The Science of Effective School Community Engagement

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by InnovateK12.The webinar recording can be accessed here.School districts nationwide have both the challenge and the opportunity to decide on how they want to constructively reengage with their community stakeholders, while moving away from the vitriol and divisiveness—for the sake of their students and their districts—to conjure and co-design a better future for both. Established research shows that crowd-based innovation, also known as crowdsourcing, can play a key role in helping organizations and communities—including school districts—support and cultivate creative, constructive, and results-driven engagement with their stakeholders. In this edWeb podcast, listeners learn how the science of effective community engagement and inclusion can lead to the cultivation of more synthesized, agile, resilient school communities through the elevation and purposeful synthesis of stakeholder voice. Critical byproducts of the process include trust, transparency, and empowerment. Research-supported best practices in crowd-based innovation have led to uncommonly creative solutions and innovation, documented outcomes that occur when stakeholders—some of which have been disenfranchised and unengaged previously—are provided the opportunity to participate meaningfully and be heard in a structured way with parameters. Crowd-based innovation is being used in schools and communities across the country, via a variety of compelling use cases, including strategic planning, mental and emotional health, student initiatives, COVID-19 recovery and planning, and deployment of ESSER funding. This edWeb podcast is of interest to PreK-12 school and district leaders.InnovateK12Community-Based Innovation: Helping school leaders maximize controlled engagement with stakeholders.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Learn more about viewing live edWeb presentations and on-demand recordings, earning CE certificates, and using accessibility features.