What are examples of successful partnership efforts?
Each year NNPS publishes detailed summaries of promising partnership practices. These reports (arranged by topics, such as reading and literacy, math, and behavior) describe activities that schools are using to meet goals in those areas. Visitors to our Web site can read each report in full or search for activities by type of involvement, school level, or site location. For instance, Promising Partnership Practices 2007 includes a community partnership program at Compton Middle School in Compton, Calif. The school experienced low levels of parent and community involvement before partnering with a faith-based program called Side by Side to create a school program called Community Partner. Set into place by the school’s action team for partnerships, the program recruits parents and adults from the nearby community to serve as mentors, tutors, and role models. Mentors participate in field trips, tutor students, and speak about topics like college preparation, career planning, and leadersh
