omplete Parts 1 and 2 below.
ÂPart 1: Preliminary Work and Justification
Complete the following preliminary work to prepare for a business-to-school partnership:
Research your school district’s policies for forming business relationships to ensure compliance with the regulations.
Assess your school’s unmet or underfunded needs and consider which may be solved or improved by a business-to-school partnership.
Identify potential business partners and research their practices and resources to determine which businesses might be a good fit. Consider the benefits to both the business and the school and how technology and/or digital tools may be integrated with the partnership when conducting your research.
Select a business from within your community, the surrounding area, regionally, or nationally as a potential business-to-school partner. Assume that you have had in-person contact with the business and they are willing and able to initiate, build, and maintain a partnership with your school.
Write a 1-page justification in which you explain why you have selected the business and how the partnership will solve or improve your school’s unmet or underfunded need(s).
Part 2: Business Partnership Proposal
Write a 2-page business partnership proposal to your selected business in which you address the following:
Prepare a partnership vision statement that explains the following:
Short-term and long-range goals
Benefits to the business, school, and students
Explain the roles of the stakeholders involved.
Develop partnership activities, for school-to-business interactions, to support the following:
School’s needs
Business’s practices
Identified goals and expected outcomes
Describe the resources the business partner will provide, including technology and/or digital tools, to support the school’s needs.
Create a comprehensive plan for maintaining the business partnership, to address the following:
Manage expectations
Accountability
Develop specific strategies for the school and business to address and resolve anticipated issues or challenges.
Compile the following for submission:
Justification
Business Partnership Proposal
Submit your assignment.