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Acknowledgments | p. vii |
Foreword | p. ix |
Introduction: The Challenge and Promise of Education Partnerships | p. 1 |
The Nature of Education Partnerships | |
Working in a Partnership: New Tasks and Challenges | |
Methodology: Understanding the Underlying Mechanisms of Partnership | |
The Five Principles of Partnership | |
How to Use This Book | |
Getting Ready for Partnership | p. 29 |
Shall We Dance? | p. 31 |
Convening a Pre-Partnership Planning Group | |
A Final Word on Pre-Partnership Planning | |
Sizing Up Organizational Aspirations and Attributes | p. 45 |
Problems, Goals, and Objectives | |
Motivations | |
Capacity and Resources | |
Autonomy and Interdependence | |
Understanding Cultural Dynamics | p. 67 |
Avoiding the Common-Culture Myth | |
Focusing on Cultural Dynamics Within Organizations | |
Agenda Items for Your Pre-Partnership Meetings | |
Crossing Organizational and Cultural Boundaries | p. 83 |
Why Boundary Crossing Is Important | |
Characteristics of Boundary Crossing | |
Agenda Items for Your Pre-Partnership Planning Meetings | |
Designing A Partnership | p. 95 |
Types of Organizational Structures for Partnership | p. 99 |
Three Main Partnership Structures | |
Selecting a Partnership Type | |
Administration and Leadership | p. 113 |
Governance | |
Selecting Leaders | |
Other Administrative Functions | |
Effective Communication Systems | p. 133 |
Working With Existing Systems | |
Creating a Progressive Partnership Communication System | |
Implementing Partnerships | p. 145 |
Designing the Work | p. 47 |
Understand the Task Environment | |
Select a Leverage Point | |
Identify the Right Type of Intervention | |
Build Bridges to All Levels of the Local Partner Organization | |
Developing and Managing Working Groups | p. 159 |
Guidelines for All Working Groups | |
Additional Guidelines for Collaborative Working Groups | |
The Key Roles of Trust and Managing Conflict | p. 173 |
Dynamics of Trust in Partnerships | |
Strategies for Developing Trust | |
Managing Conflict in Education Partnerships | |
Epilogue | p. 185 |
Appendix: Methodology | p. 191 |
References | p. 197 |
Glossary | p. 205 |
Index | p. 209 |
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