Benefits and Services

To assist members with their work, NNPS provides:

• One copy of School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action, Second Edition which includes research summaries, tools, and guidelines for developing effective partnership programs.
• Certificate of membership.
• Semi-annual newsletter, Type 2, which provides examples of best practices, solutions to challenges, and guidelines for continuous progress on partnerships.
• Annual collection of Promising Partnership Practices, with good ideas for improving goal-oriented activities of family and community involvement.
• Monthly e-briefs from NNPS Facilitators.
• Technical assistance “on call” by phone and e-mail (nnps@csos.jhu.edu) from NNPS Facilitators.
• Professional development conferences and training institutes in Baltimore. Discounts on registration for NNPS members.
• Training workshops and services for districts and schools serving children in military families through the Military Child Initiative (MCI) Technical Assistance Component.
• Web-based conferences on strategies for program development.
• Posters of the six types of involvement in English and Spanish.
• Annual UPDATE survey to evaluate progress, assess challenges, and renew membership in NNPS for the next school year.
• Annual summaries of UPDATE data from schools and districts in NNPS; and customized summaries of UPDATE data for districts with 8 schools or more in NNPS.
• Website with program guidelines, research results, best practices from NNPS members.
• Networking opportunities to learn about effective partnership practices from other schools, districts, states, and organizations.
• Tools and training linked to NCLB, Sec. 1118 requirements for family involvement.
• New research results, reports, tools, and materials as they are developed.
• NNPS Incentive Items for ATP members and others who support school, family, and community partnerships.
• Contract services for on-site basic training, advanced workshops, and conference events.
• Membership forms

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