School Staff Perceptions of Community Afterschool Partnerships

By Lindsay R. Ruhr & Laura Danforth

Abundant research has covered the benefits of and barriers to partnerships between schools and community-based organizations (CBOs; Sanders, 2001; Valli et al., 2016). Such partnerships can be defined as “connections between schools and community individuals, organizations, and businesses that are forged to promote students’ social, emotional, physical, and intellectual development” (Sanders, 2001, p. 20).

Tags: Workforce Development, Youth Development, Best Practices, Special Population, Partnership, Assessment, Theory, Schools, Social Emotional, CBO, Academic, Quality