School-Community Learning Partnerships: Essential to Expand Learning Success in the Selected Schools of Tabaco North District B, Tabaco City Division

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

For the past decade, the 21st Century Community Learning Centers initiative has asked schools to work in partnership with community-and faith-based organizations to support children's learning during the hours after school and during the summertime. Consequently, there has been tremendous growth across the nation to forge meaningful partnerships between school and afterschool and summer programs.The researcher would like to know the four dimensions and characteristics of the school and stakeholders engagement in terms of connectivity for meeting the needs of the learners, school environment that promote community partnership, sketching out major school community initiatives, and school and family action team, the significant difference between the perceptions of the internal and external stakeholders . Also, the significance of community resources that considered in establishing family community, and school connections for promoting the no one are left behind in education along effective use of community resources for education and effective collaborative partnership of school and community.

METHODS

This study made use of the descriptive-analytical method of research. After the validation and approval of the questionnaire, the distribution of the questionnaire was made. A survey of the school head, teachers, and stakeholders on the school planning and programming towards the realization of goals on quality services given to the clientele is important.

RESULTS

The four dimension and characteristics of the school and stakeholders engagement were as follows: connectivity for meeting the needs of the learners and favorable school environment that promote community partnership. Sketching out major school and community initiatives and allowing school and family action team to plan collaboratively in the school toward the no one left behind policy.

DISCUSSIONS

Every stakeholder should spend time building consensus around a shared vision and mission. They should ensure that all partners see themselves and their own self interests in the model and plan. Collaborative members should allow time to act deliberately when reaching decisions.It is good to have a memorandum of agreement on their partnership so as to sustain the school community linkages. Every school should have a concrete community engagement or linkages so as to wean the actively involvement of other stakeholders. Teachers and principal should recognize the efforts made by every stakeholders.