GHE Month of Listening

Dear GHE Families,

Thank you for helping us start off this year with such a sense of community and coming together. Even in these brief moments, it has been a pleasure for each of us on the Board to start getting to know you and your child.

Our vision this year is to focus on building a strong community at Genesee Hill Elementary that centers the voices, experiences, and needs of all our students, families, and staff. In the month of October we will be rolling out our Community Needs Assessment, "The Month of Listening".

There will be three parts to this assessment to try to capture everyone's voice: 1) Individual Family Survey 2) Staff Survey and 3) Listening sessions. We are inviting you to please complete the survey and consider joining one of our listening sessions where you identify. We are asking for your honest and open feedback on your needs and how the GHE PTA is doing in building a space of inclusion and belonging for you and your family.

Needs Assessment:

1. Family Survey

Each family please complete the All GHE Families Survey by October 30th. Results are completely anonymous and a summary of the results with next steps will be shared with the PTA Board, GHE Staff, and General Membership

2. In Person Listening Sessions

Listening sessions will take place in the library as one large group. There will be 3-5 listeners that are composed of PTA board members and GHE staff. The evening will be moderated by our co-president, Lia Barros, with the use of guided open ended questions that will be provided prior to the meeting. Space is limited to 12 families per session so please consider signing up now.

Then What?: Once transcripts of the session are de-identified by the moderator, a small working group will review and analyze for common themes. These reports will be shared with PTA, GHE Staff, and appropriate committees to identify next steps and action items from lessons learned. A summary will then be shared with the general membership.

1. Families for Neurodiverse Students: Please consider joining us on October 12th 6pm to 7pm in the GHE Library for our listening session for families whose students have a 504, IEP, or identify as being neurodiverse. Click families with neurodiverse students sign up to register.

2. General Families: Please consider joining us on November 2nd 6pm to 7pm in the GHE Library. Click general families sign up to register.

Can't Attend?

If you are unable to attend these dates but would like to share your voice and experience please email president@geneseehillpta.org.

Spaces are limited so please sign up soon. While we were only able to hold a few listening sessions this month, please know more listening sessions will possibly become available later in the year and definitely in subsequent years.

Your voice matters. We look forward to listening and learning from each of you. Please, if you have any concerns, questions, or excitements, do not hesitate to reach out to your PTA Board.

Sincerely,

Lia and Michael