School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action, Second Edition
by Joyce L. Epstein, Mavis G. Sanders, Steven B. Sheldon, Beth S. Simon, Karen Clark Salinas, Natalie Rodriguez Jansorn, Frances L. Van Voorhis, Cecelia S. Martin, Brenda G. Thomas, Marsha D. Greenfeld, Darcy J. Hutchins, Kenyatta J. Williams
Category: Education

Build partnerships with families and the community to promote equity and student success! This updated edition of a bestseller enables school, district, and state leaders to develop more effective programs for family and community involvement. The authors show how to develop action teams to plan and implement partnership activities to reach school goals, mobilize community resources, evaluate program results, and maintain involvement over time. The third edition includes: New examples of successful partnership activities Increased attention to connecting family/community involvement to goals for student success New inventories that define leadership roles A CD-ROM with forms and a PowerPoint presentation for workshops