Building Community Support

Research demonstrates how important it is for school to build strong relationships based upon trust and cooperation amongst teachers, principals, parents, and community residents. Relationship building can and do play an important role in improving schools and student performance.

Resources  |  Tools  |  Bibliography 

Resources

• Center for the Collaborative Classroom Website
• Family-School-Community Partnerships 2.0: Collaborative Strategies to Advance Student Learning
• Framework for Building Partnerships Among Schools, Families and Communities

Tools

• Community Assets Inventory
• Community Collaboration for School Innovation Toolkit
• Building community support by inviting people into  your schools

Bibliography

• Blank, M. J., Jacobson, R., & Melaville, A. (2012). Achieving results through community school partnerships. Washington, DC: Center for American Progress. Available at: https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/education/reports/2012/01/18/10987/achieving-results-through-community-school-partnerships/
• Chrzanowski, D., Rans, S., Thompson, R. (n.d.). Builiding Mutually-Beneficial Relationships Between Schools and Communities. Evanston, IL: Asset Based Community Development Institute at Northwestern University. Available at: https://resources.depaul.edu/abcd-institute/publications/publications-by-topic/Documents/Building%20Mutually%20Beneficial%20School-Community%20Relationships.pdf
• Davis, D. (2000). Supporting community and parental involvement in your school. Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Library. Available at: http://www.sedl.org/txcc/resources/strategies/ayp/ParentInvolvement10/ParentInvolvementHandout4.pdf
• Ferguson, C. (2005). Organizing Family and Community Connections with Schools: How do School Staff Build Meaningful Relationships with All Stakeholders? Austin, TX: Southwest Educational Development Laboratory. Available at: http://www.sedl.org/connections/resources/rb/rb4-Rel.pdf
  
• Macey, E. M., Thorius, K. A. K., & Sketlon. S. M. (2012). Equity by Design: Engaging School Communities in Critical Reflection on Policy. Indianapolis, IN.: Great Lakes Equity Center. Available at: https://greatlakesequity.org/resource/engaging-school-communities-critical-reflection-policy
• US Department of Education. (2013). Partners in Education: A Dual-Capacity-Building Framework for Family-School Partnerships. Washington, DC: US Department of Education. Available at: https://www2.ed.gov/documents/family-community/partners-education.pdf