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Title: School-Community Partnerships in Australian Schools
Author: Michele Lonsdale
Source: Australian Council for Educational Research(ACER)
Release Date: January 2011
Description: This report is based on an analysis of the data provided by Australian schools in their 2009 Schools First Impact Award applications. The data described the nature of the partnerships that schools had established with community and business groups, the reasons for these partnerships, the kinds of programs that were developed and implemented, and the effectiveness of the partnership/program.
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Title: Collaborative Leadership Factsheet
Author: Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY)
Release Date: 2010
Description: This factsheet discusses the type of leadership that contributes to effective collaborations, and why such leadership differs from conventional leadership
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Title: Sustaining Effective Social Partnerships
Authors: Terri Seddon, Stephen Billett, Allie Clemans, Carolyn Ovens, Kathleen Ferguson, Kathleen Fennessy
Source: NCVER
Release Date: June 2008
Description: This report reveals that the formation and maintenance of social partnerships depends on five key principles relating to purposes and goals; relations with partners; capacity for partnership work; governance and leadership; and trust and trustworthiness. Using four partnerships as case studies, the report set out to assess how these principles and practices can be used to develop social partnerships strong enough to withstand changing circumstances. The findings suggest that a partnership's capacity for flexibility is enhanced when there is a culture of partnering, committed sponsors, supportive auspicing organisations, responsive partners and government commitment.
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Report: Successful Partnerships: A Guide
Author: OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance
Source: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Date: January 2006
Description: The aim of this Guide is not to convince anyone of the merits of partnerships in the context of modern policies. Rather, it is meant to serve as a practical manual for both the practitioners and policy makers involved in partnerships. It provides information on very concrete aspects of partnership work, gathered from those with experience - both successful and otherwise. It contains lessons from a number of experts working at different levels, and combines input from more theoretical academic knowledge with actual results from different policy approaches.
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