Every community, regardless of size or location, has businesses, organizations, and institutions with global connections that can support a school’s mission. A globally focused school intentionally engages, cultivates, and nurtures partnerships with these community stakeholders to build its capacity to deliver high quality global learning opportunities for youth. In this workshop, participants will learn about the important role of community partners in the Global School Design Model and new Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA); how to identify and initiate work with community partners that align with the school’s goals; and strategies for cultivating and nurturing mutually beneficial partnerships. We will also share examples of successful school-community partnerships to spark discussion and potential approaches that can be adapted at participants’ own schools or districts.

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Establishing Community
Partnerships that Enrich
Global Learning
Heather Loewecke, Asia Society Center for Global Education
Amy Wood, Marion City Schools
June 23, 2016
Workshop Agenda
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• Welcome, review agenda & objectives
• Importance of school-community
partnerships
• Establishing and nurturing partnerships
• Wrap up

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Importance of
School-Community
Partnerships
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Discussion
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Why are community
partnerships important for
developing youth’s global
competencies?

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Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
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Community engagement under ESSA:
• States must include at least one non-academic indicator of
school quality in their accountability systems.
• Authorized funds devoted to increase the capacity of states,
LEAs, schools, and local communities to provide all students
with access to a well-rounded education and to improve
school conditions for student learning.
• States are required to have meaningful consultation and
input from higher education, parents, CBOs, school
leadership, and teachers on academic goals, plans for school
improvement, and other areas of policy.
Global School Design
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Global School Design
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Partnerships
What is the evidence that the school seeks out, cultivates, and nurtures partnerships
with students’ families and with community individuals and organizations that can
support and enhance a focus on global competence?
• Parents, families, and guardians are actively engaged in the school’s work.
• The school develops key partnerships with organizations and institutions that
enhance its focus on global competence.
• The school develops key partnerships with institutes of higher education and other
organizations that provide and/or promote post-secondary opportunities for its
students.
• The school develops key partnerships with organizations that supplement its own
efforts to support students’ academic, social, emotional, and/or physical well-being.
Establishing and Nurturing
Partnerships
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Discussion
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What are the categories of
potential partners?
How might your students or
their families be involved in
identifying new partners?
Community Partners
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Immigrant and heritage organizations
Embassies or consulate offices
Cultural institutions (such as museums and historical societies)
Schools
Out-of-school time/youth development organizations
Educational exchange organizations
Colleges and Universities
Business, economic development, labor and trade organizations
Policy centers
International affairs or volunteer organizations
Faith-based organizations
International volunteer programs
Local media

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Community Partnerships:
How to Get Started
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o Survey the community
o Ask for what you need
o Let your partners know why they are so valuable,
and explain how their participation benefits them
o Consider a variety of partnership roles
o Nurture your partners
o Bring partners together
o Tap parents as partners
o Highlight what your school can offer partners
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https://youtu.be/cffPWtQKJ5M
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Mr. Gus Comstock - Marion CANDO
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Initial Partnership Meeting
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Activity Instructions:
1. In groups, map out the initial meeting with the selected partner type.
Include:
• timeframes
• request(s) of the partner
• talking points about the school’s global learning goals and how the partnership
aligns with those goals
• partnership benefits for each party
• questions to ask of the partner
2. Also discuss:
• Challenges: What might the challenges be with developing or nurturing this
partner? How might you solve those challenges?
• Youth Role: How might students be involved with engaging or nurturing this
partner?
• Cultivation: What would you do to nurture this partnership?

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Contact Information
Heather Loewecke
Senior Program Manager,
Global Learning Beyond School
Asia Society
hloewecke@asiasociety.org
http://asiasociety.org/education
Amy Wood
Director of Educational Programs & Grants
Marion City Schools
awood@mcspresidents.org
http://www.marioncityschools.org/
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