In this workshop, the participants look at ways that partnership programs can become a part of their classroom. Participants examine some of the results from improved family involvement such as attendance, higher report card grades, increased class participation, and higher quality of student questions, class work, homework, and projects. Participants examine the six general types of activities that have been identified by workshop expert Joyce Epstein. The participant examine the numerous challenges to developing a good partnership program, such as lack of funding. Participants examine how to assess the results of a partnership program and how to begin designing the program with assessment objectives clearly in mind.
Participants examine how the Internet is a real asset for connecting families and schools.
Key Principles a. Participants examine the four key principles for successful partnership programs. Participants follow the steps for a guide that can help them set up a partnership program in their school. Calfee, Carol, Frank Wittwer, and Mimi Meredith. Jossey Bass, 1998. Jossey Bass, 1998.