COMMUNITY SPONSORED
INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS
A community sponsored
instructional program is defined as a program that presents information or content
to students, is sponsored by a community agency, and is intended to be
implemented for a large group of students in a cluster, level, or district. It
does not refer to a partnership or a community organization such as a
Join-A-School partnership or a one-time exchange of support between a school
and agency.
Procedure
to approve a community sponsored instructional program:
- One-time partnerships or presentations that are limited
to one school can be approved at the school site.
- If the program proposal affects only two to three
clusters, the administration at the schools affected can be contacted.
- Community agencies, organizations, or businesses that
desire to present new instructional programs in APS schools must first contact
the office of Community Relations.
- The Director of Community Relations will work with the
community agency to communicate information the agency must provide.
- Community agencies will be asked to provide information
which includes: the purpose of the
program, an overview of the proposed program, compelling research that
supports the program, funding sources, sponsorship of the program, and
contact information.
- If the program is found to support APS standards and
meets other APS criteria regarding funding and ongoing support, the
information about the program will be referred to Teaching and Learning
Systems (TLS).
- Programs with extensive scope, budget, and/or APS
commitments will be presented to the appropriate Curriculum Board for
approval. Only after receiving the
approval of the
Curriculum Board will information on these programs be sent to schools for
their choice to participate.
- Schools will not be expected to participate in any or
all community sponsored instructional programs, but will receive
information on all programs that follow this procedure.
Classification: IG, IGC, IJO
Drafted: May 1998
Approved: February 1999
Revised: January
2005