Texas Association of Partners in Education

"Connecting Volunteers, Communities and Businesses to School"

What is an Education Partnership?

Education Partnerships are cooperative relationships in which schools, families, community and faith based organizations, government agencies and businesses work together to ensure that all youth grow in healthy ways. To find out how TAPE is helping Texas schools execute effective partntership programs, visit our Regional Partnership Planning Forums page.

How can TAPE help your Education Partnership Program?
The central purpose of our association is to strengthen student success through volunteer, community and business/school partnerships. We hope to enhance the success of young people in school and prepare them to be responsible citizens who significantly contribute to the economic, civic, and social environment in which they live and work. Visit our programs page for details.

Call for Submissions
Texas Association of Partners in Education strives to share not only innovative ideas on education partnerships, but also the how to's of building and sustaining effective education partnerships. To that end, TAPE is excited to announce plans to publish the first edition of "Soaring to New Heights: Powerful Partnership Practices Across Texas"; case studies of the most successful education partnerships across Texas. Submissions for the 2008 edition are due June 15, 2008. For more information and/or to view the application click here.

Nominate an individual or organization for a TAPE Award where, if selected, they will be honored at the Annual TAPE Awards dinner.

The Association has a 25-plus year track record of supporting its members in creating effective partnerships to enhance student success.

We provide training conferences, workshops, networking and specialized materials modeling effective partnership practices.

Learn more about Texas Partners planned efforts to boldly reach out to unify the community to work together for the success of all students.

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