What Schools Can Do For Their Partners
  • Encourage students to serve as interns.
  • Provide complimentary tickets to athletic events and plays.
  • Provide visibility by submitting partnership information to be used in press releases, human-interest articles, and school publicity.
  • Display student artwork in business offices.
  • Provide space in the school to highlight partnership activities.
  • Invite your partner to shadow a teacher or administrator.
  • Honor your partner with a ceremony to reaffirm the partnership each year.
  • Invite your partner to serve on advisory committees, task forces, etc.
  • Conduct a tour of school and explain curriculum.
  • Submit a student column for company newsletters.
  • Invite your partner to participate in school career day.
  • Host recognition reception for company volunteers.
  • Give an update on partnership activities at PTA meetings.
  • Share school and student successes with partners, particularly where the partner has been involved.