Presentations
NAIS
2012 Annual Conference in Seattle February 29-March 2, 2012
Wingspan
Partnerships hosted a 3-hour workshop, Active Leadership: Innovation and Community Engagement, with Heads of School Gordon McNeill of Sage Hill School (more) and Janet Durgin of Sonoma Academy (more). Wingspan also hosted a 1-hour presentation, Advancing Your Cause.
Wherever You Go, There You Are: Engaging Schools with Local Communities, presented at the NAIS 2012 Annual Conference by Guybe Slangen and Catherine Hunter of San Francisco Friends School and Robert Greene of Marin Country Day School
National Conference on Girls' Education in Washington D.C. February 10-12, 2012
Wingspan
Partnerships hosted a presentation, "Public-Private School Partnerships – For Girls" (more)
Articles about Community Engagement
"Partnership Now: A Paradigm Shift in Education" by David Drinkwater and Jacqueline Smethurst, in Independent School Magazine, published by the National Association of Independent Schools
"Classroom Partners: Public and Private Schools Should Unite to Help More Children Fulfill their Potential," by Patrick Bassett, David Drinkwater and Jacqueline Smethurst, in the "Baltimore Sun"
"A New Era in Service Learning: The Rise of Public-Private School Partnerships," by Jack Creeden, in Independent School Magazine, published by the National Association of Independent School
"Reaching Out: Independent Schools Redefine Civic Engagement," by Jody Becker, in CASE Currents, published by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education
"A Promising Connection: Increasing College Access and success through Civic Engagement," published by Campus Compact
"Educational Access Revisited," excerpts from remarks given at St. Hilda’s College, Oxford University, in September 2010 by Jacqueline Smethurst
"The Public Purpose of Private Schools," by Al Adams, in Independent School Magazine, published by the National Association of Independent School
Reference Materials
The Achievement Gap Initiative at Harvard University
Community SERVICE & SERVICE learning, William Penn Charter School
National &
International Organizations for Service Learning, Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching
Principles of Ethical and Effective Service from the Haas Center for Public Service at Stanford University
"Reviving the Goal of an Integrated Society: A 21st Century Challenge," published by the UCLA Civil Rights Project
Universities with a Focus on Community Engagement, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching