Finn-Stevenson Matia
Child Study Center, Yale University.
New Dir Youth Dev. 2014 Dec;2014(144):89-103. doi: 10.1002/yd.20115.
Much attention is given today to the importance of forging family, school, and community partnerships. Growing numbers of schools, many of them with afterschool programs, are dedicating resources to support and sustain relationships with families and community-based organizations. And, among government agencies and the philanthropic sector, there is widespread recognition that schools cannot be successful if they function alone in their quest to educate our nation's children, but must work with families and in the context of the community. Although the field is enjoying unprecedented popularity and many more schools and afterschool programs are partnering with community agencies and organizations, the notion of engaging parents and the community has not yet become an integral part of school reform, and in the afterschool field, practitioners who work at the program level directly with students often struggle with how they can make partnerships a reality. This chapter draws upon lessons learned from the School of the 21st Century (21C) to provide practical strategies for reaching out to and working with families and the community. The School of the 21st Century includes an afterschool component and is one of several national initiatives that use a community school strategy.
如今，人们非常重视建立家庭、学校和社区伙伴关系的重要性。越来越多的学校，其中许多都设有课后项目，正在投入资源来支持并维持与家庭及社区组织的关系。而且，在政府机构和慈善部门中，人们普遍认识到，如果学校在教育我国儿童的过程中独自运作，就不可能取得成功，而必须与家庭合作，并在社区环境中开展工作。尽管这一领域正享有前所未有的知名度，越来越多的学校和课后项目也在与社区机构和组织建立伙伴关系，但让家长和社区参与的理念尚未成为学校改革的一个组成部分，在课后领域，直接与学生在项目层面合作的从业者常常在思考如何才能真正实现伙伴关系。本章借鉴了21世纪学校（21C）的经验教训，以提供与家庭和社区接触并合作的实用策略。21世纪学校包括一个课后项目部分，是采用社区学校策略的几个全国性倡议之一。
