1.         Week 6 – Journal       

Partnership

Using the Journal tab, respond to the following prompt:

Write a  paragraph identifying a community organization or business that you  could contact with which to build a partnership and why this might work.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your journal entry.

    2.        Week 6 – Final Project       

Parent Involvement for the 21st Century

Effective parent and community involvement in a school setting does  not just happen—it requires effort on the part of the school staff to  first establish good relationships with parents and the community and  then requires additional effort to maintain and improve these  relationships. This is a necessary task for schools to attend to. Good  parent and community relations make for a better school experience for  everyone connected to the school.

For your final assignment in  this course, you will create a parent and community involvement plan.  Your plan should be ten to twelve pages in length, not including the  title page and reference page. Be sure to include a minimum of five  scholarly sources (not including your textbook), cited and referenced in  APA style, that support your ideas. 

Your plan should address the following items:

1. Describe a philosophy of the plan. Why you are creating this involvement plan?

    

2. Describe aims of the plan. What you intend to do?

    

3. Describe goals of the plan. What you intend to accomplish?

    

4. Describe school resources to implement the plan. Include personnel, materials, and funding.

    

5. Explain the student role in the plan. What will they be doing?

    

6. Explain the parent role in the plan. What they will be doing?

    

7. Explain the role of other community members/organizations in the plan. What will they be doing?

    

8. Explain actions to gain support for the plan. How will you create and engage support?

    

9. Explain events to gain support for the plan; include events to gain parent participation and community attendance.

    

10. Explain how you will evaluate the plan and criteria for success.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.