RELATIONSHIPS
Community Support
CHAPTER BREAKDOWN
1). business & community
2). parents
3). groups of schools
4). colleges & universities
1. Business and Community
A school in Texas incorporated community and family involvement into their school.
student test scores rocketed from the fortieth to the eighty-first percentile.
Drop out rates declined and students seemed to have a more positive attitude.
"As one parent remarked, kids 'know that even if their parents are not there, there are parents there that care about them and will correct them.'”
Traditionally the idea of a business-school partnership was simply the offering of money.
Schools now can offer a more symbiotic relationship with businesses.
Best Practice High School has made a commitment to partner with the community, but they chose go in the direction of
INTERNSHIPS
- 440 strong!
- To over 70 sites around the city!
“Learning does not begin and end in the classroom. I have not changed my methods of teaching but have expanded them”
The relationship between the school and business has become deeper.
How can we get parents involved?
Parent workshops
Committees
Tutoring & fund-raising
Lobbying campaigns
Opportunities must be made for parents to become involved. It will be difficult, but it's VITAL!
3. Schools
Teacher workshop retreats
Teachers learn how to cooperate and work together.
cross-building visits
effective observations
one-on one debriefing
workshops
Networking with teachers is essential to the success of any school.
4. Colleges and Universities
The relationship must be reciprocal!!!
not gurus
Colleagues!!!
2. Parents