Questions designed to help school leaders reflect on their readiness to partner with outside organizations. These questions can be helpful before entering into new partnerships, or when rethinking or evaluating existing partnerships.
Reflect on the various partnerships you have had throughout your career, and those you are a part of now. All partnerships are unique and different- various factors influence these partnerships who the partners are, the resources available, and time line. Use this worksheet to record your thoughts.
Site coordinators (principals, school staff, or community-based organization leaders) can take inventory of existing programs and partners within their school using this tool. This process can take time to complete, but can help to clarify the partnership landscape at a school site.
Site coordinators (principals, school staff, or community-based organization leaders) can take inventory of existing programs and partners within their school using this tool. This process can take time to complete, but can help to clarify the partnership landscape at a school site. This is the spreadsheet version of this tool.
Use this tool at the start of a new partnership or new school year to design or revise a partnership between a school and one or more community-based organizations. The staff member from the school who will be the lead on supporting the partnership and the community-based organization leader(s) who will manage and/or implement the program should complete this form.
Partnerships are stronger when there are mechanisms in place to facilitate shared decision-making. Use this template to clarify the roles of partners and others in key decision areas that may arise.