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Role Group Strategies
Community
Support and participate in school efforts to increase teaching resources, including existing grant and mini-grant opportunities or other efforts of businesses, civic groups or PTA that can provide resources for teachers.
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Community Partnership Resource Page
The George Lucas Educational Foundation.
http://www.glef.org/php/keyword.php?id=189
This webpage provides a variety of resources from the George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF) on school and community partnerships. It includes articles describing programs in specific school districts and research on the importance of community involvement in general.
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Business Partnership Resource Page
The George Lucas Educational Foundation
http://www.glef.org/php/keyword.php?id=008
This website highlights successful business partnership programs from across the nation. Including articles, interactive videos, interviews with experts, suggested strategies, and descriptions of effective programs, it is an extensive source of information for business and community leaders looking to maximize the power of their partnerships in the interest of professional learning and student achievement.
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The Exponential Results of Linking School Improvement and Community Development: Collaborative Strategies for Revitalizing Rural Schools and Communities
Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (2000)
http://www.sedl.org/prep/benefits2/issue5/
This issue of their Benefits newsletter outlines eight basic steps for getting a collaborative group going. The rationale for each step is provided, along with suggested actions that school leaders can take to ensure success. While intended primarily for rural schools, the suggestions and examples are of value to anyone interested in taking practical steps to strengthen school-community partnerships.
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Community
Volunteer to participate in field trips or other extra-curricular activities, work as non-certified personnel in the school, or provide monitored student enrichment programs to free up teacher time.
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Get Parents Involved: When Mom and Dad Come to Class, Kids Do Better
Seville, Michael. (2005). Edutopia.
http://www.edutopia.org/magazine/ed1article.php?id=art_1310&issue=jun_05
This article describes a program at Christa McAuliffe Elementary, a public school in Silicon Valley, which requires parents to become involved in the school as volunteers. Parents lead lessons based on their personal expertise, act as chaperones on field trips, or provide administrative or technological support after the school day. They also attend a training program that helps parents make active contributions to their children’s schooling.
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Communities in Schools Volunteer Page
http://www.cisnet.org/about/where.asp?.=NC
This site gives contact addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses for all Communities in Schools (CIS) network offices in North Carolina. CIS encourages community members to become involved in schools through mentoring, helping with after-school programs, bringing health specialists into schools, and teaching job skills.
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North Carolina Public Schools Volunteer Page
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/parents/involved.html
NC Public Schools lists a variety of organizations across the state that can help community members become involved in education.
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10 Things Grandparents and Other Concerned Citizens Can Do to be More Involved
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/involvement/10thingsgrandparent.html
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction describes ten ways in which grandparents and other citizens without children in school can become more involved in education. Suggestions include volunteering in schools as a tutor or mentor, helping children to take advantage of educational resources in the community, and supporting social services that help all children.
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