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Acknowledgments | |
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About the Authors | |
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Introduction: Standards for School, Family, and Community Partnerships | |
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Laying the Foundation | |
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Policy, Theory, and Research on School, Family, and Community Partnerships | |
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Partnerships and Academic Outcomes | |
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Partnerships and Nonacademic Outcomes | |
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Why This Matters for Principals | |
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Reflection Questions | |
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Reculturing Schools for School, Family, and Community Partnerships | |
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Schools as Community Institutions | |
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Developing a Coordinated Program of School, Family, Community Partnerships | |
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Principal Leadership and School Outcomes | |
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Obstacles to Effective School, Family, and Community Partnerships | |
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Steps Toward Recultured Schools | |
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Why This Matters for Principals | |
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Reflection Questions | |
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Responding to Diversity | |
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Fathers and School, Family, and Community Partnerships | |
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Why Fathers Matter | |
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Father Demographics | |
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The Role of Fathers | |
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Guidelines for Developing Partnership Efforts to Involve Fathers | |
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Why This Matters for Principals | |
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Reflection Questions | |
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Families of Children With Disabilities and School, Family, and Community Partnerships | |
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IDEA and Children With Special Needs | |
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District and School Outreach to Families of Children With Disabilities | |
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Specific Needs and Experiences of Families of Children With Disabilities | |
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Engagement Strategies for the Families of Children With Disabilities | |
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Creating Inclusive Environments for Special Needs Populations | |
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Why This Matters for Principals | |
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Reflection Questions | |
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Linguistically Diverse Families and School, Family, and Community Partnerships | |
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Growth in Immigration and Limited English Proficient Students and Families | |
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LEP Students and Families | |
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LEP Students and NCLB | |
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Strategies to Facilitate the Involvement of LEP Families | |
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Culturally Intelligent Principal Leadership | |
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Why This Matters for Principals | |
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Reflection Questions | |
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Families Living in Poverty and School, Family, and Community Partnerships | |
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Challenges Faced by Low-Income Families | |
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Avoiding a Deficit Perspective | |
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A Collaborative Approach | |
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Why This Matters for Principals | |
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Reflection Questions | |
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Maximizing Outcomes | |
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Evaluating Programs of School, Family, and Community Partnerships | |
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Planning an Evaluation | |
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Collecting Data | |
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Presenting the Findings | |
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Why This Matters for Principals | |
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Reflection Questions | |
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Concluding Thoughts | |
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References | |
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Index | |