While all districts have a unique organizational structure, there are some common terms and job functions to use when seeking opportunities to connect with your local school district personnel.
- Your local school board representative can serve as a helpful connector and advocate to connect with school district personnel. The contact information for your school board representative can be found on the district Board of Education homepage.
- If you do have a relationship with staff at the school your students attend, ask the school leadership team for help with navigating requests from district personnel. While they may not know the exact point of contact you need, they may be able to connect you with a district staff member who can support you further.
- For support with finding and/or using instructional materials, search the district website for the appropriate content area personnel or academic staff.
- For supplementary mathematics materials, search for the math director or equivalent role.
- For supplementary literacy materials, search for the literacy director or equivalent role.
- For supplementary materials in multiple content areas, search for the academics or curriculum and instruction (also known as C&I) contact on the district website.
- For support with accessing information about available formative assessments connected to or embedded in the supplementary instructional materials, search for the assessment contact on the district website.
- For support with finding and accessing student data from available assessments, search for the data or evaluation team contact information.
Review the resources under “OST-Specific Tools” in the Formative Assessment section of this toolkit for guidance on How To Leverage Community Relationships While Protecting Student Privacy (see pages 7-9 for the School Official Exception, including an example of when a school may use the School Official Exception for an after-school tutoring program)