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Community Engagement, Solidarity &

Citizenship
Semester: 2nd

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Introductory Message

LEARNING COMPETENCY:

Explain forms of community engagement that contribute community development

through solidarity. HUMSS_CSC12-IId-g-9

Community Engagement

The key features of community engagement include the collaboration of members,

focus on the objectives towards community improvement and openness to partnership
supports.

In this module, students will be able to deepen their understanding of the concept of
community engagement and how it contributes to the community development through
solidarity.

At the end of the module, you should be able to:

 Define Community Engagement

 Determine the areas and benefits of community engagement

Direction: Read each item carefully and choose the best answer. Write your answer
on a separate sheet.

1. A process of working together with the members of the group.

A. Community Activity
B. Community Involvement

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C. Community Engagement
D. Community Collaboration

2. This require a long-term commitment by the engaging organization and its

partners.
A. Community Activity
B. Community Involvement
C. Community Engagement
D. Community Collaboration

3. A Model that displays the important role of society in an individual’s relationship

with community members.
A. Social-Ecological Model
B. Socio-Economic Model
C. Social Partnership Model
D. Social-Environment Model

4. This group reaps the greater benefits from the community engagement initiatives.
A. Agenda
B. academic Partners
C. Community Organization
D. General Public

5. An area of community engagement that improves consent process and trust of the
community.
A. Ethics
B. Agenda
C. Design and delivery
D . Implementation and Change

B. Write the word True if the statement is correct and False if otherwise. Write your
answer on a separate sheet.

6. For engagement; to occur go to the community and establish relationship.

7. Before starting a community engagement effort be clear of the purpose and goals
of the engagement effort.
8. For engagement to succeed do not consider the diversity of the community as it
will not change and improve conditions.
9. Society plays a significant part in achieving community engagement.
10. Partnering with the community will limit change and improvements.

Task 1: Observe your community. In the box below, write the concerns that you
have observed in your community. Then in the heart, write your plans and ideas
to help solve these concerns. Write your answer on a separate sheet.
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 CONCERNS
PLANS
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Task 2: After completing Task 1, now reflect on how you think your PLANS and
IDEAS can benefit you and the people in the community. Do this on a separate
sheet.

Benefits of Community Engagement Benefits of community

engagement
To yourself to the community that you plan to
help

______________________________
_____________________________
______________________________
_____________________________
______________________________
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1. What are the important concepts you need to know to understand better
community engagement?
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________

2. Describe a Social-ecological model.

_________________________________________________________________
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 Community Engagement is the process of working together with the
members of a group based on geographic proximity, special interest, or similar
situation to address issues affecting the whole group. It is also called a power vehicle
because it can lead to environmental and behavioral changes that will help improve
the health of the community and its members. Partnership and coalition are involved
to mobilize resources and influence systems, change relationships among partners,
and serve as catalysts for changing policies and programs. Collaborations may be
engaged in promotion, research or policy making. The highlights of these features
include the collaboration among members, the desire for improvement, and the
importance of being involved in partnerships.

To better understand community engagement the International Association for Public

Participation organized important ideas presented in the table below:

Outreach Consult Involve collaborate Shared Leadership

Some
community More
Better community Community Shared bidirectional
involvement community
involvement involvement relationship
involvement

Communication Communication
Communications
flows from one flows to the Communication
flows both ways; Final decision making is
to the other; to community and flow is
participatory form at community level
inform then back; bidirectional
of communication
answer seeking
Forms
partnerships
Provides Gets information Involves more with the
community with or feedback participation from community on
Strong partnerships
information from the community on each aspect of
community issues project from
development to
solution
Entities Entities form
Entities share Entities form strong
Entities coexist cooperate with bidirectional
information partnership structures
each other channels
Outcomes:
Outcomes:
optimally
Visibility of Outcomes: Broader outcomes
establishes Outcomes:
partnership partnership affecting broader
communication develop
established with building, trust community. Strong
challenges and connections
increased building bidirectional trust built.
channels for
cooperation
outreach.

The table show an increasing level of community involvement, impact, trust, and
communication flow. For instance, in the Philippines, whenever affected by a typhoon, different
volunteer groups and individuals nationwide and even abroad extend their help.

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 The value of concern among the youth can be further developed by encouraging them
to be more involved in the communities they hope to assist and be able to build better
relationships with the members.

The Nine Areas and Benefits of Community Engagement

AREA BENEFITS
It helps to determine one’s choice and focus of the projects
Agenda
to achieve collaborations and funding.
This area assists to understand the improvement of
research designs, tools, interventions, representations,
Design and Delivery participation, data collection, and analysis. Communication
and information dissemination can be implemented, making
partners and participants more engaged.
Implementation and Research findings are used to bring about change and
Change expand long-term partnerships.
This improves the consent process and trust of the
Ethics
community
Public Involved in the This enhances the knowledge and skills of the public, and it
Project is also important to recognize their contributions.
This allows the people involved to deepen their
Academic Partners understanding of the issue and increase opportunities to
disseminate the project findings and their wider use.
Individual Research These adheres to the improvement in the way studies are
Participants carried out.
This enhance s knowledge gained, expand linkage with
Community Organization other communities; and helps to lay groundwork for
subsequent collaboration.
This group reaps the greater benefits from the community
General Public
engagement initiatives.

Society plays a significant part in achieving effective community engagement. The social-
ecological model below displays the important role of society in an individual’s relationship
with community members.

Societal Community Relationship Individual

The diagram shows that an individual will always be a social being by nature. From
one’s personal attributes, an individual relates to different people and builds
relationships and work together in environment that brings them together based on
objectives. They may influence people outside their communities, gain their support
and trust, and receive available resources that can contribute to the programs and
projects of the community.

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In doing community engagement one has to keep these points.

Before starting a
Community Engagement
Effort
•Be clear with the purpose or
goals of the engagement
•Be knowledgeable on the
community's culture,
economic conditions, social
networks, political and power
structures, norms and values,
demographics, trends,
history and experiences.
For Engagement to Occur
• Go to community and
establish relationships, build
trust, work with the formal
and informal leadership, seek
commitment from
community organizations and
leaders to create processes
for mobilizing the
community.
•Remember and accept that
collective self-determination
is the responsibility and right
of all people in a community.
For Engagement to Succeed
•Partnering with the
community to create change
and improve conditions.
•Recognize and respect the
deiversity of the community.
•Identify and mobilize
community assets and
strenght by developing the
capacity of the community's
resources to make decisions
and take actions.
•community collaboration
requires long-term
commitment by the engaging
organization and its partners.

To ensure the success of community engagement activities, appropriate procedures

should be carefully planned, ideas should also be generated to formulate better plans
for implementation. The youth should consider the various points presented, to
effectively carry out a long-term community engagement.

Task 3. You are asked by your Brgy. Captain to participate in a community

engagement they are undertaking. Write down the points you need to consider
ensuring the effectiveness of your involvement. Do this in a separate sheet.

A. Before Starting a Community Engagement

____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________

B. For Engagement to Occur

____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________

C. For Engagement to Succeed

____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________

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Task 4: After considering those points mentioned- above. How do you think
you can enhance or develop the community engagement plan based on the
communication engagement continuum? Write your specific plans and
expected output in each concept. Do this in a separate sheet.

SHARED
OUTREACH CONSULT INVOLVE COLLABORATE
LEADERSHIP

I have learned that ______________________________________.

I have realized that ________________

______________________.

I will apply ______________________________

_______________.

Test 1: True or False (Do this in a separate sheet)

1. Partnering with the community will limit change and improvements.

2. For engagement to succeed do not consider the diversity of the community as it
will not change and improve conditions.
3. Society plays a significant part in achieving community engagement.
4. For engagement to occur go to the community and establish relationship.

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5. Before starting a community engagement effort be clear of the purpose and goals
of the engagement effort.

Test 2: Identification. Choose your answer from the Word Bank

Ethics Community Engagement Agenda

Community Involvement Community Collaboration

Social-ecological Social-environmental General Public

6. A Model that displays the important role of society in an individual’s relationship with
community members.
7. A process of working together with the members of the group.
8. This group reaps the greater benefits from the community engagement initiatives.
9. This requires long-term commitment by the engaging organization and its partners.
10. An Area of community engagement that improves consent process and trust of
the community.

Glossary

The following terms used in this module are defined as follows:

Bidirectional - functioning in two directions

Community Engagement - is the process of working together with the

members of a group.

Partnership - a formal arrangement by two or more parties

Social-Ecological Model - A diagram that shows the role of society in an individual’s

relationship with community members.

Answer Key

Try This

1. C 2. d 3. b 4. d 5. b
6. True 7. True 8. False 9. True 10. False

Do This
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Explore
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Apply What You Have Learned

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Reflect
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Assess What You Have Learned

Test 1 Test 2

1. False 6. Social-Ecological
2. False 7. Community Engagement
3. True 8. General Public
4. True 9. Community Collaboration
5. True 10. Ethics

References

Semorlan, Ava Ann P. Ph.D. and Semorlan, Adrian P. MPA, MHSS, Ed.D. 2018.
Community Engagement, Solidarity and Citizenship for Senior High School. Quezon
City. C & E Publishing, Inc.

Prepared by:

BIENVENIDO P. BARIL JR
Teacher 1
Schools Division of Silay City
Region VI

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