Family and Community Involvement. Family and community involvement is an encouraged, but not required, component of the League approach. The developers encourage schools to involve families and the community in writing their teaching and learning covenants, in making decisions related to fulfilling the covenant, and in the action research process. Schools are required to send a team to the fall and winter conferences. The spring conference is considered optional.
Conferences have breakout sessions, including sessions that address action research issues.
The League also offers optional institutes during the school year and over the summer on topics such as team building, action research, grant writing, and specific instructional innovations. This visit is intended to provide school staff with an opportunity to discuss progress, concerns, and plans with someone who is knowledgeable about the approach. For example, schools that are struggling with action research may work on that component during the site visit. Additional consultations at the school are available. According to the developer, League schools have unlimited access to an Information Retrieval System based with the developer that provides information on issues, concerns, and practices dealing with the League approach.