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.

Dedication Acknowledgments About the Author Questionnaire: Before We Get Started... 1. Introduction Case Study and Reflective Questions 2. Best Practices in Reaching Out to Parents Learning Together Empower Parents Provide Training Establish Parent Coordinators Foster Parental Success Publicize Student Presentations Solicit Parent and Community Involvement Develop Parent Involvement Activities Conclusion 3. Best Practices in Building Community Alliances Consider Six Types of Involvement Form a Community Advisory Committee Undertake Community Building Plan Together Develop an After School Program Involve Parents and Community Avoid Barriers to Implementation Become Media Savvy Become Part of a Professional Development School (PDS) Initiative Conclusion 4. Using Community Resources and Reforms to Close the Black-White Achievement Gap School-Community Clinics Early Childhood Education Centers After School Programs Conclusion Conclusion: Making School-Community Relations a Reality Resource A: Realities of School-Community Leadership: In-Basket Simulations Resource B: Assessing Your Role in School-Community Relations Resource C: An Annotated Bibliography of Best Resources References Index

"A comprehensive, useful guide. It includes questionnaires and response analysis, a case study with reflective questions, and self-assessment resources." -- Curriculum Connections, Fall 2006