This area contains articles that provide background on developing classrooms as learning communities. Teachers can build community-centered environment, one where students support one another's learning, act as part of a community, share and respect multiple perspectives. Another dimension includes the way language is used.
Building School - Community Partnerships: A Case Example
Commitment to the community is an integral part of the mission of Universities. Colleges of business are routinely contacted for consulting and research that directly benefit businesses in a community.
Creating a Learner-Centered Environment
The environment we create for our students is equally as important as the content we teach and the learning strategies we use. This applies to all teachers of all age groups from preschool to graduate school.
Profiles of Selected School-Community Partnerships
This page is the index page from which you may link to profiles of selected school-community partnerships in California. In each description, the site provides you with background on how the program got started, its goals and activities, management structure, coordination with schools, staffing information, number of schoolsites and students served, funding, and program evaluation findings.
Building Relationships for Student Success: School-Family-Community Partnerships and Student Achievement in the Northwest
Partnerships by Design: Cultivating Effective and Meaningful School-Family-Community Partnerships
Planning for Youth Success
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School/Community Partnerships: Selected Resources
Source:National Service-Learning Clearinghouse, November 2003. For additional resource lists on these and other service‑learning topics visit the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse Website at http://www.servicelearning.org.
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