What Every Principal Should Know About School-Community Leadership

Jeffrey Glanz currently serves as a Senior Fellow at the Institute for University-School Partnership, Director of the Masters Program and the Raine and Stanley Silverstein Chair in Professional Ethics and Values at the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration at Yeshiva University. Prior to coming to YU, Dr. Glanz served as Dean of Graduate Programs and Chair of the Department of Education at Wagner College in Staten Island, New York. He also coordinated the educational leadership program that led to New York State certification as a principal and assistant principal. Prior to arriving at Wagner, he served as executive assistant to the president of Kean University in Union, New Jersey. Dr. Glanz held faculty status as a tenured professor in the Department of Instruction and Educational Leadership at Kean University’s College of Education. He was named Graduate Teacher of the Year in 1999 by the Student Graduate Association and was also that year’s recipient of the Presidential Award for Outstanding Scholarship. He served as a teacher and assistant principal in the New York City public schools. He has conducted numerous workshops and seminars internationally. Dr. Glanz has authored, coauthored, and co-edited 20 books and has many peer-reviewed article publications.

• DedicationAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorQuestionnaire: Before We Get Started…1. IntroductionCase Study and Reflective Questions2. Best Practices in Reaching Out to ParentsLearning TogetherEmpower ParentsProvide TrainingEstablish Parent CoordinatorsFoster Parental SuccessPublicize Student PresentationsSolicit Parent and Community InvolvementDevelop Parent Involvement ActivitiesConclusion3. Best Practices in Building Community AlliancesConsider Six Types of InvolvementForm a Community Advisory CommitteeUndertake Community BuildingPlan TogetherDevelop an After School ProgramInvolve Parents and CommunityAvoid Barriers to ImplementationBecome Media SavvyBecome Part of a Professional Development School (PDS) InitiativeConclusion4. Using Community Resources and Reforms to Close the Black-White Achievement GapSchool-Community ClinicsEarly Childhood Education CentersAfter School ProgramsConclusionConclusion: Making School-Community Relations a RealityResource A: Realities of School-Community Leadership: In-Basket SimulationsResource B: Assessing Your Role in School-Community RelationsResource C: An Annotated Bibliography of Best ResourcesReferencesIndex

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