Resources from National Center for Family & Community Connections with Schools at the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory

National Center for Family & Community Connections with Schools at the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory

Resource Title: Creating Collaborative Action Teams
Price: Masters $225.00; CD-ROM of all materials (English only) $39.95; Print and CD-ROM package $250.00
Author: Catherine Jordan, Amy Averett, Jerry Elder, Evangelina Orozco, Zena Rudo
Description: This guide and toolkit consist of activities and resources that individuals, school districts, and other organizations can use to build partnerships between home, school, community, and students. Developed and tested with 22 different local sites over five years, these materials guide participants through a five-stage Collaborative Action Team development process. Materials are available in English, Spanish, and on CD-ROM

Resource Title: Emerging Issues in School, Family, and Community Connections
Price: $14
Author: Catherine Jordan, Amy Averett, Deborah Donnelly, Marilyn Fowler, Margaret Myers, Evangelina Orozco, Lacy Wood
Description: This research synthesis is the first in a series that will examine key issues in the field of family and community connections with schools. The issues highlighted in this synthesis represent critical areas of work in family and community connections with schools where clarification, agreement, and further development are needed, as well as promising new directions that are emerging. It is based on a review of over 160 publications.

Resource Title: National Center for Family and Community Connections with Schools Annotated Bibliography 2001
Price: Free
Description: This publication is an annotated bibliography of recent journal articles, books, reports, conference papers and proceedings, and literature reviews related to school, family, and community connections. Researchers and practitioners can use this bibliography as a tool for accessing current research-based information, theory, and practice. This bibliography is also available as a searchable database on the Center's website.

Resource Title: Resource Guide for Planning and Operating After-School Programs
Price: $18.00 for printed version, available online free.
Description: This guide provides a description of timely, inexpensive resources to support after-school programs for school-aged children. Many of the materials in the guide also represent resources for before-school, summer programs and community learning centers.

Resource Title: Thriving Together: Connecting Rural School Improvement and Community Development
Price: $39.95 (Print materials, English or Spanish), $29.95 CD-ROM (English only)
Author: Martha Boethel
Description: Thriving Together is designed to give practitioners the background information and basic tools needed to get started with a joint school-community development effort. It includes worksheets to help you get started with your project and an extensive resources section to link you to other organizations and publications. Available in English, Spanish, and on CD-ROM.