Building School-Community Partnerships
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Description
How can we partner with our communities to improve school programs and increase students' success?
This current era of high stakes testing, accountability, and shrinking educational budgets demands that schools seek bold and innovative ways to build strong learning environments for all students. Community involvement is a powerful tool in generating resources that are essential for educational excellence.
Building School-Community Partnerships: Collaboration for Student Success emphasizes the importance of community involvement for effective school functioning, student support and well-being, and community health and development. This sharp, insightful book serves as an excellent resource for educators seeking to establish school-community partnerships to achieve goals for their schools and the students, families, and communities they serve. Schools can collaborate with a wide variety of community partners to obtain the resources they need to achieve important goals for students' learning. Some of these partners may include:
- Businesses and corporations
- Universities and other institutions of higher learning
- National and local volunteer organizations
- Social service agencies and health partners
- Faith-based organizations and institutions
Work successfully with community partners to improve school programs and curricula, strengthen families, and expand your students' learning experiences!
Contents
Foreword by Joyce L. Epstein
Foreword by Joyce L. Epstein
Preface
Preface
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Author
About the Author
1. Community Involvement: Why and What?
- Rationales for Community Involvement in Schools
- Community Involvement in Schools: Form and Fashion
- Obstacles to Community Partnerships
- Summary
2. A Closer Look at Common Community Partnerships
- Business Partnerships
- University Partnerships
- Service Learning Partnerships
- School-Linked Service Integration
- Faith-Based Partnerships
- Summary
3. Components of Successful Community Partnerships
- High-Functioning Schools
- Student-Centered Learning Environments
- Effective Partnership Teams
- Principal Leadership
- External Support
- Summary
4. Building Capacity for Successful Community Partnerships: A Vignette
- The School
- The Goal
- The Team
- The Project
- The Community Partners
- The Results
- Lessons Learned
- Summary
5. Bringing the Community In: An Elementary School Story
- Background
- Community Partners
- Commitment to Students’ Learning
- Principal Leadership
- Action Team for Partnerships
- Welcoming School Climate
- Two-Way Communication
- Summary
6. Creating Closer Community Ties: A High School Study
- Background
- Principal Leadership
- A Student Focus
- Community Partners and Activities
- Summary
7. Promising Practices for Community Partnerships
- Activity 1: Goal--Improve Reading (2004)
- Activity 2: Goal--Improve Math Skills (2003)
- Activity 3: Goal--Increase Students' Awareness of Career Opportunities (2001)
- Activity 4: Goal--Improve Ninth-Grade Performance on State Proficiency Exam (2002)
- Activity 5: Goal--Improve Student Writing and Technology Skills (2002)
- Activity 6: Goal--Improve Student Reading (2002)
- Activity 7: Goal--Improve School Landscaping (2002)
- Activity 8: Goal--Provide Community Service (2002)
- Activity 9: Goal--Improve Student Oral and Written Communication (2004)
- Activity 10: Goal--Improve Facilities for Students With Disabilities (2004)
- Activity 11: Goal--Improve Student Science Skills (2000)
- Activity 12: Goal--Provide Afterschool Activities for Middle School Students (2000)
- Summary
8. Preparing Educational Leaders for Community Partnerships: A Workshop Agenda
- Building Community Partnerships Agenda
- Summary
9. Concluding Thoughts
9. Concluding Thoughts
Resource A: Sample Activities
- Activity 1: Locating Community Partners
- Activity 2: Improving the Partnership Process
- Activity 3: Improving Community Partnership Quality
- Activity 4: Garnering Principal Support for Partnerships
Resource B: Sample Letters
- Sample Letter 1: Partnership Communication
- Sample Letter 2: Partnership Activity Follow-Up
Endnotes
Endnotes
References
References
Index
Index
Description
How can we partner with our communities to improve school programs and increase students' success?
This current era of high stakes testing, accountability, and shrinking educational budgets demands that schools seek bold and innovative ways to build strong learning environments for all students. Community involvement is a powerful tool in generating resources that are essential for educational excellence.
Building School-Community Partnerships: Collaboration for Student Success emphasizes the importance of community involvement for effective school functioning, student support and well-being, and community health and development. This sharp, insightful book serves as an excellent resource for educators seeking to establish school-community partnerships to achieve goals for their schools and the students, families, and communities they serve. Schools can collaborate with a wide variety of community partners to obtain the resources they need to achieve important goals for students' learning. Some of these partners may include:
- Businesses and corporations
- Universities and other institutions of higher learning
- National and local volunteer organizations
- Social service agencies and health partners
- Faith-based organizations and institutions
Work successfully with community partners to improve school programs and curricula, strengthen families, and expand your students' learning experiences!
Contents
Foreword by Joyce L. Epstein
Foreword by Joyce L. Epstein
Preface
Preface
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Author
About the Author
1. Community Involvement: Why and What?
- Rationales for Community Involvement in Schools
- Community Involvement in Schools: Form and Fashion
- Obstacles to Community Partnerships
- Summary
2. A Closer Look at Common Community Partnerships
- Business Partnerships
- University Partnerships
- Service Learning Partnerships
- School-Linked Service Integration
- Faith-Based Partnerships
- Summary
3. Components of Successful Community Partnerships
- High-Functioning Schools
- Student-Centered Learning Environments
- Effective Partnership Teams
- Principal Leadership
- External Support
- Summary
4. Building Capacity for Successful Community Partnerships: A Vignette
- The School
- The Goal
- The Team
- The Project
- The Community Partners
- The Results
- Lessons Learned
- Summary
5. Bringing the Community In: An Elementary School Story
- Background
- Community Partners
- Commitment to Students’ Learning
- Principal Leadership
- Action Team for Partnerships
- Welcoming School Climate
- Two-Way Communication
- Summary
6. Creating Closer Community Ties: A High School Study
- Background
- Principal Leadership
- A Student Focus
- Community Partners and Activities
- Summary
7. Promising Practices for Community Partnerships
- Activity 1: Goal--Improve Reading (2004)
- Activity 2: Goal--Improve Math Skills (2003)
- Activity 3: Goal--Increase Students' Awareness of Career Opportunities (2001)
- Activity 4: Goal--Improve Ninth-Grade Performance on State Proficiency Exam (2002)
- Activity 5: Goal--Improve Student Writing and Technology Skills (2002)
- Activity 6: Goal--Improve Student Reading (2002)
- Activity 7: Goal--Improve School Landscaping (2002)
- Activity 8: Goal--Provide Community Service (2002)
- Activity 9: Goal--Improve Student Oral and Written Communication (2004)
- Activity 10: Goal--Improve Facilities for Students With Disabilities (2004)
- Activity 11: Goal--Improve Student Science Skills (2000)
- Activity 12: Goal--Provide Afterschool Activities for Middle School Students (2000)
- Summary
8. Preparing Educational Leaders for Community Partnerships: A Workshop Agenda
- Building Community Partnerships Agenda
- Summary
9. Concluding Thoughts
9. Concluding Thoughts
Resource A: Sample Activities
- Activity 1: Locating Community Partners
- Activity 2: Improving the Partnership Process
- Activity 3: Improving Community Partnership Quality
- Activity 4: Garnering Principal Support for Partnerships
Resource B: Sample Letters
- Sample Letter 1: Partnership Communication
- Sample Letter 2: Partnership Activity Follow-Up
Endnotes
Endnotes
References
References
Index
Index
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Building School-Community Partnerships
Collaboration for Student Success
November 2005 | 144 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 01/02/2026 | 9781412917650 | $37.95 |
How can we partner with our communities to improve school programs and increase students' success?
This current era of high stakes testing, accountability, and shrinking educational budgets demands that schools seek bold and innovative ways to build strong learning environments for all students. Community involvement is a powerful tool in generating resources that are essential for educational excellence.
Building School-Community Partnerships: Collaboration for Student Success emphasizes the importance of community involvement for effective school functioning, student support and well-being, and community health and development. This sharp, insightful book serves as an excellent resource for educators seeking to establish school-community partnerships to achieve goals for their schools and the students, families, and communities they serve. Schools can collaborate with a wide variety of community partners to obtain the resources they need to achieve important goals for students' learning. Some of these partners may include:
- Businesses and corporations
- Universities and other institutions of higher learning
- National and local volunteer organizations
- Social service agencies and health partners
- Faith-based organizations and institutions
Work successfully with community partners to improve school programs and curricula, strengthen families, and expand your students' learning experiences!
Table Of Contents:
- Foreword by Joyce L. Epstein
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- 1. Community Involvement: Why and What?
- Rationales for Community Involvement in Schools
- Community Involvement in Schools: Form and Fashion
- Obstacles to Community Partnerships
- Summary
- 2. A Closer Look at Common Community Partnerships
- Business Partnerships
- University Partnerships
- Service Learning Partnerships
- School-Linked Service Integration
- Faith-Based Partnerships
- Summary
- 3. Components of Successful Community Partnerships
- High-Functioning Schools
- Student-Centered Learning Environments
- Effective Partnership Teams
- Principal Leadership
- External Support
- Summary
- 4. Building Capacity for Successful Community Partnerships: A Vignette
- The School
- The Goal
- The Team
- The Project
- The Community Partners
- The Results
- Lessons Learned
- Summary
- 5. Bringing the Community In: An Elementary School Story
- Background
- Community Partners
- Commitment to Students’ Learning
- Principal Leadership
- Action Team for Partnerships
- Welcoming School Climate
- Two-Way Communication
- Summary
- 6. Creating Closer Community Ties: A High School Study
- Background
- Principal Leadership
- A Student Focus
- Community Partners and Activities
- Summary
- 7. Promising Practices for Community Partnerships
- Activity 1: Goal--Improve Reading (2004)
- Activity 2: Goal--Improve Math Skills (2003)
- Activity 3: Goal--Increase Students' Awareness of Career Opportunities (2001)
- Activity 4: Goal--Improve Ninth-Grade Performance on State Proficiency Exam (2002)
- Activity 5: Goal--Improve Student Writing and Technology Skills (2002)
- Activity 6: Goal--Improve Student Reading (2002)
- Activity 7: Goal--Improve School Landscaping (2002)
- Activity 8: Goal--Provide Community Service (2002)
- Activity 9: Goal--Improve Student Oral and Written Communication (2004)
- Activity 10: Goal--Improve Facilities for Students With Disabilities (2004)
- Activity 11: Goal--Improve Student Science Skills (2000)
- Activity 12: Goal--Provide Afterschool Activities for Middle School Students (2000)
- Summary
- 8. Preparing Educational Leaders for Community Partnerships: A Workshop Agenda
- Building Community Partnerships Agenda
- Summary
- 9. Concluding Thoughts
- Resource A: Sample Activities
- Activity 1: Locating Community Partners
- Activity 2: Improving the Partnership Process
- Activity 3: Improving Community Partnership Quality
- Activity 4: Garnering Principal Support for Partnerships
- Resource B: Sample Letters
- Sample Letter 1: Partnership Communication
- Sample Letter 2: Partnership Activity Follow-Up
- Endnotes
- References
- Index