Leadership Moves to Create Successful Multisector Partnerships

• In Event: 26.018 - Equity-Focused Family Engagement Strategies and Community–School Partnerships

Abstract

Educational leaders increasingly acknowledge the importance of developing partnerships to address pressing and persistent educational concerns (Bennett & Thompson, 2011). This paper reports the results of a qualitative case study (Yin, 2013) that examines an exurban district’s efforts to create more just educational outcomes through the development of multi-sector partnerships with community organizations and private-sector businesses. The results highlight strategic moves district and community leaders made that contributed to the success of the partnerships and suggest a need to include the study of partnership development in preparation programs for educational leaders

Authors

• Sarah Nelson Baray, Texas State University

• Barry J. Aidman, Texas State University