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Acknowledgments | p. vii |
About the Authors | p. ix |
Introduction: Standards for School, Family, and Community Partnerships | p. 1 |
Laying the Foundation | p. 7 |
Policy, Theory, and Research on School, Family, and Community Partnerships | p. 9 |
Partnerships and Academic Outcomes | p. 12 |
Partnerships and Nonacademic Outcomes | p. 20 |
Why This Matters for Principals | p. 23 |
Reflection Questions | p. 24 |
Reculturing Schools for School, Family, and Community Partnerships | p. 25 |
Schools as Community Institutions | p. 25 |
Developing a Coordinated Program of School, Family, and Community Partnerships | p. 27 |
Principal Leadership and School Outcomes | p. 28 |
Obstacles to Effective School, Family, and Community Partnerships | p. 29 |
Steps Toward Recultured Schools | p. 32 |
Why This Matters for Principals | p. 39 |
Reflection Questions | p. 40 |
Responding to Diversity | p. 41 |
Fathers and School, Family, and Community Partnerships | p. 43 |
Why Fathers Matter | p. 43 |
Father Demographics | p. 45 |
The Role of Fathers | p. 46 |
Guidelines for Developing Partnership Efforts to Involve Fathers | p. 48 |
Practical Partnership Activities | p. 51 |
Why This Matters for Principals | p. 56 |
Reflection Questions | p. 57 |
Families of Children With Disabilities and School, Family, and Community Partnerships | p. 59 |
IDEA and Children With Disabilities | p. 60 |
District and School Outreach to Families of Children With Disabilities | p. 60 |
Specific Needs and Experiences of Families of Children With Disabilities | p. 61 |
Engagement Strategies for Families of Children With Disabilities | p. 65 |
Creating Inclusive Environments for Families of Children with Disabilities | p. 73 |
Why This Matters for Principals | p. 75 |
Reflection Questions | p. 76 |
Linguistically Diverse Families and School, Family, and Community Partnerships | p. 77 |
Growth in Immigration and Limited English Proficient (LEP) Students and Families | p. 77 |
LEP Students and Families | p. 78 |
LEP Students and NCLB | p. 79 |
Strategies to Facilitate the Involvement of LEP Families | p. 80 |
Culturally Intelligent Principal Leadership | p. 88 |
Why This Matters for Principals | p. 89 |
Reflection Questions | p. 90 |
Families Living in Poverty and School, Family, and Community Partnerships | p. 91 |
Challenges Faced by Low-Income Families | p. 91 |
Avoiding a Deficit Perspective | p. 93 |
A Collaborative Approach | p. 94 |
Why This Matters for Principals | p. 105 |
Reflection Questions | p. 106 |
Maximizing Outcomes | p. 107 |
Evaluating Programs of School, Family, and Community Partnerships | p. 109 |
Planning an Evaluation | p. 110 |
Collecting Data | p. 116 |
Presenting the Findings | p. 121 |
Why This Matters for Principals | p. 121 |
Reflection Questions | p. 122 |
Concluding Thoughts | p. 123 |
References | p. 127 |
Index | p. 141 |
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