Influence1 and Community Engagement: Engaging the community is essential for the success of any school/program, but it is imperative for the progression of the collective community. Around the nation, efforts to improve the quality of education and schools have failed simply because organizational leaders did not consult or maintain an active communication with the larger community. Often a hard-driving leader forges ahead without building engaged relationships among those directly impacted by comprehensive change—students, parents, teachers and other community stakeholders. Influence1 does not believe this is an effective approach to change.

Influence1 believes that an effective implementation of community change requires an actively charged and well-sustained dialogue among all stakeholders. To this means, for any form of education to be successful, the community must be the priority.

Influence1’s goals are to ensure that community stakeholders are the priority in educational progression. Through components/subsidiaries that include Parent Involvement and Opportunity Programs, Community Service-Learning Projects, Community Development Centers, and Technology Enhancement Programs and Seminars, Influence1 achieves its goals while ensuring a collaborative understanding is sustained within the community.