Upcoming Dates

Literacy network communities of practice kick-off:
August 14, 2009

Drop-in Cafés:
TBD

Learning Resources

Listed below is an archive of resources, articles, web links, and other documents that have been used in partnership work.

Communities of Practice (2009-2010):
• Community of practice FAQs (PDF)
• Community of practice: introductory guide (PDF)
• Community of practice charter (Word)
• Etienne Wenger community of practice web site

Mission Cafés (fall 2008):
• World Café primer (PDF)
• World Café web site

Site Visits (fall 2008):
• Key points handout (PDF)
• Partnership overview (PDF)
• Work plan diagrams (PDF)
• RUSD-Ball partnership story (PDF)

Immersion Days (winter 2008-09):
• APA Learner-Centered Psychological Principles (PDF)
• Literacy Attributes (PDF)
• Literacy Network PowerPoint slides (PDF)
• Strategic plan documents (PDF)
• Give One, Get One tool (PDF)
• Peak Experience protocol (PDF)
• Tea Party primer (PDF)

First Network Day (March 2008):
• Fishbowl primer (PDF)
• Open Space primer (PDF)
• ATLAS-Learning from Student Work protocol (PDF from National School Reform Faculty Harmony Education Center)
• Ball Foundation Education Initiatives Value Proposition (PDF)

Welcome to the RUSD-Ball Partnership Web Resource Center

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History and work of the Ball Foundation Education Initiatives	General information about the RUSD-Ball literacy partnership	Information and resources for the literacy network communities of practice	Stories of personal and organizational transformation, collected in May 2009

Contact Us

The Rowland-Ball Partnership has added a new office location at Shelyn Elementary School (in Portable D-6). This office is now known as "The Ball PaRC (Ball Partnership Resource Center)." Use the information below to contact us. For immediate assistance, please use Erika's extension below. Due to the amount of meetings this office coordinates, we may not always be at the site when you call, but please leave a message. Feel free to stop by our office and say hello!

Ball Partnership Resource Center at Shelyn Elementary School 19500 E. Nacora St. Rowland Heights, CA 91748 626-854-8520

Staff (California) extension numbers Erika Rodriguez, office secretary, ext. 2063 JoAnn Lawrence, Rowland-Ball liaison, ext. 2064 Srik Gopalakrishnan, Ball Fdn., ext. 2065 Carla Colmenarez, Ball Fdn., ext. 2066 Other Ball Foundation staff