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ERIC Number: ED597959
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Nov
Pages: 17
Abstractor: ERIC
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Let's Keep This Conversation Going: Steps to Ensure That Stakeholders Get Engaged and Stay Engaged through the ESSA Development Process and Beyond
Council of Chief State School Officers
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) asks states to engage with a wide array of stakeholders throughout the development of their plans, encouraging outreach that goes well beyond the organizational leaders with whom the state education agency is most familiar. The purpose behind this outreach is to ensure that the state's ESSA plan truly represents the needs of every student, including those from communities whose voices are not typically heard. This level of outreach requires a new approach to stakeholder engagement that goes well beyond the traditional level of outreach. States need to think creatively about how to reach these new groups, and even more importantly, how to build relationships with them so they can continue to be engaged throughout the development and implementation of the state's plan and beyond. This tool was developed to be a companion to "Let's Get this Conversation Started," a comprehensive guide to stakeholder engagement published by the Council of Chief State School Officers in partnership with national civil rights, advocacy groups and organizations that represent historically underserved communities in June 2016. The guide detailed 10 key steps to authentic, meaningful stakeholder engagement: (1) Clarify your goals; (2) Work with partner organizations to identify and engage with your stakeholders; (3) Speak to your audience; (4) Use multiple vehicles; (5) Identify your best ambassadors; (6) Ask for input before decisions are made, and use it; (7) Keep your materials simple and brief; (8) Communicate early and often; (9) Keep your team informed; and (10) Turn these new connections into long-term relationships. This tool aligns with the original 10 engagement steps and offers an array of engagement strategies and successful state examples. All of the strategies -- from the traditional ones to the exemplars -- represent ways that SEAs can transform their current approach to engagement into a series of impactful efforts to reach, engage and build lasting relationships with all stakeholders. [For the companion to this report "Let's Get This Conversation Started: Steps Every State Should Take to Map Out Its ESSA Engagement Strategy," see ED597957.]
Council of Chief State School Officers. One Massachusetts Avenue NW Suite 700, Washington, DC 20001. Tel: 202-336-7016; Fax: 202-408-8072; e-mail: pubs@ccsso.org; Web site: http://www.ccsso.org
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO); Education First
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Every Student Succeeds Act 2015
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