Supporting the Dream
High School-College Partnerships for College and Career Readiness
- Charis McGaughy - Educational Policy Improvement Center
- Andrea Venezia
Foreword by David T. Conley
Leadership & Management | School Change, Reform, & Restructuring | Standards & Accountability
Educational partnerships for postsecondary readiness – your resource guide is here!
High school graduates want to be prepared to succeed in life after high school; for most that includes completing some form of postsecondary education. This thoroughly researched guide to building and sustaining effective, cross-system partnerships between high schools, colleges, and regional and local communities will help educators support students’ college and career readiness. College and career readiness experts, McGaughy and Venezia lead education stakeholders through a step-by-step process that improves postsecondary outcomes for all students.
This book stresses the need to build effective working relationships and offers practical, actionable, information and straightforward strategies to help you:
- Identify needs
- Leverage existing relationships, programs and resources
- Build and sustain regional and local partnerships
- Implement a plan to measure key outcomes and provide comprehensive supports to ensure postsecondary readiness
- Connect policies and practices across partnerships to benefit student learning
- Communicate and work across partnerships to support successful student transitions
Includes key research findings, real-world examples and reflections, and templates to guide your work to support improved student learning.
"Supporting the Dream clearly articulates the need for partnerships and provides a great framework for educators and community. For anyone looking to establish a college and career partnership, this should be a guiding resource."
"As high schools strive to partner with post-secondary institutions to improve their students’ college readiness, they will find the how-to answers here."
"All too often partnerships are started in isolation and are program driven. A process driven partnership, grounded in theory and focused on practical implementation, is an excellent addition to the literature. I believe it will be used by practitioners and researchers alike."
"I found the material interesting, engaging, and important. This book provides a solid rationale for partnership. It includes a blueprint that is detailed enough to be helpful and loose enough to make clear that there is no one way approach; rather, partnerships must reflect their context."
