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School, Family, and Community Engagement Plan

Andrew V. Silbaugh

Department of Teacher Education and Educational Leadership, University of West Florida

EDS 6105

Dr. Julie Gray

October 11th, 2020

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Introduction to Renaissance Charter School of St. Lucie

Renaissance Charter School of St. Lucie is a K-8 public, charter school in Port St. Lucie,

FL. The school serves approximately 1,302 students (Florida Department of Education, 2020)

across St. Lucie County, FL. The Florida Department of Education’s (2020) EduData Portal

states that in the Fall 2019 there were 419 Black/African American students, 389 White students,

415 Hispanic students, 18 Asian students, and 51 multiracial students. The remaining 10 students

are in other racial groups. Renaissance Charter School of St. Lucie (RCSSL) is open to all

students by application (Renaissance Charter School of St. Lucie, 2020). Families must apply

online and submit an application through the school’s online application portal (Renaissance

Charter School of St. Lucie, 2020). Once the application has been submitted, a lottery is

conducted and families are notified if their child(ren) have been offered a seat (Renaissance

Charter School of St. Lucie, 2020). Once a seat is offered, families must choose to accept or

decline. If a family accepts, then all necessary information (documents, immunizations, proof of

residency, etc.) are required before the student(s) may start school. Applications are accepted

throughout the year and enrollment for the following year is announced online. Families with

questions can reach out to the school for assistance. The school maintains a Facebook, Twitter,

Instagram, and Tik Tok.

Mission

Renaissance Charter School of St. Lucie seeks to provide learning experiences that

inspire and empower students to be great by choice.

Vision
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Renaissance Charter School of St. Lucie seeks to create an environment of academic

excellence where your child is treated like family and encouraged to pursue their ambitions in

order to excel in our evolving community.

Values

Renaissance Charter School of St. Lucie’s values are purpose, passion, integrity, and grit.

School Goals and Initiatives

Renaissance Charter School of St. Lucie has four goals for the current academic year:

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Engagement Plan

Area of Goal(s) Strategies for Success Measure(s) of

Monitoring Progress
Communication To increase 1. Updating of parent - Reaching out to
communication from contact information to parent(s)/families
school to stakeholders reflect new and accurate confirm receipt of
(parents/families, information messaging
community members, 2. Use of social media -Attendance at
business partners, platforms (Facebook, events (after
etc.) so that Twitter, Instagram, COVID)
stakeholders are TikTok, etc.) -Likes/Responses
informed of school 3. Use of daily morning on Social Media
events/announcements announcements streaming -Views on
live on YouTube to reach YouTube morning
both in-person and virtual announcements
students and families.
4. Use of School
Messenger to reach out to
parents and notify of
updates (bussing issues,
events, quick
announcements, etc.)
Leadership To be a “go to” 1. Be available for -Parent emails and
resource for all contact and have contact concerns addressed
stakeholder and to information readily to the right person
support schoolwide available. -Following chain of
initiatives. 2. Inform parents who to command and
contact depending on knowledge of when

need (K-4 Assistant
Principal (K-4 concerns),
5-8 Assistant Principal
(for 5-8 concerns), Dean
(for behavior issues),
Principal (for major
concerns/unresolved
issues)
3. Availability for staff
and resource for staff to
reference as needed.
4. Referral to school goals
and initiatives
Training To train 1. How-to videos posted
parents/families how on school website
to use communication 2. Informing parents/
in our building and families on who to
online to support their contact
child(ren) 3. Curriculum teachers
provide support for
To train staff teachers
members how to 4. Creation of Student
engage both in-person Success Team (supporting
and online learners struggling students)
5. Creation of Virtual
Support Team to help
parents/families/students
in virtual school life
Partnership To continue our 1. Realtor/Business
existing Luncheon (either virtually
business/community or when safe in-person)
partnerships while 2. Attendance at
expanding to create community events (St.
new partnerships Lucie County events,
Early Learning Coalition,
partnership events, etc.)
3. Partnership with
Musical (The Little
Mermaid)
4. Little Knights
Preschool Program to
attract future kindergarten
students
5. Yearly Gala to raise
funds and increase
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to escalate
-Usage of
parent/community
tracker to know
who was contacted
and when
-Staff knowing and
using instructional
goals and initiatives
in instruction
-Views on videos
-Families reaching
out to correct
people
-Student grades
increasing
-School fielding
calls/emails to
correct teams (in-
person and virtual)
-Attendance at
events
-Number of
families who enroll
-Partnership
exchanges (what
we give each other
for our partnership)
-Attendance at
Little Knights and
enrollment for
Kindergarten
-Fundraising efforts
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enrollment
Accountability To increase our 1. Staff, Family, and -Report on surveys
participation in Student Surveys (increasing “green
events, enrollment, (conducted yearly in Fall flags” and
and engagement with and Spring) decreasing “red
all stakeholders 2.Community/Stakeholde flags”)
r Surveys -Increased
3. Reports to stakeholders enrollment and
(staff, leadership team, awareness in the
and SAC) community

Plan Alignment

Mission, Vision, and Values

Renaissance Charter School of St. Lucie seeks to create a school where students can

achieve and prepare them for the future. The school’s mission, vision, and values are clearly

posted on the school’s homepage (Renaissance Charter School of St. Lucie, 2020), posted

throughout the school, and are clearly visible to anyone entering the school. The Engagement

Plan above was aligned to the school’s mission, vision, and values in mind. The opportunities

created with stakeholders are meant to create unique and engaging opportunities with students,

which will prepare them for the future (tied to mission) and allow to them interact with business

leaders and give them skills necessary for the future (tied to vision). Additionally, with our goals

for communication, RCSSL is striving to create opportunities for all students, no matter if they

are learning in-person or at a distance.

Student Learning as a Priority

As noted in our goals for the current year, student learning takes precedent.

Learning Environment

The COVID pandemic brought a change in how students attend school, but not a change

in high-quality instruction offered at RCSSL. Students have access to their teachers live using
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Owl Meeting cameras so that teachers can move around their classrooms and not be tied to a

screen while trying to teach. Additionally, with the learning management system Schoology,

students have access to instructional resources at any time, both in-person and virtually.

However, because our school has now essentially become two schools, physical and virtual,

leadership will be launching a Virtual School Team to support virtual learners.

Decision Making

Communication

Professional and Ethical Behaviors

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