Strong communication between partners includes giving and receiving feedback. You may incorporate several different practices into your partnership to share feedback about both what you are doing together (e.g. program) and how you are working together (e.g. the way you are communicating with each other). Use this worksheet to assess your current practices and identify how to strengthen your feedback “muscle.”
Space is at a premium in many school buildings, and conflicts and confusion around space are common. Use this tool to maximize space usage in school buildings during non-school hours. This tool is adapted from a document created by Seattle Public Schools.
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.
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. It can also be used to orient staff to the basics of shared vision and leadership in partnerships generally.
This checklist is designed to help leaders in community-based organizations plan for program and partnership sustainability through inevitable periods of transition.