Communities are made up of individuals with many interests and talents. Sometimes those individuals are in a position to spend time in classrooms, provide resources and materials or sponsor informational events that will complement and enhance student learning. The Know your community’s resources tool was designed to help you gather information about a variety of community resources and brainstorm potential connections to your curriculum:
Once you know more about these resources, you may decide to create a community involvement survey to distribute to targeted locations. The sample survey below can be adapted to your grade level, subject matter and school context:
Making connections: Community involvement survey |
Dear community members,
I am a [grade level] teacher at [school] and am interested in promoting community involvement in my classroom. Please take a few minutes to fill out the survey below. The results of the survey will help me learn more about community resources and organize opportunities for community involvement.
Please feel free to contact me if you have questions.
Sincerely,
[your name, address, school phone, e-mail] |
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Working with students in the classroom: I would like to… |
__help with classroom celebrations
__ read books
__ make books |
__help with projects
__tutor or help with make-up work
__ assist with writing |
__ share information about my background
__ share information about my work: ______ |
Other ideas: __________________________________ |
Assisting teachers in classroom or grade level: I would like to… |
__ find library books or other resource materials
__ provide materials for class projects |
__ provide food for class events
__ make materials at home or school |
__ make books on tape
__ help supervise lunch or recess
__ assist with field trips |
Other ideas: __________________________________ |
Getting together with parents: |
__ discussion group
__ support group for parents
__ social events
__ other: ___________ |
Topics that interest me:
__ [subject matter] in [grade level]
__ parenting
__ student development in [grade level]
__ community resources |
Your
name: _____________________
Organization: ________________________
Best day/time to contact me: ___________________________________________
Phone: ________ E-mail: _________ |
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