A University and School Partnership: Building Tools for Reconciliation, Healing, and Resilience

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-2022

Publisher

International Association of Jesuit Universities

Source Publication

Best Practices in Jesuit Higher Education

Abstract

University-school partnerships have demonstrated much potential for supporting formational and educational initiatives by drawing on the resources and expertise embedded in both spaces. In this article, we describe our experience engaging in a collaborative, horizontal partnership between Marquette University and Notre Dame School of Milwaukee to support the development of a curriculum that helped students with reconciliation across levels: developing internal coping and resilience, as well as inter - personal skills to resolve conflicts and build peace. The initiative took place over a year early in the COVID-19 pandemic and offers an adaptable model for fully integrating a K-12 school partner and its community stakeholders (including teachers, parents, and students themselves) into the process of fostering skills to promote resilience. We first describe the background of the peace education curriculum that was at the heart of the initiative, and then detail the approach taken and lessons learned from this community-engaged work with a focus on informing best practices for these types of collaborations.

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Best Practices in Jesuit Higher Education, Vol. 3 (August 2022): 69-75. Stable URL.

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