Fall, 1999 No. 7 National Network of Partnership Schools
National Network of Partnership Schools
Calendar for the 1999-2000 School YearNovember: Invitation to members to join the cross-site study, Focus on Results 1999-2000: School-Family-Community Partnerships to Improve Reading Achievement. Initial data collection.
February: Invitation to members to contribute to the Network’s collection of Promising Partnership Practices at the school, district, and state levels.
February: Invitation to members to apply for the Network’s new Partnership Awards for excellence and permanence at the school, district, and state levels.
March: Spring issue of Type 2.
April 3, 2000: Members who joined the Network by 12/99 will receive 2000 UPDATE in the mail. Due May 15 to renew Network membership for the 2000-01 school year.
April 6-7, 2000: Leadership Training Workshop at Johns Hopkins University for new members who want initial training to prepare for the 2000-01 school year.
April 8, 2000: Optional training workshop at Johns Hopkins University open to all members for developing and implementing the interactive homework process TIPS—Teachers Involve Parents in Schoolwork for the 2000-01 school year.
May 15, 2000: 2000 UPDATE must be returned to National Network to renew membership for the 2000-01 school year.
May 15, 2000: Applications due for Partnership School Awards, Partnership District Awards, and Partnership State Awards for the 1999-2000 school year.
May/June: Final data collection for Focus on Results 1999-00: Reading Achievement.
June 30, 2000: Promising partnership practices from members due for the Network’s annual collection.
Partnership Planner
Helps Organize
Annual ActivitiesThe Partnership Planner, a new Network tool, provides a timeline and checklist to help schools organize a strong program of school, family, and community partnerships throughout the school year. The checklist helps school Action Teams for Partnerships plan when to select team members, write plans, schedule meetings, implement activities, conduct end-of-year evaluations and celebrations, and continue planning and improving partnerships for the next school year. The Partnership Planner also helps district facilitators and state leaders organize leadership activities and facilitate the work of schools’ Action Teams.
Copies of the step-by-step planner were sent to all members of the Network in August. The Partnership Planner can be found on the Network’s web site, www.partnershipschools.org, by clicking on the Partnership Program button, and then Planning and Evaluation (or, click here!) For another copy of the Partnership Planner, contact Kenyatta Williams, Network Coordinator, at 410-516-2318, or e-mail nnps@csos.jhu.edu.
If your school or district joined the National Network of Partnership Schools before December 31, 1998, you were sent a 1999 UPDATE survey last April. If you returned the survey, THANK YOU very much. UPDATE renews school, district, and state memberships in the National Network of Partnership Schools each year. It is the only required communication with the Network. The information updates our mailing lists, and helps us learn how members are progressing in their work on school, family, and community partnerships from year to year.
ATTENTION: Check the upper left corner of the front page of this newsletter. If you have a label reminding you to return UPDATE and have not returned it yet, please do so NOW to renew membership for the 1999-2000 school year. Schools and districts that do not return UPDATE by November 30 will be dropped from the membership list, and will not receive future Type 2 newsletters, Promising Partnership Practices, new tools such as the Partnership Planner, and other invitations and communications about training, funding, and conferences from the Network. Contact Laurel Clark at 410-516-2318 or lclark@csos.jhu.edu with any questions. We look forward to hearing from all members of the Network and continuing to work with you on the path to partnerships.
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