Sites have found it helpful to develop a large wall poster (e.g., 30" x 36") as an aid in mapping and in enhancing the visibility of enabling activity and the Enabling Component.
To facilitate development of the poster, we use the forms that have been developed as work sheets for each of the six areas of enabling activity (see examples in this aid).
The poster is created by
• photocopying blank versions of each area's work sheet and the sheet on Resource Coordination (usually on colored paper using a different color for each area)
• mounting the copies on the poster board in a pattern around the Resource Coordination sheet -- see attached illustration
• putting a title on the top (e.g., Enabling Component).
The work sheets and the poster are useful ongoing stimuli for teams. Once a team members have filled out a work sheet, they are ready to write up, post, and circulate the information about current program teams, programs currently offered, and desired programs. For purposes of the poster, each team might use "post-it" notes or other sheets that can be easily removed to attach the
information to appropriate sections of the mounted work sheets.
One or more of these posters should be posted strategically to facilitate the work of program teams and to enhance communication and visibility with respect to the Enabling Component. Each poster should be kept as up-to-date as feasible. (Changes can be made in pen until a section is too messy and requires
replacement.)
Besides entering the information on posters, a compilation of all activity by area should be typed up and circulated to all staff and other concerned stakeholders.
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Enabling Activity: One Elementary School’s Poster of Initial Mapping and Ideas for Additions 1. Classroom Focused Enabling
Programs we have: Computers
DATE
Educational aides Field Trips
Fine art enrichment & archeological Itinerant (APE & LAS) Lead teachers
Mainstream Mentor teacher Peer tutoring
Programs we hope to add Behavior management program (peer interventions)
Computer lab Fine arts program
Psychomotor program/physical education program (led by physical education teacher) Science lab
Smaller class enrollment Volunteers (more)
2. Crisis/Emergency Assistance and Prevention Programs we have:
After school program Community school Local park program Second step
Youth gang diversion
Programs we hope to add Community beautification Conflict resolution training Each One Reach One Homework lab LA Alliance LA’s Best
3. Student and Family Assistance Programs we have:
Adaptive PE
After school program Bilingual program Breakfast/lunch program DARE
Guidance team
School Improv. Program Programs we hope to add After school facility (e.g., tutoring; dance; physical fitness) Attendance incentives Emergency referrals 5. Community Outreach Programs we have: Adopt-a-School Fire dept./policy dept. Hope in Youth Local library
Parent and student vols. 600 Min. Reading Club Student volunteers from
middle & high school. The Tree People
6. Home Involvement in Schooling Programs we have:
District workshops for parents
ESL after school Parent Advisory Council Parent classes
Parent Volunteers
Programs we hope to add Child observation class Gang Prevention Education Home Literacy Program Parent center
Parent vocational training 4. Support for Transitions
Programs we have: Children’s Center Cross age tutoring Elementary games Junior high articulation Kindergarten orientation School brochure/
handbook
Support service personnel Teaching preschoolers Visits from preschoolers
Programs we hope to add Diversity training
Expanded tutoring Improved articulation for
special ed. students Peer host for newcomers Wel. Wagon/newcomers
RESOURCE COORDINATION
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Enabling Activity: One High School’s Poster of Initial Mapping and Ideas for Additions
1. Classroom Focused Enabling Programs we have:
Career Academy Cooperative learning ESL Writing Lab Homework Hotline Math computer lab (Ch. 1) Media technology Peer tutoring
Performing arts magnet Perkins Program Sheltered instruction
Programs we hope to add Common planning time Educational aides Fine arts program Leadership
Library media center Peer tutoring and volunteers
(more)
3. Student and Family Assistance Programs we have: College/career planning Counseling services DPSS Financial services IMPACE Legal services Parent/pregnant minor program Parent training
Tutoring & teleteaching
Programs we hope to add Adapted Phys. Education County mental health
outstation Dental services
Emergency referral system Family Center
Healthy Start Resource teacher 2. Crisis/Emergency Assistance and Prevention
Programs we have: Campus aides
Counseling services Disasters Emergency
Center
Healthy Start Comm. Res. IMPACT
Trained translators Youth Gang Services
Programs we hope to add Crisis team
Gay and Lesbian counseling Safe School Program Suicide prevention training
5. Community Outreach Programs we have: Alumni association Career Academy college scholarships Comm. Beautification Perkins Program PA magnet Parent volunteers
Programs we hope to add Basic job skills
Citizen classes ESL classes School newsletter The Tree People Voter registration
6. Home Involvement in Schooling Programs we have:
Adult School
Chapter I/Bilingual Programs Community representatives Hope and Youth
Parent training Parent volunteers
Programs we hope to add
District workshops for parents Gang Prevention Education Home literacy program Monthly calendar with ideas Parent newsletter
4. Support for Transitions Programs we have:
Articulation/feeder schools orientations
Career planning College Career Night College counseling ROP/concurrent classes Work experience
Programs we hope to add College volunteers
Diversity training Peer tutoring
Welcoming Club & peer host for new students
RESOURCE COORDINATION
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III. Products of Mapping
C. Examples of Community Mapping
In the Appendix is a survey for mapping school-community connections.
On the following pages are several examples from Kretzmann & McKnight’s (1993) work entitled: Building
Communities from the Inside Out: A Path toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community’s Assets.*
• Community Assets Map
• Neighborhood Assets map
• Potential School-Community Relationships
Following this is an Inventory for Community Resource Mapping done by the Institute for Educational Leadership
*John P. Kretzmann & John L. McKnight (1993). Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community’s Assets. (3rd ed.) Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research,
Neighborhood Innovations Network, Northwestern University, 2040 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208
Phone: 708-491-3518 Fax: 708-491-9916
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