Schools are the heart and soul of a community & educational leaders have a responsibility to bring the community into the school, as well as to make the school a part of the community. This volume goes beyond administrative skills to examine educators' pivotal role of leading family & community involvement in school success.
NELS:88 followed a cohort of students as they moved from the middle grades to high school and into postsecondary schooling or careers (Ingels, Thalji, Pulliam, Bartot, & Frankel, 1994). In 1988, a nationally representative sample of ...
This book will launch the message onto a much larger platform. Stephen R. Covey takes the 7 Habits, that have already changed the lives of millions of people, and shows how children can use them as they develop.
Thirty-six of the best thinkers on family and community engagement were assembled to produce this Handbook, and they come to the task with varied backgrounds and lines of endeavor.
The work of Joyce L. Epstein has advanced theories, research, policies, and practices of family and community involvement in elementary, middle, and high schools, districts, and states nationwide.
This collection of original scholarly articles will be a unique resource for new and aspiring administrators and for researchers in both the fields of leadership and school-family-community partnerships.
Family Engagement with Schools is unique because it is the only book written especially for social workers and social work students who work in partnership with educators.
THE WILEY HANDBOOK OF FAMILY, SCHOOL, AND COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS IN EDUCATION A comprehensive collection of essays from leading experts on family and community engagement The Wiley Handbook of Family, School, and Community Relationships in ...
This book provides administrators with a clear road map for initiating partnership programs that are goal-focused, equitable, and sustainable.
Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform. (n.d.). ... Rethinking family–school relations: A critique of parental involvement in schooling. ... In L. Johnson, M. Finn, & R. Lewis (Eds.), Urban education with an attitude (pp. 193–217).
This new volume in the Leading Achievement Series provides action steps for: Establishing a climate that promotes equity Empowering and supervising staff to accelerate change Garnering support and involvement from students and the community ...