This guide has been prepared to assist Chapter 1 staff in planning and strengthening a successful home-school partnership. Ten basic essentials of successful program development are listed with supplementary detail: review public law, build a commitment, provide for coordination, assess needs and strengths, utilize available resources, plan, communicate, provide on-going support, implement and monitor plans, and evaluate. Much the greater portion of the guide, six appendices provide extensive materials on parental involvement, including material on expanded requirements for parental involvement for Chapter 1 programs; a planning guide for parent partnership activities; a statement of the South Bend, Indiana, Community School Corporation Policy on Parent Involvement in the Chapter 1 Program; a policy statement on Chapter 1 parent involvement from the School City of Hammond, Indiana; guides for communicating effectively over the telephone, at meetings, and in writing; ideas for Chapter 1 parent involvement meetings and workshops; lists of factors likely to contribute to and interfere with building partnership between home and school; a list of the many benefits of parent involvement; an activity planning guide and blueprint for parent partnership activities; and a list of things to remember when planning or building parent partnerships. (RH)