Wednesday, June 17, 2015

#6: Special Interest Groups

Take a few minutes, ponder, and try to identify 10 special interest groups that would have a "stake" in your PLE school campus.  The special interests can be internal or external to the formal school organizational structure.

Post 'em and take a look at what you classmates came up with, too.

20 comments:

  1. Parents
    Churches
    Booster club
    PTA
    Central Office
    City Council
    Home owners association
    Local Businesses
    Parks and Recreation
    Band parents

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  2. 1. grade level teams
    2. PTA
    3. area superintendent/office
    4. local faith groups
    5. vertical team
    6. community partners
    7. local health/welfare groups
    8. athletic groups
    9. arts organizations
    10. special/bilingual education students and parents

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  3. 1. Local businesses
    2. Local religious groups
    3. Teacher unions
    4. Parents and PTAs
    5. Vendors such as Office Depot from whom you purchase supplies
    7. Booster Clubs for band, theater, athletics, etc.
    8. Special education parents, advocates and attorneys
    9. Vertical team
    10. Home owners associations

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    Replies
    1. Snaps for Parents of students labeled with disabilities! And for attorneys.. glad I have you on my side, Tisha!

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  4. Superintendents
    School board
    Parents
    Teachers
    Businesses we have contracts with, computers, food, snacks paper
    students
    Teacher Union
    community leaders
    community businesses
    district principals

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  5. 1-Boosters for clubs and organizations
    2-TEA
    3-The district
    4-PTA/PTO

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    Replies
    1. i'm not sure I am on the right track with my thinking here . . .

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    2. Sounds on track to me!

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    3. 5-school board
      6-vertical team
      7-students
      8-parents
      9-vendors
      10-teacher organizations

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  6. 1. PTA
    2. Parents (not all of them are involved in the PTA)
    3. Vertical teams
    4. Administrative team
    5. Booster clubs (for sports teams and band, etc.)
    6. Community Organizations
    7. Federal Correctional Institution (next door neighbor)
    8. Departments (Math, English, Science, Social Studies, etc.)
    9. Central Office
    10. Student groups (Student government, clubs, etc.)

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  7. Austin Voices for Education and Youth
    Save Texas Schools
    Parents
    Campus Student Groups
    Boys and Girls Club
    Council for At Risk Youth
    Communities in Schools
    Family Resource Center
    District Office With Initiatives (CLI, One and Two Way Dual, SEL, Restorative Justice...)
    State Government

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  8. 1. parent organization (PTA or PTSA)
    2. the city council
    3. the school district's central office
    4. places of worship with students who attend our school
    5. feeder elementary and middle schools
    6. Texas Southern University (next to Yates HS)
    7. University of Houston (next to Yates HS)
    8. neighborhood associations
    9. local businesses
    10. student organizations on campus

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  9. 1. PTA
    2. teach unions
    3. vendors like Sylvan
    4. churches
    5. community leaders
    6. district support
    7. student teachers
    8. booster clubs
    9. education partners like ACC
    10. SEL partners like CIS

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  10. I think my school will be receiving a little attention from

    -TEA

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    1. 1. Local businesses
      2. Austin Voices
      3. Teacher unions
      4. Parents
      5.Seedling Mentors
      7. universities
      8. TEA
      9. churches
      10. United Way

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  11. 1. Communities in Schools (CIS)
    2. The University of Texas at Austin and St. Edwards- student teachers and tutors
    3. Parents
    4. Community Leaders
    5. Community businesses and churches
    6. Seedling Mentors
    7. Student organizations
    8. District teacher organizations
    9. Vertical teams
    10. family resource centers

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  12. 1. Parents
    2. Superintendents and Assistant Sup.
    3. Student campus groups
    4. Teachers
    5. TEA
    6. Community and local organizations and leaders
    7. APIE and other tutoring groups
    8. YWCA and other counseling groups
    9. Feeder schools
    10. Religious organizations

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  13. 1. Parents
    2. Superintendents and Assistant Sup.
    3. Student campus groups
    4. Teachers
    5. TEA
    6. Community and local organizations and leaders
    7. APIE and other tutoring groups
    8. YWCA and other counseling groups
    9. Feeder schools
    10. Religious organizations

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  14. 1. Students
    2. Parents
    3. Teachers and staff members
    4. District officials
    5. Community members - both supporting IDEA and against charter schools
    6. YMCA
    7. City officials (police, city permitting office)
    8. Parent orgs
    9. Vendors
    10. Private fundraising orgs (Gates, Dell Foundation)

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