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Provides a detailed look of their current work in New York City and offers suggestions for building and sustaining partnerships, planning a community school program and funding these efforts. It also situates the community schools approach in the context of 21st century realities and provides new chapters outlining the research base that supports the CAS community school model and greater detail on available funding resources.
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This report is divided into three parts, the first covering community schools philosophy, the history of Bridges to Success, primary strategies for school community collaboration, core features of BTS, and examples of system-wide partnerships; the second covering adaptation and replication of BTS, governance, planning, staffing, and evaluation; the third covering long term sustainability and expansion.
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Together We Can — Atelia I. Melaville, Martin J. Blank with Gelareh Asayesh |
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This manual provides a practical guide for improving the coordination of education, health, and human services for at-risk children and families. Divided into three main sections, the guide leads readers through a five-stage process of group collaboration. The milestones in and obstacles to the process are portrayed through vignettes and case studies that describe the personal experiences of the group members.
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This guide is designed to provide policy makers, program leaders, system-building advocates, and others with practical information on creating and maintaining public-private partnerships. It draws from the experiences and wisdom of successful partnership leaders at the national, state, and local levels to provide resources for existing and future partnerships.
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A tool for schools hoping to build more effective and meaningful school-family-community partnerships. Helps schools assess their approaches and implement more effective activities. Includes forms to help schools and organizations write their own plans.
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Planning for Youth Success: Resource and Training Manual — Diane Dorfman, Rändi Douglas, Debbie Ellis, Amy Fisher, Elke Geiger, Kendra Hughes, Lena Ko, and Steffen Saifer |
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This manual is designed to assist facilitators working with members of a school community in forming or strengthening partnerships that will promote greater success for their youth. Participants can identify characteristics that are most important for youth to be successful in their community, consider ways to determine that students are developing these characteristics, identify resources and assets in the community that will help youth develop them, and plan and implement a project to promote these characteristics. Five presentation topics include: (1) "Introduction," getting acquainted, creating community networks, and introducing key points; (2) "Defining Youth Success," answering the questions "How do we define youth success?" and "What aspects of youth success are critical for us?" (3) "Measuring Youth Success," exploring ways to measure youth success; (4) "Mapping Community Assets That Support Youth Success," identifying strengths and assets within the community; and (5) "Planning the Project for Youth Success," answering the questions "What project shall we undertake to promote youth success?" and "How can we engage the community and measure the results of this project?" Students should be actively involved in the workshop in addition to adults. Scripts and overheads are included for each topic.
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This practical guide details how to create a school-based and school-linked services program that incorporates community resources to meet the needs of students and families. It provides discussions on the full-service concept; tips for involving stakeholders in the planning and decision-making process; instructions on conducting family and community needs assessments; and information on how to fund programs, write proposals, write agreements, share information, manage public relations, and provide training. The guide's resources include a variety of field-tested forms and agreements, a list of funding sources, training tips, and documents and advice from successful programs around the country.
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A highly practical, real-world guide with a unique local-national perspective. Topics include: getting started, providing a range of services, staffing, collaborating with the government and private sector, involving parents, overcoming barriers, funding, and sustaining the school.
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Becoming a Community School: A Step-by-Step Guide to Bridging the School-Family Gap — Dr. Claire Crane, Penny Bix, Patricia E. Herbert, Barbara Kelly, Kathe Landergan, Cindie Neilson, David Romanowski, Patricia Torto, and Niqe Ware |
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This guide documents the process of the Robert L. Ford School in Lynn, Massachusetts, a community school. Topics include: Imagining a Community School, Tips for the Principal, Bridges to Families, Bridges to a University, Bridges to Community Partnerships, sample documents and materials from the Ford School and Action Plan Guide.
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