Background Working with more than 120 LEAs across California for nearly a decade, Gobo has gained a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities that LCAP engagement presents. Despite its critical role as the roadmap for how students’ needs will be met, educational partners too often do not understand – […]
If you’ve ever tried to read a Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) and found it a bit of a slog to get through, you’re not alone. The fine people at edsource.org have just released a very informative video tour of recent landmark educational policies which touches upon the intimidating […]
In summer 2020, following a tumultuous end to the 2019-20 school year in which many major assessments were canceled and schools across California moved to a distance learning model, the state passed Senate Bill 98, which waived the Local Control & Accountability Plan (LCAP) requirement for the upcoming 2020-21 school […]
Time & Location: California School Board Association’s Annual Education Conference, Saturday, December 1, 2018, 8:30am – 9:45am, Room 3014 + 3016, Moscone West San Francisco Summary: “This workshop focuses on today’s Local Control Funding Formula landscape imperative for effective stakeholder engagement. Lengthy text documents are frequently the least effective format […]
Insuring accessibility to your Plan is not only good engagement, but also the law. Failure to comply is time consuming and costly. What does “accessibility” mean? In its broadest context, accessibility refers to the design of products, services, or environments to assist people who experience disabilities. More specifically, accessibility means […]
The California School Boards Association featured an article by Gobo’s principal, Randall Putz, in its Spring 2018 publication. The “From the Field” column highlights engagement insights gleaned from working with 100 school districts, charter schools, and County Offices of Education across California, and features the good engagement of 2 Gobo […]
“Our students are our clients, they are who we are here to serve primarily, so we want to hear their voice, their input, and what suggestions they have for us.” – Lizette Diaz, EL, Plan Development, & Instructional Supports Director, Ontario-Montclair School District Student engagement is a vital part of […]
As word spreads across the State of California about the benefits of Gobo’s LCAP Infographic and the stakeholder engagement it facilitates, our list of Districts and County Offices of Education we work with continues to grow: Adelanto Elementary School District Alameda Unified School District Albany City Unified School District Alta […]
From the team that brought you the LCAP Infographic comes another tool for better stakeholder engagement. In an era where attention spans are shrinking at a rapid pace (from 5 minutes in 2008 to less than 8 seconds now), and stakeholders are bombarded with a constant stream of distractions (5000+ […]
Gobo’s second LCAP Roundtable event was held in Orange County during the month of November. District representatives validated that LCAP engagement is an evolving challenge in which communicating with stakeholders is critical to gain support for funding formula priorities. LCAP teams feel they need to continue advocating for LCAP implementation […]