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Assisting families, schools, and communities with children's academic and personal development. |
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SOLID FOUNDATION
With Solid Foundation, the connection between parents and their children’s learning is not left to chance. |
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Learn about Solid Foundation.
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For more information please contact us at |
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Solid Foundation® is a program, designed by the Academic Development Institute, that helps:
• strengthen family-school connections,
• engage parents in children’s learning, and
• improve student academic and social learning.
A school, working with an External Partner, adopts one of three Solid Foundation®
paths.
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Useful Resources |
Solid Foundation includes valuable MegaSkills® resources developed by Dr. Dorothy Rich. For other MegaSkills® materials go to www.dorothyrich.net |
Solid Foundation includes valuable materials from Beyond the Bake Sale by Anne T. Henderson, Vivian Johnson, Karen L. Mapp, and Don Davies. To purchase this book go to www.theNewPress.com |
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Path 1 - Assess / Plan / Implement: Your school team can conduct a self-assessment, develop a plan, and implement specific strategies to address your school’s purpose and plan.
To learn more about Path 1: Path 1 Brochure | 10 Efficient Steps
Path 2 - School Community Index: Your school team can survey parents and teachers (and students in high schools), receive a report (School Community Index), conduct a self-assessment, develop a plan, and implement specific strategies to address your school's purpose and plan.
To learn more about Path 2: Path 2 Brochure | 10 Efficient Steps
Path 3 - Comprehensive Model: Your school can implement the full Solid Foundation model over a two year implementation period guided by your site-based School Community Council.
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To learn more about Path 3: Path 3 Brochure
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Evidence of Effectiveness |
A study of 129 schools implementing ADI’s Solid Foundation program for building a school community, published by the Harvard Family Research Project, found that the gain on state assessment tests demonstrated by these schools over a two year period was nearly double that of a control group of schools with identical beginning scores.
Download Study: The Effects of Comprehensive Parent Engagement on Student Learning Outcomes (PDF) |
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