Online Resources - School/Community Partnerships
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To view many of these online resources, you will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader software which, if your computer does not already have it, can be downloaded from the Adobe site at: www.adobe.com/acrobat/readstep.html.
- Forming and Maintaining Partnerships (published by the National Mentoring Center)
This module from the JUMP training curriculum covers the nuts and bolts of forming and maintaining partnerships with other organizations. This version does have trainer resources at the beginning, but the participant handouts alone are full of useful information for ED grantees on formalizing their partnerships.
Direct link to the PDF file: www.nwrel.org/mentoring/pdf/Mod4.PDF - Community-Based Organization (CBOs) and Local Education Agency and State Education Agency (LEAs) Tool Kits (produced by the National Youth Development Information Center)
An outstanding source of information for both schools and community organizations. This material covers everything from initially planning to collaborate all the way through program implementation and sustainability planning. It offers users helpful checklists and planning tools that may be useful to ED grantees. Available in PDF files at: www.nydic.org/nydic/toolkits/index.htm - Partnerships by Design: Cultivating Effective and Meaningful School-Family-Community Partnerships (published by NWREL)
This guide helps schools and programs assess their current approaches to involving families and community members, and aids in implementing more effective strategies. It contains simple forms, worksheets, and activities that help schools and organizations write their own school-family-community partnership plan. Direct link to the PDF file: www.nwrel.org/partnerships/cloak/booklet-one.pdf - Working Collaboratively: From School-Based Teams to School-Community-Higher Education Connections (published by Center for Mental Health in Schools at UCLA)
An excellent resource for creating detailed school-community partnerships. Specific chapters focus on initial collaboration design, using data and sharing information, and joint sustainability/funding strategies. Direct link to the PDF file: http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/worktogether/worktogether.pdf - School/Community Partnerships to Support Language Minority Student Success (produced by the Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence)
This short research brief offers a good overview of the reasons and strategies for collaboration between schools and community organizations.
Web version: www.cal.org/crede/pubs/ResBrief5.htm - Broadening the Base: School/Community Partnerships Serving Language Minority Students at Risk (produced by the Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence)
This report outlines findings from a study of school/CBO partnerships that promote the academic achievement of language minority students. It describes the types of CBOs that partner with schools, the ways that partners work together, and the work that they do. Crucial elements of program success are discussed, as well as challenges that partnerships may face. There are recommendations from experienced partners that may benefit new partnerships. Direct link to the PDF file: http://repositories.cdlib.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1033&context=crede - Building Effective Partnerships for Service Learning (published by the National Service Learning Clearinghouse)
Even if your program is not incorporating service learning activities, this excellent overview of partnerships can help flesh out roles and responsibilities and clarify the delivery of services. Direct link to the PDF file: www.servicelearning.org/filemanager/download/15/ - Community Collaboration (published by the Nonprofit Risk Management Center)
This fact sheet examines some of the dos and don'ts for partnering with a business or corporate stakeholder.
Web version: www.nonprofitrisk.org/mc/collab.htm - Building Partnerships with College Campuses: Community Perspectives (published by the Council of Independent Colleges)
This resource will be useful to ED grantees that will be partnering or collaborating with a higher-education institution and its students, whether formally or informally. Direct link to the PDF file: www.cic.org/caphe/grants/engaging_brochure.pdf - Meeting the Collaboration Challenge: Developing Strategic Alliances Between Nonprofit Organizations and Businesses (published by the Leader to Leader Institute)
ED grantees can learn a tremendous amount about the art of successful partnerships with businesses and community nonprofits from this free online workbook. Direct link to the PDF file: www.pfdf.org/collaboration/challenge/pdfs/mtcc-complete.pdf
