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The first step you’ll want to perform is an assessment of your school, to determine what strengths or weaknesses it has as a community. We cover a few options in our assessment page: questionnaires for students, questionnaires for faculty, and workshops that can be used for both students and faculty. Try to have as many participants as possible- a larger sample size will give you a better sense of the needs of your community.

Filling out a questionnaire can feel like being assigned homework. One way we found to increase user participation was to recreate our questionnaire in an online format, such as Google Forms. A link to this questionnaire could easily be sent out to students or faculty. We found even greater response in generating a QR code that students could scan with their phones.

For very young children, or children with special needs, completing a questionnaire may be challenging. Although student experiences and opinions are extremely valuable, faculty can and should also complete their own questionnaire, which focuses on relating what teachers or faculty have heard from their students as well as their own experiences. Faculty guidance can also help students to complete a workshop.

Our group ran several workshops during research and have used our experience to create a summary on community workshops. Included are recommended materials, and a schedule by which to run the workshop.