Guide to Promising Practices in Educational Partnerships

摘要

Two types of practices are included in the guide: practices that deal withpartnership-building and practices that represent typical partnership activities. The guide includes examples of educational and community needs assessments; approaches to project staffing; approaches to recruiting partners and volunteers; Staff development for social service agency, school, and business personnel; student support services, including mentors and coaches; activities involved in school-to-work transition programs, including job skills workshops, job shadowing, and interships; and community involvement, including parent education and 'town hall' meetings. The guide concludes with a profile of a partnership that encompassed many of the promising practices.