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Module 5: Presenting to Community Stakeholders and Post-Project Reflection
Tamara Sepulveda
American College of Education
EL5053 Community Engagement, Outreach, and Collaboration
Dr. Julius Wynn
June 22, 2025
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Presenting to Community Stakeholders and Post-Project Reflection
As I look back and reflect on my internship experiences and assignments completed in
this course, EL5053, I believe I have grown in my understanding of what family - school -
community engagement programs are and what they can achieve. While meeting with my mentor
to discuss engagement programs, I was surprised at the many engagement opportunities our
school offers for parents, as well as the many resources the town provides to members of the
community through the schools. During this course, I was able to identify the strengths and
weaknesses of certain programs we offer and what we can do to improve them. I realized how PS
# 3 follows Epstein's idea of creating family-like schools by recognizing each child's
individuality and working to meet their needs (Epstein et al., 2019). We strive to provide a safe,
equitable learning environment for all our students and build relationships through
communication. We have a diverse population, so we make sure notices are sent out in multiple
languages. Teachers also use communication apps that have translation services to effectively
communicate with parents. Prior to this course, I had not been aware of the Six Types of
Involvement. Thanks to this course, I now have a better understanding of the difference between
engagement and involvement. Being aware of this difference and working to build relationships
with our families are important as I continue to work towards my goal of becoming an effective
principal someday.
The activities that we had to complete for this course have shown me the importance of
data-based decision-making when trying to build relationships and create any family - school -
community engagement initiative. In order for an engagement program to have a positive impact
on our students' academic achievement, we must analyze data in order to envision what goals we
want to set with these engagement initiatives. Throughout this course, we worked on SMART
goals that we wanted to set up for our school community. By analyzing data, we are able to align
Module 5: Presenting to Community Stakeholders and Post-Project Reflection
Tamara Sepulveda
American College of Education
EL5053 Community Engagement, Outreach, and Collaboration
Dr. Julius Wynn
June 22, 2025
, 2
Presenting to Community Stakeholders and Post-Project Reflection
As I look back and reflect on my internship experiences and assignments completed in
this course, EL5053, I believe I have grown in my understanding of what family - school -
community engagement programs are and what they can achieve. While meeting with my mentor
to discuss engagement programs, I was surprised at the many engagement opportunities our
school offers for parents, as well as the many resources the town provides to members of the
community through the schools. During this course, I was able to identify the strengths and
weaknesses of certain programs we offer and what we can do to improve them. I realized how PS
# 3 follows Epstein's idea of creating family-like schools by recognizing each child's
individuality and working to meet their needs (Epstein et al., 2019). We strive to provide a safe,
equitable learning environment for all our students and build relationships through
communication. We have a diverse population, so we make sure notices are sent out in multiple
languages. Teachers also use communication apps that have translation services to effectively
communicate with parents. Prior to this course, I had not been aware of the Six Types of
Involvement. Thanks to this course, I now have a better understanding of the difference between
engagement and involvement. Being aware of this difference and working to build relationships
with our families are important as I continue to work towards my goal of becoming an effective
principal someday.
The activities that we had to complete for this course have shown me the importance of
data-based decision-making when trying to build relationships and create any family - school -
community engagement initiative. In order for an engagement program to have a positive impact
on our students' academic achievement, we must analyze data in order to envision what goals we
want to set with these engagement initiatives. Throughout this course, we worked on SMART
goals that we wanted to set up for our school community. By analyzing data, we are able to align
