Ideas for Effective Partnerships by Patricia Gomez

Strategy #3 - Using data to set priorities and focus strategies:

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Looking closely at current achievement trends and addressing areas of weakness in students’ knowledge and skills.

Strategy #1 -Agreeing on core values:

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Taking time at the beginning to think deeply and reflect about what participants believe, and why they think the efforts will work.

Strategy #2 - Listening to the community:

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Identifying priorities and developing an action plan in a collaborative way that creates community consensus around what needs to happen and in what sequence.

Strategy #4 - Providing relevant, on-site professional development:

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Basing professional development on data and conversations among stakeholders, in a way that builds both educator-educator and educator-parent collaborations.

Strategy #5 - Building collaborations with community partners:

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Pulling in strategic partners and developing community buy-in—with colleges, social service agencies, community groups, faith-based organizations, local leaders, public officials, and businesses—to improve student learning and other outcomes.

Strategy #6 - Using targeted outreach to focus on high needs communities, schools, and students:

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Identifying groups that need special attention, learning about their concerns and needs, and responding in culturally appropriate ways.

Strategy #7 - Building one-to-one relationships between families and educators that are linked to learning:

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Taking time to have conversations and reach agreement on how best to collaborate in order to improve student achievement.

Strategy #8 - Setting, communicating, and supporting high and rigorous expectations:

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Making it clear that success is the norm by creating pathways to college, especially for students at risk and those at the margins, and providing students with support to succeed.

Strategy #9 - Addressing cultural differences:

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Providing support for teachers and education support professionals to bridge barriers of culture, class, and language.

Trainings:

-Cultural Bias

Strategy #10 - Connecting students to the community:

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Making learning hands-on and relevant to students’ lives while also showing that students and schools serve the community.

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Improving Outreach and Collaboration with Families and Community

Examples

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-Infinite Campus Portal

-knowing who your collaborators are (Boy Scouts)

-newsletter with variety of businesses include events, resources, etc.

-local banks & businesses

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-effective teacher strategies for ELLs

-work with local colleges/universities to provide discounted prices for classes

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-monthly workshops of topics suggested by parents (Subject help, computers, CCSS, anti-bullying, gangs, internet safety

-CAAP, ELAC,

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Strategy #8 - Setting, Communicating and Supporting high and rigorous expecations

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Effective programs make it clear that success is the norm by creating pathways to college, especially for students at risk and at the margins, and they provide students with support and services to succeed.

Strategy #10 - Connecting Students to the Community

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Making learning hands-on and relevant to students’ lives
while also showing that students and schools serve the community.

Freshman Orientation at High Tech High

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A brief explanation of how one high school helps their freshmen students adapt to high school.

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The Edible Schoolyard

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Resources for participating in the Edible Schoolyard project.