Developing Community-Empowered Schools

Lawrence O Picus author Mary Ann Burke author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:SAGE Publications Inc

Published:20th Apr '01

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"Very thoughtful and practical, providing well-grounded strategies for effective implementation of community participation."
Gini Doolittle, Assistant Professor
Department of Educational Leadership, Rowan University, New Jersey

Create environments for learning through school-community partnerships!

Burke and Picus make a case for improved learning through school-community partnerships. Drawing from their twenty years of experience working with parents, community volunteers, teachers, and school site administrators, the authors present a concise, easy-to-understand approach to building and working with these powerful alliances.

Developing Community-Empowered Schools is structured to give the reader a clear overview of the necessary components and strategies to understand and develop these critical partnerships. Highlights include:

  • Defining community-empowered schools
  • Assessing your school′s strengths and weaknesses
  • Identifying stakeholders and their roles
  • Establishing policies and procedures that support school and community partnerships
  • Empowering and training staff for effective school and community partnerships
  • Recruiting and training volunteers
  • Creating a family literacy program
  • Building community collaborations for added resources
  • Viewing schools as economic solutions to communities
  • Examining the future of community-empowered schools

Handy overheads, training worksheets, sample memos from teachers to students′ families, and enough material for a one-day teacher-training workshop make this a practical, accessible, and valuable resource. In addition, in-depth information is provided on how to seek funding to sustain a school-based community program. Developing Community-Empowered Schools is an all-in-one guide and an essential desk-top reference for bringing all stakeholders together to create optimal learning environments.

"A how-to manual for educators who want to increase community involvement in their schools. The book explains the steps for creating such a (community-empowered) school. It is filled with sample worksheets, checklists, and an entire section on how to train educational staff and volunteers." 

-- NASSP Bulletin * NASSP Bullet

ISBN: 9780761977896

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 680g

128 pages