Resources
Community engagement resources
This page provides a mix of resources aimed at helping school leaders engage with their broader community to gather input, support students, and meet local needs amid school reopening.
Overview resources
These resources provide an introduction to the strategies and purpose of community engagement amid school reopening and pandemic recovery.
- Checklist: Planning for Family and Community Engagement (PDF)
- Report: Key Principles for Expanding Learning to Support Student Re-Engagement (PDF)
- Tip Sheet: 5 Essentials for Engaging Families and Community Partners in Reopening Efforts (PDF)
- Tip sheet: Communicating through Uncertainty (PDF)
- Usable Knowledge: Including Students in Fall Planning (PDF)
Survey, interview, and data-gathering resources
These resources provide tools and approaches to collecting data around student and family needs amid school reopening and pandemic recovery. These tools provide support for check-in conversations, surveys, and more.
- Guide: Community Conversation Planning (PDF)
- Guide: Strategies for Gathering Student Feedback (PDF)
- Tool: COVID-19 Check In Survey (PDF)
- Tool: Interview and Survey Your Community About the Path Forward (PDF)
- Tool: TNTP Fall Learning Experience Survey (PDF)
- Tools: Distance/Hybrid Learning Surveys (PDF)
- Tools: Educators Listening to and Learning from Families During COVID-19 School Closures (PDF)
Afterschool programs
These resources highlight the role that afterschool programs can play in this coming school year, as a form of providing more community-based, holistic supports to students.