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Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. – 2000
This guide for locating local resources to support a literacy program is designed to help program directors or organizers identify partners and stakeholders in their community--those that may not have been thought of as a resource. In the context of this guide, resources refers to any organization, initiative, or individual who supports…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Involvement, Community Resources, Community Support
Arnsparger, Arleen; Kernan-Schloss, Adam; Plattner, Andy; Soholt, Sylvia – 1997
Focused on the practical tools that education leaders can use to improve communications with their own colleagues, with parents, and with the general public, this guide can be used by school districts and states to organize their communication efforts strategically to build public support. The guide includes step-by-step information to develop a…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Support, Educational Facilities Improvement, Educational Planning

Matczynski, Thomas J.; Rogus, Joseph – NASSP Bulletin, 1985
By using the deductive or the inductive approach to needs assessment, or a combination of both approaches, school administrators can allocate physical or human resources in accordance with community priorities. (DCS)
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Involvement, Community Support, Deduction

Miller, G. Larry – NASSP Bulletin, 1985
An ambitious school and community drug education program won community support after the appearance of a controversial school newspaper article featuring an anonymous interview with a drug pusher drew national attention to the problem of drug abuse in the community and schools. (DCS)
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Cooperation, Community Involvement, Community Support

Thiemann, Francis C.; Ruscoe, Gordon C. – NASSP Bulletin, 1985
By focusing on the entire community as stakeholders in the public schools, the school board, the superintendent, and principals are forced to identify and cultivate the diverse groups in the community. Eight essential steps to developing an effective stakeholder management strategy are listed. (Author/DCS)
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Involvement, Community Support, Elementary Secondary Education
Steffy, Betty E.; Lindle, Jane Clark – 1994
Total Quality Management (TQM) promotes a long-term, strategic look at organizations; by extension, Total Quality Education (TQE) promotes an essential, strategic view of communities, educational provisions, and children. This book discusses applying the TQM approach, which focuses on long-term quality, to a TQE, communitywide focus. The emphasis…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Support, Cooperative Planning, Educational Cooperation
Schmitt, Donna M.; Tracy, Jaclynn C. – 1996
This book offers a six-step process for eliciting broader community involvement with schools in order to improve students' educational environment. The need for changing traditional practices is discussed in chapter 1, which describes various ways to ensure equity and access while also rebuilding public confidence and support for schools. Chapter…
Descriptors: Administrators, Change Strategies, Community Cooperation, Community Involvement
Long, Claudia – Principal, 1985
A survey of 100 principals known for their successful programs for obtaining community support brought many effective techniques to light. These methods fall into four categories: written and oral communications, community involvement in decision making, use of school volunteers, and encouragement of parent-faculty organizations. (PGD)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Community Attitudes, Community Involvement, Community Support
Hart, Thomas E. – OSSC Bulletin, 1988
Public education today involves various citizen groups, state agencies, service organizations, interest groups, institutions of higher education, and other constituencies who influence policies and assist districts with finances, materials, and personnel. This bulletin discusses strategies for organizing these groups into a coalition that…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Cooperation, Community Involvement, Community Organizations
DeFigio, Nicholas F.; Elsberry, Michael J. – 1982
The extent of any community's citizen involvement in education depends largely on its administrators and school board. Pennsylvania's Long Range Planning for School Improvement identifies six reasons for desiring community involvement, including providing citizens the opportunity to understand school board operating plans and giving the board the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board of Education Policy, Citizen Participation, Community Cooperation
Toy, Steve – 1987
Addressing the concerns and resources of small, rural school districts, this book sets out a rationale and model plan for school-community relations. After introductory material and a review of what's been done, the first major section lists and describes 10 criteria shown by research to be most important for a small school district community…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board of Education Policy, Communication (Thought Transfer), Community Involvement
Pennsylvania School Boards Association, New Cumberland. – 1989
Public relations guidelines for school principals are offered in this handbook, with an emphasis on improving student achievement and internal and external communication. Six chapters discuss the principal's public relations role, internal communication, securing and maintaining community involvement, school publications, media relations, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Involvement, Community Support, Elementary Secondary Education