Partners in Education - Steps to an Effective Partnership Steps to an Effective Partnership Awareness Inform key populations in your school and business that a partnership is being considered as a means of improving student achievement and of the benefits to all stakeholders. Include interviews, brainstorming, questionnaires and sometimes a community forum in your awareness efforts. Assessment Identify the needs of students, school and the business to help you decide on the goals and objectives of the partnership. Gather labor market information when the partnership is focused on preparing students with workforce skills for the future. Potential Resources Identify people, equipment and in-kind resources to meet the needs of schools and students.
Potential partners can survey employees or members to find out their interests and preferences.
Goals and Objectives Decide on a goal or broad statement of purpose of your partnership. It should be consistent with the school's curriculum objectives and school system's strategic plan, as well as the goals of the community partner. Decide on the kinds of activities that will help meet your goals. Think in terms of how these activities could be evaluated so you can learn if they were worth the time and effort. Subjective methods of assessment can also be used.