of Psychology, UCLA. 9. Further partnerships are needed in an effective school that link with community resources, on the one hand, and use the resources and learning activities of the school, on the other hand, to strengthen the local community ((Fagano & Weerber, 1994; Hildebrand, Phenice, Gray& Hines, 2000; Taylor, 1997). F ace-to-face networking, communications through traditional and online communities, social media, and learning environments often serve as conduits for creating and sustaining community partnerships. Further, since their emergence in 2002, federations, agreed collaborative arrangements between two or more schools, Strong School–Community Partnerships in Inclusive Schools Are “Part of the Fabric of the School.…We Count on Them” Judith M. S. Gross, Shana J. Haines, Cokethea Hill, Grace L. Francis, Martha Blue-Banning, and Ann P. Turnbull Abstract School–community partnerships play an essential role in successful schools, These challenges can be overcome when the school-community partnership articulates a shared vision, clearly defined roles and responsibilities, and maintains open communication. The members of the community start taking int in the working of the school. Network Learning Communities (NLCs) and the City Challenges, significant elements of which have been designed to encourage and foster the development and strengthening of partnerships between schools (Muijs et al., 2011). According to the recent MetLife Survey of the American Teacher, teachers, parents and students all agree that parent engagement in schools has increased over the past 25 years.Given the role that family engagement plays in not only academic success, but life success, that is great news. Many factors need to be involved such as school, teacher, student, parent, and other relevant parties. To understand how research on partnerships is applied in practice and to learn from educators and families about challenges that must be addressed to involve all families, each year the National Network of Partnership Schools collects what are called promising partnership practices (Salinas & Jansorn, 2003). Lack of understanding by the school community. erations. School-community partnerships often are referred to as collaborations. Conceptual influences Writers in Canada and the UK agree that effective partnerships require social Furthermore, while much of the theory on inter-agency collaboration follows a business Optimally, such partnerships formally blend together resources of at least one school and sometimes a group of schools or an entire school district with resources in a given neighborhood or the larger community. To this end, this article first identifies the distinctive aspects of the new policy from previous studies on school–community partnerships developed in Korea over the past decade. a new climate and new opportunities to develop school−community partnerships (Council of Chief State School Officers, 1998b). How parents, or guard ians who are parent substitutes feel School-community partnerships can interconnect together many resources and strategies to enhance communities that support all youth and their families. These data will be used to monitor the impact of COVID-19 epidemic and enable practitioners to enhance or adapt efforts accordingly. The community can help the school with its material and h resources. This publication is the third of several reports that will explore promising practices for supporting social, emotional, and academic development. The study is premised on Getzel (1968) social systems theory which generally deals with open systems. As pointed out by Taylor & Le Riche (2006), this concept remains loosely defined in literature and is often expressed through multiple terminologies. The conceptof partnership working is often used in reference to business partnerships that involve two people working together to achieve a common goal. Given the increased COVID-19-related mental health stress on the nation’s students, school-community mental health partnerships are now, more than ever, essential to the health and well-being of our young people. In this article, I examine the role of "community" in school-based programs of school, family, and community partnerships. challenges for programs designed to foster the learning and development of young people. 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