Collaboration between and among Schools, Institutions of Higher Education, and State Education Agencies: An Annotated Bibliography. Instructional Leadership and School Improvement Report Series.

Overview & Synopsis

The 45 items included in this annotated bibliography address issues related to both the general attributes of successful interorganizational collaboration and the organizational preconditions that may foster effective collaboration between schools, institutions of higher education, and state education agencies as they interact in the professional development of educational personnel. Published between 1970 and 1986, the documents annotated examine such areas as the functional relationship between universities and public schools, school-university collaboration related to the development of teacher education programs and inservice education programs, the political realities of staff development, and the role of interorganizational collaboration in school improvement. Other documents identify problems that hinder the development of collaborative efforts between schools, institutes of higher education, and state education agencies and the origins of those problems. The annotations stress the numerous principles present in the literature that are perceived as crucial to successful interorganizational collaboration and the attributes and preconditions described that set the stage for successful collaborative efforts. (CLA)