Creating and Sustaining Family Friendly Schools
Appendices and References
List of Appendices
- Home-School Compact description and examples, from the Tool Kit for School-Family-Community Partnerships (The Took Kit author, the Washington State School Directors' Association, has kindly allowed us to reprint short extracts. Schools that purchase the Tool Kit are allowed to make unlimited use of its materials for school purposes.)
- Tables on Joyce Epstein's six types of parental involvement:
Framework of Six Types of Involvement for Comprehensive Programs of Partnership, and Sample Practices
Challenges and Redefinitions for the Successful Design and Implementation of the Six Types of Involvement
Expected Results for Students, Parents, and Teachers of the Six Types of Involvement
- Urban League of Pittsburgh Charter School student report form
Learning Adventures Middle School Student Progress Report
- Examples of introductions to charter school annual reports:
Minnesota New Country School
Hickman Charter School
St. Paul Family Learning Center Charter School
- "Publishing a Newsletter," from the Tool Kit for School-Family-Community Partnerships
- "School Report Card," from the Tool Kit for School-Family-Community Partnerships
References
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Craig, Cheryl J, 1998. "Issues to Address, Assets to Engage: Parents in Classrooms and Schools." Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, Spring 1998, pp. 279-286
Dana, Nancy, 1998. The Promising Characteristics of Schools in 2000, unpublished thesis.
Daniels, Harvey, 1996. "The Best Practice Project: Building Parent Partnerships in Chicago." Educational Leadership, April 1996, pp. 38-43.
Duquesne University Charter Schools Project, 1998. "Quality Indicators for Charter School Applications." Pittsburgh: Author.
Enoch, Steven, 1995. "The Dynamics of Home-School Relationships: How District Leaders can Improve the Quality of Parent-Teacher Conferences," The School Administrator, November 1995.
Epstein, Joyce L., Lucretia Coates, Karen Clark Salinas, Mavis G. Sanders, and Beth S. Simon, 1997. School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action. Thousand Oaks, California: Corwin Press.
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