Reflections from our presentation at the FIRE Summit.
Our team presented on the activities we have done this year to improve our reading scores. Since the programs brought into the school did improve our reading scores by 15%, we feel that our efforts paid off. Therefore, we were pleased to share pictures and statistics at the fire summit.…Read More

Story #3 Reflection – Our STEM Nights were such a great success. It brought parents/guardians and students together in a way they haven’t been brought together this year. So many parents/guardians were excited to learn about all the resources we have available at South Floyd Elementary and they were interested to learn about what their children…Read More

AES Community ACT Collaboration: Jessica Hall – ARH Hospital is a member of the data base. She has participated many times throughout the year at Allen Elementary. Events include Read Across America Day and Career Day. Jessica is also an active community member of our FRYSC Advisory Council. People like her helps to make our school a…Read More

While reflecting upon our school year here at Betsy Layne High School, I noticed that I have not followed up on our “Polar Express” night. It was quite a success. We had several families from the community show up for popcorn, a movie (Polar Express) and all the children were read a book of their choice. Several of the high school students…Read More

FES CommunityACT Collaboration: Mrs. Angie Chaney added her name to the data base to connect with Teachers who may need her expertise. She has been called upon many times throughout the year. Mrs. Chaney collaborates with FRYSC events to photograph Students and Families during Veterans Day, Grandparents Celebration, Angel Tree, Children Inc.,…Read More

FES Reflections to School Story #3 on CommunityACT Collaboration. Brenda Curry Teresa Prince.

FES Story #3 on CommunityACT Collaboration – Brenda Curry Teresa Prince

I was happy to be a part of this amazing group! Each and everyone is inspiring and so dedicated to raising children to be proud of Eastern Kentucky. Our little school has been so busy like everyone else. We put on a sold out performance of Peter Pan. Again, our community came out in support. We had parent volunteers who did lighting, sound, and…Read More

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For the third school story, our Art teacher will be hosting an evening Art show. Students artwork throughout the year will be displayed in the hallway in a gallery style. Parents and the community will be invited to walk through and enjoy the students work.

Our 6th graders will also be working on a new Paintsville Elementary brochure that can be…Read More

Wow! What an exciting year for Magoffin County High School and the community within our county?!? Our original idea was to partner each teacher with a community member in a similar field. After beginning our community partnership journey, we discovered we really needed to narrow our focus to include ACT subject areas and partner those core…Read More

Reflection-Theory of Action:

Overall, I feel the parent/community events held at Louisa Elementary Schools has had a positive impact on the community and parent involvement within the schools. I believe community partners and parents know that working together as a team positively influences education. I will continue to work with my community…Read More

Reflection of Story #3

The Easter Canvas painting class went great! We had over 70 students, parents and grandparents to attend. Everyone enjoyed the evening and we had positive feedback from everyone. We also had several request for more painting classes. We are excited to offer more of these classes in the future!

Louisa Elementary FRC will facilitate a community event and partner with The Lawrence County Public Library to host an Easter painting class for students and parents at Louisa East Elementary School on April 18, 2019 from 4-6:00pm.

I used the CommunityACT surveys to invite community members to become involved in the CommunityAct program. I handed the surveys out at our annual BabyFest Community Event. The following community partners filled out a survey and are interested in being involved: Smile Savers Program, HANDS program, Lawrence County Extension Office, Addiction…Read More

The Louisa Elementary Family Resource Center partnered our community partners for Dr. Seuss week. Community partners spent the day reading to our students at Louisa East and West Elementary Schools.

Louisa East Elementary School had Data Night/Dr.Seuss Night. Students and parents came and enjoyed a snack, craft, and a photo booth. Students…Read More

I used social media to invite community members to become involved in the CommunityACT program. Hopefully connections can be made that will benefit both schools and people in our community. We can both learn a lot from each other.

Brenda and I have made a Facebook post to invite the Community to offer their expertise to our schools by filling out the data base. Our goal is to use the data base to have a Community member share their skill/time with our school before the end of the school year.

Story #3 Reflection

Wonderful news! Our Eagle Enrichment program’s success will hopefully be mirrored at Flat Gap Elementary, as they have just received grant funding to provide a similar program at their site. I know our students absolutely love our before and after school programming!

Story #2 Reflection:

The students decided that they want to collaborate with our media arts students to create a video of their project showcasing the many ways JC prepares students for the workforce. This video can be pushed out to potential community partners. Hopefully they can get started on that after spring break.

Reflection of Writing Night at Paintsville Elementary! It was a success!

We held a community writing night on March 20th. Families participated in a interactive storytelling virtual conference. We had 6 families participate in the event. The Family Resource Center provided food and materials needed for the family event.
Overall, families who…Read More

4th graders at Letcher Elementary School Utilizing their journals during their Math class!

Kindergarten student at LES and his wonderful Journal entry!

Louisa East Elementary’s story #2 will be on our Dr.Seuss Day, “Read Across America.” Louisa Elementary Family Resource center partnered with local community partners to read throughout the day to students at Louisa East and West Elementary Schools.

Fallsburg Elementary Story #2 will be on our school’s Preschool Kindergarten Art Show. We have joined forces with our Family Resource Youth Service Center, Kindergarten Classrooms, Arts and Humanities Teacher, Extension Office, Area Artists and the Arts and Humanities Teacher/Students at the High School to create and display art that not only…Read More

I’m sorry everyone. I forgot to upload the ad last time.
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This is the second story for Letcher Middle School.

https://youtu.be/z6mdlHLf6dI

I’m so thankful that we have a great relationship with our local radio station. They have allowed us to come in and share our school’s story. As we have grown and changed, they allowed us again to come in and share an updated version of our story. They also sent us the file so we could post to various social media platforms. I encourage you to…Read More

https://youtu.be/SUj_U86ryWY

ACT Teams, join us for a Network work day on Monday. Share your theory of of action, get feedback, facilitative coaching from KVEC, etc. See you at 10:00….if you haven’t registered and want to attend, send me an email so I can be sure we have enough resources!

Knoster’s Change Model https://practices.learningaccelerator.org/strategies/tool-knoster-model-for-managing-complex-change

LMS has created a Parent Support Group in an effort to encourage parental involvement. Our first meeting was not the response that we envisioned. After reflecting on our first meeting, we concluded the time needed to be changed so more parents could participate. We felt that the plan we had for it was strong so we did not revisit our initial idea.

Okay folks, I need a little help. I’m trying to attach some media files, but it won’t let me. Thanks.

So blessed with great community partners!

Reflecting on our Community Theory of Action plan: Including data sharing with school parties has been very positive. It is encouraging to hear Students read their goals and explain their progress. It seems to have boosted their self pride and holds them accountable on a personal level as they are responsible for relaying this information.…Read More

We have completed our video on Fallsburg Coaching Sessions! Will share after it processes! – Brenda Curry Teresa Prince

Here is our video! I was having a hard time uploading!

Here is Letcher Elementary Schools video that highlights our amazing school, staff and students. I hope you enjoy our video!

Flat Gap Elementary is in our second year of ACT. We have developed a 30 minute block during the day for enrichment/ intervention. As part of the community engagement, we have been developing a Flat Gap news broad cast. This broadcast informs parents and students about what is happening in the school. We are also working with WSIP and have created…Read More

Louisa East Elementary Community Engagement will do a school brochure to inform our staff, students, and community members of all the wonderful things going on at Louisa East. The brochure will accessible online as well.

I loved being a part of the Fire Summit. Hearing all the great things that are happening in our Schools is very encouraging. One presentation from that our team members went to prompted me to try the “pBuzz” which is a plastic version of a trombone and present it to our school’s Arts and Humanities Teacher. I look forward to the next set of…Read More

Filming has begun on our Initial Story on “Coaching Sessions”. We are looking forward to the finished product. – Brenda Curry and Teresa Prince

Having fun with our Transition Community Project. Plan to continue to build on this project allowing many more student’s to post to #bobcatswag.

Excellent idea, Brenda! I am looking forward to watching your video.

Fallsburg Elementary Community Engagement team will be doing our initial story on Coaching sessions that were implemented this school year to build relationships between students, faculty and staff. We will be filming a segment to be shared with the Community, Parents, Staff, Faculty, Holler Communities, Social Media and District websites. -…Read More

Real Northeast Micro-credentials Presentation
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Good Afternoon Coaches

Reminder to begin posting initial stories to the Community Engagement Holler by November 2nd. If you have any questions, please let me know.

Reminder that all Community Engagement Coaches should be working on their Individual Theory of Action plan to support their school’s problem of practice. How can you get your community involved in the solution of your school’s Problem of Practice?
If you have any questions, please let me know. Please post your draft theories here and provide…Read More

Following the awesome presentation on social media a couple weeks back, I’d like to encourage you to consider urging your district to become part of the Kentucky School Public Relations Association. It is a good organization to help you foster community engagement and community relations. Membership is only $35 for a single or $75 for the…Read More