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Community-Based School Partnership Agreements: A Step-by-Step Guide

Learn how to create a community-based partnership agreement for a cluster of schools in an urban district. Explore the process, hurdles, successes, and key players involved. Effective communication, data review, and drafting agreements are covered. Discover how to overcome hurdles and achieve successful outcomes.

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Community-Based School Partnership Agreements: A Step-by-Step Guide

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  1. Community-Based School Partnership Agreements A step by step guide for creating a community-based partnership agreement for a cluster of schools in a large, urban district.

  2. Introduction • Many different ways to create a Partnership Agreement • Community-based Education Reform • Transparent and Inclusive • Overview • Process • Hurdles • Successes • Questions

  3. The Process

  4. Identify Key Players • Principal from each school • One to two teacher reps from each school • One to two parent reps from each school • One to two high school students • Area Superintendent • School Board Member • SDEA Cluster Rep • Possible Town Hall or similar outreach to inform community before forming committee.

  5. Select Chairs • Parent Chair or Co-Chair • Teacher Chair or Co-Chair • Principal Chair or Co-Chair • Job Descriptions • Drafting communications • Creating surveys and sorting through data • Answering questions • District meetings

  6. Easy and Clear Communication • eBlasts • Website • Agreement Committee email address • Survey capabilities

  7. Collect Ideas • What state or district policies are preventing you from administering the best possible education to our community’s students? • eBlast via staff eblast lists • Present at staff meetings • Place on website with a anonymous response area and an email address for direct submissions

  8. Review Data • Combine similar suggestions • Categorize ideas • Hold open meetings

  9. Survey #1 • Explanation and history • State stakeholder group and school • Final list of suggestions • Importance

  10. Meet – Survey – Meet – Survey until you have a final list of items

  11. Outreach/Update/Educate • Area Superintendent • SDEA Rep • Parents

  12. Another survey • Parents • Students • Community Members • Admin • Staff • Teachers

  13. Draft Agreement • Use current agreements as a template • Pro-bono attorneys • Create draft – edit as group Survey Final Agreement

  14. Next Steps • Submit to Superintendent Marten for review and begin discussions with her and Legal Department • Make sure Board Member is kept in loop • Proceed with SDEA waivers if applicable

  15. Hurdles • Communication within our community • Misinformation amongst educators • Communication and misinformation at the district level • Misinformation in the press • SDEA waiver (April 15 deadline)

  16. SDEA WAIVER • History/Communication • Communications • Waiver Process

  17. Successes • Educators know their opinions matter • Teachers united in voting on the waiver • Principals from all of the cluster schools feel that working together is an expectation of the community • Open and enhanced dialog within the cluster on meeting students' needs • Increased vertical articulation • Allows us to "think outside of the box" with regard to educating our students • SDUSD employees are able to bring their children to our cluster schools if there is space available

  18. Questions? • www.LaJollaCluster.com • Info@LaJollaCluster.com

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