This document discusses research on school, family, and community partnerships. It outlines seven principles for conceptualizing partnerships: (1) shared responsibility for student learning and development, (2) multidimensional concept, (3) essential component of school organization, (4) requiring multilevel leadership, (5) focus on increasing student learning, (6) about equity, and (7) continuous improvement. Effective partnerships require collaboration between schools, families, and communities to support students' academic and social development. Research methods must continue advancing to better understand partnership impacts on diverse groups of students.
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Ideas for research on school, family, and community partnerships
1. Research on School, Family,and
Community Partnerships
EDE 9821 Community Relations
Faculty: Ricahrd Walter, Ph.D.
Muhammad Riaz
Dcember 15, 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpaQTeiTZ7Y
2. Ideas for Research on School, Family,and
Community Partnerships
Schools
CommunitiesFamilies
Families
Communities
3. Seven Principles to Help
Researchers Think in New Ways
School, family, community partnership:
share responsibility for students learning and development
is a multidimensional Concept
is an essential component of school and classroom organization
require multilevel leadership
must include a focus on increasing student learning and
development
are about equity
must continue to improve
4. School, family, and community partnerships is a better
terms than parental involvement to recognize that
parents, educators, and others in the community share
responsibility for students learning and development
Students learn more when parents, educators and
others in community work together to guide and
support students learning and development( Epstein,
1987,2001)
Professional community may mange their schools
differently from administrators who view schools as full
learning communities( Epstein,2001)
5. School, Family, and Community Partnerships
is a Multidimensional Concept
Collaborating
With
Community
Decision
Making
Learning
At
Home
Volunteering
Communicating
Parenting
Successful
Partnerships
6. A program of School, family, and community
partnerships is an essential component of
school and classroom organization
Leadership
Teamwork
Action plan
Implementation of plan
Funding
Collegial support
Evaluation
Networking
Eight essential elements fro effective school program:
7. A program of School, family, and community
partnerships require multilevel leadership.
Multilevel leadership supports the view that family and
community involvements is part of organization, as
district leaders help coordinate and facilitate the smooth
operation of all school with district
The quality of district partnership programs was affected
by the leaders years of experience and time spent on
partnerships.
8. A program of School, family, and community partnerships must
include a focus on increasing student learning and development
Family and community involvements affects not only students
achievement, but also students health, attitude, and
behaviors(Epstein 2001; Hill and Craft, 2003)
Types of involvement
Subject specific goals for Students
The challenge of Conducting Studies of interventions
The Challenges of Isolating effects of partnerships
The challenges of explaining negative results
9. All program of School, family, and community
partnerships are about equity
Parents involvement programs must include all families,
Program quality and the actions taken at home are as or
more important than family background variables such
as face, ethnicity, social class, marital status, mothers
education or work status,
10. Methods of research on School, family, and
community partnerships must continue to
improve
Moving from exploratory and descriptive studies to confirmatory and
target evaluation
Experiments and Matched examples
Well- specified multivariate models
Multilevel analyses
Small in-depth studies
11. Conclusion
New ways about the structures and processes of family
and community involvements that will help educators,
parents, and community partners work more
systemically, organizationally, and collaboratively to
support students. It will also help researchers improve
policy and practice.