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This website features tools that can support your work on developing, implementing, improving, and expanding programs that increase parents' public school options. Click on a link and you will go to a page on which there is a description of the tool and an icon you can use to download the actual tool. Tools are formatted in MS Word or MS Excel so that you can easily adapt and customize them to serve your district's purpose. We have created a compressed folder (BuildingChoiceTools.zip) of all tools for download to your computer.
Partnership Organizer
This partnership organizer helps districts locate local organizations that may be able to contribute funding or resources to choice programs.
Stakeholder Analysis
Districts can use this tool to determine which stakeholders to involve in their school choice planning process and how to include them.
Action Planning Template
Districts can use this template to create and monitor an action plan for those who will be involved in creating and implementing the public school choice program.
Community Meeting Tips
These tips will be helpful as district leaders host a series of community meetings to inform, gather feedback, make, and communicate decisions about the school choice program.
Tips for Implementing a Supplemental Online Learning Program
This tool features a list of tips for implementing a supplemental online learning program, including tips for ensuring high quality courses and evaluating the program.
Envisioning and Planning Your Interdistrict Choice Program
Prior to developing an interdistrict choice program, it is critical to assess the need and available resources to support such a program in your district. This tool reviews some of the issues to consider in the process.
Data Collection for Program Planning
This tool walks you and your planning team through a series of worksheets that help you consider the types of data you will need in your school choice program planning.
Site Visit Planning Checklist and Templates
This site visit planning checklist give tips for preparation, conducting the visit, and follow-up.
Vision for Choice
Once you learn about the needs of community stakeholders and the resources available to the district, you can use these activities to create an achievable vision.
Strategic Planning Template
This template can help district and school leaders create a strategic plan for their school choice program.
School Choice Program Presentation Template
This PowerPoint template is designed to be tailored to meet your district’s needs when presenting information about your school choice program.
Marketing Planning Template
This marketing and recruiting plan template helps individual schools assess their enrollment status and map out marketing and recruitment strategies to attract additional students.
Media Flowchart
This media flowchart allows districts or individual schools to track their marketing efforts and monitor their projected costs.
Marketing Plan for Delivering School Choice Information to Hard-to-reach Families
This tool addresses three essential aspects of developing an effective marketing plan: assessing hard-to-reach populations; researching potential marketing options; and creating a marketing plan. A list of resources is also included.
Tips for Developing a School Choice Website
This tool offers a list of tips for developing a school choice website.
Middle and High School Visit Checklists and Activity for Parent(s) and Students
Parents and students can use this checklist to formulate questions to ask when visiting middle or high schools.
Parent Notification Letter Template
Districts can customize this non-AYP notification letter template and send to parents to inform them that the school their child is attending is not meeting AYP standards.
NCLB Communication Organizer
Districts can use this organizer to choose and monitor possible forms of communication that can be sent to notify parents about NCLB policies.
Checklist for Setting Up a School or Community-Based Parent Center
This checklist helps identify the major steps for setting up a parent resource center in a school or community-based organization.
Elementary School Visit Checklist for Parents
This checklist helps parents choose questions to think about and ask during school visits to determine the best elementary school for their child.
Checklist for Transportation Letter
This checklist for a district transportation letter lists information that is important to convey to parents regarding the transporting of their children to and from school.
Acceptance Letter Template
This is an acceptance letter template for notifying parents of acceptance of their child into particular programs.
Checklist to Create a Student Application
This application checklist lists the essential components for an application that is easy for parents to read and understand, and conveys the essential information for applying to schools within the district are listed in this application checklist.
Library of Sample Choice Position Descriptions
This is a library of sample choice position descriptions of various staff members working on school choice.
Parent Organizer Checklist
This organizer checklist helps districts identify and recruit parent leaders who can in turn help reach other parents.
New School Proposal Checklist
This is a checklist that lists the information applicants should include in a proposal for establishing a new choice program.
Parent Involvement Survey Questions
Districts can choose which questions are applicable and create surveys to send to parents to assess how they would like to contribute volunteer hours.
Entrance Agreement Template
This template provides a parent-friendly version of an entrance agreement that stresses the need to work together as a community and commit to creating a productive, supportive learning environment.
Thematic Curriculum Template
When implementing attractor themes in schools, staff can use this template to help align the specialized curriculum to state standards.
Preparing Community Reports
Use these tips and checklist to create reports that describe district status and progress to your community.
Steps for Creating Surveys
Follow these ten steps for creating and conducting a survey to learn about stakeholder needs and satisfaction.
Conducting Focus Groups
Focus groups are a great way to gather data about stakeholder needs and satisfaction. Use these guidelines to conduct effective focus groups.
School Evaluation Template
This school site evaluation template can help district leaders evaluate the work of their schools of choice.
Recruitment/Information Event Questionnaire
This survey template can be used to create surveys for choice recruitment and information events.
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