Assisting families, schools, and communities with children's academic and personal development.
 
SOLID FOUNDATION
With Solid Foundation, the connection between parents and their children’s learning is not left to chance.
 

Learn about Solid Foundation.
Solid Foundation Overview Slideshow
 
  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.

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.
To learn more about Path 3: Path 3 Brochure



For more information please contact us at SolidFoundation@adi.org.
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)
 

Pamphlet of all 3 Paths

Brief descriptions
 
 
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