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.
Resource Topic: School & Community Partnerships
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.
Elements of Equitable Partnerships (Graphic)
This graphic illustrates how Leadership & Coordination, Shared Vision, Implementation, and Mutual Accountability merge into synergy that leads to changes in school climate and environment; practice, policy, & system changes; and ultimately, improved whole child outcomes. For ideas on what practices support these partnerships, check out this Shared Vision & Leadership Checklist; Aligned, Responsive Implementation Checklist; and Shared Accountability Checklist.
Evaluation Calendar Worksheet for Partnerships
Use this calendar template to create a rough timeline of program and evaluation activities
Building Sustainable School-Community Partnerships and Programs Workshop Slides
“Building Sustainable School-Community Partnerships and Programs” is part of a training curriculum created by Youth Development Executives of King County (2010-2023) for public use, to expand accessibility to the School & Community Partnership Toolkit resources. This PowerPoint slide deck is accompanied by a workshop outline as well as tools from the Toolkit which are available in School’s Out Washington’s online Resource Library. The curriculum was published online in 2023.