building partnerships for student achievement

BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

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Opportunities to strengthen existing school partnerships for student achievement

WELCOME & SESSION OVERVIEWWELCOME & SESSION OVERVIEW

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Adults Rely On One Another

Student Achievement Is Our Focus

We Are All Focused on College, Career & Life Readiness

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Welcoming Environment

Who Might This Be?

We Are ALL Partners In A Child’s Journey

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Partnerships That Build Independent Learners

Student Achievement Is a Cyclical and Ongoing Partnership

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Open DialogueTrustResults In Partnership for Student Achievement

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Prosperous Futures

Successful College Graduates

Productive & Engaged Adults

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Learning Objectives:

Discuss the importance of building strong partnerships for student achievement

Create a 1-page Partnership Agreement that defines our school’s vision of a partnership for student achievement, include examples of how all adults will strengthen existing partnerships


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Adopting Group Agreements: Why Group Agreements?

Support the formation of a professional community:

Support Staff, Parents, Teachers, Administrators and

Community

Define expected behavior among group members

Process for adopting collaborative norms that help a

working group meet meeting objectives

Establishes effects of adult culture on student

learning

Adaptive Schools Foundation Seminar: Learning Guide


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Group Agreements:

Sample: All adults will keep an open mind and respect the

perspectives presented by all members of the school

community

Sample: We will use a meeting process that gives everyone

an opportunity to participate

Sample: We will work towards sharing ideas and comments

that strengthen the community of adult learners that are

partners at this school

Others?


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Group Agreements:

Step 1: Participants will write down one group

agreement on a 4x6 index card

Step 2: Starting with the back row participants will

read their group agreement out loud

Step 3: Pass all index cards to the end of the isle

where a support facilitator will collect and tape all

index cards in a wall that is visible to all


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ICE BREAKER:Welcome and Introductions

Step 1: Get a 4x6 Index card

Step 2: Write your name and define what it means to have strong partnerships forstudent achievement at a school site

Step 3: Answer the following prompt on the back of the card:Give an example of what this can look like at a school:

School Staff/Parent School Staff/Student Student/Parent

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ICE BREAKER: Block Party!!

Step 1: Introduce yourself to an elbow partner.

Step 2: Spend 1-minute with the elbow partner and share your definition and examples of partnership

Step 3: Once time is up, the other partner shares their responses.

Step 4: Hand your index card to your partner.

Step 5: Repeat process with a new partner.

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Small Group Reflection:Round Robin

Step 1: Find your original 4x6 index card

Step 2: In your small group, every participant will respond to the following prompts:

What were some of the ways in which participants described what a school partnership for student achievement might look like?

Why were the ideas presented important to build authentic partnerships for student achievement?

Step 3: In this activity, one person speaks at a time, without cross-talk. You may share following a clockwise order

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WHAT KEY INGREDIENT IS NEEDED IN A

PARTNERSHIP?

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PARTNERSHIP RESEARCH

Boundary Dynamics: Implications for Building Parent-School PartnershipsMarilyn Price-Mitchell

Research cites that partnerships focused on student achievement result with gains in student achievement

In recent years, the role of parents has shifted from parental involvement and participation to parent-school partnerships

The use of parent-school partnerships implies shared and equally valued roles in education that support student achievement

What Key Ingredient Is Needed In A What Key Ingredient Is Needed In A Partnership? Partnership?

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PARTNERSHIP RESEARCH

Boundary Dynamics: Implications for Building Parent-School PartnershipsMarilyn Price-Mitchell

(Continued)

The concept of partnership is widely supported in the literature on education and school improvement

Rather than focusing on parts of systems or spheres of influence, partnership emphasizes improvement of the entire system

Integrated relationships have the potential to generate learning for children and for adults seeking to address and solve the complex issues of our times: graduating students prepared for college, career and life


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Partnerships Based on Trust

Trust In SchoolsA Core Resource for School ReformAnthony S. Bryk & Barbara Schneider

Partnerships based on trust are grounded on the following principles:

RespectPersonal RegardCompetence in ResponsibilitiesPersonal Integrity


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Partnerships Based on Trust

Trust In SchoolsA Core Resource for School ReformAnthony S. Bryk & Barbara Schneider

“An interrelated set of mutual dependencies are embedded within the social exchanges in any school community. Regardless of how much formal power any given role has in a school community, all participants remain dependent on others to achieve desired outcomes and feel empowered by their efforts.”


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BUILDING A UNITED VISION FOR

PARTNERSHIPS THAT SUPPORT STUDENT

ACHIEVEMENT

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School Definition of Partnership

By the end of the session, all participants will work towards adopting a definition of partnerships for student achievement at ______________ ES/MS/HS.

We will produce a 1-page handout called a Partnership Agreement

The handout will include our definition of Partnership as well as examples of ways in which all adults will work towards building strong partnerships for student achievement

BUILDING A UNITED VISION OF TRUSTBUILDING A UNITED VISION OF TRUST

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Step 1: Everyone gets 2 blank 4x6 index cards.

Step 2: Write down any edits or leave your existing definition of partnership

Step 3: On the 1st index card, write down your personal definition of partnership based on what you have learned today

Step 4: Write down one example of ways in which all adults will build partnerships for student achievement on the 2nd index card

Step 5: 5 Minutes to complete Steps 1-4

BUILDINGBUILDING A UNITED VISION OF TRUSTA UNITED VISION OF TRUST

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Step 1: Participants post their index cards on designated wall spaces next to the group agreements written earlier

Step 2: Participants will then receive 18 stickers: 6 for the group agreements, 6 for the partnership definitions and 6 for the examples of partnership

Step 3: Once all participants are ready, everyone is welcome to engage in a gallery walk to place their stickers on their top choices

The top 6 group agreements, definitions and examples of ways to build strong partnerships will be used to build our Partnership Agreement


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We will now build a united vision of partnership using the 6 definitions selected by participants.

The principal, a teacher, classified staff member and parent volunteer will put together a definition of partnership

The rest of the participants can take a 5-minute recess

Following the recess, we will share our definition and Partnership Agreement


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Closing Thought:Identify an elbow partner and answer the following question:

What did we learn today about partnerships? What actions will you take as an individual to honor our new group agreements and definition of partnerships for student achievement?

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NEXT STEPSNEXT STEPS

What Did We Achieve?

The importance of building strong partnerships for student achievement

Created a 1-page Partnership Agreement that builds a united vision for partnerships for student achievement

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NEXT STEPSNEXT STEPS

Our next steps will be:

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