This handbook is intended to provide local school personnel, teachers, and parents with guidelines for developing a partnership for improved programs. It is divided into seven sections. Section 1 discusses the range of concepts in school-community partnerships. This section, as well as the next two sections, includes rating scales, worksheets, and…

This research, developed by the Ford Training and Placement Program, observed a cadre or work group as a miniature replication of the social system of a school. The interim report presents the conceptual framework of group development and recording techniques used for analysis. The conceptual framework emphasized three phases of group development:…

This report explicates the concrete group development of a cadre of persons from Simeon High School, the University of Chicago, and the Board of Education in the summer sector of the Ford Training and Placement Program. The report is organized around crucial indices of group development, i.e., the problem of leadership. Data were collected from…