This wiki allows you to share information, ask questions and co-construct ideas. Use it to develop your own understandings of how your school can engage with its community, especially in relation to the development of a school curriculum.

The introduction to this page can be found on the pdf presentation below. This presentation reflects on the different stages of community engagement and why you would want to engage with the community in the first place! Scroll to the Attachment heading at the very bottom of this page and click on the the pdf link.

Please feel free to add to the wiki or to use the ideas found to engage your communities. To start with, you might also like to click on the headings to the left and view the presentations from the CPPA meeting held on Thursday 15 May. The power is in the sharing so please contribute too.

Here is a voicethread allowing you to comment/provide examples of how you engage with the community http://voicethread.com/share/361503/


Some other resources you should be aware of are:

The NZ Curriculum Project Interact	This is the Ministry of Education's initiative to build up resources and ideas to implement the new NZ curriculum. This is the interactive part of the Curriculum Online Project. It is important that we all contribute to this with our stories. The power is in sharing - and it is where you can find examples from other schools (eg Owairaka).
NZCER	NZCER are currently undertaking their own research into how schools are consulting with their communities. If you would like more information contact Keren Brooking.
NZ Government Engagement Good Practice Participate	This NZ site asks for feedback into building better government engagement with community and voluntary organisations. It also has links to a range of successful projects across sectors, including examples from different ethnic backgrounds. This website is a resource for government employees that promotes good practices in community engagement. Each section has a 'related resources' area featuring case-studies, useful links and further reading
PLOTpd Core Education	This is a website developed by Joan Dalton and David Anderson, in collaboration with Education Queensland. It is worth subscribing to if you want to gain a greater understanding of facilitation. They also run week long Art of Facilitation Workshops. For more information contact Core Education.

Other Websites

Building Engaged Schools

This USA site is based on the book of the same name. Although ideas are based on an American paradigm there are some useful surveys and resources that may be of use. I particularly like the list of faulty assumptions about learning. We all base what we do on the assumptions we have in our heads - what assumptions do you have about community engagement?

For any further support contact Cheryl by clicking on the Members tab above or through www.thinkbeyond.co.nz

Remember that this wiki is free and open to all. If you know of educators who would benefit from using it let them know it exists (you can do this through the email tag above - simple!). Ask questions, discuss ideas through the conversation threads throughout and add your own content.