School
Business Partnerships
Coordinator, Christy Farnbauch
(614) 771-4273
Partnership Rules of Engagement:
- Partners have shared goals that ultimately increase student achievement
- Each individual organization’s goals are
met through partnership
- Partners respect each other’s values, goals
and organizational cultures
- Leadership is shared
- Partners assume a shared sense of ownership in the collaborative
program
- Partnerships are creative
- Organization and structure of partnerships is flexible
- Strong partnerships survive setbacks
- Engage multiple community sectors (business, parents, community organizations)
- Partnerships are comprehensively concerned with education
- Invest in the professional development of their personnel
- Partner institutions learn and change
- Evaluation and documentation help to achieve partnership goals
- Create an infrastructure that supports community/school learning
relations
- Attract sustained funding
- Require persistence and patience – These
relationships take time to develop!
- Be careful not to compromise your values, vision and mission for
a partnership!
- Always be gracious and thoughtful of your partner’s efforts. Encourage
people in the school community to patronize the businesses that give you “freebies” and
always thank them for their assistance.
