An ''Eggciting Beginning''Baltimore City Public Schools Baltimore, Maryland The Southwest Area was one of three new areas added to the Baltimore School/Family/Community Partnership Program in 1997-98. Many supports have been available to me as a new facilitator of this program because of the successful implementation in the original three areas. I had the experience of being an Action Team Chair in my previous assignment and received extensive training by the facilitator of that area, who has now become my mentor. I was also privy to many successful programs of partnership at other schools which had been part of my cluster. As a result of my experiences, it was obvious to me that the ability and enthusiasm of the Action Team Chair is critical to the success of this program in any given school. With this in mind, I knew I wanted to provide my Action Team Chairs with as much support and training as quickly as possible. More... Marsha Greenfeld, Southwest Area Facilitator (410) 545-1536 Type | District | District |
Annual Parent Involvement RetreatCovington Independent Schools Covington, Kentucky Covington Independent Public School District's Parent Involvement Advisory Council has coordinated an annual parent involvement retreat since 1995. The goal of this practice is to come together as a district group focused on the mission of increasing parent involvement. At the retreats we share mutual interests, build strengths, and pool resources to reach further as a collaborating team working to meet district goals. More... Trisha Brundage, Title I Parent Involvement Advocate (606) 292-5980x14 Type | District | District |
Budget Advisory CommitteeRush-Henrietta Central School District Henrietta, New York Members of the Rush-Henrietta Central School District decided to create the Budget Advisory Committee in 1994 following the defeated school district budget in May 1993 and the operation of the district on an austerity budget for the 93-94 school year. More... Kay Lyons, District Coordinator (716) 359-5029 Type | District | District |
Communicating about School-Family Community PartnershipsKentucky Department of Education Frankfort, Kentucky The Kentucky Department of Education’s Kentucky Teacher (December 1997 – January 1998) devotes nine of its sixteen pages to school-family-community partnerships. The Commissioner of Education’s column, "Help Families Get Comfortable with Today’s Changing Schools," includes information on Epstein’s ten steps of school-family-community partnerships. Excerpts from the Kentucky Board of Education Policy Statement: Parent and Family Involvement Initiative help identify successful family involvement programs. More... Freida J. Collins, Parent Involvement/Public Engagement Consultant (502) 564-3678 Type | State | State |
Getting By With a Little Help From Our FriendsOhio Department of Education Columbus, Ohio Many state agencies must link themselves with other organizations to best accomplish their goals. Therefore, the state of Ohio’s Department of Education worked to find other people with a similar purpose and passion about family and school partnerships to best strengthen family and school partnerships at the school, district, and state levels. Some of these partners include the Ohio P.T.A., the Ohio Parent Information and Resource Center, and the Governor’s Family and Children First Initiative. More... Connie Ackerman, Consultant (614) 466-0224 Type | State | State |
Space Study CommitteeRush-Henrietta Central School District Henrietta, New York Rush-Henrietta Central School District formed the Space Study Committee in 1991 to gain parental and community support in studying and advising on space issues and needs within the district. This group looks at such issues as opening schools, closing schools, finding space for new programs, and redrawing boundary lines. More... Kay Lyons, District Coordinator (716) 359-5029 Type | District | District |
Team BuildingDoDDS--Okinawa District , Okinawa Japan The development of a district leadership team resulted from our effort to implement the Department of Defense Education Activity (DODEA) Community Strategic Plan Goal 8—Parent Partnerships. Working as a team provided benefits to the team members and to the organization. We believed that in order to build capacities within our organization and achieve Goal 8 by the year 2000, we needed to build a team that represented and reflected our community members. Our team cross-section was comprised of a district liaison, parent, educator, administrator and military representative. Although our team was small, we were able to effectively accomplish our goals. We believed this was a result of two elements: effective team building and shared decision-making. More... Mary Hibbs, School-Home Partnership District Liaison (611) 734-1953 Type | District | District |
''Up, Up and Away'' CampaignDoDEA--Fort McClennan District Fort McClellan, Alabama Our "best practice for the SY 1997-98 was our "Up, Up and Away" campaign in conjunction with the nation-wide "America Goes Back To School" project. More... Patti Wood, District Key Communicator (205) 820-2420 Type | District | District |