Preparing Educators to Foster Strong Family-School-Community Partnerships in Community Schools

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This three-paper symposium highlights the latest research on both pre-service and in-service professional development of educators to effectively work in community schools by strengthening family-school-community partnerships. The symposium offers a critical look into the core competences, reflective, and mentoring practices that promote relational trust, teacher preparation and retention, and strong partnerships within community schools. The symposium is designed to illuminate the latest theory, research, and practices, as well as to engage participants in an interactive dialogue about building capacity of educators to lead in equity- and community centered ways

Sub Unit

• SIG-Family, School, Community Partnerships

Chair

• Helen Janc Malone, Institute for Educational Leadership

Papers

• Unique Approaches to Pre-service Teacher Prep from a Community Schools and Community-Engaged Paradigm - Janine Al-Aseer, University of Tennessee

• Addressing Teacher Shortages and Retention Through Community Schools: Power of In-service Mentorship and Peer Supports - Marisa Saunders, University of California - Los Angeles; Jeffrey Yo, University of California - Los Angeles

• Building Family Engagement Skills through Community Schools: A Crosswalk of Professional Competencies for School-based Professionals - Naorah Rimkunas, Binghamton University - SUNY

Discussant

• Jessica Shiller, Towson University