Thursday, September 9, 2010

Tuesday 7th September

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"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give"

Visited a Partnership school (part of the National Network of Partnership schools) that has adopted the pioneering research-based work of Professor Joyce Epstein and her team. This school's culture reflects the  'best practice' drawn from Professor Epstein's 'Framework of Six Types of Involvement'. I saw first-hand the brilliant work being done at district level by Jean West Lewis, at the Faulkner Ridge Center, in Columbia in Howard County and at school level by Maureen Gomez, a former teacher and now a Parent Laison Officer and by the Principal, Troy Todd, at Running Brook Elementary school in Howard County.

The quote above embodies for me the great work they are all doing to help students succeed through effective partnership of school, family and community.

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