1. Community school readiness programs and partnerships
Union-led
Student-Centered
Transformative Practice
Community school readiness programs and partnerships
Elizabeth Foster,
President, Guilford County Association of Educators
Keith Pemberton,
School Social Worker, Guilford County Schools

2. Oak Hill elementary School
High point, north carolina

3. Guilford County association of Educators
Members include teachers, administrators, and ESPs
Right-to-work and non-bargaining state
No tenure
Full-time release president, two part-time UniServs, no other staff
Term limits for officers with state retirement impact for full-time release president
North Carolina super majority has decimated public education and the teaching profession since the 2010 election

4. C=a+b Union partnership community school readiness (a)
In Guilford County the Factors Included:
Persistently low performing school
SIG and Turnaround Model School
Rich demographics, under engagement of parents and community
Highly impacted and refugee resettlement community
Outside funding is needed to complete long-term sustainable change

5. Research, planning, implementation
State and local affiliate approached by Priority Schools Project
Strategic plan developed to parallel school district’s
Partnership begins with 1:1 conversations
Identify and fill gaps with Priority School’s and NEA programs and opportunities
Recruit, organize, and develop potential leaders
Student-centered, research-based
approach to work

6. Programs and partnerships-beginning
Needs assessment!
Develop a meaningful connection
with at least one community leader

7. Community organizational partnerships-Examples
Faith-Based
Corporations
Non-Profit Organizations
Business Community
Post-Secondary Institutions

8. Parent Engagement-transformation
I-Moms
All Pro Dads
PTA

9. Focus on sustainability
Media
Engage Elected Officials
Advocate and Lobby
Engage All Moving Parts…
Moving parts include data driven instruction, cultural competency, ELL, strategies to drive student achievement, PLCs…

10. Share how you will prepare to implement community school transformation
Think, pair, share

12. Contact information
Keith G. Pemberton Elizabeth Foster