ENGAGING ALL LEADERS MARTIN BLANK ••• BETTY HALE, …m m nit c o ali t io n s • I d e n tif...
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BENEFITS ACTIONS ACTIONS LEADERS ROLES ROLES LEADERS BENEFITS CONDITIONS FOR LEARNING • Challenging curriculum, qualified teachers, high standards and expectations • Motivated and engaged students • Attention to physical, social, and emotional needs of students and families • Mutual respect and effective collaboration between families and school • Involved community members • T a x s a v in g s • I m p r o v e d e m p l o y e e m orale • N e w b u sin e ss e x p o s ur e • H e a lt h ie r sc h o ol, b u s i n e s s & c o m m unity c u l t u r e • C u s t o m e r lo y alty • E x p o s e st u d e nts to career o p t i o n s & role m o dels • B e t t e r p r e p are d w orkforce • F i n a n c ia l s u p p ort • V o l u n t e e r m e ntors and tutors • B u s i n e s s/e d u c atio n partnerships • E x p e rie n tial le arnin g opportunities • A p p r e n tic e s hip s a n d jobs for students • I n - k i n d d o n a tio ns and tech assistance • K n o w y o u r sc h o ols and school system • E x p e c t r e a l c h a n g e, not a ‘nice’ project • D i s c u s s c o m m o n interests with school leaders • B u il d p a rt n ers hips b ased on clear m utual results • C a b l e c o m p a nies • R estaurants • Retail stores • F o u n d a tio n s • S ervice clubs • B a n k s • C o rp oratio ns & corporate leaders • Help solve local problems • Develop habits of citizenship • Improve standing in community • Opportunities for university & K-12 students & faculty to learn across diverse populations • Mentors/tutors • Partners for teaching • Art, music, cultural programming • Counseling and health services • Opportunities for learning in real-world settings • Professional development and capacity building • Develop working relationships with all local education leaders • View improving public education as a key responsibility of higher education • Develop programs involving community/school partners • Local colleges & universities • Community colleges • Improved student engagement & achievement • Better use of taxpayer-financed buildings • Increased community support for public education • Data-driven decision-making • Individualized teaching strategies • Professional development • Mentoring • Open technology center for afterschool use • Connect service-learning opportunities to local needs • Community access to facilities and services for seniors, adult education, health and social services, arts, recreation • Develop & deliver high-quality curriculum to all students • Serve on community coalitions • Identify/connect with neighborhood & community assets • Work closely with students, parents, community leaders • Teachers • Library media specialists • Superintendents • Principals • Technology directors • Nurses • Curriculum specialists • Counselors • More engaged, connected students • Preparation for citizenship • Improved academic achievement • Better relationship between youth and adults • Participate in community service and service-learning • Join school reform councils • Document community history and culture • Conduct community research and help solve community problems • Help develop student leadership • Expect a student voice in decisions affecting the school and its programs • Represent student interests to school and community leaders • Be a resource to the community • Nearly 55 million increasingly diverse children and young people enrolled in America’s preK-12 schools • Greater student success • Increased community well-being • More adults in students’ lives • Safer schools and communities • Volunteer • Join safety patrols • Be a mentor or tutor • Set high expectations • Convey the value of education to children • Share expertise as a partner in teaching • Serve on school planning teams • Instill good learning habits at home • Know what is expected of parents and students • Know the data about how well your kids are doing • PTAs/ PTOs • Neighborhood associations • Parents, grandparents & caregivers • Community organizations •Stronger families • Shared/ increased use of facilities • Access to program participants • Healthier students & better attendance • Safer communities & less high-risk behavior • Adult education • Student enrichment • Recreation • Family and community involvement • After-school programs • Family support • Community-focused learning • Health services • Early childhood services • Violence prevention • Share resources & specialized expertise • Serve on community/school planning teams • Talk with school leaders • Health and human services • Arts and cultural institutions • Libraries • Law enforcement • Youth development groups • Community development agencies • Faith-based groups • M o r e efficie n t & effe ctiv e use of ta x p a y e r d ollars • Easier a cc e s s t o neede d servic e s • Greater res p e ct f o r govern m e nt a n d public ed ucatio n • Citizen w illin g n e ss to in v e s t i n education an d g o v ern m e n t • Finance effective pro g ra m s & s e r v i c e s • M aximize efficiency of p u b lic & p r i v a t e com m unity resources for e d u c a ti o n , hum an services, jobs • Establish policies and ince ntiv e s f o r joint action • Engage entire co m m unity in co n v e rs a ti o n about education and student su cc e ss • Com municate outco m es and h o w a c hie v e d • Support a vision of learning in the c o m m u n it y • Articulate results for children & fa m ilie s • Develop mutually beneficial relationships a m o n g policymakers and school & com m unity lea d ers • Build schools as part of broader co m m unity pla n nin g • Mayors • City councils • School boards • G o ve rn ors • State legislators • County boards & executives B U S I N E S S E S /F O U N D A TIO N S EDUCATORS FAMILIES/RESIDENTS G O V E R N M E NT PUBLIC/PRIVATE AGENCIES STUDENTS HIGHER EDUCATION L E A D E R S H I P L E A D E R S H I P A Cable in the Classroom Publication Threshold Summer 2005 • 17 • • 16 • Summer 2005 Threshold www.ciconline.org/threshold ENGAGING ALL LEADERS E ducating all students is a responsibility shared by school systems, families, communities, businesses, and governments. When community stakeholders work in purposeful partnership, all of the conditions for improved student learn- ing can be met. Research shows that creating these conditions will improve student achievement, and inte- grating community and school assets and services can lead to stronger families and safer, more vibrant commu- nities where students can thrive. Leaders from across a community can contribute by learning about each other’s institutional cultures; sharing people, resources, and services that can support student success; and by MARTIN BLANK ••• Staff director,Coalition for Community Schools, Institute for Educational Leadership BETTY HALE, ED.M., M.P.A. ••• President, Institute for Educational Leadership IRA HARKAVY, PH.D. ••• Associate v.p. & director, Center for Com- munity Partnerships, Univ. of Pennsylvania staying the course to sustain programs and relationships. In addition, each type of leader can contribute—and benefit—in ways that enhance the common good and in the interests of their own institutions. For more information, see “Making the Difference: Research and Practice in Community Schools,” a report from the Institute for Educational Leadership’s Coalition for Community Schools. www.communityschools.org.
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BENEFITSACTIONS ACTIONSLEADERS ROLES ROLES LEADERS BENEFITS
CONDITIONS FOR LEARNING• Challenging curriculum, qualified
teachers, high standards and expectations• Motivated and engaged students
• Attention to physical, social, and emotional needs of students and families
• Mutual respect and effective collaboration between families and school
• Involved community members
• Tax savings
• Improved
employee m
orale
• New
business
exposure
• Healthier school,
business & comm
unity
culture
• Customer loyalty
• Expose students to career
options & role m
odels
• Better prepared workforce
• Financial support
• Volunteer mentors and tutors
• Business/education partnerships
• Experiential learning opportunities
• Apprenticeships and jobs for students
• In-kind donations and tech assistance
• Know your schools and school system
• Expect real change, not a ‘nice’ project
• Discuss comm
on interests with school leaders
• Build partnerships based on clear mutual results
• Cable companies • Restaurants • Retail stores
• Foundations • Service clubs• Banks • Corporations &
corporate leaders
• Help solvelocal problems
• Develop habits
of citizenship
• Improve standing
in community
• Opportunities for university
& K-12 students
& faculty to learn across
diverse populations
• Mentors/tutors
• Partners for teaching
• Art, music, cultural programming
• Counseling and health services
• Opportunities for learning in real-world settings
• Professional development and capacity building
• Develop working relationships with all local education leaders
• View improving public education as a key responsibility of
higher education
• Develop programs involving community/school partners
• Local colleges & universities
• Community colleges
• Improvedstudentengagement& achievement
• Better use oftaxpayer-financedbuildings• Increased community
support for public education
• Data-driven decision-making
• Individualized teaching strategies
• Professional development
• Mentoring• Open technology center for afterschool use
• Connect service-learning opportunities
to local needs• Community access to facilities and services for seniors,
adult education, health and social services, arts, recreation
• Develop & deliver high-quality curriculum to all students
• Serve on community coalitions
• Identify/connect with neighborhood & community assets
• Work closely with students, parents, community leaders
• Teachers • Library media specialists
• Superintendents • Principals • Technology directors
• Nurses • Curriculum specialists • Counselors
• Moreengaged,
connectedstudents
• Preparationfor citizenship
• Improved academic achievement
• Better relationshipbetween youth
and adults
• Participate in communityservice and service-learning
• Join school reform councils• Document community history
and culture
• Conduct community research andhelp solve community problems
• Help develop student leadership
• Expect a student voice in decisions affecting the
school and its programs• Represent student interests to school andcommunity leaders
• Be a resource to the community
• Nearly 55 million increasingly diverse children and young people
enrolled in America’s preK-12 schools
• Greater
student
success
• Increased
community
well-being
• More adults
in students’ lives
• Safer schools and
communities
• Volunteer
• Join safety patrols
• Be a mentor or tutor
• Set high expectations
• Convey the value of education to children
• Share expertise as a partner in teaching
• Serve on school planning teams
• Instill good learning habits at home
• Know what is expected of parents and students
• Know the data about how well your kids are doing
• PTAs/ PTOs • Neighborhood associations
• Parents, grandparents & caregivers
• Community organizations
•Stronger
families
• Shared/
increased use
of facilit
ies
• Access t
o progra
m
participants
• Healthier stu
dents
&
better atte
ndance
• Safer communit
ies &
less high-ris
k beh
avior
• Adult educat
ion
• Student enrich
men
t
• Recreatio
n
• Family
and commun
ity in
volve
ment
• After-sc
hool prog
rams
• Family
support
• Community-foc
use
d lea
rning
• Health se
rvices
• Ea
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ildho
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rvice
s
• Violence
preven
tion
• Share r
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• Serve
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• Talk w
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• Health an
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• Arts
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titut
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• Librar
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• Community de
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ment a
genc
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Faith
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ups
• Mor
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use o
f tax
paye
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llars
• Eas
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cces
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need
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blic
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L E A D E R S H I PL E A D E R S H I P
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ENGAGING ALL LEADERS
E ducating all students is a responsibility shared by school systems, families, communities, businesses, and governments.When community stakeholders work in purposeful partnership, all of the conditions for improved student learn-ing can be met. Research shows that creating these conditions will improve student achievement, and inte-
grating community and school assets and services can lead to stronger families and safer, more vibrant commu-nities where students can thrive. Leaders from across a community can contribute by learning about each other’sinstitutional cultures; sharing people, resources, and services that can support student success; and by
MARTIN BLANK •••Staff director,Coalition for CommunitySchools, Institute for Educational Leadership
BETTY HALE, ED.M., M.P.A. •••President, Institute for Educational Leadership
IRA HARKAVY, PH.D. •••Associate v.p. & director, Center for Com-munity Partnerships, Univ. of Pennsylvania
staying the course to sustain programs and relationships. In addition, each type of leader can contribute—andbenefit—in ways that enhance the common good and in the interests of their own institutions.
For more information, see “Making the Difference: Research and Practice in Community Schools,” a report from theInstitute for Educational Leadership’s Coalition for Community Schools. www.communityschools.org.
