• Are you looking for concrete strategies to create and maintain a planning team?

• Would you like to enhance your prevention plan through school-community partnerships?

• Do you want to learn more about national initiatives that support partnerships?

If you answered YES to these questions, then this online workshop is for you!

This event provides tips, tools, and strategies for building school-community partnerships that will support and enhance your overall prevention initiative. You will have the opportunity to review materials, participate in a series of self-guided activities, and link to additional resources. Most importantly, you will be able to discuss course content with your colleagues and learn from one another.

By this end of this online event, you will be able to do the following:

• Describe the role of school-community partnerships as facilitators of prevention planning and contributors to the overall effectiveness of your comprehensive prevention plan

• Identify characteristics of school-community partnerships that support prevention programming

• Build and maintain effective partnerships in your schools and district

Before you begin this workshop, you should visit the Orientation to Online Events website to ensure that you and your computer are prepared for this event. Then follow these steps:

First		Go to the Introduction for an overview of the Training Center's Online Continuing Education Plan.
Next		Visit What to Expect for an event summary, description of site layout, and instructions for where to go if you need help.
Finally		Review the Event Schedule to find out what you will be doing each day.

Once you have completed these steps, you are ready to start this event. Have fun!

Click on the icon for some welcoming remarks from Yvette Lamb, project director of the National Training Center for Middle School Drug Prevention and School Safety Coordinators. (Click here to read her comments.)

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