Lead Agencies Sandy for FIS 2 min Steven for CCEE 2 min Beth for SBCSS 2 min Toni or Cynthia for CABE 2 min

The State established the Community Engagement Initiative to: Build capacity in communities and districts to have difficult conversations with each other and build trust, with a focus on improving outcomes for pupils Build Identify effective models of community engagement and metrics to evaluate those models Identify Develop effective peer-to-peer partnerships between districts and COEs, utilizing CCEE’s PLN structure, to deepen community engagement Develop Scale up this work to improve community engagement statewide and incorporate practices that prove effective towards district and COE continuous improvement efforts Scale up The State established the Community Engagement Initiative to: The State Board of Education, the State Superintendent of Schools Office, the California Department of Education and even legislators heard from communities and schools and realized that while community members were invited to the table to create the Local Control Accountability Plans for each district, there was not a strong sense that all of the community voices were at the table, nor were all the conversations districts and communities were having authentic and honest about problems and how to solve them. Legislators initiated the Community Engagement Initiative Statute from AB 1808 (2018-19 Education Trailer Bill) to address this concern

Peer Leading and Learning Network (PLLN) Identify and test metrics for measuring increases in Community Engagement Develop a protocol for facilitating future PLLNs to help other communities and school districts improve and deepen their interactions Develop criteria for selecting other teams that would benefit from and be successful in improving Community Engagement Create capacity within each team to cofacilitate a future Community Engagement PLLNs Peer Leading and Learning Network (PLLN) Hand out the Statute

PLLN Team Structure District Community engagement leadership/staff School Site community engagement leadership/staff Students and Families Community-based organization representative County office of education Representative PLLN Team Structure

Initiative Timeline Cohort I 1 PLLN Cohort II 5 PLLNs Cohort III 2018‐19 2019‐20 2020‐21 2021‐22 2022‐23 2023‐24 Cohort I 1 PLLN Cohort II 5 PLLNs Cohort III # of PLLNs TBD The goal of our first PLLN, which means this special group gathered here and at these other locations across the state are to: -Deepen the community engagement of the districts and communities participating in this PLLN -Define common characteristics and best practices of communities where engagement between communities, pupils, schools, and school districts is strong. -Identify and test metrics for measuring increases in community engagement. -Develop a protocol for facilitating future professional learning networks to help other communities and school districts improve and deepen their relationships. -Develop criteria for selecting other teams that would benefit from and be successful in improving community engagement. Create capacity within each team to cofacilitate a future community engagement PLLN.

Participating Districts Anaheim Union High School District Orange County Azusa Unified School District Los Angeles County Cajon Valley Union School District San Diego County East Side Union High School District Santa Clara County Ontario-Montclair School District San Bernardino County Oxnard School District Ventura County Cohort I PLLN Participating Districts

PLLN Cohort I 2019-2020 Scheduled Dates Thursday, 8/29/19 Virtual-Zoom Introduction to the network, expectations, outcomes Thursday, 9/26/19 In-Person San Jose Area (SJC) Tuesday, 10/29/19 Burbank Area (BUR) Tuesday, 12/10/19 Santa Ana Area (SNA) Thursday, 1/23/20 Thursday, 2/27/20 Thursday, 4/2/20 Wednesday, 5/13/20 San Diego Area (SAN) PLLN Cohort I 2019-2020 Scheduled Dates

Cohort II PLLN Expectations Participate in the network for no less than two years starting in 2020-21 Participate Engage in open dialogue on issues related to improving local pupil outcomes Engage Improve community engagement of the participating school districts and communities Improve Test and revise the approaches, practices, resources, and metrics developed by the Cohort I PLLN Test and Revise Each of the Cohort II PLLN must be co-facilitated by a participant from the Cohort I PLLN Co-Facilitate Cohort II PLLN Expectations