Partnership and Resource Development

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Partnership and Resource Development
Carol Lewis, Presenter Dawn Kelley,
Facilitator Communities In Schools of Georgia
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Taking a lesson from Mother Nature
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Session Objectives

• Outline the benefits of Community Partnerships
  and Resources Development
• Why develop community partnerships?
• Explain the benefits of expanding the scope of
  potential support
• Overview steps to forming community partnerships
• Participant will have guidelines for accessing
  existing partnerships and resources
• Provide community resource assessment
• Provide guidelines for soliciting and contacting
• Provide guidelines for developing Agency
  Agreements
• Review Resources and Partnership Summaries

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Community Partnerships and Resource Development

• What we mean by partnership
• It is developing relationships with individuals
  and community based organizations who have the
  ability to offer resources (human, service and
  financial) to support and help meet the goal of
  increased high school graduation

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Why Develop Community Partnerships and Resources?
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Partnerships that link schools to community
resources help to

• Increase positive student behaviors
• Raise student achievement
• Increase high school graduation
• Benefit both students and the surrounding
  community

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Four Partnerships Categories

• Links from school to community (students
  receiving services at an off school site)
• Partners provided services in space provided by
  the school
• Capital partners provided services in space
  within a school paid for by the partner (such as
  a health clinic or public-library branch)
• Partners providing resources other than services

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Benefits linked to school community partnerships
include

• Improvements in student achievement
• Higher student and staff attendance
• Better student attitudes and school climate
• Dramatic increases in parental involvement
• Decreased violence in schools and neighborhoods
• Increased community involvement

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Levels of Partnership

• Communication Informal sharing with low risk
• Cooperation Work is driven by individuals.
  Risk to low to organization and varies for
  individuals
• Coalition More formal and created to amass
  influence or resources gain greater impact
• Collaboration Most formal and intense. High
  level of commitment, long term and goal focused.

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Stages of Partnership Development

• Creating the Environment for Success
• Assessing (group) needs, potential resources and
  partnership models
• Vision, goals and objectives
• Developing an action plan for partnership
• Developing a management system
• Developing and managing resources
• Monitoring and evaluation of partnership or
  resource

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Identify Partnership and Resource Needs

• Before entering into a partnership or begin
  looking for resources, the high school graduation
  coach should develop an assessment matrix that
  contains
• Student needs
• Potential resources to meet student needs
  (mentoring, tutoring, etc).
• Like-minded individuals or organizations with the
  capability to assist in the development of needed
  resources

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RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT Human, Service and
Financial
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Let Discuss Resources That Help Students
Graduate High School

• What are they?
• How do you find them?
• How will they know what you need?
• How do you keep them? (the good ones)

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The Effective Development of Resources can
include

• Proposals for funding
• Individual monetary solicitations and fundraisers
• Developing human capital such as volunteers and
  service providers
• Developing in-kind services and in-kind donations
  of goods and materials

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Guidelines for Resource-seeking Success

• Know the protocol of your school
• Ask people to give and volunteer the way they
  want to volunteer
• Keep your promises
• Be specific about use of time, donations and
  services
• Communicate often, clearly and honestly

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Public Speaking and Persuasion Resource
Development Tools

• Persuasive public speaking creates visibility and
  credibility for the initiative
• Visibility creates a wider sphere of influence
• Credibility creates a stronger ability to
  influence

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The Principles of Persuasion

• Know the facts and know your audience
• Make a strong opening
• Get to the point
• Anticipate opposing views and rebut in advance
• Obtain a commitment right then
• Thank the target person or group
• Follow up and thank them
• Keep the target person or group informed
• And repeat the message as necessary

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Resources and Partnership Summaries

• Volunteer Recruitment
• Resource list
• Developing Mentoring Program
• Life skills
• Incentives
• Guest Speakers

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