Program Components > Benchmarks > Design Element 4
IMPLEMENTATION
BENCHMARKS
DESIGN ELEMENT 4
STRONG LINKS BETWEEN FAMILY, SCHOOL, AND COMMUNITY
Phase One
Phase Two
Phase Three
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Phase One
The school involves parents and community members in Creating
Tomorrow activities.
The school assesses the current status of parent involvement and takes
one or two concrete steps to increase active engagement.
The school informs families and community members about its goals for
students and students' responsibility for meeting them.
The school identifies assets in the local community--health and social
service agencies, youth-serving agencies, museums and cultural institutions,
local libraries, local colleges and universities, etc.
Phase Two
The school experiments with new methods for welcoming parents and community
members, such as parent centers, parent liaisons, shadow days and other
proven vehicles.
The school develops alliances with families, working with them as learners,
volunteers, and their children's teachers.
The school begins building partnerships with community groups to provide
after-school programs, mentoring, career exploration, health/social services,
service-learning opportunities and other forms of support.
Phase Three
Parents and community members are included in parent/student/teacher conferences
and in judging student exhibitions.
Families are partners in their children's education; they are well-informed,
are involved in their children's learning, and participate in decision-making.
Students have opportunities to develop citizenship skills, explore potential
careers, and use the community as a classroom.
The community provides a wide variety of resources and supports for the
school improvement effort.
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