School, Family, and Community Partnerships : Your Handbook for Action
by Joyce L. EpsteinEdition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-11-26
Publisher(s): Corwin Pr
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Summary
This updated edition for building school-community partnerships to increase learning includes new examples, inventories defining leadership roles, and a workshop PowerPoint presentation on CD-ROM.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | |
| About the Authors | |
| Introduction | |
| A Comprehensive Framework | |
| School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Caring for the Children We Share | |
| Community Involvement in School Improvement: The Little Extra That Makes a Big Difference | |
| Improving Student Outcomes With School, Family, and Community Partnerships: A Research Review | |
| Use the Framework to Reach School Goals: Stories From the Field | |
| Parenting | |
| Communicating | |
| Volunteering | |
| Learning at Home | |
| Decision Making | |
| Collaborating With the Community | |
| Take an Action Team Approach Organizing an Effective Action Team for Partnerships: Questions and Answers | |
| Ten Steps to Success in School, Family, and Community Partnerships Checklist | |
| Are You Ready? | |
| Who Are the Members of the Action Team for Partnerships? | |
| First ATP Meeting of the Year Communication Ground Rules What Do Successful Action Teams for Partnerships Do? | |
| Annual Review of Team Processes | |
| Conduct Workshops One-Day Team Training Workshop End-of-Year Celebration Workshop | |
| Select Materials for Presentations and Workshops Charts | |
| Program Components for Workshops | |
| What Do We Know From U.S. and International Studies of Family and Community Involvement? | |
| Theoretical Model of Overlapping Spheres of Influence Keys Successful Partnerships Summary Charts for Six Types of Involvement | |
| Practices, Challenges, and Results Reach Results for Students in Elementary Schools Action Teams for Partnerships Structures Members of the Action Team for Partneships | |
| How Does an ATP Differ From the School Improvement Team or School Council? | |
| Small Group Activities for Workshops Workshop Warm-Ups Starting Points | |
| An Inventory of Present Practices Jumping Hurdles Reach a Goal for Student Success | |
| Using the Six Types of Involvement School Goals and Results of Partnerships | |
| Get Ready for Action How to Organize Your Action Team for Partnerships | |
| One-Year Action Plan for Partnerships | |
| Form G-Goals or Form T-Types Workshop Evaluations | |
| Strengthen Partnership Programs in Middle and High Schools | |
| Improving School, Family, and Community Partnerships in Middle and High Schools | |
| Predictors and Effects of Family Involvement in High School | |
| A Goal-Oriented Approach to Partnership Programs in Middle and High Schools Reach Middle and High School Goals | |
| Through Partnerships Why Partnerships Are Important in Middle and High Schools | |
| Special Considerations for Middle and High Schools | |
| Develop District and State Leadership for Partnerships District and State Leadership for School, Family,and Community Partnerships Funding Levels and Sources of Funds Resources for District Leaders | |
| Lead and Succeed | |
| An Inventory of District Leadership and Facilitation Strategies District Leadership Roles District Leadership Checklist Sample | |
| District Leadership Action Plan for Partnerships What Do Facilitators Do? | |
| FacilitatorsG++ Tasks at the Start of the School Year Resources for State Leaders | |
| States Lead and Succeed: An Inventory for Leadership on Partnerships State Leadership Roles State Leadership Checklist Sample | |
| State Leadership Action Plan for Partnerships Resources for District and State Leaders | |
| Template for Districts and States | |
| Leadership Action Plan for Partnerships Standards for Excellent Partnership Programs Leadership and Facilitation Strategies for District and State Leaders of Partnerships Sample | |
| Pledges, Compacts, or Contracts Standards for Excellent Partnership Programs | |
| Implement Teachers Involve Parents in Schoolwork (TIPS) TIPS Interactive Homework Ten Purposes of Homework Sample TIPS Interact | |
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