School/Community Partnerships: Selected Resources

Abravanel, S. A. (2003). Building community through service-learning: The role of the community partner. Retrieved from http://www.ecs.org/clearinghouse/44/03/4403.pdf

Ammon, M. S., Furco, A., Chi, B., & Middaugh, E. (2003). Service-learning in California: A profile of the CalServe service-learning partnerships (1997-2000). Retrieved from http://www.servicelearning.org/filemanager/download/55/Chap2-1.pdf

Batenburg, M. P. (1995). Community agency and school collaboration: Going in with your eyes open. San Francisco, CA: American Educational Research Association.

Bauch, P. A. (2001). School-community partnerships in rural schools: Leadership, renewal, and a sense of place. Peabody Journal of Education, 76(2), 204-21.

Brown, D. M. (2001). Pulling it all together: A method for developing service-learning and community partnerships based in critical pedagogy. Retrieved from http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/files/legacy/filemanager/download/720/brown.pdf

Bruner, C. (1991). Thinking collaboratively: Ten questions and answers to help policy makers improve children's services. Retrieved from http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/contentdelivery/servlet/ERICServlet?accno=ED338984

Cairn, R., & Cairn, S. (1990). Collaborators: Schools and communities working together for youth service. St. Paul, MN: National Youth Leadership Council.

Cairn, R., & Scherer, C. (1994). Agencies plus schools equals service-learning: A training toolbox. Washington, DC: Points of Light Foundation.

Center for Mental Health in Schools. (2004). Working collaboratively: From school-based teams to school-community-higher education connections. Retrieved from http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/worktogether/worktogether.pdf

Ellis, D., & Hughes, K. (2002). Partnerships by design: Cultivating effective and meaningful school-family-community partnerships. Retrieved from http://educationnorthwest.org/webfm_send/127

Gretz, P. (2003, January). School and community partnerships: Cultivating friends. Principal Leadership, 3(5), 32-34.

Gulati-Partee, G., & Finger, W. R. (Eds.). (1996). Critical issues in k-12 service learning: Case studies and reflections. Alexandria, VA: National Society for Experiential Education.

Hiatt-Michael, D. B. (2001). Promising practices to connect schools with the community. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.

Kraft, N. P. (1998). Building collaborations to support service-learning. In S. Billig (Ed.), Building support for service-learning (pp. 67-88). Denver, CO: RMC Research Corporation.

Levine, C. (1998, June). School-community partnerships. A lasting collaboration is more than a two-step dance. School Administrator. Retrieved from http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JSD/is_6_55/ai_77196382/

Loosli, S. E. (1999). Building effective partnerships. Wellesley, MA: National Institute on Out-of-School Time.

Lyday, W. J., & Winecoff, L. (1998). Connecting communities through service learning. Clemson, SC: National Dropout Prevention Center.

Mattessich, P., Murray-Close, M., & Monsey, B. (2001). Collaboration: What makes it work (2nd ed.). St. Paul, MN: Amherst H. Wilder Foundation.

National Collaboration for Youth. (1997). The new community collaboration manual. Washington, DC: The National Assembly of Health and Human Service Organizations.

National Service-Learning Clearinghouse. (n.d.). Partnerships [Topic page]. Retrieved from http://www.servicelearning.org/topic/theory-practice/partnerships

Pardini, P. (2001). School-community partnering. School Administrator, 58(7), 6-11.

Pitkofsky, J. (1994). Creating and managing partnerships for service learning integration: A guide for service learning coordinators. Alexandria, VA: National Association of Partners in Education.

Points of Light Foundation. (2002). Building effective partnerships in service-learning [Fact sheet]. Retrieved from http://www.servicelearning.org/instant_info/fact_sheets/cb_facts/build_partners

Rigsby, L. C., & Reynolds, M. C. (1995). School community connections: Exploring issues for research and practice. Indianapolis, IN: Jossey-Bass.

Roehlkepartain, E. (1995). Everyone wins when youth serve: Building agency/school partnerships for service learning. Washington, DC: Points of Light Foundation.

Roehlkepartain , E. (1995). A practical guide for developing agency/school partnerships for service learning. Washington, DC: Points of Light Foundation.

Rubin, H. (2002). Collaborative leadership: Developing effective partnerships in communities and schools. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

Winer, M. B., & Ray, K. (1994). Collaboration handbook: Creating, sustaining, and enjoying the journey. St. Paul, MN: Amherst H. Wilder Foundation.