Promising Partnership Practices

School Questionnaire
NEXT ANNUAL EDITION

Complete the following information and include this cover page when you submit your school’s best practice.

Name of School:

Address:

City/State/Zip:

Reporter/Contact Person:

Title/Position:

Phone: E-mail:

Summer Contact: Phone:

Title of Practice:

Principal’s Name:

Check the box if yourAction Team for Partnerships discussed submitting this promising partnership practice with the principal.

DEADLINE:To be considered for the NEXT edition of Promising PartnershipPractices,

submit your school’s best practice by May 15of this school year.

Choose one way to submit your school’s best practice.

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Brenda G. Thomas

National Network of Partnership Schools (NNPS)

Promising Partnership Practices

Johns Hopkins University
2701 N. Charles Street, Suite 300

Baltimore, MD 21218

Fax: (410) 516-8890

Questions? CallBrenda Thomas: (410) 516-8819

Promising Partnership Practices Questionnaire

Name of SCHOOL: ______

Title of Practice: ______

Background and Purpose

  • What were the specific goals of this practice? How didthe activity support a school improvement goal?
  • Circle all grade level(s) involved in this practice.

Pre-K K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

  • In one or two sentences, describe background information (demographics) about your school.

Preparation

  • How did your team get the idea for this practice?
  • What were the roles and responsibilities of ANY OR ALL of the followingin helping to organize this activity?

Parents

Teachers

Community members

Students

Administrators

Others

  • How did the team publicize this practice to parents, students, teachers, community members, and others?

Implementation (You may attachone or two supporting documents, if needed)

  • Now, describe in detailHOW the practice was implemented. Include information about who, what, where, when and how. (Include enough detail so that someone reading the description would be able to implement the activity.)
  • What was the total cost to implement this practice? $______
  • What were the major sources of funding and resources for this practice?
  • What challenges did your team and/or school face in implementing this practice, and how did you overcome the challenges?
  • What advice would you give to an Action Team for Partnerships that was interested in implementing this practice?

Results

  • How was this practice evaluated? What was measured (formally or informally)?
  • In what specific ways did STUDENTS benefit from this practice academically, behaviorally, or otherwise?
  • How did PARENTS, TEACHERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, or OTHERS benefit from this practice?
  • ABOUT HOW MANY people benefited directly from this practice?(Report NUMBERS in relevant categories.)

______students______parents and/or other caregivers

______teachers, administrators, other staff______community members

  • What did people say about this practice? Share 2 or 3 quotes or comments and note each person’s position/affiliation(e.g., parent, student, teacher, principal, or other).

Future

  • Will your school implement this practice in the future?
  • What improvements should be made to strengthen this practice?
  • Is there anything else about this practice you would like to share with the reader that was not addressed above?