Community Partners
Authentic collaboration is a critical component of our work. This type of collaboration is consistent with literature about community-engaged scholarship in higher education and effective university-community partnerships. For example, we seek collaboration that centers on shared goals, fosters reciprocal relationships, promotes equal value of all members of the collaborative team, and allows for co-creation of knowledge and educational resources.
Community partners regularly include educators working in schools (e.g., principals, school psychologists, special education teachers, regular education teachers), directors of community-based organizations that aim to improve children’s education, and parents/caregivers of school-aged children. In addition, community partners sometimes include members from the community who are not directly affiliated with a specific community-partner organization. Instead, these community members want to work with our team because of their strong interest in our projects and goals.
If interested, click here for more information about getting involved with our team. You can also read below for examples of organizations we have collaborated with.
Work connected with the ERPAS team has involved collaboration with dozens of school districts and other education-focused organizations. Listed below are some examples of organizations our community partners have worked for:
Examples of Local or State-level Organizations:
Activate Good, Augustine Literacy Project, Chatham County Public Schools, Communities in Schools of Wake County, Davidson County Public Schools, Duplin County Public Schools, Guilford County Public Schools, Johnston County Public Schools, NC Literacy Corps – SCALE, Raleigh Boys and Girls Clubs, Read Charlotte and the Foundation for the Carolinas, Wake County Public Schools, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, North Carolina Reading Association, Professional Educators of North Carolina (PENC), university faculty and students within the University of North Carolina system of colleges and universities, Urban Promise of Charlotte, YMCA of the Triangle.
Examples of National and International Organizations:
Baltimore City School District; Chicago Public Schools; Florida Atlantic University; Foundation for Tomorrow (Arusha, Tanzania); Fulton County School District (Atlanta, GA); Helps Education Fund, Homer Consolidated School District (Homer, NY); Indiana University’s School of Education Academic Resource Clinic for K-8 Students; National Assoc. of School Psychologists; Oficina de Psicologia (Lisbon, Portugal); Rochester City School District (Rochester, NY); São Paulo State University (Marília, Brazil); School District of Palm Beach County (FL); SSTAGE and the Georgia Department of Education; University of Minnesota; University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; University of Valencia (Spain).
