1. School Partnership Coordinator Orientation - Part 1 Classroom and Community Connections Program - C3 Buncombe County Schools Classroom and Community Connections Program - C3 Buncombe County Schools

2. Classroom and Community Connections Overview / Partnership Program for BCS / Community Resources - Business, Civic, Faith, Volunteer / To help reinforce Graduation Initiative goals / To add real world interaction to district curriculum and the SCOS / To create and help foster sustaining community connections with individual schools and the district / Partnership Program for BCS / Community Resources - Business, Civic, Faith, Volunteer / To help reinforce Graduation Initiative goals / To add real world interaction to district curriculum and the SCOS / To create and help foster sustaining community connections with individual schools and the district

3. Profile of an SPC School Partnership Coordinator / Member of the schools leadership team or familiar with team focus and goals / Comfortable networking with business people and community / Knowledgeable about school goals, demographics, district rules and regulations / Ability to encourage/recruit others at school to be engaged with partners / Able to see possibilities for engagement and the relationship to curriculum goals / Member of the schools leadership team or familiar with team focus and goals / Comfortable networking with business people and community / Knowledgeable about school goals, demographics, district rules and regulations / Ability to encourage/recruit others at school to be engaged with partners / Able to see possibilities for engagement and the relationship to curriculum goals

4. / provides information to teachers and parents about C3 / matches community resources with teacher requests / collects yearly goals and objectives for the C3 program / meets with each community resource to design activities, identify objectives and set timelines for involvement on a yearly basis / provides information to teachers and parents about C3 / matches community resources with teacher requests / collects yearly goals and objectives for the C3 program / meets with each community resource to design activities, identify objectives and set timelines for involvement on a yearly basis

5. / provides recognition for all community partners with in the school / establishes ongoing communication and encourages feedback / acts as a contact for the Community Connections program / Upbeat, personable, outgoing…and a knowledgeable BELIEVER in the program / provides recognition for all community partners with in the school / establishes ongoing communication and encourages feedback / acts as a contact for the Community Connections program / Upbeat, personable, outgoing…and a knowledgeable BELIEVER in the program

6. Meet with the Principal / What are the vision and goals? / What is the expectation? / What is the time commitment? / Develop Annual Action Plans (handout) / What are the vision and goals? / What is the expectation? / What is the time commitment? / Develop Annual Action Plans (handout)

7. Partner Annual Action Plans / Apply to current and new partners annually / Identify a contact person at each community partner / Set a meeting time with contact, principal yourself / Develop shared/realistic goals / Set evaluation time / Apply to current and new partners annually / Identify a contact person at each community partner / Set a meeting time with contact, principal yourself / Develop shared/realistic goals / Set evaluation time

8. BCS District Rules / Who can be a partner? / What do partners do? / What are the School and District timelines? / What are the School and District reporting and evaluation expectations? / Who can be a partner? / What do partners do? / What are the School and District timelines? / What are the School and District reporting and evaluation expectations?

9. BCS Policies / Advertising - Boosters, PTO & PTA, District / Distribution of Flyers - Dr. Baldwin / Incentive Programs - Communications/Personnel / District Policies / 315 Local School Visitors / 320 Registered Sex Offenders / 445 Selling Items in School / 530 Community Use of School Facilities / 530R Regulations Governing Community Use of School Facilities / 550 Contributions/Purchases by Outside Agencies / 655 School Sponsored Field Trips & Extracurricular Travel / 660 Presentations to Students By Qualified Non-Student Group / Advertising - Boosters, PTO & PTA, District / Distribution of Flyers - Dr. Baldwin / Incentive Programs - Communications/Personnel / District Policies / 315 Local School Visitors / 320 Registered Sex Offenders / 445 Selling Items in School / 530 Community Use of School Facilities / 530R Regulations Governing Community Use of School Facilities / 550 Contributions/Purchases by Outside Agencies / 655 School Sponsored Field Trips & Extracurricular Travel / 660 Presentations to Students By Qualified Non-Student Group

10. Major Areas of Partnership Activities / Instructional Support and Enrichment / Material and Financial Support / Human Resources / Staff Support / Use of Community Facilities / Instructional Support and Enrichment / Material and Financial Support / Human Resources / Staff Support / Use of Community Facilities

11. Staff Orientation Principals Role: / Vision and Goals for community engagement / Discuss how community engagement relates to School Improvement Goals / Encourage staff to support and participate in partnership efforts / Introduce School Partnership Coordinator at staff/faculty meeting Principals Role: / Vision and Goals for community engagement / Discuss how community engagement relates to School Improvement Goals / Encourage staff to support and participate in partnership efforts / Introduce School Partnership Coordinator at staff/faculty meeting

12. Staff Orientation School Partnership Coordinators Role / Review current partnership and activities / Review the various ways in which partners may be involved / Give concrete examples of programs and activities / Conduct Needs Assessment / Train staff to use volunteers effectively / Collect feedback from staff School Partnership Coordinators Role / Review current partnership and activities / Review the various ways in which partners may be involved / Give concrete examples of programs and activities / Conduct Needs Assessment / Train staff to use volunteers effectively / Collect feedback from staff

13. Contact Information Amanda Eller Community Relations Coordinator Buncombe County Schools 350.2288 amanda.eller@bcsemail.org