No school from March 27-31
Reminder, no school from March 27-31 for Spring Break. School resumes Monday, April 3.
2022-23 Calendar for reference
Partnership with the community is essential to our success. When we align and coordinate our efforts we will create a seamless web of supports, address barriers to learning and generate new opportunities that strengthen family, school and community. By working together, we will ensure that schools are more effective, caring places that connect students and families with essential resources and learning opportunities.
A collaborative relationship between MMSD and community entities that is mutually beneficial and works toward shared goals and purpose through an agreed upon division of labor, services, outcomes and financial responsibility.
Board Policy 7544 - School and Community Partnerships includes guidelines (key definitions, guiding principles) and procedures for formalizing a partnership (development of Memorandum of Agreement and required approvals). The intent of the policy is to ensure that partnerships clearly articulate shared purpose, roles and responsibilities, communication structure, outcomes, metrics and monitoring schedule. The Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) b com s a guiding document that drives implementation, monitoring and accountability of the partnership in a way intended to foster continuous improvement.
Depending on the intensity-level, a partnership moves through the Board of Education (BOE) in different ways. An MOA is required to be developed for medium and high intensity partnerships. An MOA is a documented tailing the agreement between partners of shared purpose, outcomes, division of labor, services, and financial responsibility. The process to formalize a partnership per BOE policy is illustrated below. Th Strategic Partnerships & Innovation (SP&I) department provides guidance and support to MMSD staff and partners throughout the process.
(Partner or MMSD Staff)
(SP&I and MMSD staff)
(MMSD staff and partner)
(SP&I)
(MMSD staff and partner)
(MMSD staff and partner)
(SP&I)
Every partnership has an MMSD staff member “owner”. Partnership owners are expected to carry out specific responsibilities necessary for a partnership to thrive. There are various ownership levels. In some cases, MMSD staff members may own a partnership on multiple levels.
Organizational Owner | SLT/COLT member or school administrator assigned to oversee overall relationship with partner organization (ie. Elm. Schools of Hope/SP&I Director) |
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Communication |
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Implementation |
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Monitoring |
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Programmatic Owner | MMSD staff member assigned to oversee implementation and monitoring of partnership (ie .Elem. Schools of Hope/Community Partnerships Coordinator) |
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Communication |
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Implementation |
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Monitoring |
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Operational Owner | MMSD staff member(s) assigned to implement specific tasks necessary to implement partnership (ie. Elem. Schools of Hope/SP&I Programs Assistant) |
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Reminder, no school from March 27-31 for Spring Break. School resumes Monday, April 3.
2022-23 Calendar for reference