Targeted Recruitment. The Contractor shall develop targeted recruitment efforts aimed at addressing the Populations Most in Need, as identified in Section 3 above. All Targeted Recruitment efforts shall be data driven and developed in consultation with the local RDS teams. The Contractor shall identify recruitment efforts and report outcomes at the each regularly scheduled RDS meeting. The format of this report shall be agreed upon by the local RDS team. Below are each aspect of expectations for Targeted Recruitment:
(a) Xxxxxx parents occasionally need relief from parenting or caregiving responsibilities for a xxxxxx child. The Contractor shall develop targeted recruitment efforts for licensed respite care providers;
(b) Recruitment of homes for special needs youth on the Autism Spectrum and/or mobility issues; and
(c) Work with local RDS teams to develop recruitment focus specifically related to Native American, African-American and Hispanic xxxxxx parents and any identified group targeted by the local RDS team.
Targeted Recruitment. Targeted recruitment consists of presentations to groups of students and parents who have a perceived better-than-average interest in charter school enrollment. These may be acquired through word of mouth campaigns and traditional advertising methods such as distributing informational pamphlets to Realtors, airing radio and television commercials, appearing in newspaper articles, letters to the editor, and on morning television and radio shows. Academy students already participate in high-profile activities such as the Lego robotics competition. An effective way to increase public awareness of the Academy would be to conduct community “Fun Run” activities in specific neighborhood parks and to have booths at community events such as Pioneer Days, Oktoberfest, and Pocatello Spring Clean-up events. • Increase and modernize content of school website • Send personalized YouTube video messages using bulk communication to parents and encourage them to forward URL links to friends and associates. • Continue to use online admissions portals. • Begin school blog and increase use of social media (Facebook, Twitter) to nurture relationships. For the methods listed above to be effective, their timing needs to be appropriate. Considerations such as when students register for the following year’s classes, what groups and organizations are meeting and when, and when are students available for activities or presentations all factor into the flow of activities. (See Appendix F) The Connor Academy building was completed in August of 2015. It is a 50,000 ft.2 state of the art facility designed to maximize the educational program offered by The Academy. The building is equipped with a remote video surveillance system, an integrated telephone/bell and intercom system and electronic locks on outer doors. All building technology systems are securely connected to the internet and can be accessed and controlled remotely by the Xxxxxxxx City Police Department or the School administrator. The entire floor plan was engineered to maximize class size. Regular classrooms are 1000 ft.2and special lab classrooms (Music, Science) are 1200 ft.2 In addition, there is a 5000 ft.2 gymnasium, two 1000 ft.2computer labs, library, Special Education, Title 1 room, cafeteria and commons area. Each classroom has floor to ceiling 8 foot square windows to increase the amount of natural light. (See Appendix B)
Targeted Recruitment. Targeted recruitment consists of efforts to reach out to groups of at-risk and underserved families and underrepresented students. These groups may be reached in English or a second language such as Spanish, through various word of mouth campaigns, traditional advertising methods (informational pamphlets to realtors, radio and television ads), newspaper articles, letters to the editor, and television and radio shows. Academy students already participate in high-profile activities such as the Lego robotics competition. An effective way to increase public awareness of Connor Academy would be to conduct community “Fun Run” activities in specific neighborhood parks and to have booths at community events such as Pioneer Days, Oktoberfest, and Pocatello Spring Clean-up events. • Increase and modernize content of school website • Send personalized YouTube video messages using bulk communication to parents and encourage them to forward URL links to friends and associates. • Continue to use online admissions portals. • Begin school blog and increase use of social media (Facebook, Twitter) to nurture relationships. For the methods listed above to be effective, their timing needs to be appropriate. Considerations such as when students register for the following year’s classes, what groups and organizations are meeting and when, and when are students available for activities or presentations all factor into the flow of activities. The new facility of the Academy will be located near the boundary of the cities of Pocatello and Chubbuck. It is in the attendance area of the Chubbuck Elementary School and 1.8 miles from Xxxxxx Elementary. There are no middle schools in the City of Xxxxxxxx. All 6th -8th grade students from the three elementary schools are bussed into Pocatello, with some students spending an hour or more each day on the bus. Are you referring to the traditional publics in this sentence about busing? The Academy Charter School is recognized as a successful non-union school with high expectations for staff, well-behaved students and a supportive administration. Teaching positions will be advertised at regional universities (Idaho State University, Utah State University and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx University-Idaho). They will also be posted online with the Idaho Department of Education, the Department of Labor and the Academy Charter School website. We will also advertise in the local newspaper (Idaho State Journal), on our Facebook page and through our parent newslet...
