DOCUMENT RESUME ED 471 164 UD 035 380 AUTHOR Jansorn, Natalie Rodriguez, Ed.; Salinas, Karen Clark, Ed. TITLE Promising Partnership Practices, 2002: The 5th Annual Collection from Members of the National Network of Partnership Schools. INSTITUTION Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD. SPONS AGENCY Disney Learning Partnership, Burbank, CA.; Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. PUB DATE 2002-09-00 NOTE 186p.; Produced by the National Network of Partnership Schools. AVAILABLE FROM National Network of Partnership Schools, Johns Hopkins University, 3003 North Charles Street, Suite 200, Baltimore, MD 21218. Tel: 410-516-8818; Web site: http://www.partnershipschools.org. PUB TYPE Reports Descriptive (141) EDRS PRICE EDRS Price MF01/PC08 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Communication Skills; Decision Making; Early Childhood Education; Elementary Secondary Education; Family Involvement; Foreign Countries; *Parent School Relationship; Parenting Skills; *Partnerships in Education; *School Community Relationship; School Districts; State Government; Volunteers IDENTIFIERS Canada ABSTRACT This publication highlights 93 exemplary practices of school, family, and community partnerships selected from members of the National Network of Partnerships Schools at Johns Hopkins University, Maryland. Network member sites represent 18 states and 2 Canadian provinces. The publication highlights six types of practices: parenting (e.g., parent workshops and grandparent gatherings); communicating (e.g., coffees with the principal and family-school picnic supper); volunteering (e.g., drop-in mathematics tutoring clinics and environmental day in the park); learning at home (e.g., family science night and Latino literacy programs); decision making (e.g., lunch for parent team members and technology committee); and collaborating with the community (e.g., after school tutoring for ninth graders and school beautification project). The publication includes lists of activities to help schools reach improvement goals, activities by school level, and activities that support multiple types of school and community involvement. The publication also includes examples of district level leadership (e.g., community bulletin boards and monthly leadership meetings); organization level leadership (e.g., mother-daughter college preparation program and parent-to-parent interviews); and state level leadership (e.g., first day of school celebrations and school improvement plan training.) (SM) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND CENTER (ERIC) DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS V(This documenthas been reproduced as BEEN GRANTED BY received from the person or organization originating it. Minor changes have been made to N zecon Yo r1Solfil improve reproduction quality. orLS._ 1 Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent tatidINTI NAE011AES official OERI position or policy. INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) Partners - I O co Alb BEST COPY AVM 4 NATIONAL NETWORK OF PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS Johns Hopkins University 3003 North Charles Street, Suite 200 Baltimore, Maryland 21218 (410) 516-8818 www. pa rtnershipschools.org STAFF Director: Joyce L. Epstein Communications Director: Karen Clark Salinas State and District Facilitator: Natalie Rodriguez Jansorn Middle and High School Facilitator: Katharine M. Gerne TIPS Coordinator: Frances E. Van Voorhis Associate Research Scientist: Steven B. Sheldon Network Coordinator: Kenyatta J. Williams Senior Advisor: Mavis G. Sanders MEMBER BENEFITS School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action Certificate of Membership Leadership Training Workshops Type 2, semi-annual newsletter Promising Partnership Practices, annual collection Technical assistance by phone, e-mail, and web site This work is supported by a grant from Disney Learning to the Center on School, Family, and Community Partnerships at Johns Hopkins University, and a grant from the U. S. Department of Education, OERI, to the Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed at Risk (CRESPAR). The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the policies of the funding organizations. The authors would like to thank Kenyatta Williams for his editorial suggestions on the district-level leadership practices, and Marissa Shuffler for her excellent work helping prepare this book for publication. ©2002 Promising°a Partnership Practices 2002 The 5th annual collection from members of the National Network of Partnership Schools Johns Hopkins University Edited by Natalie Rodriguez Jansorn and Karen Clark Salinas, with Katharine Gerne 4 Introduction Promising Partnership Practices 2002 Celebrating five years of publication with its largest collection yet, Promising Partnership Practices 2002 highlights ninety-three exemplary practices of school, family, and community partnerships selected from almost 150 submissions by members of the National Network of Partnership Schools at Johns Hopkins University. Eighty-five Network member sites are featured, representing eighteen states and two Canadian provinces. High schools, middle schools, elementary schools, early childhood centers, a school for the deaf, and a juvenile detention center all share strategies to strengthen partnerships using the six types of involvement. Districts, organizations, and state departments of education describe leadership strategies and partnership practices that support schools' efforts. Though strategies, resources, and populations vary, one constant theme remains: school, family, and community partnerships benefit all children. Promising Partnership Practices 2002 abounds with practices that support all students to achieve success in school and in life. Increasingly, partnership practices at all levels of schooling link the six types of involvement to student academic goals in particular literacy, math, and science. States and districts are crafting policies, facilitating professional development trainings, and conducting monthly leadership meetings to guide schools in developing goal-oriented programs linked to school improvement plans. In addition to supporting student achievement, many partnership practices foster a sense of community by bringing together families, school staff, students, and community members, and by supporting students' character development. Partnership programs continue to expand their reach to all family members, including speakers of languages other than English, kinship caregivers, and fathers. The descriptions featured in Promising Partnership Practices 2002 provide insights and information useful to those starting new programs and to those improving existent programs. We greatly appreciate the school Action Teams for Partnerships and the district, organization, and state leadership teams whose dedicated efforts throughout the year made this collection possible. In addition, the school districts of Buffalo, NY; Holy Family Catholic Regional, Alberta, Canada; Los Angeles, CA; and Naperville, IL, submitted their ©2002 National Network of Partnership Schools Johns Hopkins University 5 district collections of promising practices to the National Network. Thank you to everyone who shared practices of school, family, and community partnerships. Your inspiring learning experiences will help schools, districts, organizations, and states gain new approaches to strengthen programs of partnership to benefit all students, their families, and schools. National Network of Partnership Schools at Johns Hopkins University Established by researchers at Johns Hopkins University in 1996, the National Network of Partnership Schools brings together schools, districts, organizations, and state departments of education that are committed to developing and maintaining effective programs of school, family, and community partnerships. Each Partnership School strengthens its program by tapping into the six types of involvement and by using an action team for partnerships approach. Districts, organizations, and states provide leadership and support for schools' efforts to build excellent partnership programs. Members of the National Network of Partnership Schools continually learn, from the research and from each other, strategies to improve and sustain comprehensive programs of school, family, and community partnerships to increase student success. For more information about the National Network of Partnership Schools, please visit www.partnershipschools.org. 6 02002 National Network of Partnership Schools Johns Hopkins University Promising Partnership Practices 2002 Type 1-Parenting 1 Family Read Parent Workshops 3 Grandparent Gatherings 5 Kinship Care Support Group 6 Parent Education Course 7 Parent Workshops 8 Waterford Computer Usage for ESL Parent Class 10 Type 2-Communicating 11 Asset Building Button Campaign 13 Bring Your Parent to School Days 14 Coffees with the Principal 16 Community Breakfast 18 Community Breakfast Forum 20 Family-School Picnic Supper 22 Middle School Ice Cream Social 24 Monthly Luncheon with the Principal 25 Musical Motivation for Test-Taking 26 Parent Information Booth 30 Providing Information to Parents 31 Reaching Out 32 Spring Fair 34 Strategies to Inform Everyone 36 Thanksgiving Dinner 37 Work/Achievement Survey 39 Type 3-Volunteering 41 Calling All Males 43 Drop-In Math Tutoring Clinics 45 Environmental Day in the Park 47 Fall Harvest