Engaging Community Partners for After-School Programs in North Platte Public Schools
Discover how North Platte Public Schools' Kids Klub successfully engaged community partners through innovative club-based programming to address students' social-emotional needs. Learn valuable insights on forming advisory teams, involving students in planning, and implementing SEL practices for program success.
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EXPANDED LEARNING OPPORTUNITY INNOVATION NETWORK Engaging Community Partners North Platte Public Schools Kids Klub
GETTING STARTED ENGAGING COMMUNITY PARTNERS The first step to engaging community partners in your program is to put together an advisory team from your staff or school leaders. This will begin the process of vetting ideas and solidifying your ask when it s time to approach community partners. What do we want to do? What is the community partner s role? What is the community partner s commitment; time? Money? What is the benefit for the community partner? Your program? Does your partner have a buy in to the program already? i.e. parent, donor, etc. Be clear how your program will support their involvement i.e. supervision/discipline will be solely your responsibility, your staff will assist with projects/clubs Ask Your Students Having a student advisory committee is also a great idea, kids are full of good ideas! What do THEY want to do at your after school program? We have zoom brainstorming sessions with our students and staff.
OUR BIG IDEA: This year we decided to implement more club This year we decided to implement more club- -based programming at each of our site locations. We knew that in order to be successful we had to address the biggest issue locations. We knew that in order to be successful we had to address the biggest issue we would face this year and that was the social we would face this year and that was the social- -emotional needs of our students. Brandy Brandy Buscher Buscher, our district Student Services Director approached me about hiring an , our district Student Services Director approached me about hiring an SEL Coordinator and our idea began to come to life. SEL Coordinator and our idea began to come to life. based programming at each of our site emotional needs of our students.
She Said... YES!
Using our SEL practices daily after school has been instrumental in the success of Kids Klub this year
