School & Community Partnerships

Resources to support student-centered work across sectors

Our school and community partnership resources are designed to help community-based partners to support student success before and after school, and in the summer. In this section, you will find research briefs, tip sheets, and practical tools on all topics related to cross-sector collaboration.

You can also access a suite of useful tools by browsing our School and Community Partnership Toolkit.

For more information on our School and Community Partnership resources, contact Anne Arias.

IN THIS SECTION

SEL Partnership Cohort

A directory of YDEKC's 2019-2020 Partnership Cohort, featuring 15 [...]

Sustainability Checklist for Community Partners

Checklist of activities related to program and partnership sustainability

Sustainability Checklist for School Leaders

Checklist of activities related to program and partnership sustainability

Partnership Sustainability Goal Setting Worksheet

Reflection tool to help schools and partners set sustainability [...]

Understanding Quality in Partner Programs

Comparison of quality in school and out-of-school-time programs

Partnership Meeting Topics and Sample Agenda

Use this tool to help plan for check-in meetings

Youth Program Partnership Newsletter Planning Worksheet

Worksheet to help with newsletter planning

Youth Program Partnership Newsletter Guide

Guide to planning a newsletter for partners

Feedback Loop Exercise

Tool to support the giving and receiving of feedback

Elevator Pitch Activity

Activity designed to help with the development of an [...]

Communication Strategy Guiding Questions

Guiding questions to help partners create a communication strategy [...]

Creating a Partnership Communication Strategy

Tool to help partners plan out a yearly communication [...]