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Building Mutually Beneficial Relationships Between Schools and Communities

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Building Mutually Beneficial Relationships Between Schools and Communities

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Developing Effective Partnerships to Support Local Education 

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Developing Effective Partnerships to Support Local Education 

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Community Schools: Stages of Development 

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Community Schools: Stages of Development 

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as featured in the October 2017 CDA training

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Building Community Schools Graphic Organizer

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Building Community Schools Graphic Organizer

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Building Community Schools Graphic Organizer 

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OUSD

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National Study on Union Management Partnerships and Educator Collaboration in US Public Schools 

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National Study on Union Management Partnerships and Educator Collaboration in US Public Schools 

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ABC West Coast Labor Management Conference 

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ABC West Coast Labor Management Conference 

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ABC Unified School District and ABC Federation of Teachers (ABC - Artesia, Bloomfield, Carmenita)

20 miles southeast of Los Angeles the ABC Unified School District and ABC Federation of Teachers have built, since 1993, a successful labor-management partnership that has stood the test of time and the changing of both the superintendent and the teacher union president. The district of 20,500 students comprises the cities of Artesia, Cerritos, and Hawaiian Gardens as well as parts of Lakewood, Long Beach, and Norwalk.

The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) has identified the ABC Partnership as a national exemplar and through its AFT Innovation Fund has funded the ABC Partnership to build a regular West Coast labor-management institute to teach union leaders and district administrators how to build effective partnerships.

The ABC Partnership Administration Labor (PAL) is profiled in numerous case studies, articles, and research reports, including:
Articles and Blogs

Effective Labor-Management Partnerships, by Mary Sieu, Leadership Magazine, May/June 2015

"Can collaboration between schools, unions fix failing campuses?", by Teresa Watanabe, L.A. Times, December 1, 2014

"When Teachers and Administrators Collaborate", by Anne OBrien, Edutopia, November 20, 2014

"It's True: Good Labor Relations Are Good for Kids", by Charles Taylor Kerchner, Education Week, October 29, 2014

High School Benefits From Labor-Management Collaboration by David Cohen, November 19, 2014

Strengthening Partnerships: How Communication and Collaboration Contribute to School Improvement, By Saul A. Rubinstein, American Educator, Winter 2013-2014

From Picket Line to Partnership: A Union, a District, and Their Thriving Schools, by Jennifer Dubin, American Teacher, Spring, 2009

Moving beyond 'blame the teacher': The problem with schools isn't teachers; it's a management system that pushes them aside, By Saul Rubinstein, Charles Heckscher and Paul Adler, Los Angles Times Op-Ed, September 16, 2011

Research Reports and Case Studies

Teachers Unions and Management Partnerships: How Working Together Improves Student Achievement, By Saul A. Rubinstein and John E. McCarthy, Report (PDF), Introduction & Summary (PDF), Release Event panel video (March 25, 2014)

The ABC's of Partnership: Creating a Labor-Management Partnership Focused on Student Achievement, ABC Innovation FundCouncil, 2012

Collaborating on School Reform: Creating Union-Management Partnerships to Improve Public School Systems, Saul Rubinstein, Ph.D. and John McCarthy, School Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University, October, 2010. Includes case study of ABC Unified School District and ABC Federation of Teachers.

Beach, A. & Kaboolian, L. (2003). Public Service Public Savings: Case Studies in Labor Management Initiatives in Four Public Services: PSLMC. Profiles ABC USD and Toledo Public Schools.

Local labor management relationships as a vehicle to advance reform: Findings from the U.S. Department of Education's labor management conference. By Eckert, J. (Ed.) et al. (2011).Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education. Pages 8-11.

Profiles and Information

The Partnership's Guiding Principles, The Partnership's Guiding Principles-Behaviors

Presentation: The ABC Partnership, Center for School Improvement Leadership Institute, January 26, 2013, By Valencia Mayfield, Assistant Superintendent, ABCUSD, and Ray Gaer, President, ABCFT

Presentation: Why We Need Labor-Management Partnerships in School Reform, By Saul Rubinstein, Rutgers University, ABC West Coast Labor Management Institute, October 27, 2010

ABC Unified Profile and Video on AFT website.

ED.GOV Profile of ABC Unified School District

Websites and Social Media Contact

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ABC - California Labor Management Initiative

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ABC Unified School District and ABC Federation of Teachers (ABC - Artesia, Bloomfield, Carmenita) 20 miles southeast of Los Angeles the ABC Unified School District and ABC Federation of Teachers have built, since 1993, a successful labor-management partnership that has stood the test of time and the changing of both the superintendent and the teacher ...

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Consortium for Educational Change - transforms schools and districts by building collaborative relationships between unions, school administrators, and school boards, and through full-service consulting that builds capacity for long-term change at every level of the school system.

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transforms schools and districts by building collaborative relationships between unions, school administrators, and school boards, and through full-service consulting that builds capacity for long-term change at every level of the school system.

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Californians Dedicated to Education Foundation

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The Associate Director is a critical part of our statewide CA Family and Community Engagement initiative (CA FACE), a project of the CDE Foundation. The Associate Director will primarily be responsible for working with [...]

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OUR CDE PARTNERSHIP We are proud to partner with our closest collaborator, the California Department of Education (CDE). As the fiscal manager for CDE, we manage private donations to invest directly in a public education system that serves nearly 6 million students.

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Community Partner

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Harmony Project Bay Area Director: Seth Mausner

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Community Partner

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HARMONY PROJECT SF Bay Area Changing lives through music ⇣