WCGMF-Discovery | Tools for Community Work
The Memorial Fund believes that education benefits individuals and societies as a whole and that the Discovery work should be rooted in quality research. The Memorial Fund strongly supports the principle that research and information exchange can help to change public policy and educational practices when change is needed. Additionally, the Memorial Fund seeks opportunities to foster the sharing of information and experiences among its grantees and others working toward improved outcomes for young children.
This section includes research, toolkits, work samples and resources related to the following topic areas:
[1] » Collaboration
[2] » Parent Leadership and Engagement
[3] » Community Building
[4] » Communications
[5] » Data Collection
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2007 Application Guidelines for Community Conversations About Education
(Community Mediation, Inc.)
Democracy Works gives up to $2,500 grants to sponsor a Community Conversation about Education. These local conversations are community-wide discussions that examine issues affecting children from birth through high school. Applications are due on September 17, 2007.
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Analyzing Your Data
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Can This Collaboration Be Saved?
Written by Paul Mattessich, Executive Director of the Wilder Research Center, this article looks at the factors that impact the success of the a collaboration and how to overcome obstacles to successful collaboration.
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Collaboration Principles in Action
Adapted from "How to Build a Community Collaboration," which can be found on the Community Collaboration website (address listed below), this document lists collaboration principles and describes what those principles look like in practice. Principles covered include developing mission and vision statements, setting goals and objectives, leadership, coordination and organization, building relationships, communication and others.
The Community Collaboration website can be found at [11] http://www.communitycollaboration.net
How to Build a Community Collaboration can be found at [12] http://www.communitycollaboration.net/id22.htm
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Community Profiles
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CTParenting.com
The Connecticut Department of Children and Families has set up this website to provide information for families with children of all ages and developmental stages, including information on health, safety, child development, education, family fun, and meeting families' basic needs. The site also offers special sections tailored to fathers, single and divorced parents, prospective parents, grandparents caring for grandchildren, teenagers and younger children.
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[1]: http://discovery.wcgmf.org/category_148.html
[2]: http://discovery.wcgmf.org/category_146.html
[3]: http://discovery.wcgmf.org/category_147.html
[4]: http://discovery.wcgmf.org/category_150.html
[5]: http://discovery.wcgmf.org/category_149.html
[6]: http://discovery.wcgmf.org/resources/sps_resource_917.doc
[7]: http://discovery.wcgmf.org/partner_13.html
[8]: http://discovery.wcgmf.org/resources/sps_resource_692.ppt
[9]: http://www.nhi.org/online/issues/129/savecollab.html
[10]: http://discovery.wcgmf.org/resources/sps_resource_452.rtf
[11]: http://www.communitycollaboration.net
[12]: http://www.communitycollaboration.net/id22.htm
[13]: http://stage.discovery.wcgmf.org/profile_index.html
[14]: http://www.ctparenting.com/#app=c2&6253-selectedIndex=5