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1 online resource (231 pages) |
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Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Rationales for Community Involvement in Schools; Community Involvement in Schools: Form and Fashion; Obstacles to Community Partnerships; Summary; 1. Community Involvement: Why and What?; Business Partnerships; University Partnerships; Service Learning Partnerships; School-Linked Service Integration; Faith-Based Partnerships; Summary; 2. A Closer Look at Common Community Partnerships; High-Functioning Schools; Student-Centered Learning Environments; Effective Partnership Teams |
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Principal LeadershipExternal Support; Summary; 3. Components of Successful Community Partnerships; The School; The Goal; The Team; The Project; The Community Partners; The Results; Lessons Learned; Summary; 4. Building Capacity for Successful Community Partnerships: A Vignette; Background; Community Partners; Commitment to Students' Learning; Principal Leadership; Action Team for Partnerships; Welcoming School Climate; Two-Way Communication; Summary; 5. Bringing the Community In: An Elementary School Story; Background; Principal Leadership; A Student Focus; Community Partners and Activities |
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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; 7. Promising Practices for Community Partnerships; Building Community Partnerships Agenda; Summary; 8. Preparing Educational Leaders for Community Partnerships: A Workshop Agenda; 9. Concluding Thoughts; Resource A: Sample Activities; Activity 1: Locating Community Partners |
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Activity 2: Improving the Partnership ProcessActivity 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 |
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6. Creating Closer Community Ties: A High School Study; 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) |
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Mavis G. Sanders is assistant professor of education in the School of Professional Studies in Business and Education, research scientist at the Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed at Risk (CRESPAR), and senior advisor to the National Network of Partnership Schools at Johns Hopkins University. Her most recent book is Schooling Students Placed at Risk: Research, Policy, and Practice in the Education of Poor and Minority Adolescents . She earned her PhD in education from Stanford University |
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Print version record |
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Community and school -- United States.
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Academic achievement -- United States
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EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
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EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
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Academic achievement
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Community and school
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United States
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781632209665 |
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1632209667 |
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