School Business Partnerships

Recognition ideas

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As important as the development of a "Needs List" for the school - is the development of a way to "Recognize" your business Partner. Following are some ideas that can be incorporated into your school culture. This will THANK your business partner and will bring a deeper business commitment in the future.

• Recognize your partner in your school newsletter to parents.
• Recognize your partner in your student newspaper.
• Write a letter to your newspaper editor.
• Have a special Assembly recognizing your business partner/partners.
• Plan a special Business Partner Day.
• Put signs in the Hallway - Bulletin Board.
• Invite your partners to a staff meeting. introduce them.
• Show them where your staff room is / give them a coffee cup.
• Assign a class or group of students a month to write “thank you” notes.
• Invite them to your PTA meeting for introductions.
• Introduce them to your staff as the school's new education partner.
• Offer to assist your partner in a Service Learning project.
• Open your school to the business employees - room use, etc.
• Invite your partner to school for your back to school days.
• Find out when the birthday of the CEO - Manager - President - person in charge is and send them a card, letter, on school stationary signed by staff and students. If their birthday is in the summer, pick a day and declare it your time for recognition.
• Have your student newspaper reporters do an article on the Partnership.
• Invite the press in to observe special programs, include TV coverage.
• Offer student art work to the business for their display.
• Create an Awards Assembly to honor your partner.
• Have a contest in your school to come up with unique ways that students can participate in showing their appreciation of the Partnership.
• Keep a journal, make a yearbook of events surrounding the Partnership, present to the business liaison - include pictures - either camera made - or student created and share with your partner.

You may have other ideas about how to recognize your partner, please share so that we can all do a better job of showing our appreciation! Tam Agosti-Gisler, Director agosti-gisler_tam@asdk12.org 907-240-2345 Fax 907-742-4461