Aligned, Responsive Implementation Checklist

This checklist is intended to help community-based service providers to begin a discussion with a school, or to check in on a particular partnership, around the way the partners are working together. It can also be used to orient staff to the ongoing partnership work of the organization.

Annual Partnership Review Conversation Guide

The community-based organization partner and the school leader who supports the partnership can use this conversation guide to reflect annually on the partnership and identify lessons learned that can inform their future collective and individual work.

Checklist of Partnership Elements

A thriving school-community partnership ecosystem has several key elements: shared vision and leadership; aligned, responsive implementation; and shared accountability for success. This one-page checklist defines these elements in more detail. 

Communication Strategy Guiding Questions

Different audiences may be more or less important at different times. Use these guiding questions to help you further develop a communication strategy around a particular high-priority audience.

Creating a Partnership Communication Strategy

Use this tool to think about the various audiences in your partnership work, and about their information needs. You can then map out a communication strategy for the year.

Data to Practice Protocol for Partnerships

This guide is designed to help schools and community partners debrief data together, and make plans for improvement. It includes both guiding questions, and prompts for discussion.