Parent and Community Involvement

Reports and Documents Region III Comprehensive Center

School-to-Career Transitions: Implementation Guide 1998, Gregg B. Jackson. This monograph examines several key issues that states, school districts, and schools face as they work toward achieving the twin goals of excellence and equity in education for young people navigating the worlds of school and work. It is designed for teachers, counselors, school principals, and others concerned with implementing the school-to-career transition systems which most states are developing. It introduces the opportunities and challenges of major school reform, discusses strategies for implementation, and identifies key resources for educators. It also provides a range of suggestions for starting to connect the school and work environments prior to implementing full-scale school-to-career transition systems. This document is available in Acrobat PDF format. To read this publication, download the latest version of Acrobat Reader(3.0) from Adobe and configure your web browser accordingly. Help A Child Learn to Read 1998, Judy Blankenship Cheatham. A hands-on tutor training manual that helps tutors assist children in grades K-3. The manual addresses: Best practices for tutoring children; Appropriate children's books; Assessment and instruction; Working with the classroom teacher; Adaptation of content-area materials to tutoring situations; Age appropriateness and its relationship to tutoring; Working with the English language learner; Emerging literacy; Responsibilities and legal issues; and Documentation

The U.S. Department of Education

Investing in Partnerships for Student Success: A Basic Tool for Community Stakeholders to Guide Educational A new publication from the Partnership for Family Involvement in Education is designed for collaborative use by a broad range of community stakeholder groups to support a continuous improvement process for partnership planning, development, and implementation of local educational partnerships. The Corporative Imperative: A Business Guide for Implementing Strategic Education Partnerships A new publication from the Partnership for Family Involvement in Education is designed for businesses to assess their company's current business-education partnerships and determine the extent to which they are linked to key business and school objectives. A Business Guide to Support Employee and Family Involvement in Education (from the Conference Board, 1997) This guide provides business leaders and their education and community partners with information and guidance about policies and practices that promote employee and family involvement in education, address workforce and student needs, and support education initiatives with communities. Family Involvement in Children's Education: Successful Local Approaches 1997. This document identifies and describes successful strategies used by 20 local Title I programs that have overcome barriers to parent involvement. This publication suggests ways that schools, families, and communities can work together to build strong partnerships. Although the most appropriate strategy for a particular community will depend on local interests, needs, and resources, successful approaches to promoting family involvement in the education of their children share an emphasis on innovation and flexibility. Safe and Smart: Making the After-School Hours Work for Kids 1998. This report, jointly authored by the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice, highlights research evidence on the potential of after-school programs to increase the safety of children, reduce their risk-taking, and improve learning. Find out more about the evidence of success for after-school activities, key components of high-quality programs and effective program practices, and how communities are meeting their local needs for after-school activities.