PFS Policy Summit

PFS hosted a Policy Summit on December 7, 2010, “Partnerships for Success: PK-16 Linkages Toward a Stronger Community” at Exchange City on the Harborside Campus of Johnson & Wales University in Providence. The Policy Summit follows the March 2008 unveiling of Partnerships for Success (PFS), a project to document the collaborative relationships between institutions of higher education and PK–12 schools throughout Rhode Island.  At the Policy Summit, the new PFS interactive Web Portal was unveiled and partnership videos presented.  The keynote address on PK-16 Partnerships was delivered by Dr. Thomas Schnaubelt, Executive Director of the Haas Center for Public Service/Assistant Vice Provost for Student Affairs at Stanford University.  A panel discussion with some of Rhode Island’s key education leaders followed, the focus of which was PK-16 Partnerships in the context of Rhode Island. 

Grant Programs

PK-16 Partnership Mini-Grants

Eight partnerships between PK-12 schools and higher education institutions participated in the PFS Mini-Grant program in 2009-2010. Learn more about these successful projects.

PK-16 Service-Learning Grants

Rhode Island Campus Compact has a grant from the Corporation for National Service to support efforts that bring together PK-12 schools with community and higher education partners to engage PK-12 students in service-learning.  A targeted grant program is being developed along with professional development opportunities open to all RI educators. Stay tuned for more information in Fall 2010.  For more information, please contact Carie Hertzberg at chertzbe@risd.edu.

Partnership Building

Our latest partnership building resource is an informal Blog to increase and encourage communication among Rhode Island educators.

http://ripartnerships.blogspot.com/

Categories on the Blog are: Best Practices or Challenges, Improving RI PFS, and Partnership Building.