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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"school partnership"”.
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Collaborative Processes of a Professional Development School Partnership
… processes in the Professional Development School (PDS). Although central to successful PDSs, collaboration in PDS development and maintenance is not yet fully described. This study examined one Maryland PDS Partnership that included participants from one university, one suburban school …
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An outcome evaluation of the Home-School partnership programme
This is an outcomes evaluation of the Home-School Partnership (HSP) programme, implemented by Wordworks, an organisation based in the Western Cape Province. The programme aims to improve language and literacy for the children between four and eight years of age. To achieve this, the programme seeks …
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Holding Space: How Caregivers Narrate Support, Stress, and School Partnership
… disabilities experienced and interpreted school support within the context of daily family life. Grounded in the social model of disability, the study was designed to explore the nature of meaningful school-based support, the limitations caregivers encountered, and the ways school-family …
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COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND HIGH SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP: COLLEGE MATH READINESS PROGRAM
<p>This study describes the partnership between an urban community college and seven high schools from its inception. The purpose of the partnership was to increase the number of high school seniors transitioning into college-level math courses through the college math readiness program, an …
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The collaboration conundrum: Negotiating educator priorities in an intensive museum-school partnership
Increasingly, fine arts museums and K-12 schools seek to work together in more substantive ways than the traditional one-time field trip. Museum-school partnerships afford the opportunity to work across institutional borders to create unique learning experiences for students, but they also present …
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Working towards parent-school partnership: An action research project in an urban primary school
… research project undertaken in an urban primary school. This action research project aimed to improve partnership with parents in the school, including parents whose children may be at risk of educational disadvantage.Amongst the main findings of this dissertation are the following: Parental …
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Understanding and Promoting the Development of a Church -School Partnership: A Tale of Two Cultures
Results reveal that the partnership can be understood as the intersection of two cultures, one focused on garnering resources and the other on developing relationships. Twenty-one factors that facilitate or inhibit the negotiation of these differing perspectives are identified, including those that …
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Investigating home-school partnership in school activities at two selected primary schools on Otjozondjupa region, Namibia
… result of the researcher’s interest in the home-school partnership concept when she began with her teaching career. The researcher realised that learners sometimes were given projects, homework and tasks that required assistance from guardians, which was not always forthcoming. This study was …
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School Business Partnership: a Case Study of an Elementary School Partnership to Determine Factors for Success
School/business partnerships have become prevalent in our society. There is, however, limited research on why some partnerships at the elementary school level are successful while others are not. This study examined one elementary school's program which was deemed successful to determine how …
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A case study of a university-school partnership: impacting the success of children, teacher candidates, and inservice teachers
School reform is an often heard term within the Bush administration. Since the signing of his No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), President George W. Bush set out to make certain our teachers are highly qualified and that our children perform better in school. From the Holmes Group (1986) to …
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HEI school partnership in initial teacher training: the balance of HEI-school responsibilities for, and the nature of, secondary PGCE courses
This study examines the balance of HEI-school responsibilities for secondary PGCE courses, and extends previous work in this dimension of partnership by moving beyond the perspective of HEI course managers through content analysis of HEI course documentation and interviews with HEI course leaders. …
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The effects of community school partnerships on students and educators in five urban high schools : a view from the field
… models in order to turn around underperforming schools. One of the newer models that is being implemented across the country is a strategy called community schools. Over the last few years, the number of districts that have started to utilize the community school model has increased …
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University of South Carolina'S Elementary Professional Development School Partnerships: Conditions Influencing Professional Development of Teachers
… development of teachers within a University partnership. More specifically the research questions are:</p> <p>* What conditions exist in a University public school partnership to engage in-service teachers in professional development?</p> <p>* In what ways is the professional development of …
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I Do Activist Things Even Though I'm Nothing: A Critical Ethnography of Immigrant Youth Identity Formation in an Urban Community-School
… and sense of belonging in an urban, public high school. This critical ethnography examines their social interactions. The youth live in a segregated neighborhood that is largely abandoned by policy-makers and recently impacted by massive school closures by the district. The youth, within the …
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An exploratory survey of factors affecting satisfaction with educational experiences for parents of children with Cystic Fibrosis
… the importance of a strong, collaborative home-school partnership for student success. Additionally, previous research has identified children with chronic illnesses as a special population frequently requiring individualized accommodations and modifications to promote success in the educational …
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A Study Of Elementary School Involvement By Parents Currently Serving In The U.S. Armed Forces
… parents with children enrolled in elementary school. The intent of the research was to reveal factors that contributed to military parents’ participation in the education of their elementary-aged child, analyze factors that contributed to the lack of involvement of military parents in the …
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The Impact of Parental Involvement on Student Success: School and Family Partnership From the Perspective of Parents and Teachers
… and search for ways to improve the home-school relationship through effective parental involvement. Additionally, the study strived to identify efficient yet useful ways that families and schools can build strong partnerships and to discover the role of the school in at home …
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Principals' Role in Fostering School-Family Partnerships: Improving the Achievement of Students Living in Poverty within Rural Appalachia
… engagement requires a high commitment from the school principal. This study is a representation of the researcher's effort to better understand how principals can form strong school-family relationships in order to improve overall achievement for economically disadvantaged students living in …
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A case study of emerging practice in speech-language therapy in a community practice context
… practice in SLT as part of a university-school partnership in a peri-urban settlement in South Africa. The objectives were: 1. To describe and analyse the practice methods of the EPP, 2. To describe and analyse the educational and knowledge bases which support the EPP, and 3. To describe …
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An investigation into the cooperative and collaborative partnerships in Hungarian teacher education
… into some characteristics of collaborative partnerships in Hungarian teacher education, and to use this as evidence in pointing out the need for a change in current teacher education practices in the preparation of teachers/mentors.<br/><br/>The Portfolio brings together accounts of two …
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