The Powerhouse Engaged Literacy Levers (PELL)™
A system of collective practices for school, family, and community partnerships — grounded in engagement research and linked to measurable learning outcomes. The organizing model that drives all of Powerhouse Collective capacity-building services.
Shape asset-based beliefs, pedagogy, and understanding through community stories, creative expression, identities, and culture.
Deepen trust, a sense of belonging, and shared responsibility across families, community members, and school staff.
Mobilize the skills, experiences, abilities, and ideas of families, community members, and educators toward shared goals.
Align home, school, and community strategies to shared literacy and learning goals — so children experience one seamless system of support.
Distribute leadership through the co-creation and execution of action plans tied to shared learning priorities and outcomes.
Co-create community-centered solutions and expand multiple literacies across generations, with emphasis on digital, data, and media literacies.
The PELL™ shifts educational efforts from service and compliance-based models to relational models grounded in shared leadership, distributed ownership, and evidence-based partnership strategies linked to measurable learning outcomes. When all six levers are activated within a community, children, families, and communities flourish.