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Next Steps: A Four-Stage Plan for Action to Begin an Active Business-Education Partnership

Stage 1: Vision

• Visualize how your company can achieve sustained educational change

• Articulate your vision and its relevance to business and educational goals

• Create awareness and commitment to your vision among employees and the community

Stage 2: Leadership

• Create buy-in and develop linkages with key stakeholder groups (internal company departments and parent/school/community groups)

• Identify "champions" within your company who can take a leadership role in advancing your vision

• Reduce barriers and obstacles which may inhibit implementing the vision

Stage 3: Measurable indicators

• Determine what you plan to accomplish, clarifying your goals and indicators of success (for example, rates of absenteeism, productivity, recruitment, retention, and/or customer loyalty)

• Measure the results at your company and at schools

• Develop a timetable to evaluate the achievement of your goals and successes

Stage 4: Continuous improvement

• Evaluate the impact of your educational partnerships

• Plan next steps

• Continue to assess and revise your efforts

• Build and strengthen local networks

[Critical Points to Remember]

[The Partnership for Family Involvement in Education]

This page was last updated January 3, 2002 (jca)