Return-Path: <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i4EEAim19100; Fri, 14 May 2004 10:10:44 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 10:10:44 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <135.2f038b6a.2dd62c86@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: MWPotts2001@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-4EFF:2755] Engaging the Community X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 5026 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Status: O Content-Length: 1767 Lines: 33 Colleagues, I am constantly reminded that the Equipped for the Future Framework provides you with tools that will help you address a multitude of current issues. You might want to look again at the Role Maps--particularly the Citizen/Community Member Role Map in this case--to guide your work and help to define student goals. Engaging the community in the business of schooling is crucial if we want to improve core decision making. The author of this article says that we must Institutionalize listening, communicating, and reacting, behaviors that are included on the EFF Skills Wheel and formalized in the EFF Standards. All the Best, Meta Potts Moderator 4-EFF List FOCUS on Literacy Glen Allen, VA mwpotts2001@aol.com HOW TO POSITIVELY ENGAGE YOUR COMMUNITY (from PEN Weekly Newsblast 5/14/04 Fostering community relationships is one of the most effective, least-costly business strategies available to school leaders. Smart administrators realize the importance of involving parents, local businesses, and other community members in the many tough decisions they face. These relationships improve decision making, boost funding support, create new opportunities, and quell controversies that may arise from people feeling out of the loop, writes Pamela Wheaton Shorr. Harford County (MD) school officials have learned a great deal from years of partnering with local and area groups. Today, under Jacqueline Haas' open leadership, there are more than 2,000 business, organizational, and individual partnerships with Harford schools, according to district officials. Click below to learn a few suggestions on how to rally people to action in your community. http://www.scholastic.com/administrator/march04/articles.asp?article=spotlight
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