The Leadership Institute for Faith and Education: Building Partnerships for Equity, Justice, and Student Success June 29 – July 11, 2021 | Online | Tuition: $375 per person; Groups of 10+: 25% off final invoice www.gse.harvard.edu/ppe/life
Develop practical knowledge, skills, and strategies that will enable faith-based communities and public schools to establish collaborative partnerships in order to raise achievement levels of all students. How can faith communities and local public schools become more engaged partners in the work of improving student achievement and outcomes, while being mindful of important constitutional parameters separating church and state? A growing number of faith-based organizations and public schools have formed meaningful, clearly-defined partnerships across the American educational landscape. Communities are creating the change they want to see locally by reaching across previously perceived divides: building relationships, programs, and advocacy together — all in support of student and community success in chronically under-resourced parts of the country. The Leadership Institute for Faith and Education: Building Partnerships for Equity, Justice, and Student Success provides attendees with a model for developing effective partnerships between faith-based organizations and public schools, to address and elevate student achievement.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES • Examine the rationale for systemic, integrated faith-based and education partnerships (in contrast to random acts of partnership) based on the following four core principles of community organizing: – Local leadership development – Realistic, measurable, and scalable achievement outcomes – Building programmatic and advocacy coalitions across social, political, and religious boundaries – Accountability for public officials in faith-based organizations and schools • Explore the historical context for faith-based and education partnerships, in particular the importance of critical race theory in understanding the rationale for partnerships between school and church. Analyze the First Amendment to the Constitution and its two clauses, as they offer parameters, possibilities, and limits to faith-based organizations and education partnerships. • Explore and analyze the components of key successful, working examples of faith-based and education partnerships. • Devise an Action Plan with which to return to schools, faith-based organizations, and community structures.