Creating Engagement between Schools and their Communities

Lessons from Educational Leaders

Edited by Ted Purinton and Carlos Azcoitia - Contributions by Carlos Azcoitia; Martin Blank; Francisco Borras; Chris Brown; Karen Glinert Carlson; Judith Dymond; Neil Naftzger; Ted Purinton; Adeline Ray; Mary A. Ronan and Doris Terry Williams

Creating Engagement between Schools and their Communities: Lessons from Educational Leaders addresses how educational leaders have made efforts to reconnect their schools to their communities and the varied goals they achieved. The contributors of this book are educational leaders who have stayed committed to their neighborhoods and who have seen the moral imperative to provide equal opportunity to all students. This book shares their experiences, particularly looking at community-based schools in urban, impoverished, or immigrant communities—communities that often are disconnected from the political and economic centers of the country.

Lexington Books

Pages: 160 • Trim: 6¼ x 9¼

978-1-4985-2174-1 • Hardback • October 2016 • $103.00 • (£79.00)

978-1-4985-2176-5 • Paperback • June 2018 • $53.99 • (£42.00)

978-1-4985-2175-8 • eBook • October 2016 • $51.00 • (£39.00)

Subjects: Education / Leadership

Creating Engagement between Schools and their Communities

Lessons from Educational Leaders

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Summary

Creating Engagement between Schools and their Communities: Lessons from Educational Leaders addresses how educational leaders have made efforts to reconnect their schools to their communities and the varied goals they achieved. The contributors of this book are educational leaders who have stayed committed to their neighborhoods and who have seen the moral imperative to provide equal opportunity to all students. This book shares their experiences, particularly looking at community-based schools in urban, impoverished, or immigrant communities—communities that often are disconnected from the political and economic centers of the country.

Details

Lexington Books

Pages: 160 • Trim: 6¼ x 9¼

978-1-4985-2174-1 • Hardback • October 2016 • $103.00 • (£79.00)

978-1-4985-2176-5 • Paperback • June 2018 • $53.99 • (£42.00)

978-1-4985-2175-8 • eBook • October 2016 • $51.00 • (£39.00)

Subjects: Education / Leadership

Author

Ted Purinton is dean of the Graduate School of Education at the American University in Cairo (AUC).

Carlos Azcoitia is distinguished professor of practice at National Louis University in Chicago.

Table of Contents

Contents

Chapter 1: What is a Community-focused Leader?
Ted Purinton & Carlos Azcoitia

Chapter 2: Building Local Academic Identity
Ted Purinton & Carlos Azcoitia

Chapter 3: Boundary-crossing Leadership for Community Schools
Martin Blanks

Chapter 4: Leading through Community-based Partnerships
Chris Brown

Chapter 5: Academic Achievement and the Community Schools Model
Mary A. Ronan

Chapter 6: The Rural Solution: How Community Schools Can Reinvigorate Rural Education
Dorris Terry Williams

Chapter 7: Leading STEM in the Community School Setting
Judith Dymond

Chapter 8: Preparing Aspiring Leaders for Community School Leadership
Karen Carlson

Chapter 9: Evaluating Community School Leadership
Adeline Ray, Daniel Diehl, & Neil Naftzger

Chapter 10: Succession Planning for Community School Leadership—A Personal Reflection
Francisco Borras

References

About the Contributors

Reviews

Often rural schools and communities are overlooked when considering the current circumstances and future prospects for students and families in our most remote places. The authors and contributors have done an outstanding job in focusing on this population and why leadership is so critical to the success and vitality of rural people and places.
— Robert Mahaffey, Rural School and Community Trust

[The book] makes a persuasive case for establishing community schools in every type of setting — urban, exurban, suburban and rural. . . . A community school is a hub for integrated services and support that cultivates opportunity and agency in students, families and neighborhoods. No specific, one-size-fits-all model is prescribed to a community school; collaborative people and partnerships define it. Most importantly, stakeholders in a community school are accountable to one another as they create and sustain a culture of equity and empowerment. . . . Community schools inspire hope for the future of public education. The complexity of helping all students overcome societal challenges and preparing them to thrive in globally connected economies and communities requires a much broader and bolder approach than most education “reforms.” Creating Engagement between Schools and their Communities spotlights the ways in which community schools can achieve that moral imperative.
— School Administrator