How Does Solid Foundation

Work?

Thank you for considering

Solid Foundation®

as your tool in building strong school communities that support student success

Solid Foundation® is designed and developed by Academic Development Institute

Solid Foundation

A parent engagement process within a web-based structure to assess, plan, implement, and monitor parent involvement at

the school level

Solid Foundation goes beyond compliance

Provides the School Improvement Team with a structured process that increases parent involvement

Provides meaningful parent engagement goals and activities that are linked to student achievement.

Assists schools in meeting all parent involvement requirements of Title I and NCLB

Solid Foundation

Assess Plan

Implement

Solid Foundation’s Cycle of Continuous Improvement

Assess

Hold Orientation Meeting

Complete Policy Analysis

Gather Key Documents

Complete School Information

Solid Foundation

Step 2. Step 3.

10 Efficient Steps to a Strong School Community

Complete School Community Survey Step 5.

Step 4.

Step 1.

Plan

Download Resource Manual

Create an Action Plan

Create Needs Assessment

Step 6. Step 7. Step 8.

10 Efficient Steps to a Strong School Community

Solid Foundation

Implement

Monitor and Evaluate

Implement Action Plan

Step 10.

Step 9.

10 Efficient Steps to a Strong School Community

Solid Foundation

Re-assessyour progress

Plan your revisions

Implementthe revised plan

Solid Foundation

Continuous cycle of continuous improvement

Program monitoring at a glance

Solid Foundation Delivers

Solid Foundation

Step by Step Approach

Web-Based Monitoring

Flexible Options

Site-Based Decision Making

Self-Sustaining Methods

Quality Resources

External Partner (Support)

Features of the web based structure

Solid Foundation Delivers

A two-year assessment-planning-implementation cycle

for the School Improvement Plan

Solid Foundation – Year 1

CompleteOrientation

Meeting

Complete SchoolInformation

Form

Complete Policy Analysis

CompleteSchool

CommunitySurvey

CompleteNeeds

Assessment

CreateAction

Plan

Solid Foundation – Year 2

ImplementAction Plan

Implement and Monitor Progress

Evaluate Progress and repeat Solid Foundation process

Sample Time Line

August 15 June 1

August 1

September 1

Aug –May

September 1

1. Partner Organization Enrolls in Solid Foundation

How Solid Foundation Works

A Partner Organization can be a:

• School District • Title I Director• State Agency• Regional Office of Education• State System of Support• Parent Information Resource Center (PIRC)• Consultant• Organization that agrees to receive Solid Foundation training and work with the designated school

The External Partner is a representative from the Partner

Organization that assists the school team through the Solid Foundation

process.

2. The External Partner is Enrolled & Trained

1. Partner Organization Enrolls in Solid Foundation

How Solid Foundation Works

• Orientation for the school team• Assists the team with assessment and planning• Assists in developing the action plan• Builds capacity with training and assistance• Monitors implementation progress

What assistance does the External Partner Provide?

How Solid Foundation Works

1. Partner Organization Enrolls in Solid Foundation

3. External Partner Enrolls Participating Schools

Any school will benefit by using Solid Foundation’s 10 efficient and effective steps to building a strong School Community.

If the Partner Organization is a state agency, the agency might select schools “in need of improvement” or Title 1 Schools.

How Solid Foundation Works

2. The External Partner is Enrolled & Trained

1. Partner Organization Enrolls in Solid Foundation

3. External Partner Enrolls Participating Schools

The School Principal Directs the Process

The school principal, along with a school-based team, works with the External Partner to implement Solid Foundation strategies that increase parent involvement.

How Solid Foundation Works

2. The External Partner is Enrolled & Trained

A school improvement team or other team that includes the principal, teacher representatives, parent representatives, and parent facilitator.

Parents are an important part of this team.

Who is the School Team?

How Solid Foundation Works

• Recognized by the United States Department of Education as a research-based parent involvement tool.

•Designed, developed, and field-tested by Academic Development Institute (ADI) in 18 states over 20 years. •Effective in increasing academic achievement in high-poverty schools.

Solid Foundation

“This is a valuable tool that should be added to the toolbox of every school!”

Steve Fiechtner, Education Program SpecialistSouth Dakota Department of Education

Your school team will conduct a self-assessment, develop a plan, and implement specific strategies that fit

your school’s purpose and plan

Path 1

Three paths to meaningful parent engagement

Solid Foundation Offers

Your School team will survey parents and teachers (and students in high

schools), receive the resulting report (School Community Index), conduct a self assessment, develop a plan, and implement specific strategies that fit

your school’s purpose and plan.

Solid Foundation OffersThree paths to meaningful parent engagement

Path 2

Your school will implement the full Solid Foundation comprehensive model over a two year period guided by your site-based School

Community Council

Path 3

Three paths to meaningful parent engagement

Solid Foundation Offers

“The most essential outcome of Solid Foundation is that it creates or regenerates school ownership as a partnership

between the role players in the school and the home.”John Cunningham, Title 1 Director

Alton, IL

Denice HildebrandtAcademic Development Institute

121 N. Kickapoo, Lincoln, IL 62656

1-800-759-1495 Ext. #10dhildebrandt@adi.org

Visit our websites for more resources:

http://www.families-schools.org

In Illinoishttp://www.illinoisparents.org

View additional information behind the Path tabs on the

websites:

Complete Program Description

Path 1 BookletPath 2 BookletPath 3 Booklet

We can help you to build strong school communities within the schools you serve.