School and Community Partnerships: Cultivating Friends

This article gives advice on building partnerships among schools, community groups, and agencies. It discusses how the school principal
and community need to work together on establishing goals, assessing needs, developing vision, and deciding management issues. The article covers evaluation methods that have been shown to be both innovative and effective, including portfolios, manuals, and surveys. Benefits of effective school-community partnerships for teachers and principals, students, and communities are discussed.