School/Business Collaboration with Implication for School Administrators
Jan Carlsson-Bull · Educational Considerations · 1989
SChool/bu si ness collaborat ions such as MAPS develop and maintain viability when a mult iplicity of ingredients are preseol ., .School/Business Collaborations with Implications for School Administrators by Jan Carlsson -Bull Tha Par1nership lor New Jar"y New Brunswick, New Jersey Col labo ration-the very word connotes muwallty.~rt• r.ershlp, recip rocity, a re lationsh ip of equ als, What lngr&di.ent s feed a viable scMollt>usiness CO llaboraHon ?What has been leame<ll rom suc h co ll aborat ions?What Issues mu St ba cons id ered lor sc hoo ilbusir.essco ll aborat ions 10 re mai n .Iable?Whal are the implicaHon s in each of Ihes.e ques • tions for SCI"lOOI adm inist ratora?This narrative Is a re o SPOnse to thes.e queries.through the case study filler 01 a SI;Uewlde prot,jr8m 01 schooUbtlsines.scollal)oraliOOs In New Je""'Y.MAPS: A Cu_ Sludy MA PS {M;uuogement Assistancelor PubliC Sc:fIoOQIS) is a proglam 01 The Pan .... rship for New JelMY to link buSIness and &ducallon In sllengthening the mlln-.gemenlskills 01 dlstricl tearns of public school admlnISJri'10rs.The Pallnershlp Is IIl0ur•year--Old non~f il lOSSOClatlon of lhe Chief Execu",.. Olticers of New JerS<))"s major corpor.tl ons and sel&Ct nonprofit Inslilu1ion s.Member CEOs Mlect.anatyze.and act on issues crlll~alto th e Quality of tife In New JerSGy.Wh en educat ion was Identlf i&d as suc h an Issue.th e Ed ucation Task Force was form9d .Chaired byT.Josep h Semrad , Chairman and Pres ldenl ot United Jersey Banks, the Task For~e consu lted with an ad.lsory group of educato, s.Th e outcome was, consensus that business and tne scnools couk! benefit each other by member corporntions offefing corporate management training programs to administrative teams Of schOOl dis-