Community Engagement
Real community voice in school governance
A public consultation portal where whanau can read policies and give structured feedback, with full tracking and reporting.
Community consultation that actually works
Good governance means involving your community in policy decisions. But managing consultations via paper forms, email, and Facebook posts is messy and hard to track. Policybase gives you a proper platform for it.
Public consultation portal
Share policies for community feedback through a clean portal. Parents, whanau, and community members read policies and give structured feedback without needing a login. You control which policies are visible and when consultation periods run.
Structured feedback
Instead of open-ended comments that are hard to make sense of, Policybase lets you set up consultations with specific questions, rating scales, and free-text areas. This makes feedback much easier to collate and report on.
Tracking and reporting
See how many people viewed a policy, how many gave feedback, and what they said. Generate consultation reports that show the level of community engagement.
Evidence for governance
Policybase gives you timestamped records of consultations, the feedback received, and how community input shaped policy decisions.
See also: Community policy review best practices for NZ schools
Key Benefits
- Public-facing consultation portal
- Structured feedback collection
- Submission tracking and reporting
- Controlled visibility and consultation periods
- Multilingual support for diverse communities
- Evidence of community involvement
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