What Every Principal Should Know About School-Community Leadership [Paperback]

In this book, aspiring, new, and veteran principals will learn how to build better school-community alliances, and use community partnerships to narrow the achievement gap.In this book, aspiring, new, and veteran principals will learn how to build better school-community alliances, and use community partnerships to narrow the achievement gap. A comprehensive, useful guide. It includes questionnaires and response analysis, a case study with reflective questions, and self-assessment resources. Dedication
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Questionnaire: Before We Get Started&
1. Introduction
Case Study and Reflective Questions
2. Best Practices in Reaching Out to Parents
Learning Together
Empower Parents
Provide Training
Establish Parent Coordinators
Foster Parental Success
Publicize Student Presentations
Solicit Parent and Community Involvement
Develop Parent Involvement Activities
Conclusion
3. Best Practices in Building Community Alliances
Consider Six Types of Involvement
Form a Community Advisory Committee
Undertake Community Building
Plan Together
Develop an After School Program
Involve Parents and Community
Avoid Barriers to Implementation
Become Media Savvy
Become Part of a Professional Development School (PDS) Initiative
Conclusion
4. Using Community Resources and Reforms to Close the Black-White Achievement Gap
School-Community Clinics
Early Childhood Education Centers
After School Programs
Conclusion
Conclusion: Making School-Community Relations a Reality
Resource A: Realities of School-Community Leadership: In-Basket Simulations<lCi