Practical Tools for A Strong School Climate That Meets Student Development Needs
This winter and spring, we led a webinar series focused on school climate, culminating in a robust workbook for school leaders. This guide is designed to foster a positive school climate by aligning with Maslow’s hierarchy, ensuring environments where students not only succeed academically but also thrive personally. Click here to read the full event […]
Creating a Crisis Communications Toolkit with Chorus
We were thrilled to host a 50-minute webinar by Chorus, Creating a Crisis Communications Toolkit: How Advance Planning Can Safeguard Your School Culture! Below is a recap of the event and ways to watch the full recording! Click here to read the full event recap!
Empowering Students: Fostering Self-Discovery, Contribution, and Leadership – Event Recap
Possip hosted Empowering Students: Fostering Self-Discovery, Contribution, and Leadership. This was the third and final session in our series that examined Possip data through the lens of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. Click here to read the full event recap!
A Welcoming School Climate: Creating Spaces for Safety, Inclusion, and Belonging – Event Recap
Possip was proud to host our second webinar in our series of three. We have been examining what our data says about parents need for their children in terms of a strong school climate. This session, “A Welcoming Climate”, focused on the needs students have of social safety and a feeling of love and belonging. […]
Foundations of a Strong School Climate: Operational Excellence – Event Recap
This winter, Possip presented a three-part series: School Safety and Beyond. In each session, we unpacked parent concerns and explore the power of feedback as schools meet the needs of their students. Those needs range from basic, primal needs to the inspiring vision of children who know themselves, treat others well, and value their journey […]
Sustaining Strong Schools: Strategies for Teacher and Staff Retention – Event Recap
This webinar brought together a panel of experts to discuss innovative strategies for enhancing staff retention in schools. The event centered on data collected through school Pulse Checks® and underscored the importance of listening to and valuing staff feedback, a cornerstone of Possip’s mission. Click here to read the full event recap!
Breaking the Language Barrier: Event Recap
This event discusses how organizations that use Possip to gather feedback have the ability to collect responses in almost any language, breaking a typical barrier to family engagement. In 2022-23, one-third of the responses Possip received were in 67 languages other than English. Click here to read the full event recap!
Back to School: Anticipating Parent Concerns – Event Recap
In this webinar, we discuss how district leaders, school principals, teachers, and PTO members joined Possip to learn what our data says are the most pressing concerns parents share at the beginning of the year. For each top trend, Possip shared tangible strategies and ideas to get ahead of those concerns. For every trend, Possip […]
3rd Annual Trends Event: Top 5 Trends from the ’22-’23 School Year
This event provides an overview of Possip’s 3rd Annual Trends Reveal, featuring the top 5 trends from the ’22-’23 school year! Click here to read the full event recap!
Landon Mascareñaz on Co-Creating with Communities: Possip’s 3rd Annual Partner Retreat Recap
Possip’s Third Annual Partner Retreat featured a conversation with Dr. Landon Mascareñaz of The Colorado Education Initiative. When Dr. Mascareñaz was writing his upcoming book, The Open System: Redesigning Education and Reigniting Democracy, Possip’s Founder, Shani Dowell, was an ‘Opener in Residence’ on a team advising Landon’s research. Click here to read the full event recap!
Using Community Feedback in School Improvement Projects, Event Recap
Educators from schools across the country gathered for a conversation between Possip’s Jordan Jones, Executive Directors Kathryn Procope and Kristin Scotchmer, Principal Corbet Houston, and education consultant Kerry Swarr to talk about using family feedback in school improvement projects and operations. Keep reading to hear from the panelists! Click here to read the full event recap!
Tactics for Increasing Attendance and Enrollment, Event Recap
Nearly two hundred leaders and educators from across the country gathered for a conversation between Possip’s CEO, Shani Dowell, school administrators Kavon Seay and Marc Anthony Peek of Napier Elementary in Nashville, communication consultant Austin Rhodes of Rhodes Branding, and law partner and community fitness leader James Crumlin. Click here to read the full event recap!
