Spring, 1999 No. 6 National Network of Partnership Schools
New Tools for Network Members
The following tools supplement those in the Network’s Handbook, and may be requested by Network members by contacting Laurel Clark or Karen Clark Salinas, phone: 410-516-8800; fax: 410-516-8890; or e-mail nnps@csos.jhu.edu.
End-of-Year Evaluation. This tool may be used to reflect on progress and next steps on the goals-oriented One-Year Action Plan (Form B).
Annual Evaluation Report. This tool may be used to assess the professional work of district-level facilitators for school, family, and community partnerships.
Spanish translations. The following pages of the Network’s Handbook were translated by the Los Angeles Unified School District Translation Unit for use in workshops for new Action Teams: the overlapping spheres of influence model, "keys," six types of involvement, summary of results (pp. 72, 74, 76-81, 94-99), Starting Points Inventory (p. 122-125), and workshop activity on results of partnerships (p. 157).
Linking Web Sites
The National Network of Partnership Schools invites members to link web sites. The Polytechnic/North Hollywood Cluster of schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District, Wisconsin State Department of Public Instruction, and California Department of Education are the first members of the Network to establish reciprocal web sites. Visitors to the Network’s web site also may visit these locations to learn how they are working on school, family, and community partnerships, and vice versa. To link web sites, contact Beth Simon at nnps@csos.jhu.edu or follow the directions on the LINKS button at www.csos.jhu.edu/p2000.
'99 UPDATE Due May 17 to Renew Network Membership for 1999-2000
The ‘99 UPDATE asks members to update names, addresses, and other information that the Network uses to communicate with all members, and to indicate the challenges faced and progress made in the 1998-99 school year.
‘99 UPDATE must be returned for members to continue to receive the Network’s Type 2 newsletters, the annual collection of Promising Partnership Practices, information on research opportunities, invitations to workshops, and other communications throughout the year. For quick and easy renewal of membership for 1999-2000:
The Network Will: Members Will:* Mail '99 UPDATE in early April
Schedule a team meeting in April or May to complete '99 UPDATE as an end-of-year activity Provide a Network pen and self-addressed, stamped envelope
Complete '99 UPDATE easily Set an early due date--May 17--to share results in a timely manner Return '99 UPDATE promptly--by May 17, 1999
*Note: All schools, districts, and states that joined the Network before December 31, 1998 must RENEW membership in the National Network of Partnership Schools for the 1999-2000 school year by returning the '99 UPDATE. Members joining after December 31, 1998 will receive the UPDATE survey in the year 2000.
National Network of Partnership Schools
Calendar for 1999
April 5, 1999: Members who joined the Network by 12/98 will receive '99 UPDATE in the mail. Due May 17 to renew Network membership for 1999-2000 April 9-10, 1999: Optional Training Workshop at Johns Hopkins University for new members who want initial training to prepare for the 1999-2000 school year. May: Final data collection for Focus on Results 1998-99 on Student Behavior and Discipline May 17, 1999: '99 UPDATE must be returned to National Network to renew membership for 1999-2000. August 15, 1999 Promising Partnership Practices--1999 mailed to all members October: Next issue of Type 2 November 4, 1999 Special-topics meeting at Johns Hopkins University for districts and states in the National Network who want assistance with program evaluation, program development, and interactions with other district and state members. Information will be sent Summer, 1999.
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