School, Family, and Community Partnerships (WEB PDF) von Joyce L. Epstein

Based on 30 years of research and fieldwork, this fourth edition of a bestseller provides tools and guidelines to use to develop more effective and equitable programs of family and community engagement. 

Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Introduction
1. A Comprehensive Framework
1.1. School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Caring for the Children We Share
1.2. School-Community Partnerships: The Little Extra That Makes a Big Difference
1.3. Improving Student Outcomes with School, Family, and Community Partnerships: A Research Review
2. Use the Framework to Reach School GoalsStories from the Field
Six Types of Involvement to Improve School Climate and Student Success
3. Take an Action Team Approach
Organizing an Effective Action Team for Partnerships: Questions and Answers
4. Conduct Workshops
One-Day Team-Training Workshop
Components of a One-Day Team-Training Workshop
Planning an End-of-Year Celebration Workshop
5. Select Materials for Presentations and Workshops
Presentations and Handouts
Small Group Activities for Workshops
6. Strengthen Partnership Programs in Middle and High Schools
Improving School, Family, and Community Partnerships in Middle and High Schools
Predictors and Effects of Family Involvement in High Schools
A Goal-Linked Approach to Partnership Programs in Middle and High Schools
7. Strengthen District and State Leadership for Partnerships
Tools for District Leaders
Tools for State Leaders
Tools for District, Organization, and State Leaders
District and State Leadership for School, Family, and Community Partnerships
8. Implement Teachers Involve Parents in Schoolwork (TIPS)
TIPS Interactive Homework
TIPS Volunteers in Social Studies and Art
How to Implement Teachers Involve Parents in Schoolwork (TIPS) Processes
9. Evaluate Your Partnership Program
Evaluate Partnership Programs: Critical Considerations
Index

Strengthen programs of family and community engagement to promote equity and increase student success!  

When schools, families, and communities collaborate and share responsibility for students education, more students succeed in school. Based on 30 years of research and fieldwork, the fourth edition of the bestseller School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action, presents tools and guidelines to help develop more effective and more equitable programs of family and community engagement. 

Written by a team of well-known experts, it provides a theory and framework of six types of involvement for action; up-to-date research on school, family, and community collaboration; and new materials for professional development and on-going technical assistance. Readers also will find: 

• Examples of best practices on the six types of involvement from preschools, and elementary, middle, and high schools
• Checklists, templates, and evaluations to plan goal-linked partnership programs and assess progress 
• CD-ROM with slides and notes for two presentations: A new awareness session to orient colleagues on the major components of a research-based partnership program, and a full One-Day Team Training Workshop to prepare school teams to develop their partnership programs. (Also available at https://resources.corwin.com/partnershipshandbook)

As a foundational text, this handbook demonstrates a proven approach to implement and sustain inclusive, goal-linked programs of partnership.  It shows how a good partnership program is an essential component of good school organization and school improvement for student success. This book will help every district and all schools strengthen and continually improve their programs of family and community engagement.