Use this chart to research key components of state and national initiatives that relate to partnerships.
Recommendation 12—Partnerships. Engage families, businesses, local and state agencies and organizations, higher education, and community members as partners in supporting middle grades student achievement.
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Key Components that Relate to Recommendation 12 of the California Department of Education's 12 Recommendations for Middle Grades Success |
| Essential Program Components for School Improvement |
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No Child Left Behind
(NCLB)
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NCLB calls for schools to write and implement specific plans for parental involvement and requires that states and local school districts provide information to help parents make informed educational choices for their child. The NCLB site provides information and support for community/service learning. |
National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform (Outside Source)
California Schools to Watch™-Taking Center Stage (STW-TCS) School Self-Study and Rating Rubric
(DOC; 413KB; 9pp.)
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Developmental Responsiveness # 8 and 9; Social Equity #7; and
Organizational Structures and Processes #9
Developmental Responsiveness
- The school staff members develop alliances with families to enhance and support the well-being of the children.
- Staff members provide all students with opportunities to develop citizenship skills, to use the community as a classroom, and to engage the community in providing resources and support.
Social Equity
- The faculty welcomes and encourages the active participation of all its families and makes sure that all its families are an integral part of the school...
Organizational Structures and Processes
- The school includes families and community members in setting and supporting the school's trajectory toward high performance.
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| Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) (Outside Source) |
Essential Elements # 2 and 8
- AVID program participants, both students and staff, must choose to participate.
- A sufficient number of tutors (recommended ratio is 1 tutor to 7 students) must be available in the AVID class to facilitate student access to rigorous curriculum. Tutors should be students from colleges and universities, and they must be trained to implement the WIC-R (writing, inquiry, collaboration and reading) methodologies used in AVID.
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| GEAR UP (Outside Source) School Self-Assessment Rubric (PDF; 92KB; 15 pp.) |
Family-Neighborhood-School Supports |
Breaking Ranks in the Middle
(Outside Source) |
Cornerstone Strategy #7; Recommendations 7, 8, and 9
Cornerstone Strategy #7: Institute structural leadership systems that allow for substantive involvement in decision making by students, teachers, family members, and the community and that support effective communication among these groups.
Recommendations:
- Schools will develop political and financial relationships with individuals, organizations, and businesses to support and supplement educational programs and policies.
- Schools will build partnerships with institutions of higher education to provide teachers and administrators at both levels with ideas and opportunities to enhance the education, performance, and evaluation of educators.
- At least once every five years, each school will convene a broadly based external review panel to develop and deliver a public description of the school, a requirement that could be met in conjunction with the evaluations of state, regional, and other accrediting groups.
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Turning Points Principle
(Outside Source) |
Parents, business, and community partners join the district and school leadership in supporting student learning and healthy development.
Involve parents and community in supporting learning |
This We Believe
(Outside Source)
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Fundamentals for Student Success in the Middle Grades (Outside Source)
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High expectations for every member of the learning community |
Comprehensive School Reform Quality Center
(PDF; Outside Source) |
Key issues in middle school
Parental involvement (p. 37) |
Comprehensive School Reform Quality Center—Report on Middle and High School Comprehensive Reform Models
(PDF; Outside Source) |
This report provides specific details about research results on key school reform models in the middle and high school levels.
Developed by American Institutes for Research (AIR) for the Comprehensive School Reform Quality Center, October 2006.
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