Full Description
"Establishing school-family-community partnerships to promote the social, emotional, and academic learning of students is the most important challenge for 21st-century education. In this volume, leading practitioners and researchers compellingly convey the rationale and inspiration for these partnerships. They also share many practical, innovative, and effective strategies that readers can readily implement to engage partners in raising knowledgeable, responsible, caring, and contributing children."
—Roger P. Weissberg, Liberal Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor
University of Illinois at Chicago
Making schooling a community endeavor!
Because schools are the heart and soul of a community, educational leaders have a responsibility to bring the community into the school, as well as to make the school a part of the surrounding community. This volume in the Soul of Educational Leadership series goes beyond administrative skills to examine educators' pivotal role of leading family and community involvement in school success.
With articles written by leading authorities and practitioners in the field, this resource discusses how school leaders can build successful family and community partnerships that flourish even in trying circumstances and over time. Readers will find:
Contributions from Alan M. Blankstein, Pedro A. Noguera, Mavis G. Sanders, Paul D. Houston, Edward H. Moore, and others
Inspiring and unique perspectives on the interplay of family and community in school success
Ideas for engaging families as partners
Contents
Preface - Robert Cole
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
1. Engaging Families to Enhance Student Success - Alan M. Blankstein and Pedro A. Noguera
2. Parents as Leaders: School, Family, and Community Partnerships in Two Districts - Mavis G. Sanders
3. Sharing the Dream: Engaging Families as Partners in Supporting Student Success - Susan Frelick-Wooley, Cynthia Rosacker Glimpse, and Sheri DeBoe Johnson
4. The 'What' and 'How' of Helping Parents Help Students Become Successful Learners - Yoni Schwab & Maurice J. Elias
5. Family Literacy: The Roles of School Libraries and Public Libraries - Lesley S. J. Farmer
6. Balancing Your Communication Ledger:Using Audits to Involve Communities and Build Support for Schools - Edward H. Moore
7. Manage the Molehill Before It Becomes a Mountain: Keeping Parent Interactions Productive for Students - Lin Kuzmich
8. Raising the Village by Bringing Communities and Schools Together - Paul D. Houston
Index
