EXPECT THIS TO SHOW UP IN THE SYSTEM. AND WHAT WOULD BE SOME INFORMATION WE'D WANT AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT WITH THE NEXT STEP BE ? HOPEFULLY WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO SOME THINGS WE'D BE ABLE TO DO AND CERTAINLY THE MORE WE GET INTO SPRING , WE HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT ANY MEANINGFUL WAY . WE'VE ADOPTED POLICIES AND THE BOARD HAS ADOPTED POLICIES AS LATE AS MARCH IS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MONITOR AT LEAST A PART.
>> I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT POLICY. ESPECIALLY IN THE DISTRICT WITH WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW AND KNOWING THIS IS AN AREA FOR ALL LEVELS OF THE ORGANIZATION . I DON'T KNOW HOW THE TIMING GOES . IF WE ARE WORKING TOWARD SOMETHING, I GUESS THAT SAYS SOMETHING. I'M LOOKING AT THE SCHOOLS POLICY. I THINK IT WAS IN THE DRAFT. I DON'T THINK IT WAS PRESENTED. I REALLY LIKE ALL THEIR BULLET POINTS I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY YOU ARE ABLE TO SHARE THOSE. IF THEY REALLY EMPHASIZE HAVING THE MANDATE , THE ENGAGEMENT POLICY MANDATES THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SHALL INCUR IN THE RESEARCH, DECISION-MAKING, PLANNING, LIMITATION, AND EVALUATION OF ALL POLICIES PROGRAMS AND EFFORTS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT A COMMITTEE LOOKS LIKE. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE OF THE COMMITTEE FOR ENGAGEMENT VERSUS NON-COMMITTEE ENGAGEMENTS BECAUSE I THINK EITHER WAY, COMMUNITIES SHOULD BE ENGAGED. I HAVE A HARD TIME WANTING TO RUSH THAT TO BE ABLE TO MONITOR. THIS IS ME AGAIN TRYING TO FIGURE IT ALL OUT. I FEEL LIKE IT IS SO IMPORTANT. I AM DEFINITELY ONE WHO WANTS CHANGE VERY QUICK. FOR ME TO SAY THAT IS A HUGE STEP. I WANT TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE FOR THE COMMITTEE ENGAGEMENT WOULD BE VERSUS NON-COMMITTEE ENGAGEMENT .
>> AM REFLECTING ON 08 14 . I ACTUALLY THINK WE SHOULD HAVE ADOPTED IT SOONER AND FASTER AND BROUGHT THAT OUT. WE GOT MORE MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT AROUND THE POLICY ONCE WE SAID THIS IS OUR POLICY AND A LOT OF LEARNINGS WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION AND OUTSIDE OF IT ON THE POLICY AND I THINK THE SECOND GO AROUND MADE IT MUCH BETTER. I THINK THAT COULD BE AN APPROACH HERE IS IF WE WERE TO GO FORWARD AND DO OUR BEST
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SHOT RIGHT NOW WHAT WE HAVE IN THE POLICY AND TRYING TO MONITOR WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THERE WILL BE ONGOING WORKAROUND THAT. >> MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE WOULD NOT BE DOING THIS HERE IN THE COMMITTEE WHERE WE WERE
INTERESTED. >> I'M HEARING FEEDBACK FOR A SECOND DRAFT OF 083. IF WE CAN HAVE THAT BACK FOR A SECOND DRAFT AND WE WILL BE MAKING DECISION. WE CAN ALWAYS HAVE BOARD REPRESENTATIVES WHO ARE MORE ENGAGED . I WILL GO AHEAD
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AND CONCLUDE OUR STUDY SESSION AS LONG AS NOBODY HAS ANYTHINGELSE THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADD. >> GREAT WORK, THANK YOU.
>> FOLLOWING TODAY'S STUDY SESSIO
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.