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I Have a Story to Tell About Connecting With Families!

Nominators Name
Nominators Title
School
County
Contact Information
Prefered Email

Adult/Family name(please use a pseudonym)

Adult age (if an individual)
Gender (if an individual)
Program Hours Per Week
Days Per Week
Programs Run
Adult/Family's level of participation
 

Program elements (check all that apply)

   
Basic Human Needs (i.e., access to meals, healthcare, a safe place)
Fine Arts (i.e., drama, dance, music, art)
Physical Activity (i.e., physical education/gym class, organized sports teams)
Academic Enhancement (i.e., homework help/time, tutoring, academic enrichment classes or clubs)
Social-emotional (i.e., friendship groups, anger management classes, behavioral interventions, counseling, life skills, mentoring, drug/alcohol use prevention/intervention)
Adult Education (i.e., parenting workshops, English as a Second Language, G.E.D. classes, parent/child activities)
Community engagement

Other (please specify)

 
Describe or list which specific elements most impacted or engaged this adult or family.

This success story is an example of how a community school (check all that apply).

   
Filled a family's unmet basic needs (i.e., access to health care, food programs)
Encouraged adult skills attainment (i.e., ESL, job training)
Encouraged adult educational attainment (i.e., G.E.D.)
Provided a safe after-school environment enabling family members to work
Exposed adults to new ideas/activities
Worked with adults/family members to improve a child's behavior in school
Worked with adults/family members to improve a child's behavior at home
Worked with adults/family members to improve family relationships
Other (please specify)
   
   
Can you provide supporting documentation? Please check all that apply.
   
School attendance records demonstrating increased attendance
Grade reports/report cards for the student demonstrating improved grades
Incident reports or behavioral issues tracking system reports demonstrating an improvement in behavior
Testimonials from the family and/or student
Letters attesting to improvement from faculty/ staff and/or community members
Event attendance records
Survey results (i.e., user surveys, satisfaction surveys)
Photos, videos, etc. of events related to the highlighted program
Other (please specify)
   
   



What else do you want to tell us about your success story?

Don't see a category that fits your story? Tell us about it anyway! Email the Federation at melissa@ilcommunityschools.org and tell us about your story, and make comments about additions that we might make to the forms.

Thanks for your participation! When the case study is complete, you will receive a PDF file of the finished success story.

 




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